My aunt has a '76 Mercedes with over 300,000 miles on it! She just treated
it to a new tranny, but other than that-she'll probably die and be buried
with it!
Laura
Vita brevis est: rapide agite, vigore strigate!
----- Original Message -----
From: Marcus Schaper <mschaper@gvpt.umd.edu>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>; <bill@cs.uofs.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 7:33 AM
Subject: Re: Running on battery only
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> That's the reason you want an old Mercedes diesel as a winter backup.
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> Once you started it, you can even take out the battery and generator,
it'll just run until the tank is empty - everything is mechanical even the
injection.
>
> Marcus
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> 4 hours!! I drove mine for almost two weeks and 300 miles before the
> battery ran down enough to not turn the starter. Of course, at this
> point I was 70 miles from home. No problem. I pushed the car about
> 10 feet, the wife popped the clutch in reverse, the car started. We
> then drove it the 70 miles to get home. A lot to be said for cars
> with mechanical fuel pumps (and mechanical everything else for that
> matter. I would think in an emergency I could push start the car and
> drive it in daylight using only a pair of lantern batteries.
>
> bill
>
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> Bill Gunshannon | de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n. Three wolves
> bill@cs.uofs.edu | and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.
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