I was thinking of hitting knackers, but the w140 has become a bit scarce for the past few months
clay On Feb 28, 2016, at 6:23 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: > > > This is all general MB experience, nothing particular to a 140POS. > > The rear windows have a kidproof lockout. perhaps all that needs to be done > is to slide that switch the other direction. > > LF and RR should be on one circuit, and RF and LR on the other. > > I've had the plastic slider fail, letting the window fall (not on a 140) > > About 1985, the regulators got cheap, going form a cast aluminum gear to a > stamped 1/8" steel gear. The steel gear strips. That is usually manifest > first by a clicking sound when the window is up all the way. > > You could have a bad slider, a bad regulator or a bad motor or even bad > wiring. > > the motors, even on say a 126 come in many shapes and sizes, so probably not > easily interchangeable. Best bet is to acquire the whole regulator/motor > assembly from the knackers and change it, IF that is the problem. > > >> Boy thinks the glass has fallen off the arm. Driver window had failed last >> year and we screwed around with it. It might have a wiring issue. Rear >> windows are the ones not going up or down. Weather around there is -40 much >> of the time, so he has not opened it up to really know. >> >> I pulled the regulators from the W115 and found that the motors would fail >> out, but the gearing part was still good. Except one. Electric motors were >> pretty standard, so could swap around. I assume the motors for other >> models could work. If I can snag them from PnP, that would be useful, but >> would need to know what model had compatible motors. >> >> Since I am 900 miles away from the car, I was wondering mean time between >> failure for systems was. The likelihood of motor, regulator, or other part >> being prime cause so the parts are on deck so he does not need to drive >> around waiting for the parts or to solve the problem. >> >> Car has the original biodegradable harness. CEL has been illuminated since >> he got the car, but it clears long enough to pass emissions. There are a >> few spots were the insulation is gone, and the thing needs replaced. I was >> wondering what replacement harness costs. If it is reasonable, I would just >> get him one for his birthday. He has enough idiots he lives with who can >> help him install >> >> >> clay >> >> 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap >> 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green >> 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery >> 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran >> 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV >> POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Feb 28, 2016, at 5:25 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: >> >>> Well I have owned 140s for decades before poos did but have forgotten more >>> about them that poos knows. But anyway what are the problems exactly with >>> the windows? >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Feb 28, 2016, at 7:14 PM, clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> This is a long distance mystery diagnosis/fix. >>>> >>>> #1 boy has his 300SE in ND with windows that are misbehaving. Erratic >>>> weather at the moment, so he is unwilling to dive in until deeper into >>>> Spring. I have been able to figure out the switches are good. When it is >>>> unzipped, we will know if the motor, regulator, or some wee part is making >>>> the window unhappy. >>>> >>>> Dan, since you have vast knowledge of the W140 series. What are the most >>>> probable causes that you have found? Kid is hoping it is a simple Dorman >>>> part instead of needing to dig deep into the EPC. Maybe Kaleb has window >>>> motors that he will part with, or should we look at just replacing the >>>> motor and using original gearing? >> >> >> >> Child is now investing far too much in heavy weaponry because he thinks a >> >> wire harness is thousands of $$$. Is this a realistic view, or can a >> >> fresh Delco harness be found for a few hundred? He had pulled a harness >> >> out of a 93 SE, but cut it short of the computer end. Are they even >> >> compatible? >>>> >>>> >>>> clay >>>> >>>> 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap >>>> 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green >>>> 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery >> >> 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran >>>> 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV >>>> POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://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 >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://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 >>> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://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 > > > _______________________________________ > http://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 > _______________________________________ http://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
