Re: [MBZ] Antenna Question
I was planning to start testing today to see if the antenna was getting 12V
but when my wife got home last night and turned the engine off I heard the
familar sound of the antenna retracting. As suddenly as the problem
started, it disappeared.
Perhaps it's one of those electronic glitches Marshall mentioned? Who
knows? - oh well, hopefully it'll keep working --
Thanks for the suggestions --
;-)
Sincerely,
Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 91 300D Turbo)
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- Original Message -
From: Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Antenna Question
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Marshall Trampas,
Unfortunately (or fortunatley depending on your point of view) there
is
no seperate rocker switch for the antenna on my 300D - it's evidently
hard-wired into the radio - unlike many MBs Normally, I turn the
engine
off and the radio shuts down after a 5 sec pause - and the antenna starts
retracting at that time. And the reverse is true -- when I crank up -
the
radio comes on with the engine and the antenna extends -
It worked fine until I noticed it yesteday - maybe it's just a
coincidence
that the motor stopped working when the battery was drained?
Your car was manufactured after the '90 midyear replacement of the
rocker switch that older Mercedes have used for decades. You MIGHT try
removing fuse(s) that supply power to the antenna or unplug the
multiconductor plug on the antenna and then reattach it after 30-60
seconds. It's control is now entirely electronic - and I regret that
electronics in Mercedes cars are noticeably less reliable after 15 years
and deteriorate rapidly after that.
Marshall
--
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'87 300TD 182Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 turbo 237kmi, '84
190D 2.2 229Kmi (retired)
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Re: [MBZ] Antenna Question
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was planning to start testing today to see if the antenna was getting 12V but when my wife got home last night and turned the engine off I heard the familar sound of the antenna retracting. As suddenly as the problem started, it disappeared. Perhaps it's one of those electronic glitches Marshall mentioned? Who knows? - oh well, hopefully it'll keep working -- Wipe the antenna EVERY time you fill the car with fuel and you can put some silicone spray on the towel/rag you wipe with. Keeping it clean is the very best maintenance. DO NOT use grease or oil of any sort. Marshall -- Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions) der Dieseling Doktor [EMAIL PROTECTED] '87 300TD 182Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 turbo 237kmi, '84 190D 2.2 229Kmi (retired)
Re: [MBZ] Antenna Question
better it be stuck up than down. On 5/8/06, Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marshall Trampas, Unfortunately (or fortunatley depending on your point of view) there is no seperate rocker switch for the antenna on my 300D - it's evidently hard-wired into the radio - unlike many MBs Normally, I turn the engine off and the radio shuts down after a 5 sec pause - and the antenna starts retracting at that time. And the reverse is true -- when I crank up - the radio comes on with the engine and the antenna extends - It worked fine until I noticed it yesteday - maybe it's just a coincidence that the motor stopped working when the battery was drained? Your car was manufactured after the '90 midyear replacement of the rocker switch that older Mercedes have used for decades. You MIGHT try removing fuse(s) that supply power to the antenna or unplug the multiconductor plug on the antenna and then reattach it after 30-60 seconds. It's control is now entirely electronic - and I regret that electronics in Mercedes cars are noticeably less reliable after 15 years and deteriorate rapidly after that. Marshall -- Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions) der Dieseling Doktor [EMAIL PROTECTED] '87 300TD 182Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 turbo 237kmi, '84 190D 2.2 229Kmi (retired) ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net -- Sunil Hari 1992 300D 2.5T - 286Kmi. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 513-205-7474
Re: [MBZ] Antenna Question + a little story
