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redcliff:The after-market sat nav would be a nice modernizing touch for this classic W126 SEC. Looking at the dashboard, the location that stands out as being a possible place to install a flat screen display would the center console where all the air condition controls are located, BUT, if you remove the panel holding those controls, with the intention of using that space for the sat nav screen, you will need to find another spot for your air-condition control knobs, assuming you intend to try and get the car's air-conditioner working again, which is one very difficult, almost impossible task to complete with any lasting success, I found from extensive experience. As a certified back-woods subsistence bushman whenever my travels land me in Nigeria, I never drive, or get driven in any city for any reason besides a furtive trip to and from the airport, so for me, air-conditioning along the open highway is accomplished simply by winding down the car windows, while repeating over and over to myself the following highly effective magic incantation : " Damn, it sure is cold in here." |
Well all right. RedCliff bust loose and picked up that 500 SEC. You will see this understated hooligan on wheels, the 500SEC, come into its own on the open highway, where you will find yourself beginning to relish the process of teaching and educating fancy new car owners to accept that rock-solid stability, precise handling and brutal acceleration at speeds above 100 mph are NOT the preserve of those who went into debt and shelled out big bucks for a shiny brand new set of wheels. If you were ever to get serious about eye-watering speed in a well maintained 500SEC on the highway, it would take an absolute suicidal maniac driving any other lesser car at full throttle, who hopes to keep pace with you, to keep you in visual range as they watch you cover distance faster than they imagined possible, specking out on the horizon ahead with your throttle still far short of full after-burner power. While you may not have frequent use for high speed, it is nonetheless analogous to cash money relaxing in your pocket, in that it is better to have it and not need it, than not to drive a performance car, only to find yourself needing to flee banditos or kidnappers while at the wheel of some under-powered flashy car that will be forced of the road by pursuers, with ease. To get the best out of your new steed, have a competent mechanic IMMEDIATELY replace the timing chain, those plastic upper timing chain guide rails, and, if need, replace the timing chain tensioner for good measure. To enjoy all the sublime engineering features that made the SEC run close to 100 grand USD to buy new back in its heyday, go ahead and have all the suspension and steering components checked and renewed as needed, before you set sail aboard this flagship Benz. In case you are not already aware, BENZWORLD is the most heavily visited internet forum relating to ALL years of Mercedes. |
Ha ha ha ah yes, just as Engineer Sienna was kind enough to point out in his usual understated style, all manner of comedic events are likely to ensue when the male of the human species becomes disoriented by rampaging lust, allowing the auxiliary trouser-trout brain to take over cognitive duties after deactivating the higher cranial brain. Standing by for more entertainment up in here ha ha ha. |
oieda:You are welcome. Kindly alert me if my suggestion gets your car running, so that I can forward my banking details to facilitate your consultancy fee payment, bearing in mind that naira remittances can no longer be accepted due to the falling exchange rates. |
Niseed:You nailed it Niseed. How can one engage time warp and drive that De Lorean into the future, after the all important Flux Capacitors have been swiped by by Manny Rodriquez and his crew of car thieves operating out of that well known chop shop in East LA ? This important existential question must be pondered deeply by all well meaning Nairaland auto forum members, as we emerge unscathed into the future of 2016 without the benefit of that brushed aluminium time travelling module that the Hollywood movie industry misled us to regard as essential equipment. Anyway, as we know all to well, African Jujumotive technology trumps all design modalities adopted by the white man, meaning of course that order has indeed been restored to the universe, enabling EVERYONE to get laid tonight, for which we can thank the numerous officiating gods who delivered that vital New Year blessing. |
The symptoms you are describing could be brought about by degradation of the insulation used on the electrical wiring loom of many Mercedes Benz cars manufactured between 1992 and 1996, when your W124 car was manufactured. You may in the end have to replace the ENTIRE wiring harness for your engine to solve this problem. To verify whether or not the wiring harness of your car has been replaced before you bought the vehicle, look under the hood (bonnet), where the wires go into the battery compartment on the left side as you face the engine from the front. If you do NOT see a label that reads "Delphi", then the wires have NOT been replaced, and you will need to do so in order to solve the problem the car has now, and to prevent a host of other issues that will certainly crop up as further deterioration of the wiring insulation occurs over time. |
