Hi all Anyone replace a air flow sensor potentiometer on a126
300SE . It's on the KE engines.
It was available at some site, but I can't seem to find it .
regards
mak
From: Rusty Cullens [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 04-Nov-2005 19:00
Subject: RE: 126/300se part inquiry
There are no
Ocsillating temp is usually caused by a bad temp sensor blower, so that
the cabin air isn't being pulled past the sensor -- car has to be
pretty warm before the sensor heats up, then gets pretty cold before it
cools off.
I'm not familiar with the dual control system, but I'd bet you have two
Peter Frederick wrote:
Almost certainly a bad tire, especially since changing the pressure
makes a difference.
Actually, changing the pressure made no discernable difference.
Check the tires from excess wear on one side of one tire -- if you have
differential tread wear on one tire, or
I dont have one.
OK Don wrote:
A buddy of mine has a broken headlight lens (right side) on his '86
126. Does anyone have a spare for sale? Can you replace just the lens,
or do you have to replace the whole assembly?
Kaleb - got one?
Thanks--
--
OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
'90 300D, '87 300SDL,
first start with swapping the 2 front tires from side to side, if the
pull moves to the left, you have tire pull.
David Brodbeck wrote:
As I mentioned before, yesterday I took my car to Les Schwab for a tire
rotation and brake inspection. When I got it back, it was pulling to
the right, and
David
I think you are right about the bad tire. This was my experience, I drove
the wife's SDL one day and had to fight a right pull for 80 miles. I
swapped her right front with a new tire on my SDL's left rear. Her car is
now great and I feel a slight vibration in the driver's seat of my car.
John M McIntosh wrote:
Now that cold weather as set in I've been chasing a gremlin in the
climate control.
First this 90's wagon has manual fan speed/vent control with dual
temp controls.
It slowly cycles between blowing mid temp, to hot, then to cold when
you've set things to say 20c
LT Don wrote:
They have a heater fired entirely by waste oil.
I would imagine it's a heater designed specifically for the purpose.
I was at a salvage yard a few years ago when the owner was getting
rid of a waste oil furnace salesman. The thing was supposed to
run on anything from gasoline to
That is true. Their heater is designed to burn waste oil.
On 11/7/05, Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
LT Don wrote:
They have a heater fired entirely by waste oil.
I would imagine it's a heater designed specifically for the purpose.
I was at a salvage yard a few years ago when the
LT Don wrote:
That is true. Their heater is designed to burn waste oil.
On 11/7/05, Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
LT Don wrote:
They have a heater fired entirely by waste oil.
I would imagine it's a heater designed specifically for the purpose.
I was at a salvage yard a few years ago
I was actually told that it will burn in a regular old oil furnace without
problem. I wanted to float the idea to the real experts before trying it
out!!
John Peterson
1991 300D 2.5 74k
On 6-Nov-05, at 4:24 PM, Marshall Booth wrote:
The manual climate control system is unlike ANYTHING that's documented
in the US manuals. From you description, It's not like my Euro 201
either.
See if you can find someone on the Continent (like Richard Becker)
that
has the diagnostics of
So it appears that right side is heating up, so it could be dual-
valve is weak on one side, or is the control unit flaky?
Mmmm I wonder if I can swap the female connectors or reverse the
connector. That would tell me if the control unit signal
is flake if the swap alters the behaviour from
He snuck it right out from under me too, lol. I probably would have
jumped on that one if it were closer... a 1400 mile jaunt was not in
my schedule anytime soon. Now, if it had ASD (a pretty rare option)...
hmmm... oh well. Congrats on the new ride, Don!
:-)
-Dave M.
Whoa, hold on a second there. Home furnaces that burn heating oil (#1
or #2) are different than commercial units that are specifically
designed to burn waste oil. I'm not sure if the waste oil would cause
any problems in a home furnace... I can't think of any obvious
problems, other than possibly
Yup - it's in the driveway, and I'm driving it to work tomorrow, even
with the collapsed engine mounts. I'll be calling Rusty first thing in
the AM.