Well my story is not that radical. I gave up on the made in china motor that some PO had used to replace the Hirschman. I bought a manual telescoping antenna at my local radio shop for 19.99. Bolted right up to he rear fender and plugged right into the original MB coaxial cable. I never retract it but I could as it goes flush with the fender if I am in a bad neighborhood in Boston. Dwight Dwight Giles, Jr 1979 240D auto, 250K + miles 1990 300D 2.5t, 130K miles Wickford, RI Bissell Cove Quahog Auto Salvage Co. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 9:03 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List; Mercedes Discussion List Subject: [MBZ] Antenna Question + a little story On my 300SE the Boston Vandals broke off my antennae when my kid had the habit of turning off the power button and it remained sticking up get this ... TWICE. I replaced it with factory antennaes the first time. After that I put one of those antennaes with the big chrome spring at the bottom. The broke it off again which I thought was impossible (and hey. I don't have any enemies - at least not the kind that would break off my car antennae when I'm sleeping.) So after the 2nd hit, I went to a local wrench store and bought a $10 single shaft antennae (the kind with the nut on the bottom that you put on the front fender of you pickup) - and a pair of vice grips (didn't have any tools with me) - Went back out to the parking lot, took the vice-grips and bent it back and forth about 500 fucking times to break the fat part off - shaped it a little with the flat part of the vice grips and stuck it into the goddamned hole. Oh yeah - then I thought it might rain in the hole because the fit wasn't all that great. So I went back in the wrench store and bought a tube of goo and squeezed it down into the openings and smeared around it a little. Looks a little mad-max but I don't mind. That was a year ago and the blaupunkt still receives and plays fine. If they break off another one, I can replace it for 10 bucks (I won't have to buy another vice grips, but I'll have to buy another tube of goo). Les Boston ---Original Message- From: Sunil Hari [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 9, 2006 12:16 AM To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' Subject: Re: [MBZ] Antenna Question better it be stuck up than down. On 5/8/06, Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marshall Trampas, Unfortunately (or fortunatley depending on your point of view) there is no seperate rocker switch for the antenna on my 300D - it's evidently hard-wired into the radio - unlike many MBs Normally, I turn the engine off and the radio shuts down after a 5 sec pause - and the antenna starts retracting at that time. And the reverse is true -- when I crank up - the radio comes on with the engine and the antenna extends - It worked fine until I noticed it yesteday - maybe it's just a coincidence that the motor stopped working when the battery was drained? Your car was manufactured after the '90 midyear replacement of the rocker switch that older Mercedes have used for decades. You MIGHT try removing fuse(s) that supply power to the antenna or unplug the multiconductor plug on the antenna and then reattach it after 30-60 seconds. It's control is now entirely electronic - and I regret that electronics in Mercedes cars are noticeably less reliable after 15 years and deteriorate rapidly after that. Marshall -- Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions) der Dieseling Doktor [EMAIL PROTECTED] '87 300TD 182Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 turbo 237kmi, '84 190D 2.2 229Kmi (retired) ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net -- Sunil Hari 1992 300D 2.5T - 286Kmi. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 513-205-7474 ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
Re: [MBZ] Antenna Question + a little story
Far more sophisticated. Maybe the next time I'll take a step up. tx for the clue les -Original Message- From: Dwight E. Giles, Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 9, 2006 01:09 AM To: ''Mercedes Discussion List'' Subject: Re: [MBZ] Antenna Question + a little story Well my story is not that radical. I gave up on the made in china motor that some PO had used to replace the Hirschman. I bought a manual telescoping antenna at my local radio shop for 19.99. Bolted right up to he rear fender and plugged right into the original MB coaxial cable. I never retract it but I could as it goes flush with the fender if I am in a bad neighborhood in Boston. Dwight Dwight Giles, Jr 1979 240D auto, 250K + miles 1990 300D 2.5t, 130K miles Wickford, RI Bissell Cove Quahog Auto Salvage Co. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 9:03 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List; Mercedes Discussion List Subject: [MBZ] Antenna Question + a little story On my 300SE the Boston Vandals broke off my antennae when my kid had the habit of turning off the power button and it remained sticking up get this ... TWICE. I replaced it with factory antennaes the first time. After that I put one of those antennaes with the big chrome spring at the bottom. The broke it off again which I thought was impossible (and hey. I don't have any enemies - at least not the kind that would break off my car antennae when I'm sleeping.) So after the 2nd hit, I went to a local wrench store and bought a $10 single shaft antennae (the kind with the nut on the bottom that you put on the front fender of you pickup) - and a pair of vice grips (didn't have any tools with me) - Went back out to the parking lot, took the vice-grips and bent it back and forth about 500 fucking times to break the fat part off - shaped it a little with the flat part of the vice grips and stuck it into the goddamned hole. Oh yeah - then I thought it might rain in the