If this is like last year, the real schedule will be closer to:
Saturday: 10:00 AM start, Noon = lunch on the run, 6:00 - 6:45 PM Dinner
Sunday: 10:00 AM start, Noon = lunch on the run, 3:00 - 4:30 PM ending

As I recall there where at least nine DIY procedures Saturday last year.
Sunday at least eight vehicles ran through the single hoist, covering a huge number of DIY procedures.

This year we have the knee hoist and a standard hoist, similar to the attached picture.

Whadaya mean, "procedures"?

More like a constant flurry of random but productive activity!

Wear layers, everyone -- It's windy out there by the interstate, even though it looks like we're going to have great weather!

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Anthracite 1980 300D -- 64k original miles with a new engine, on the road again!
Silver 300D -- second owner, Sunny's old baby, Ilse, 210 miles,
Having to thin the herd….
Silver 1983 300SD -- second owner, 325k miles
Gold 1981 300D -- well-traveled, solid little car
Beige 1984 300D -- 292k miles, grease machine, parting out
Seafoam green 1981 300SD -- 250k, windshield frame damage
too many assorted w123 & w126 cars, parts cars, and extras

Im hoping to make it ,Its been one whole week of setbacks .I guess I fit in somewere at 75% on the jimmyl scale.

We'll look for you, with or w/o t-shirts -- they can always come later, but you can't!

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Anthracite 1980 300D -- 64k original miles with a new engine, on the road again!
Silver 300D -- second owner, Sunny's old baby, Ilse, 210 miles,
Having to thin the herd….
Silver 1983 300SD -- second owner, 325k miles
Gold 1981 300D -- well-traveled, solid little car
Beige 1984 300D -- 292k miles, grease machine, parting out
Seafoam green 1981 300SD -- 250k, windshield frame damage
too many assorted w123 & w126 cars, parts cars, and extras

Sad to say (for me at least, maybe it'll make someone elses day... ) I will not be able to attend.

This is really bugging me...I'll have missed BOTH of WHUNTERs visits to our fair state...

Maybe in March??? I know it'll be nasty in Mich but perfect here...just exactly what WHUNTER needs to appreciate this place!!

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1998 W202 C230 - The money pit of late.
1984 W126 300SD (356,800 miles) Gone to the wrenchapart
1984 W123 300D Gone to the wrenchapart
1972 W108 280SE 3.5 (sold but not forgotten)
1986 Buick Grand National 3.8l Turbo (86k miles)
1966 Glassic Model 'A' Replica http://www.glassicannex.org

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Fuzzball, this should be sending you a message -- your priorities are clearly out of whack. You mean there's something more important than a Mercedes Tech Event?? I can't imagine such a thing....

I'm sure not feelin' the love, here.....

Sunny

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Anthracite 1980 300D -- 64k original miles with a new engine, on the road again!
Silver 300D -- second owner, Sunny's old baby, Ilse, 210 miles,
Having to thin the herd….
Silver 1983 300SD -- second owner, 325k miles
Gold 1981 300D -- well-traveled, solid little car
Beige 1984 300D -- 292k miles, grease machine, parting out
Seafoam green 1981 300SD -- 250k, windshield frame damage
too many assorted w123 & w126 cars, parts cars, and extras

I've learned that my motherlaw will be in town this weekend and my 7 month old is still a handfull (wife needs a break now and then). It wouldn't go over well if I made the trek this weekend with the wife. Had it been in Dallas I would have been able to sneak away for a couple of hours. Take pics!

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~shell
As of 2/2010:
2001 CLK55 0o\=*=/o0
13.6 @ 106mph
10K mi
1984 300SD
260K mi and going and going...
97 S600
46K miles
1991 Sentra SE-R (extremely dorked with)
www.se-r.net

We will be making DIY videos during this tech session.

Hopefully we'll actually see the videos from this year.
I will I guess bring my very high tone Harbor Freight compression tester if I can find the stupid thing.
I'm contemplating bringing the Flexx gun, Flexx boots and a couple CV axles to rebuild but I haven't decided on the type of grease I'm gonna use yet.
Timing might be off on that one.
And of course, a certain brown liquid that some of us old guys seem to like.....

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

that is the plan.

I have my Harbor Freight diesel compression tester loaded in the car.
The Flexx gun, Flexx boots sound interesting as a possible video DIY.
The brown liquid is welcome.

There are several additional registrations at Tri Lakes. Unfortunately, I'm a hundred miles away at the moment, so don't yet know whose they are.

I'll post beside the appropriate names as soon as Steve opens the envelopes and tells me who they're from.

But I'm still waiting for a sound-off.

It doesn't matter if you said it on page two or three.

If you haven't said "Ill be there" in this thread, since my post of 11-8-08, I need you to do so.

I gotta tell Royce how much barbeque to have ready, and while I know Roy will eat all that I overorder, he's gonna be some kind of pi$$ed if he's short of the food he came to Texas to eat!!

So come on, guys, sound off -- Choices are:
Yes
Probably
Maybe
Probably not
Not a chance in he!!

Pick one and let us all know. We're really looking forward to seeing you guys.

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Anthracite 1980 300D -- 64k original miles with a new engine, on the road again!
Silver 300D -- second owner, Sunny's old baby, Ilse, 210 miles,
Having to thin the herd….
Silver 1983 300SD -- second owner, 325k miles
Gold 1981 300D -- well-traveled, solid little car
Beige 1984 300D -- 292k miles, grease machine, parting out
Seafoam green 1981 300SD -- 250k, windshield frame damage
too many assorted w123 & w126 cars, parts cars, and extras

Where have I heard THAT before?

OK I am paid Just got to sneak across France during the night and safely into Texas. Going to drive the W220. Maybe I could stick a Turbo Diesel badge on the back so to blend in. SDL is suffering from a leaking vacuum pump gasket

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BENZ THERE DONE THAThttp://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/...c/progress.gif
15 VW Passat TDI
00 E420
98 E300 DT
97 E420 Donor Car - NEED PARTS? PM ME!
97 S500
97 E300D
86 Holden Jackaroo Turbo D
86 300SDL
(o\|/o)

Im out do to the flu ,had to switch my planned days off for the weekends event with a fellow worker .The TECH videos would be nice to see what I missed .Signing off ,bummed and bedridden .

Good to see I have a next to my name

I'm starting to pack today, oh and did something else minor to Ol' Turbo.



I'm leaving for Dallas very early Friday morning, and have a full day planned. Hopefully, I will be looking at a '85 300CD, 1990 300SE, and perhaps a 87 560SEL. Maybe other cars will pop up between now and tomorrow that I may call on. You got to love Texas rust free cars.

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!