On 11/6/05, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
it looked nice from the pics. Did you already go up and get it?
--
OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman,
Which one was this??
Jeff Zedic
Toronto
Yup! Sweet '90 300D 2.5 turbo that my wife won't ride in again till I
replace the engine mounts. I'm going to have to fight off my son
though - I made the mistake of letting him drive it home from Wichita
-- --
On 11/6/05, LT Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The Other Don has new wheel? I must have
I've forgotten -- are we the Scribes or the Pharasees here?
Guys, I think we were talking a small concentraton of Mobil1 vs. dino here.
It isn't like it is going to explode or break something.
On 11/7/05, OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
No solid information, but I did bookmark a few sites a
I'd rather be a money changer -- --
On 11/6/05, LT Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've forgotten -- are we the Scribes or the Pharasees here?
--
OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
'90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC
The FSM created the Diesel Benz
http://www.venganza.org/
Marshall,
Do you then purchase a DVD with microfiche files on it or what? Does anyone
know the approx. price of these.
Dennis Perkins
84 300SD
It's real easy. They will be on microfiche. You buy all the microfiche
then you have everything that's been published. The microfiche are
COMPLETE.
My apologies to our Jewish friends ... I forgot the Saducees!
Don
BJU '74
On 11/7/05, OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'd rather be a money changer -- --
On 11/6/05, LT Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've forgotten -- are we the Scribes or the Pharasees here?
--
OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman,
LT Don wrote:
Marshall --
We are talking (in my case) a lard bucket -- what is that, 5 or 10 gallons?
-- mixed in with a couple hundred gallons of dino oil.
I would NOT expect a few percent would have any significant effect.
Marshall
--
Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to
Dennis Perkins wrote:
Marshall,
Do you then purchase a DVD with microfiche files on it or what? Does anyone
know the approx. price of these.
Dennis Perkins
84 300SD
It's real easy. They will be on microfiche. You buy all the microfiche
then you have everything that's been published. The
That was my point.
On 11/7/05, Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
LT Don wrote:
Marshall --
We are talking (in my case) a lard bucket -- what is that, 5 or 10
gallons?
-- mixed in with a couple hundred gallons of dino oil.
I would NOT expect a few percent would have any
Gee Lt. - I wonder which car will turn you the brightest shade of
green at the next OkieQ ???
Donald Snook's photos of the car - I haven't taken any at it's new home yet=
--
On 11/6/05, LT Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
F*** You! :-)
On 11/7/05, OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yup!
Anything that goes clatta-clatta.
On 11/7/05, OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gee Lt. - I wonder which car will turn you the brightest shade of
green at the next OkieQ ???
Donald Snook's photos of the car - I haven't taken any at it's new home
yet --
On 11/6/05, LT Don [EMAIL PROTECTED]
either one will. They've both got more balls than his 240!
On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 20:31:03 -0600, OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gee Lt. - I wonder which car will turn you the brightest shade of
green at the next OkieQ ???
Donald Snook's photos of the car - I haven't taken any at it's new
You wrote:I was actually told that it will burn in a regular old oil
furnace without
problem. I wanted to float the idea to the real experts before trying it
out!!
Hi John,
Not knowing the chemical makeup of M1, I'd worry about burning something
that might make toxic fumes - like burning
Not a good night for this, Luther.
On 11/7/05, Luther Gulseth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
either one will. They've both got more balls than his 240!