hole because the fit wasn't all that great. So I went back in the wrench store and bought a tube of goo and squeezed it down into the openings and smeared around it a little. Looks a little mad-max but I don't mind. That was a year ago and the blaupunkt still receives and plays fine. If they break off another one, I can replace it for 10 bucks (I won't have to buy another vice grips, but I'll have to buy another tube of goo). Les Boston ---Original Message- From: Sunil Hari [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 9, 2006 12:16 AM To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' Subject: Re: [MBZ] Antenna Question better it be stuck up than down. On 5/8/06, Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marshall Trampas, Unfortunately (or fortunatley depending on your point of view) there is no seperate rocker switch for the antenna on my 300D - it's evidently hard-wired into the radio - unlike many MBs Normally, I turn the engine off and the radio shuts down after a 5 sec pause - and the antenna starts retracting at that time. And the reverse is true -- when I crank up - the radio comes on with the engine and the antenna extends - It worked fine until I noticed it yesteday - maybe it's just a coincidence that the motor stopped working when the battery was drained? Your car was manufactured after the '90 midyear replacement of the rocker switch that older Mercedes have used for decades. You MIGHT try removing fuse(s) that supply power to the antenna or unplug the multiconductor plug on the antenna and then reattach it after 30-60 seconds. It's control is now entirely electronic - and I regret that electronics in Mercedes cars are noticeably less reliable after 15 years and deteriorate rapidly after that. Marshall -- Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions) der Dieseling Doktor [EMAIL PROTECTED] '87 300TD 182Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 turbo 237kmi, '84 190D 2.2 229Kmi (retired) ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net -- Sunil Hari 1992 300D 2.5T - 286Kmi. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 513-205-7474 ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
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That was wicked smart. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 6:03 PM Subject: [MBZ] Antenna Question + a little story On my 300SE the Boston Vandals broke off my antennae when my kid had the habit of turning off the power button and it remained sticking up get this ... TWICE. I replaced it with factory antennaes the first time. After that I put one of those antennaes with the big chrome spring at the bottom. The broke it off again which I thought was impossible (and hey. I don't have any enemies - at least not the kind that would break off my car antennae when I'm sleeping.) So after the 2nd hit, I went to a local wrench store and bought a $10 single shaft antennae (the kind with the nut on the bottom that you put on the front fender of you pickup) - and a pair of vice grips (didn't have any tools with me) - Went back out to the parking lot, took the vice-grips and bent it back and forth about 500 fucking times to break the fat part off - shaped it a little with the flat part of the vice grips and stuck it into the goddamned hole. Oh yeah - then I thought it might rain in the hole because the fit wasn't all that great. So I went back in the wrench store and bought a tube of goo and squeezed it down into the openings and smeared around it a little. Looks a little mad-max but I don't mind. That was a year ago and the blaupunkt still receives and plays fine. If they break off another one, I can replace it for 10 bucks (I won't have to buy another vice grips, but I'll have to buy another tube of goo). Les Boston ---Original Message- From: Sunil Hari [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 9, 2006 12:16 AM To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' Subject: Re: [MBZ] Antenna Question better it be stuck up than down. On 5/8/06, Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marshall Trampas, Unfortunately (or fortunatley depending on your point of view) there is no seperate rocker switch for the antenna on my 300D - it's evidently hard-wired into the radio - unlike many MBs Normally, I turn the engine off and the radio shuts down after a 5 sec pause - and the antenna starts retracting at that time. And the reverse is true -- when I crank up - the radio comes on with the engine and the antenna extends - It worked fine until I noticed it yesteday - maybe it's just a coincidence that the motor stopped working when the battery was drained? Your car was manufactured after the '90 midyear replacement of the rocker switch that older Mercedes have used for decades. You MIGHT try removing fuse(s) that supply power to the antenna or unplug the multiconductor plug on the antenna and then reattach it after 30-60 seconds. It's control is now entirely electronic - and I regret that electronics in Mercedes cars are noticeably less reliable after 15 years and deteriorate rapidly after that. Marshall -- Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions) der Dieseling Doktor [EMAIL PROTECTED] '87 300TD 182Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 turbo 237kmi, '84 190D 2.2 229Kmi (retired) ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net -- Sunil Hari 1992 300D 2.5T - 286Kmi. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 513-205-7474 ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
