Re: [MBZ] 300CD ACC Challenge

2006-05-25 Thread Marshall Booth
B Dike wrote: My thought precisely, Marshall. I want to make it work exactly as designed when Min is selected. Working as designed in other modes is a problem for another day! I'm leaning toward a big magnet on the monovalve to keep it closed. Why not clamp the hose (that's all the monovalve

Re: [MBZ] 300CD ACC Challenge

2006-05-24 Thread Jim Cathey
I'm leaning toward a big magnet on the monovalve to keep it closed. That probably will not work. But wiring it to +12V directly probably will. -- Jim

Re: [MBZ] 300CD ACC Challenge

2006-05-24 Thread Jim Cathey
I'm leaning toward a big magnet on the monovalve to keep it closed. That probably will not work. But wiring it to +12V directly probably will. -- Jim

Re: [MBZ] 300CD ACC Challenge

2006-05-24 Thread B Dike
My thought precisely, Marshall. I want to make it work exactly as designed when Min is selected. Working as designed in other modes is a problem for another day! I'm leaning toward a big magnet on the monovalve to keep it closed. Bruce Marshall Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: B Dik

Re: [MBZ] 300CD ACC Challenge

2006-05-22 Thread Marshall Booth
B Dike wrote: 123 experts, SWMBO has made it abundantly clear that the ACC on the 85 300CD is unacceptable. In hot weather the AC works fine but the monovalve control is so indifferent that it initializes and hangs in full heat way too long especially for someone who is constantly gettin

Re: [MBZ] 300CD ACC Challenge

2006-05-22 Thread andrew strasfogel
Could also be the HOUSING for the monovalve! I had an ineffective new monovalve insert on my 1983 300TD. It was only when I changed the housing for one from a junker 300D that everything worked as it should. On 5/22/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: An embedded and charset-unsp

Re: [MBZ] 300CD ACC Challenge

2006-05-22 Thread luther
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Re: [MBZ] 300CD ACC Challenge

2006-05-22 Thread Sunil Hari
I will gladly buy the coupe off of you for the princely sum of $1000. On 5/22/06, Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bonus points are based on simplicity and effectiveness. Give her your coupe, until such time as it can be chased down and fixed. Once it's under your care, wire a test lam

Re: [MBZ] 300CD ACC Challenge

2006-05-22 Thread Jim Cathey
Bonus points are based on simplicity and effectiveness. Give her your coupe, until such time as it can be chased down and fixed. Once it's under your care, wire a test lamp to the monovalve to see if it's properly being operated by the ACC system. Has the PB array been resoldered lately? Is t

[MBZ] 300CD ACC Challenge

2006-05-22 Thread B Dike
123 experts, SWMBO has made it abundantly clear that the ACC on the 85 300CD is unacceptable. In hot weather the AC works fine but the monovalve control is so indifferent that it initializes and hangs in full heat way too long especially for someone who is constantly getting in and out