On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 20:31:03 -0600, OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gee Lt. - I wonder which car will turn you the brightest shade of
green at
I had one on my VW that did the same thing even though it looked to be wearing
evenly there was some cupping on the inside tread. The shop never noticed this
even after I pointed it out there was a bad tire. It looked as though the tread
blocks had shifted on the tire and caused a loud drumming
The headlights on the 560 are a complete assembly and the lens is glued to the
reflector
69 280 SEL 120,000 Miles
72 350SL 108,000 Miles
2004 VW Passat 4 Motion
1999 Mazda Miata
-Original Message-
From: Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL
Thanks, Marshall,
Both of my engine mounts look good, if I understand what you have
told me. There is almost a 1 rubber cone with like a rounded
aluminum cup sitting on top of it. That makes the aluminum cup of
the mount more than an inch above the chassis. So, I guess they
are in good shape.
You do not say what car you have so I have no input other than what
happened to my buddy and his 79 450SL 2 wk ago -- pulling to the right,
I aired up the tires properly, drove it and was pulling much harder.
Hmmm. Front tires were wearing and we were going to move them around
until this
Hello all,
I'm sure that all W124 and 1986-1991 W126 owners know that it's a PITA
to RR the two bulbs that light up the ACC PBU unit. In the past I
used superglue on a small piece of plastic tubing to extract each
bulb. This works, but I've found a better way. I discovered that the
wiring sheath
Maybe someone already asked this Was Dan Akroyd a descendant of our
namesake? No wonder Diesels are regarded as funny.
At 03:05 PM 11/2/2005, you wrote:
My bubble is being burst...Diesel did not invent the
diesel engine? Akroyd-Stuart patented direct (actually
it was indirect) injection
Sounds like the Page oil engine.
At 05:26 PM 11/2/2005, you wrote:
Stuart's design was simple, reliable and economical.
The engine utilized a combustion chamber, or
vaporizer, separated from the main part of the
cylinder by a narrow passageway. Vaporization of the
fuel is accomplished by the
Deer: 27 points: Rolled to roadside, now Dead
Benz: 49 points, limped home: will never die
After all these years of driving through some of the worst Bambi
infestations, one finally had the guts to engage. It was a dark and rainy
night. Arleen was driving back, when suddenly Bambi made a
If anyone can email me recent sale info (or links) regarding high-dollar 87
TDs, I would appreciate it very much. I am sure the ins company will have
some ridiculously low value for the car. I don't suppose i could be lucky
enough to have them shut up and fix the car.
Loren
87 TD
SDLs
Ds
Loren Faeth wrote:
The state has been
blasting out ads to ruin your car, don't swerve in an attempt to lower
the population they refuse to let people shoot, except in limited
circumstances.
The reason they tell people not to swerve is because most people have
trouble maitaining control of
On 11/5/05, Dave M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Wow - that's one of the first, if not THE first, cracked #17 head that
I've heard of. Could you give us any more details? How it happened,
where the crack was (beteween valves or valve to prechamber), etc?
Good question where the crack was. I
Yes, in reading on the UK benz boards there appears to be 2 heater
core temp sensors, and one interior sensor in the head lamp.
Tomorrow with some wire I'll swap feeds to the duo-valve assembly and
see if the heating issue follows.
If it swaps sides then either the temp sensor on the right
rumor has it that David wrote:
Checked the tire pressures. They were all wrong, of course, so I
corrected them. Took the car out for a drive, and it still pulled hard
to the right. I've also got a new vibration in the steering wheel at
speeds above 60 mph.
I put my hands to the wheel
rumor has it that [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Tread may be good, but you can bet down the road you'll be seeing
your tire sheading rubber like a bad retread on a semi.
Okay.
I should probably just let this go by, but...
Very rarely is that big chunk of tire you see on the road (drivers
often
I'd agree with Fmiser.
I spend over 50,000 miles a year on the road and I've seen more than a few
tire separations in action. Every one I saw was a blowout, where there was
a big 'bang' and lots of stuff in the air, including the tread. I've seen a
truck tire tread fly up and clear three cars.
True story.
A lady I used to work with swerved to avoid a rabbit had a head on
collision with a mini-van. She justified her actions by stating that She did
not want to hurt the poor rabbit.