Re: [MBZ] Antenna Question + a little story
Ah the gems of society that do things under the cover of darkness. Wish I could go back and undo some of the (few) things I did like that as a teen. Cycle of life I guess. Although the theft of my Harley is on a whole different level. I would LOVE someday to have a nice hidden camera setup. Maybe you should coat your antenna with grease or ink or dye. I'm probably going to do that with the wind chime that our neighbor keeps taking down for us. The antenna is broken off on mine too. I haven't even looked into whether the motor works at all. I guess the European designed autos have the antenna on the side of the car that is vulnerable to drive-by's on this side of the pond. Brian 83 240D On 5/8/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On my 300SE the Boston Vandals broke off my antennae when my kid had the habit of turning off the power button and it remained sticking up get this ... TWICE. I replaced it with factory antennaes the first time. After that I put one of those antennaes with the big chrome spring at the bottom. The broke it off again which I thought was impossible (and hey. I don't have any enemies - at least not the kind that would break off my car antennae when I'm sleeping.)
Re: [MBZ] Antenna Question + a little story
Well Zoltan, we only differ on one fine point I wouldn't undo any of those badass things I did when I was a young buck back then. They were fun - yeah making life miserable for a day for some whining grownups who were having no fun at all - which made it all the more fun. Like you say - the cycle of life - old as defecating. When I get pissed off now as I look at my broken antennae I smile ... and think how to beat the little bastards by sticking a cheap shaft in the gaping hole in the rear fender of my 126 - it's a metaphorical thing - total satisfaction ... but I understand that many don't understand. The Harley? Well these material things - no matter how much we pay for them ... from your Harley to my Maserati bi-turbo a few years ago ... found stripped to a frame - dead ass on the street in Roxbury - looking like it just rolled off part of a Ford assembly line in Motorcity - as my friend once said as we stood smoking cigarettes in front of the Parker House in Boston and a bourgeoismobile - a Bugatti no less - pulls up to a waiting doorman under the canopy - my compa takes a glance and says, 'just another sled' - the Harleys and the biturbos come and go just like our tubes of toothpaste. I have as much fun in my all-beat-to-hell F-150 pickup crowned with loudspeakers leading anti-war marches in Boston as I do gear-jamming my old 944 turbo in the writhing back roads of New Hampshire on a sunny day. Once they threw a cement block through the back window of my 944 outside my window as I slept away. I drove it without a window for a few weeks in the rain feeling like I was in an australian movie - more fun than a man should have. Oh how irreverant before the god of the machine! les -Original Message- From: Zoltan Finks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 9, 2006 04:44 AM To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' Subject: Re: [MBZ] Antenna Question + a little story Ah the gems of society that do things under the cover of darkness. Wish I could go back and undo some of the (few) things I did like that as a teen. Cycle of life I guess. Although the theft of my Harley is on a whole different level. I would LOVE someday to have a nice hidden camera setup. Maybe you should coat your antenna with grease or ink or dye. I'm probably going to do that with the wind chime that our neighbor keeps taking down for us. The antenna is broken off on mine too. I haven't even looked into whether the motor works at all. I guess the European designed autos have the antenna on the side of the car that is vulnerable to drive-by's on this side of the pond. Brian 83 240D On 5/8/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On my 300SE the Boston Vandals broke off my antennae when my kid had the habit of turning off the power button and it remained sticking up get this ... TWICE. I replaced it with factory antennaes the first time. After that I put one of those antennaes with the big chrome spring at the bottom. The broke it off again which I thought was impossible (and hey. I don't have any enemies - at least not the kind that would break off my car antennae when I'm sleeping.) ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
Re: [MBZ] Antenna Question
OK, lacking any words of wisdom telling me of a simple fix for my antenna
problem I guess I'll check to see if the antenna motor is getting power and
troubleshoot from there toward the radio.
