Re: [MBZ] W124 trip odometer

2008-10-20 Thread Wonko the Sane
The purpose of having the gasser is to drive it in the winter. Debbie is waiting for her key to come from Rusty (hopefully soon) before demanding possession of the 300E. On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 11:20 PM, OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought the excuse for this car (vergasser, not Diesel)

Re: [MBZ] W124 trip odometer

2008-10-20 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 7:02 PM, Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No visible resolution after several attempts, but car is parked in the garage. (Just finished putting on a second coat of polish.) I will try it on the way to work tomorrow. Ah, the dreaded Clicking W124 Tripmeter.

[MBZ] W124 trip odometer

2008-10-19 Thread Wonko the Sane
Stopped for fuel this afternoon. Before pulling away (but with car not in motion, don't even think the transmission was in D yet) I reset the trip odometer. All digits flipped to 0 except for the 10ths, which went past 0 and halfway to 9. Doesn't concern me that the trip odometer isn't working

Re: [MBZ] W124 trip odometer

2008-10-19 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Its tricky. It didnt used to work at all, I pulled it apart and fixed it. You have to push the botton several times, and sometimes it helps to actually be moving. Wonko the Sane wrote: Stopped for fuel this afternoon. Before pulling away (but with car not in motion, don't even think the

Re: [MBZ] W124 trip odometer

2008-10-19 Thread Peter Frederick
Push the button in and let your finger slip off and allow the button to snap out. Fixes the problem Peter On Oct 19, 2008, at 6:22 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: Its tricky. It didnt used to work at all, I pulled it apart and fixed it. You have to push the botton several times, and

Re: [MBZ] W124 trip odometer

2008-10-19 Thread Wonko the Sane
No visible resolution after several attempts, but car is parked in the garage. (Just finished putting on a second coat of polish.) I will try it on the way to work tomorrow. On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 8:51 PM, Peter Frederick [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Push the button in and let your finger slip off

Re: [MBZ] W124 trip odometer

2008-10-19 Thread OK Don
I thought the excuse for this car (vergasser, not Diesel) was that it was Debbie to drive - why are YOU taking it the two blocks to work? On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 9:02 PM, Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No visible resolution after several attempts, but car is parked in the garage. (Just