Full points, you worked both metric and old money very nicely into that post! ;-)
Did you know Mercedes make little towelettes for cleaning and lubing the aerial? Little packets, like hand-wipes. I know cos I have a box in the truck. I know, I'm a bit goofy! hee hee. Every wonder why a service at the dealer is so expensive? I had a friend who used to work at a dealer. One of the many things they did while performing a service, was to have two guys; one holding a cloth to lube the aerial, while the the other guy sat in the car and turned the radio on and off. Having a box of aerial towelettes in the truck doesn't seem so extravagant now. hee hee Ed 300E On 26 January 2012 23:42, Hendrik & Fay <heni...@ozemail.com.au> wrote: > Whatdda matter your eyes getting sore and blurry again? > > Anyway for a bit of genuine Hirschmann content, I got my TE back the other > day, after being on loan and notice that the aerial is failling to fully > retract. > OK fair enough, time for a service and they are ooooooohh so easy to pull > out of a S124, pulled it apart, yep small pressure wheel has wear spot, > even though it is lubricated and free to turn, mast has a tight spot right > down the bottom, bugger, slight bend, attempts at straightening have some > success and cleaning of mast frees it up just about except for the last 6in > being a bit tight but not too bad. > Reassemble and test shows it to retract all the way except for about 1cm, > well I can live with that because further attempts to get the mast straight > may well lead to a worse condition and a cm sticking out is not worth > buying a new mast for. So I put it back in the car and of course it is not > doing the right thing. HMMNh I think to myself, give it a couple of more > cycles and it will retract if I turn on the radio let the mast go up a > couple small Imperial measurment units and then switch it off, do this 5 > times and it back down to 1 small metric measurement stick out. Right O I > have spares in a draw in a workshop in a garage under the house, so I get > said spares and swap over electrics, test reveals that it is retracting > down to a centimetre (note proper spelling), stick it back in the car and > all is well. > So I guess that the motor in the other Hirschy was a bit tired or the ECU > in that one is wonky? > Ooh yeah and I had a go at repairing the pressure wheel, involving a > welder, a grinder and a dremel tool. So far so good. > > Hendrik > who always grabs old Hirschy bits and pieces out of wrecks > > E M wrote: > >> I think threads on how to pull and >> rebuild an engine have been shorter than this one. Quick, somebody go out >> and mess something up on there car....then come back and we'll talk about >> it. And just to make it interesting, when we're talking about what tools >> are needed to fix it, we have to talk metric, and also convert into old >> world money. ;-) >> >> Ed >> 300E >> >> >> >> > > > ______________________________**_________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives > http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