Thanks for the help -- it'd be a *lot* harder to own a MB without you guys!
Sincerely,
Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 91 300D Turbo)
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- Original Message -
From: Trampas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 5:28 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Antenna Question
Check and see if she hit the antenna switch that keeps it up...
Trampas
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On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 3:45 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [MBZ] Antenna Question
Howdy,
Saturday, my wife left the lights on drained the battery - I entered
the code the radio started working again. I also slow charged the
battery
all day Sunday until it was fully charged. Today, I drove it found all
is right again - until I turned the engine off - the radio went off after
its customary delay and I waited for the antenna to retract - but it
didn;t.
I hit the radio Power button - and the power came on as it should, hit it
again it turned off -- all the while the antenna stays fully in the Up
position.
Any idea what happened how to fix it?
TIA --
Sincerely,
Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 91 300D Turbo)
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Howdy, Saturday, my wife left the lights on drained the battery - I entered the code the radio started working again. I also slow charged the battery all day Sunday until it was fully charged. Today, I drove it found all is right again - until I turned the engine off - the radio went off after its customary delay and I waited for the antenna to retract - but it didn;t. I hit the radio Power button - and the power came on as it should, hit it again it turned off -- all the while the antenna stays fully in the Up position. Any idea what happened how to fix it? I considered suggesting a new wife, but LINDA was NOT amused Marshall -- Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions) der Dieseling Doktor [EMAIL PROTECTED] '87 300TD 182Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 turbo 237kmi, '84 190D 2.2 229Kmi (retired)
Re: [MBZ] Antenna Question
Marshall wrote: I considered suggesting a new wife, but LINDA was NOT
amused
Oh, Marshall! You like living life on the edge!
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- Original Message -
From: Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 4:15 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Antenna Question
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Howdy,
Saturday, my wife left the lights on drained the battery - I
entered
the code the radio started working again. I also slow charged the
battery
all day Sunday until it was fully charged. Today, I drove it found
all
is right again - until I turned the engine off - the radio went off after
its customary delay and I waited for the antenna to retract - but it
didn;t.
I hit the radio Power button - and the power came on as it should, hit it
again it turned off -- all the while the antenna stays fully in the
Up
position.
Any idea what happened how to fix it?
I considered suggesting a new wife, but LINDA was NOT amused
Marshall
--
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der Dieseling Doktor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
'87 300TD 182Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 turbo 237kmi, '84
190D 2.2 229Kmi (retired)
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Re: [MBZ] Antenna Question
Check and see if she hit the antenna switch that keeps it up...
Trampas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 3:45 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [MBZ] Antenna Question
Howdy,
Saturday, my wife left the lights on drained the battery - I entered
the code the radio started working again. I also slow charged the battery
all day Sunday until it was fully charged. Today, I drove it found all
is right again - until I turned the engine off - the radio went off after
its customary delay and I waited for the antenna to retract - but it didn;t.
I hit the radio Power button - and the power came on as it should, hit it
again it turned off -- all the while the antenna stays fully in the Up
position.
Any idea what happened how to fix it?
TIA --
Sincerely,
Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 91 300D Turbo)
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Re: [MBZ] Antenna Question
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marshall wrote: I considered suggesting a new wife, but LINDA was NOT amused Oh, Marshall! You like living life on the edge! If your car has a rocker switch to control antenna height, they often come apart and lose contact inside. Pressing on the center of the switch CAN often restore function temporarily. Marshall -- Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions) der Dieseling Doktor [EMAIL PROTECTED] '87 300TD 182Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 turbo 237kmi, '84 190D 2.2 229Kmi (retired)
Re: [MBZ] Antenna Question
Marshall Trampas,
Unfortunately (or fortunatley depending on your point of view) there is
no seperate rocker switch for the antenna on my 300D - it's evidently
hard-wired into the radio - unlike many MBs Normally, I turn the engine
off and the radio shuts down after a 5 sec pause - and the antenna starts
retracting at that time. And the reverse is true -- when I crank up - the
radio comes on with the engine and the antenna extends -
It worked fine until I noticed it yesteday - maybe it's just a coincidence
that the motor stopped working when the battery was drained?
