Re: [MBZ] 124 rear headrest

2006-01-14 Thread OK Don
Snook mailed the owners manual, which I received today, and the first thing I looked up was the rear headrests. The manual states that they will fold back when you push the button (when the engine is running) - the parens are theirs. So we tried it tonight - after parking the car, killed the

Re: [MBZ] 124 rear headrest

2006-01-14 Thread Alex Chamberlain
Interesting. You had just enough stored vacuum to trip the latch actuators. (They run off engine vacuum, not a separate pump like the locks.) On 1/13/06, OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Snook mailed the owners manual, which I received today, and the first thing I looked up was the rear

Re: [MBZ] 124 rear headrest

2006-01-13 Thread OK Don
I'll have to test with a helper some time -- seems like it's releasing, but not falling back, but I can't tell yet On 1/12/06, Alex Chamberlain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/11/06, OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mine won't fall back by just pushing the button. I have to be moving - I

[MBZ] 124 rear headrest

2006-01-13 Thread wilton strickland
Mine falls back with resounding THUMP. Wilton

Re: [MBZ] 124 rear headrest

2006-01-13 Thread Alex Chamberlain
Exactly. Mine too, and regardless of the velocity vector of the car. OK Don's are broken somehow, I think. Alex Chamberlain '87 300D Turbo On 1/12/06, wilton strickland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mine falls back with resounding THUMP. Wilton ___

Re: [MBZ] 124 rear headrest

2006-01-12 Thread OK Don
Mine won't fall back by just pushing the button. I have to be moving - I guess it needs the vibration to overcome inertia I'd push them, but can't reach them at the same time I push the button. Wilton, IIRC you just use the switch on the dash and they fold themselves back down.

Re: [MBZ] 124 rear headrest

2006-01-12 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On 1/11/06, OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mine won't fall back by just pushing the button. I have to be moving - I guess it needs the vibration to overcome inertia Vacuum leak, maybe? Just enough more vacuum is generated when the engine is above idle speed to trip the solenoids??? Alex

[MBZ] 124 rear headrest

2006-01-11 Thread wilton strickland
While trying to find easy route for a charging cable for my electric mobility scooter in the trunk of my 87 300D/124, I rotated one of the rear headrests to the up-and-in-use position. Both headrests have been in stowed position in recesses in hat shelf since I got car yr and half ago. How can I

Re: [MBZ] 124 rear headrest

2006-01-11 Thread Lee Levitt
PROTECTED] Subject: [MBZ] 124 rear headrest While trying to find easy route for a charging cable for my electric mobility scooter in the trunk of my 87 300D/124, I rotated one of the rear headrests to the up-and-in-use position. Both headrests have been in stowed position in recesses