Re: [MBZ] Pumpkin time.

2015-12-27 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
HVAC fan can be tricky, buried under the mono-wiper. Three wires: power, ground, and control. I've had one bad fan motor and one bad "porcupine" motor controller. I bought the Mercedes-Source kit for the fan motor, it included a custom made special tool for removing the fan blades. You need

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2015-12-21 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
Mercedes on behalf of Curt Raymond > via Mercedes > Sent: 21 December 2015 16:11 > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Cc: Curt Raymond > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Pumpkin time. > > And how. Just about made me pee my pants it hurt so bad. > -Curt > > > > From: Fre

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2015-12-21 Thread Fred Moir via Mercedes
Curt. Yes, it makes me wince too, especially as you got the wiper assy. from me. Fred From: Mercedes on behalf of Curt Raymond via Mercedes Sent: 21 December 2015 16:11 To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Curt Raymond Subject: Re: [MBZ] Pumpkin time. And

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2015-12-21 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
And how. Just about made me pee my pants it hurt so bad. -Curt From: Fred Moir via Mercedes To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Fred Moir Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2015 6:26 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Pumpkin time. Peter. Thanks for the method and pointers. I'd only add, disco

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2015-12-20 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
There was "Harrys New Life Hotel" in Thailand... You check in with your money, your bags, and your life.. you check out when any two are gone.. On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 8:00 PM, archer75--- via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Are there any affordable American spas where one can spend

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2015-12-20 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
Are there any affordable American spas where one can spend a week getting rejunenated? There are plenty of "day spas", at least around here, but I don't recall seeing longer term spas advertised anywhere. (Caution! Long, and possibly boring tale, follows:) A hundred years ago there were many m

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2015-12-20 Thread Fred Moir via Mercedes
Wilton. Thanks for the kudo. I really need a week in a spa. Fred. From: Mercedes on behalf of WILTON via Mercedes Sent: 20 December 2015 21:53 To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: WILTON Subject: Re: [MBZ] Pumpkin time. & an ATTABOY! Wilt - Orig

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2015-12-20 Thread Fred Moir via Mercedes
2015 23:09 To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Peter Frederick Subject: Re: [MBZ] Pumpkin time. Blower motor is fairly easy on these. Remove wiper arm by taking out the pinch bolt and sliding off. Please be careful not to slam something into the windshield. Pull trim at base of windshield off.

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2015-12-20 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Blower motor is fairly easy on these. Remove wiper arm by taking out the pinch bolt and sliding off. Please be careful not to slam something into the windshield. Pull trim at base of windshield off. Watch for loose seals, they need to be glued back on. Pull seal off inner firewall, then

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2015-12-20 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
& an ATTABOY! Wilt - Original Message - From: "Curly McLain via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Cc: "Curly McLain" <126die...@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2015 4:05 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Pumpkin time. Congrats on the succe

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2015-12-20 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Congrats on the successful punkin hunt. That earns a Waytago! Fan's no big trick on that. Buy a used un on Car-part.com or your focal knacker, check/replace the brushes, and swap the fans. Read up on the how tos. If you can take out the used one yourself, that makes a good dry run for wh

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2015-12-20 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Was bedeutet das "great pumpkin"? On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 1:41 PM, Fred Moir via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Alles. > > The great pumpkin is installed in the '87 300TD. The car now runs almost > silently as designed, with no noise from the rear end. I only feel about > 200 years ol

[MBZ] Pumpkin time.

2015-12-20 Thread Fred Moir via Mercedes
Alles. The great pumpkin is installed in the '87 300TD. The car now runs almost silently as designed, with no noise from the rear end. I only feel about 200 years olde today instead of Methuselah's stand in. The next most pressing fix is to replace the blower motor. Any and all reasonable sugg