Sincerely,
Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 91 300D Turbo)
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- Original Message -
From: Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 5:41 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Antenna Question
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Marshall wrote: I considered suggesting a new wife, but LINDA was NOT
amused
Oh, Marshall! You like living life on the edge!
If your car has a rocker switch to control antenna height, they often
come apart and lose contact inside. Pressing on the center of the switch
CAN often restore function temporarily.
Marshall
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der Dieseling Doktor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
'87 300TD 182Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 turbo 237kmi, '84
190D 2.2 229Kmi (retired)
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Re: [MBZ] Antenna Question
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marshall Trampas, Unfortunately (or fortunatley depending on your point of view) there is no seperate rocker switch for the antenna on my 300D - it's evidently hard-wired into the radio - unlike many MBs Normally, I turn the engine off and the radio shuts down after a 5 sec pause - and the antenna starts retracting at that time. And the reverse is true -- when I crank up - the radio comes on with the engine and the antenna extends - It worked fine until I noticed it yesteday - maybe it's just a coincidence that the motor stopped working when the battery was drained? Your car was manufactured after the '90 midyear replacement of the rocker switch that older Mercedes have used for decades. You MIGHT try removing fuse(s) that supply power to the antenna or unplug the multiconductor plug on the antenna and then reattach it after 30-60 seconds. It's control is now entirely electronic - and I regret that electronics in Mercedes cars are noticeably less reliable after 15 years and deteriorate rapidly after that. Marshall -- Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions) der Dieseling Doktor [EMAIL PROTECTED] '87 300TD 182Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 turbo 237kmi, '84 190D 2.2 229Kmi (retired)
Re: [MBZ] Antenna Question
Your antenna might be going down too low, or it's had the topmost part cut
off. If it's anything like my 84 300D, the inner plastic liners to the
trunk pop right out - they're only held in by their shape.
I don't think there's any adjustment, other than a new antenna mast. If
your reception stinks, a new mast is around $40 from rusty.
On 2/21/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi there,
When the antenna is raised, it looks normal. But when it retracts, it
goes
into the fender fitting - and disappears. Isn't the tip supposed to be
just at the fender opening? Is my antenna going too far down? Is there
an
adjustment?
How do the interior covers in the trunk come out for access to the antenna
and other stuff behind the covers?
TIA -
;-)
Sincerely,
Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 91 300D Turbo)
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Re: [MBZ] Antenna Question
Thanks Sunil,
I looked at the tip when it was raised so the top has not been cut off.
Sounds like I should probably replace the mast - my reception isn;t that
good - I plan to check the wire between the antenna and the radio for
continuity. The one in my 240D was broken and I replaced it - made a
*world* of difference! Now it pulls in really far away stations -
Sincerely,
Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 91 300D Turbo)
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- Original Message -
From: Sunil Hari [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 10:30 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Antenna Question
Your antenna might be going down too low, or it's had the topmost part cut
off. If it's anything like my 84 300D, the inner plastic liners to the
trunk pop right out - they're only held in by their shape.
I don't think there's any adjustment, other than a new antenna mast. If
your reception stinks, a new mast is around $40 from rusty.
On 2/21/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi there,
When the antenna is raised, it looks normal. But when it retracts, it
goes
into the fender fitting - and disappears. Isn't the tip supposed to be
just at the fender opening? Is my antenna going too far down? Is there
an
adjustment?
How do the interior covers in the trunk come out for access to the
antenna
and other stuff behind the covers?
TIA -
;-)
Sincerely,
Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 91 300D Turbo)
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