MaziOmenuko:My hat is off to you, my brother, because you appear to be the only one who recognizes that this thread was started by someone with a criminal agenda, who is fortunately not very intelligent at all. Red flags should go up right away, when a writer on any subject is so hasty and obviously desperate to try and deceive readers into imagining that they are a "pretty woman". The true relevance of physical appearance in a forum section devoted exclusively to cars is precisely zero, so it is safe to conclude that deception is the name of the game for anyone whose discussion topic begins with a dubious and comical claim to be attractive, in their own laughable opinion. Factor in the frenzied begging for "links" to rich bank clients, and most likely, the person who began this particular topic is a bumbling apprentice scam artist who is in reality either a plain old ugly woman suffering from delusions of grandeur, or simply a dim-witted hungry man, seriously down on his luck and ready to kill for his next meal. Fall for this brain-dead trick, and you deserve to be kidnapped, robbed or butchered for the human spare parts market, as Charles Darwin would surely concur. Have a great new year, folks, and make a resolution to allow your eyes and smarts to determine what is real and what is bogus, rather than relying on the claims typed in an anonymous internet forum by some monkey-asz dimwit looking for punters to fleece, or worse. |
redcliff:Hello Redcliff. My profession is not auto engineering, however I am very familiar with the power plants fitted into Mercedes Benz V8 cars that date back to the period often referred to as the Golden Age of Mercedes, namely from 1983 to 1998, when those cars were built from a purely engineering standpoint, and with no expense spared in the pursuit of performance, precision handling and raw power. Sadly that tradition of engineering is no more followed by Mercedes, as they churn out overly complicated and trouble-prone designs that fail often and early, for a variety of reasons relating to shoddy design hampered by cost-cutting imperatives dictated by accountants who routinely over-rule engineering recommendations. I must correct a typographical error in my earlier response. The members of the W126 family of Mercedes fitted with V8 engines utilized the M117 engine, and not the later released M119 as I stated above. Specifically your 1988 Merc 500 SEC is powered by the M117.968 five-liter engine. The recommendation to replace the timing chain and upper plastic chain guides is still correct for the M117 motor, and you can expect to get an average of 6 years trouble-free motoring each time you replace the chain and its associated guides, assuming your commute averages about 10 thousand miles per year. Despite this small inconvenience, the M117 and M119 engines are widely regarded as THE most reliable and powerful engines EVER to roll of the Mercedes assembly line since the dawn of the automotive age. Enjoy that SEC, brother man, and prepare to feed your need for speed at the helm of that that old-school road rocket. |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiN6Nf2Zm-k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6wVaEvRfZ0 Yeah buddy, this spectacularly beautiful South African woman is making serious money, in US greenback dollars, just by kicking back and selling the rights to video clips of her pet civet that she calls Bluey, to TV show producers and advertisers. Meanwhile, in the backwaters of Nigeria, a brain-dead, short-sighted, terminally hungry loser posts images of his handiwork killing a civet cat by strangulation, before feeding his 25 illegitimate children for one solitary meal, with the nasty flesh of his small dead animal. Good work, and for the sake of your hungry dependents, let us hope you kill something every day, until your gun goes off by accident and puts you out of your ongoing misery ha ha ha. |
A Merc 500SEC on the open highway will easily and effortlessly outrun 99% of all other cars in existence today, be they new or old. That ultra reliable Mercedes M119 V8 engine is a frigging juggernaut when you punch the gas, and the SEC just loves sustained high speed over 100 mph, where it hunkers down, grips the asphalt like a wildcat, and whips right along with a ride so smooth that a watch maker could ply his trade unperturbed in the passenger seat. NOTE : When you buy this car do NOT succumb to the temptation to drive it regularly until you have replaced the timing chain, and all the plastic the UPPER timing chain guides that are visible when the timing chain cover is opened. Failure to do this is courting disaster, as that engine is NOTORIOUS for snapping timing chains and breaking chain guides once they have been used for anything over 60 thousand miles since the last chain replacement. With that timing chain replacement done, you may need to acquire some brake parts from Pelican Parts or Mercedes Parts Center in the US, possibly including the servo and brake master cylinder, to remove binding brakes from the list of things to worry about down the road. With those two well known precautions taken, you are in for an E-ticket ride in the SEC, I bullchit you not. |
Disgusting fat slob. Oink ! Oink ! |