Fortunately, no one was seriously hurt, except for the poor rabbit. She
hit the rabbit anyway! I wasn't
It is. A diesel is a 100% compression engine. Neither of these fit the
bill.
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
256-656-1924
www.kegkits.com
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Loren Faeth
Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 10:48 PM
To: Mercedes mailing
Marshall wrote:
later injection pumps are tied to
and lubricated by the engine lubrication system
I wonder when that happened and if need to worry about checking the oil level
in my IP ?
Dan Elliott
82 300D-T 87kmi
Is Bambi in the freezer now? Mike
- Original Message -
From: Loren Faeth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 12:14 AM
Subject: [MBZ] 124 parts needed Deer vs Benz battle to a 27-49 end
Deer: 27 points: Rolled to roadside,
You are just guessing..I know several people that work in a local
retread shop and was a truck driver for a few years. The pieces on the road
ARE usually caps. Some(actually most) do have cords in them. Along with
underinflation, overloading is a big issue with comercial recaps.
I have seen the same thing done to miss deer around here.What
idiots! Mike
- Original Message -
From: Tom Hargrave [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'Mercedes mailing list' [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 7:27 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 124 parts needed Deer vs Benz battle to
Wow... I need a couple grand right now. I'd probably jump at that
thing, and get my father in-law, who's a former Chrysler mechanic, to
go take a looksee at it for me. It's not pristine, but then it's
already pre-rusted and I wouldn't have to worry about it losing a
rust-free appearance on me.
Hmmm. I think I'll keep my old #14 head that I swapped out for my current
used #17 head. If the #17 starts behaving like it's kaput, I'll go get
some of that aluminum welding/brazing rod and attempt a repair. The dudes
at the company that sells the stuff figured it would be good for 1200
degrees F
Mike,
We all learn from each other's experiences and long posts are usually the
best ones.
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
256-656-1924
www.kegkits.com
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Mike Canfield
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 7:33 AM
To:
I thought the rule of thumb was, if it's lower than the hood, run it over
and if it's over the hood try to avoid it. Obviously, if there's no room
or if there are obstacles in the way, you have to plow into the creature.
I've got a new driver coming on line and 3 more to follow and that's what
I
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The headlights on the 560 are a complete assembly and the lens is glued to the reflector
Wrong: Two easily replaceable parts - each less than $100 or the whole
assembly for around $300.
From Rusty's site:
There's the frame or door: $85
dont have any 124 parts
Loren Faeth wrote:
Deer: 27 points: Rolled to roadside, now Dead
Benz: 49 points, limped home: will never die
After all these years of driving through some of the worst Bambi
infestations, one finally had the guts to engage. It was a dark and rainy
night.
If your pump does NOT have a red oel filler cap, it is lubed by the
engine oil. I can't remember the changeover year, but by 82, you have an
engine oil system.
At 06:39 AM 11/7/2005, you wrote:
Marshall wrote:
later injection pumps are tied to
and lubricated by the engine lubrication
Its idiodic to swerve to avoid animals unless they are big enough to
tear up your car. I never try to hit small animals but I sure am not
going to swerve to miss them and cause bigger problems.
Tom Hargrave wrote:
True story.
A lady I used to work with swerved to avoid a rabbit had a head
you dont need to worry about it.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Marshall wrote:
later injection pumps are tied to
and lubricated by the engine lubrication system
I wonder when that happened and if need to worry about checking the oil level in my IP ?
Dan Elliott
82 300D-T 87kmi
I use a 3 foot length of 1/4 inch OD copper tubing, shoved into 1/4 ID PP
hose. I like the solid thunk when the copper hits the bottom of the
pan. It is a little harder to shove down the dipstick, but it does the job
nicely. Neither has collapsed, and I vacuum out HOT oil.
At 06:24 PM
Well,
I recently sold my 90 300D 2.5 to OK Don this weekend. I really missed
it as I was driving all over town running errands (in my wife's Ford
Explorer) and looking at cars for sale.
