Re: [MBZ] '86 SDL climate only hot or cold

2009-05-01 Thread Luther
The aspirator motor is fine and holds a piece of tissue against the sensor grill. Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: it sounds like the temp sensor is not working. With it running, put a little piece of tissue up on it and see if it holds, if not, the little aspirator motor is not working to pull air

Re: [MBZ] '86 SDL climate only hot or cold

2009-05-01 Thread andrew strasfogel
The foamy connector pipe beneath the dash could have rotted out. On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Luther benz-n-h...@gulseth.net wrote: The aspirator motor is fine and holds a piece of tissue against the sensor grill. Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: it sounds like the temp sensor is not working.

Re: [MBZ] '86 SDL climate only hot or cold

2009-05-01 Thread Mitch Haley
andrew strasfogel wrote: The foamy connector pipe beneath the dash could have rotted out. Wouldn't that prevent the aspirator fan from pulling a vacuum at the grill? Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search

Re: [MBZ] '86 SDL climate only hot or cold

2009-05-01 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
then the sensor itself is bad or something in the PBU Luther wrote: The aspirator motor is fine and holds a piece of tissue against the sensor grill. -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 95 E300, 92 500SEL, 92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 300D, 91 300E, 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL x2, 85 380SE 5.0

Re: [MBZ] '86 SDL climate only hot or cold

2009-05-01 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Does not have one on a 126. If it did have one, and was rotted out, it would not hold a tissue to the sensor andrew strasfogel wrote: The foamy connector pipe beneath the dash could have rotted out. -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 95 E300, 92 500SEL, 92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic, 91

Re: [MBZ] '86 SDL climate only hot or cold

2009-05-01 Thread andrew strasfogel
Sorry - I missed the bit about the tissue sucking. On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote: Does not have one on a 126. If it did have one, and was rotted out, it would not hold a tissue to the sensor andrew strasfogel wrote: The foamy connector pipe

Re: [MBZ] '86 SDL climate only hot or cold

2009-05-01 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
tissue sucking issue, now THATS funny andrew strasfogel wrote: Sorry - I missed the bit about the tissue sucking. -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 95 E300, 92 500SEL, 92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 300D, 91 300E, 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL x2, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 85 190D, 84 190D, 84 300D euro

Re: [MBZ] '86 SDL climate only hot or cold

2009-05-01 Thread Peter Frederick
Check the resistance of the thermistor - -they have been known to go bad. Peter On May 1, 2009, at 9:24 AM, Mitch Haley wrote: andrew strasfogel wrote: The foamy connector pipe beneath the dash could have rotted out. Wouldn't that prevent the aspirator fan from pulling a vacuum at the

Re: [MBZ] '86 SDL climate only hot or cold

2009-05-01 Thread Luther
Do you know what the resistance should be? Would I be checking this in the dome light assembly? Luther Peter Frederick wrote: Check the resistance of the thermistor - -they have been known to go bad. Peter -- Luther KB5QHUAlma, Ark '87 300SDL (281,xxx mi) '85 Ford F250 6.9 diesel

Re: [MBZ] '86 SDL climate only hot or cold

2009-05-01 Thread Peter Frederick
Don't know the spec right off hand (it's in the manuals), but is it usually in the hunderds of ohms range at room temperature and should change in response to temperature changes. The interior sensors on the W124 are negative temp coeffident -- the lower the temp, the higher the

Re: [MBZ] '86 SDL climate only hot or cold

2009-04-30 Thread Luther
If you want to send the dead unit to me, I'll take it. I already have 1 spare, and will sell a reman to the list at a discounted price. Luther OK Don wrote: Mine (SDL) did the same thing - I chased all sorts of things, but it turned out to be solder joints in the PBU. Pull it, suck the old

Re: [MBZ] '86 SDL climate only hot or cold

2009-04-29 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
it sounds like the temp sensor is not working. With it running, put a little piece of tissue up on it and see if it holds, if not, the little aspirator motor is not working to pull air across the sensor. Luther wrote: The a/c and heat function fine on my SDL, but they don't function (blend)

[MBZ] '86 SDL climate only hot or cold

2009-04-28 Thread Luther
The a/c and heat function fine on my SDL, but they don't function (blend) together. On cold mornings, the car will blow full out 180C heat until the cabin reaches temp, then blow cold air until the temp is cooler, then blow 180C air, then cold air, etc If this was my 123, I'd pull the

Re: [MBZ] '86 SDL climate only hot or cold

2009-04-28 Thread OK Don
Mine (SDL) did the same thing - I chased all sorts of things, but it turned out to be solder joints in the PBU. Pull it, suck the old solder off, and re-solder the PCB. I also cleaned the switches and pot with de-oxit (sp?). Actually, I bought a spare PBU from Kaleb, re-soldered it, then swapped

Re: [MBZ] '86 SDL climate only hot or cold

2009-04-28 Thread Jim Cathey
The a/c and heat function fine on my SDL, but they don't function (blend) together. On cold mornings, the car will blow full out 180C heat until the cabin reaches temp, then blow cold air until the temp is cooler, then blow 180C air, then cold air, etc Sounds like the monovalve is not

Re: [MBZ] '86 SDL climate only hot or cold

2009-04-28 Thread Rich Thomas
You could move either further south or further north and the problem would be solved. --R Luther wrote: The a/c and heat function fine on my SDL, but they don't function (blend) together. On cold mornings, the car will blow full out 180C heat until the cabin reaches temp, then blow cold air

Re: [MBZ] '86 SDL climate only hot or cold

2009-04-28 Thread Luther
This CCU (Climate Control Unit) has been resoldered completely, all fresh solder. Grrr, I guess this time I'll order new capacitors and RR them also. Jim, I'll pull the monovalve tomorrow or Thursday and see if that helps. It might be the CCU since the auto fan blows high speed or low

Re: [MBZ] '86 SDL climate only hot or cold

2009-04-28 Thread Jim Cathey
Jim, I'll pull the monovalve tomorrow or Thursday and see if that helps. It might be the CCU since the auto fan blows high speed or low speed, there's no gradual fan speed control. That is possible. It depends on if the fan speed is pro-active or re-active to the plenum temperature. If

Re: [MBZ] '86 SDL climate only hot or cold

2009-04-28 Thread Luther
Tell me about it. Getting to the bottom PCB is a PITA, having to remove that small ribbon cable for the temp control. Eh, it's not as bad as laptop repair, thank goodness. Jim Cathey wrote: Jim, I'll pull the monovalve tomorrow or Thursday and see if that helps. It might be the CCU since