That girl is SUPER sexy, and of that there is no doubt. Stacked up top, trim waist, and that African barbie-doll face with extremely kiss-worthy lips. Gorgeous all round. Lord have mercy. I want to roll in the hay with her so bad, it hurts. |
tyrone07:Ask any redneck and he will tell you that Africa is FULL of 'coons ha ha. Check page one of this thread to see a couple of buck coons. |
Obviously someone with a scientific mind was conducting an experiment to evaluate the aerodynamic characteristics of their car. Looks like this test did not go so well, so back to the drawing board, IF the driver survived. |
delishpot:You ain't lyin. Those children do look very malnourished and hunger-crazed, and, since they are armed, they could pose a danger to any fat people that venture near their farm. |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3gJfd8KXOc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLzG4Pe_upo With the notable exception of the Fulani people, who are brought up to have empathy for animals and livestock, 99.9% of the Nigerians who make up ALL other tribes in Nigeria are naturally and inherently sadistic, and will delight in killing ANYTHING that breathes, all in the hopes of securing bragging rights, to illustrate what brave savages they are, in their twisted and confused minds. Look at the obvious pride on the dim-witted face of that overgrown child, as he holds aloft his double barreled gun that he used to blow apart an animal caught fast and totally immobilized in a snare trap whose noose is still tight around the dead animal's neck, after strangulating it in a very agonizing manner. Deep in the vacuous recesses of his thick bony cranium, that scrawny little boy probably imagines himself to be an all-conquering battle-hardened warrior who has just defeated a man-eating lion, rather than the pathetic bird-chested coward with a malevolent streak, that he is in reality. In between feverishly praying to their various gods and deities, Nigerians just love to kill for the sheer sport of it, and it matters not whether the victims of their blood-lust are apprehended petty thieves, innocent pedestrians accused of stealing gonads without surgery, kidnap victims for sale as human parts, or, as is the sad case here, endangered animals that pose ZERO threat to humans. |
This ugly Ikeji woman has been boasting copiously online about her new mansion and her mega-income, but now the world can see that Mrs. Ikeji is nothing but another kleptomaniac collaborator with the embezzling class, feeding fat off Nigeria's national wealth, and building huge homes with money originally intended to equip the Nigerian army for its war on terror. Well, the good news is that Mrs. Ikeji has at long last been positively identified as one of Ali Baba's 40 thieves, who shares EQUALLY the burden of guilt that is now due and payable in CASH, for the life of every federal infantryman cut down by the terrorists due to inadequate weapons and logistics, all directly caused by the insatiable greed of Mrs. Ikeji and her merry band of fellow looters. El Presidente knows what to do with enemies of the state like Mrs. Ikeji, and in due course that woman will trade in her designer wardrobe for a nice crisp prison uniform needed while she serves that long jail sentence, during which her mansion, now known to have been built with BLOOD MONEY, can be liquidated and the proceeds returned to the treasury, just like all other stolen money currently being traced and impounded. El Presidente don't be half steppin'. He know what time it is ha ha ha. Yeah buddy. Time for JUSTICE, and all that word means to the guilty. |
Pulling up a chair. |
IF una no hear broken reach to read all wettin I write for here, find ya way go for Warri main garage, ask for AWOOF MASTER, pay ya money, and from there den go teach you ALL broken language finish, wey be say you go come fit read all this my 'tory here, easy. |
My bicycle fine pass ya moto. I dey use am carry fine-fine woman go house for special service. |
E been get one man when I know, wey hin name be Baba Polina, and before-before, dat man no get any work pass to dey carry shaka-gbula cap-gun and cutlass, and hunter-light enter bush, begin dey find meat dey go. If na monkey o, Baba dey kill dem full two bag self. If na snake Baba meet for road, one-two, Baba don take cutlass kill am put for bag. Both grass-cutter, antelope, bush pig, together witii all that biggi-biggi bad-bad meat dem, when sabi fight well-well, no one when Baba Polina no dey hamma, unless him no see gun-powder and cap buy for him gun, or him no see carbide buy for the hunter-light wey him dey take see meat dem eye for night. Sometime Baba Polina go enter bush from here, dey follow monkey gang, as dem dey wakka for up-up, on top big-big stick. As Baba sabi road reach for inside that bush, e get as he dey pass corner-corner for inside bush go for front, go doublecross the monkey dem for where dem nogo expect, come take eye find the one when big pass, to fire am. If Baba enter bush for one town, so-so wakka-wakka fit carry am sotaaaay, go bust out for another far village the second day, before he go come from there collect him meat and enter Okada luxurious charter motorcycle, when go carry am come back for him house. Anyway, one day be one day wey Baba don take style go hide before daybreak under one big stick when pelenty monkey dem dey tanda sleep for night. Baba plan