[AT] Volvo/Mercedes + mostly OT rambling

[charlie hill]

One of my friends bought a well worn 200 D several years ago.  I was with
him when he took his uncle for a ride in it.  We all got in the car and
Jimmy proceeded to push the glow plug  button for several seconds.  His
uncle, who is quite a character and a bit of a ladies man, said: "I wouldn't
have this damned thing".  Jimmy was pretty proud of the old Benz and was a
little offended.  He said "THIS IS A GOOD CAR!"    His uncle said, "It may
be but sometimes I go places where I don't have time to wait for those
damned glow plugs".   LOL.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry D. Goss" <rlgoss at evansville.net>
To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'"
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Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 7:00 PM
Subject: RE: [AT] Volvo/Mercedes + mostly OT rambling


> My father always liked that Mercedes automatic transmission, too,
> George.  We had it on a 200-D.  If I remember right, one of the unique
> things about that transmission is that there are two pumps inside it.
> Either one can give the transmission enough power to actuate the brake
> bands inside it.  That makes it possible to push start the engine very
> easily.  Let it coast downhill in neutral, drop it into "Drive", and
> give it some throttle...
>
> I had to do that quite a bit before changing out the engine for one I
> had rebuilt.
>
> Larry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of George Willer
> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 8:17 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Volvo/Mercedes + mostly OT rambling
>
> Mattias,
>
> I'm not much for engine transplants in tractors, but that combination
> sounds
> like a good one to me.  I rebuilt the engine in our last Mercedes diesel
> and
> only drove it a few thousand miles before the body needed serious
> cosmetic
> work.  I was planning to use it in a tractor if I found the right one.
> It
> was a 240-D.  It was my plan to use the neat little compact 4 speed
> automatic with it.
>
> Much earlier, I abandoned a project to mount a 190-DC engine in a first
> year
> Ford Bronco because there wasn't enough height under the hood to clear
> the
> front axle.
>
> All but one of the Mercedes are long gone but I still have all the
> special
> tooling I made to work on them.  I still have my pride and joy... a 450
> SLC
> that I've had for 20 years.
>
> George Willer
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mattias Kessén" <Mattias.kessen at telia.com>
> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 6:54 PM
> Subject: [AT] Volvo/Mercedes + mostly OT rambling
>
>
> > Since I've understood that you guy's rarely see any Volvos I thought I
> got
> to show you this ugly beast (here it's called a bastard when you put
> things
> together like this).
> http://www2.blocket.se/view/2126312.htm?l=0&c=1&city=0
> > It has now got the engine from a Mercedes 220 diesel and it's
> autamatic
> transmission! The guy who sells says there some minor work left with the
> "hood". No kidding!
> > This is my contribution to cabin fever right now, the stepdaughter is
> a
> day patient at the hospital this week (nothing serious) and Magdalena is
> to
> pregnant to be there so I'm kind of cut off from the world. Kind of
> funny
> that after gone through a couple of hundred ATIS-messages find some
> complaints about that the list is slow ;-)
> > BTW ordered a digitalcamera tonight which i will have in a few days so
> hopefully that Fotki site will be updated with some better pictures. It
> will
> be real useful if I as I hope will be able to visit Fyllingarumsdagarna
> this
> summer, a show with a lot of tractors that is held every second year
> only
> fifteen miles from here. Last time I was unable and before that we
> didn't
> live here. The camera also will be handy for sending pic's to distant
> relatives when the twins arrive (at least I've told Magdalena so:-).
> > It's the swedish grey ferguson club that arrenges Fyllingarumsdagarna
> and
> they're also building a museum in Ringarum for the Ferguson they keep
> for
> Scania the number 2 which is the first serialmade since No 1 is a
> prototype
> and is still in the UK.
> > On the former topic off starting diesels, I know for sure that my
> David
> Brown would start (if parked in a slope) and operate without any wiring
> at
> all, both theoretical and in practice.
> >
> > Time to stop rambling and go sleeping since this rambling didn't do it
> (at
> least not for me ;-)
> >
> > Mattias Kessén
> > Ringarum
> > Sweden
> >
> >
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