Thanks for all the help, guys! I haven't had time to play with the
car for a few days, but when I do I'll report back.
David wrote:
Before worrying about pressure, check the linkages between the height
correctors
and the control lever inside the car. Since both ends of the car are rising
On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 9:49 PM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote:
I find it hard to believe that the hydraulic fluid tank is really a
pressure reservoir
Can't be, it's plastic. Would explode.
Yeah, that's what I thought. The coolant overflow tank is plastic,
but then it's not
Alex Chamberlain wrote:
Meaning that there's a reason for that little filter I found inside
the flow control valve to be a sintered bronze solid rather than
something less exotic, like a fine flat screen, for example? Would
soaking it in brake cleaner as I did be enough to restore its degree
Meaning that there's a reason for that little filter I found inside
the flow control valve to be a sintered bronze solid rather than
something less exotic, like a fine flat screen, for example?
Well, they're physically robust, small, and cheap. What's not to like?
Would soaking it in brake
07, 2011 9:46 AM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 500SEL hydro suspension still acting up (or down)
On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 9:49 PM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote:
I find it hard to believe that the hydraulic fluid tank is really a
pressure reservoir
Can't be, it's
Before worrying about pressure, check the linkages between the height
correctors and the control lever inside the car. Since both ends of the car are
rising somewhat, and the height is the same (but low), I would check that
first. What happens if you raise the lever inside the car? What happens
You want the ride height hydraulics to be slow response, otherwise they
would be chasing all kinds of bumps and what not and the car would be
gyrating all over the place. Sort of a built-in analog filter. Now
that might be different for the shocks that keep the wheels planted,
that is a
Alex Chamberlain wrote:
Right, let's stipulate, as our colleague Snook, Esq. would
say, that I already knew that. ;) The question I should have
posed was, does the main flow control valve allow the
high-pressure fluid from the pump to enter the rest of the
system (i.e. the level control
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] 500SEL hydro suspension still acting up (or down)
Alex Chamberlain wrote:
Right, let's stipulate, as our
As long as it is clear to everyone that the post that Max is commenting on
below applied to spring-assisted SLS systems (123/124 wagons and similar).
The 6.9/Euro-500SEL system is QUITE different, with no steel springs. The
pressure management is also different, and there's not necessarily a
This posting on the M-100 6.9 forum may also be helpful:
http://www.m-100.cc/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5862
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Y'all may remember that a couple of weeks ago I was posting about my
Euro 500SEL with the 6.9-style four-wheel hydro suspension, which was
first pressurizing (lifting the car) at one end but not the other,
then (after sitting overnight) seemed to be pressurizing properly, but
still didn't respond
Sell it to a Mexican as an exotic low-rider!
Don't take it to a shop, on that Top Gear with the 600Grosser his
checkup repair bill was 15k pounds!
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On 1/6/2011 12:55 PM, Alex Chamberlain wrote:
But the car, though at the same height front and back, won't
rise to normal ride height
Check for a filter at the base of the reservoir. If you do have one
there and it's full of crud, you may not be delivering enough fluid.
I would double-check the o-rings on the filter, and apply some gentle
air pressure from the back side of the sintered filter to make sure
it's allowing
On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.net wrote:
Check for a filter at the base of the reservoir. If you do have one there
and it's full of crud, you may not be delivering enough fluid.
There's a filter inside the reservoir which I replaced, although it
didn't seem
I find it hard to believe that the hydraulic fluid tank is really a
pressure reservoir
Can't be, it's plastic. Would explode.
There also seems to be some disagreement as to whether the system
constantly recirculates fluid---in which case the health of the pump
would be extremely important---
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