say when day break finish, wey de monkey dem go begin dey play, dey find chop for up, him go come get chance to look dem well-well, until him fiti take eye see the BIG monkey wey go be dem Area Fada, dem Oga Pata-Pata. All hunter know say as monkey gang dey follow demself dey wakka plenty so, na only ONE monkey when biggi pass all of dem, na him dem go vote put for Director General of Monkey, for that area. Now, as Baba dey do softly dey study all de monkey dem for that daybreak, dey find that big man own when be dem Oga, na from there kata-kata come jam, lie no good. You see the leg when Baba take climb one palm-tree wood when dey for ground like this, say make him stretch him neck, to get chance see the monkey dem well-well ? Na so that palm-tree wood just bust GBUAMM, because Baba no look the wood well before he take leg mach am, to take know say big hole don dey for inside that wood. As the wood broke and carry Baba Polina fall down GBIII for inside potto-potto, na so honey-bee dem, PLENTY, justo wake up and bust out YAKATAAA for inside the hole when dey inside that palm-tree wood. Baba say make him quickly stand up and begin dey run 440, but as him start to run, the cutlass when him tight put for trouser come go hook one bush rope and carry Baba fall down again, GBRAGADAMMM. Na that time the honey-bee dem come face Baba Polina witi fight, begin dey take vex bite am for head, bite am for yansh, bite am for belle, sotaay Baba no even know the time when he throway him cap-gun and commot him trouser together with the cutlass, come wear only him tear-tear pant, take am dey run for inside swamp, dey halla say I beg o, I beg, I nogo do so again. As fear don kuku scatter Baba Polina head reach that day, he no remember say the run wey him dey run go carry am jam one biiigi river for front, when deep well-well. The next thing, Baba take full speed go jump inside the river, JUUWAAAA, come begin dey drinki wata, dey shout say God I beg, today own don do, helep me God, if I commot this one, I nogo do hunter again. I beg ooooo helep me. I no sabi swim. God so kind that day, because Baba Polina him second, when follow am go hunter bush that day, come begin dey hear how as Baba dey halla from faaaar away, and from there manage rush go near the river in time, to come see how as Baba dey fight GBUA-GBUA for inside water, dey cry like small pikin say him no wan die today o. From there Baba second come follow cut one heavy stick fall for inside water, before Baba hold the stick come see chance commot for the river. And so, because of this ‘tory when I come nak here today, you self go know say if ya wakka-wakka carry you jam Baba Polina for this life, NO mistake go ask am why him no dey do hunter again o. Me I don talk my own. E get as e be. |
Pastor Jaguda the Fake Prophet of Retroactive Doom should be made a guest of the state government in the closest jail house after his fair trial, as a just, overdue punishment for his having DELIBERATELY and callously ignored building safety codes when he secretly ordered his criminal contractors to erect SIX floor levels unto to a foundation meant to support only TWO floor levels, resulting on that deadly "pancake" collapse, that the thieving Pastor Jaguda hurriedly blamed on passing UFO space craft. [size=16pt]Lock Pastor Jaguda up for LIFE in jail on charges of reckless and negligent manslaughter claiming nearly 120 innocent cult followers housed in that death trap. [/size] |
Mekky05:Yes indeed sir, you are very perceptive in your recognition of that picture as being of a quad-copter, HOWEVER, that does NOT mean that ALL quad-copters are by definition toys that are of limited value if used for aerial surveillance. Police and military forces worldwide now deploy surveillance drones that are orders of magnitude more advanced than the kids' flying toys sold via Chinese internet websites. The vast majority of multi-rotor radio-controlled flying machines are marketed to hobbyist and toy shops, but at the cutting edge of UAV technology, there do exist a whole family of far costlier surveillance "drones" intended for industrial, military and law enforcement applications. Those professional grade UAV craft all carry high-resolution, gyro-stabilized video cameras with powerful zoom settings, along with advanced GPS-based autopilot systems that allow the operator to simply launch the bird for automatic flight along pre-programmed flight paths that may include coming to a stop on command to silently hover and shoot film in place as needed, with the operator all the while monitoring aerial reconnaissance missions from a video screen installed in a mobile ground station, from where the GPS coordinates of any suspicious activities can be relayed instantly to police or military personnel on the ground. So, to summarize, the general appearance of a flying UAV is NOT indicative of its design capabilities or level of sophistication. In other words one cannot simply ASSUME that all drones or UAVs are mere toys, just because they may fly within visual range of ground observers occasionally. Those innocent looking "toys" can, in select circumstances, become the primary and decisive facilitators when law enforcement moves in to thwart major crime and terror attacks right as they unfold. Congratulations to the Lagos State government, for this bold move into UAV based tactical air surveillance. |
The use of drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for street surveillance is a phenomenally cost-effective alternative to the use of conventional manned police helicopters. The pictures shown at the start of this thread are of a multi-rotor platform that can be piloted beyond visual range in FPV mode by the operator, who will typically sit in front of a screen installed in a truck, flying the bird manually, or allowing the auto-pilot to guide the UAV along a pre-programmed flight path, freeing up the operator to concentrate on panning and zooming the high resolution video camera that streams real-time, magnified video footage that is also recorded for later playback if crimes occur in the area under patrol. Literally HUNDREDS of top-of-the-line multi-rotor GPS-guided auto-pilot capable drones, each costing over $2K USD each, could be acquired for the price of just ONE full-scale manned police helicopter, but the enormous advantages of unmanned craft only start with the monetary savings. A multi-rotor UAV, hovering and filming from 200 feet above a Lagos street while a bank robbery is in progress, will NEVER be spotted by those on the ground, giving police formations a HUGE tactical advantage that will inform any counter-attacks that need to be launched even as the crime is in progress. Whether or not the the picture shown in this forum is indeed a police drone, it is a VERY wise and POTENT crime fighting technology to deploy anywhere cities exist, and for this initiative, the current Lagos State governor must be applauded by all who wish to see the tables turned on the banditos of Lagos and beyond, with a little help from a growing fleet of small, quiet, and all-seeing EYES IN THE SKY. |
Lord have mercy that woman is dreamily beautiful in the classical sense. Her hot latina look is rendered even more exotic with slanted eyes that suggest Japanese or Filipino ancestry, all packaged with a toned, busty physique mesmerizing enough to trigger car crashes on Summer days. What a damn shame that a woman gifted with such hypnotic beauty, who at just 22 years old stood to earn SERIOUS money as a fashion or lingerie model, was so desperate for fast money that she risked being sentenced to near certain death, and went ahead to smuggle Class A drugs into China, of all places. Perhaps the Chinese government could go lenient on this foolish girl, and let her serve time in jail, rather than face the standard penalty for drug smuggling in China, an AK round to the back of the head, for which a bill is sent to the deceased prisoner's family for payment. |
And a very fine bird she is too, the Embraer 145, though for looks her larger sibling the Embraer 190/195 takes the prize in my book, despite the fact that the 190 jet does have that reputation as an under-powered runway hog that needs insanely long takeoff rolls to get airborne, and does not handle turbulence well at all. |
In the eyes of the law in ALL civilized nations including Nigeria, persons convicted of non-violent offences ranging from property theft to fraud and burglary, merit FAR lighter sentences than those normally imposed on culprits found guilty of UNLAWFULLY injuring or killing another human being. The intentional killing of another human being, OUTSIDE the context of LEGITIMATE criminal justice that is duly administered by the state, is an act of MURDER, regardless of whether the killing of a person was perpetrated by one assailant, or many. Participating in an attack on any person in the street is a crime punishable by the imposition of jail sentences, or even death penalties if the victim dies, since under current Nigerian law, the victim of such an attack was neither accused nor convicted and sentenced by any recognized, legitimate court of law. The fact that multiple individuals joined in the attack against one or more victims does not in any way "dilute" the culpability of each participant in the attack, contrary to what some perpetrators may imagine. In a nutshell, the gang of screaming, blood-crazed savages, who beat to the point of death a young man ACCUSED of pilfering a couple of laptops, and who would have set the victim ablaze but for the timely arrival of the police, are all INFINITELY more dangerous and violent criminals than the petty thief they tried to kill. There will come one day in Nigeria a sudden tipping point, when a particularly well-connected INNOCENT victim will be slaughtered and burnt by a baying mob, after which point lynch mobs NATIONWIDE will be filmed so as to facilitate individual identification, then jailed in droves, or sent to death row, depending on the level of direct participation attributed to each of the accused mob members. One can only hope that this decisive day, in Nigeria's progression to the ranks of compassionate democratic nations, will come to pass without actual loss of life. |
Clearly they are enjoying their 72 virgins already. |
pyyxxaro:Na for on top fine toto me I go quench when time reach. You self fiti point to any die when go sweet pass to die for chuku-chuku matter ? |
Some serious search and destroy missions going down over there. Looks like a replay of Viet Nam, with the images of burning villages left in the wake of troops on the move. Good to see the virgin hunters finally getting sent to meet their 72 virgins in larger numbers these days. |