I was wondering if anybody has a car for sale. I am just looking for
something decent to drive while I
Your empire you can see from your window isn't big enough! You need more,
More, MORE
At 08:19 AM 11/7/2005, you wrote:
dont have any 124 parts
It seemed someone took the Halloween too far here in
Florida. Someone drove around over the Saturday night
and shot at peope cars with BB guns and somewhere 95
cars were vandalized. My friend's '87 300TDT wagon was
one of the victims. He lost his rear right passenger
window glass.
Does anyone
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Marshall wrote:
later injection pumps are tied to
and lubricated by the engine lubrication system
I wonder when that happened and if need to worry about checking the oil level in my IP ?
If you have a RED oel cap on your injection pump, then you need to
check it
I hit a deer several years ago in our 78 240D. While cruising at 55-60 mph I
remember a brown blur, a thud and the hood was suddenly wrinkled. The deer
was dead as soon as he/she hit the ground IMO. ~$2500 later I was driving
again. Our insurance came thru like I hoped they would.
Now,
Check out the values at the NADA website. Their values are much more
realistic than Kelly Blue Book, etc - and they provide 3 different quotes.
It's been my experience that insurance companies use NADA more than KBB.
HTH's
Sincerely,
Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 78 240D)
A Blood Test for your
In a message dated 11/7/2005 5:40:18 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
later injection pumps are tied to
and lubricated by the engine lubrication system
I wonder when that happened and if need to worry about checking the oil
level in my IP ?
Dan,
The oil
My cable broke inside right at the release handle. Any ideas of how
difficult this is to repair?
When you say rear window, are you talking about the rear *door*
window? Because I doubt that the glass of the wagon's tailgate is
anywhere close to similar to the rearview window on a sedan.
Tim
1982 300TD Moby
On 11/7/05, Tan Qu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It seemed someone took the Halloween too
Are you talking about the handle inside the passenger compartment or
the one popping out through the grill?
Tim
1982 300TD Moby
On 11/7/05, Morgan, Michael S HM1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My cable broke inside right at the release handle. Any ideas of how
difficult this is to repair?
I worked for IP at their NYC HQ from 1973-75. I even went to visit their
lignite holdings in Arkansas!
On 11/5/05, Sunil Hari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
International Paper? My dad worked for them for years
IPs in the Benz world is an injection pump.
On 11/5/05, Luther Gulseth [EMAIL
The photo looks nice but the description makes me want to run away
screaming...
On 11/6/05, Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
No title but it runs.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=8012576050
___
For new parts see official list
Not really. You want cheap parts cars, you gotta play in the bush leagues
when it comes to shopping on eBay. (No offense intended to Mainers, I love
the place.)
Actually the description is way above average for cars like that. If you
aren't the gambling type, stay away from mongrels and buy
I have your new car!! 1983 300TD, blue/blue. 276 K miles - great driver!
Shifts beautifully!! Some rust; 50 ft. paint job. ACC works perfectly, fully
functional Becker model 1480 radio cassette. 3 thick folder of service
records from 1989. This is THE totally utilitarian car and the best Mercedes
An interesting innovation, but I think that would drive the cost up to
maybe $5, which might be worth it to get hot oil (though you might need
a metal container to catch it in.
I understand too that the inserted tube does not really need to go down
into the drain pan as the dipstick tube ends
Yes. The rear door window, the moving portion (not the
fixed triangular glass).
Tan
--- TimothyPilgrim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When you say rear window, are you talking about the
rear *door*
window? Because I doubt that the glass of the
wagon's tailgate is
anywhere close to similar to the
In a message dated 11/2/2005 5:43:35 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I also just broke the hood cable on the inside. It broke right at the
pull
handle. How tough is that going to be to replace? I know these aren't
challenging questions but I am just getting
Tan Qu wrote:
It seemed someone took the Halloween too far here in
Florida. Someone drove around over the Saturday night
and shot at peope cars with BB guns and somewhere 95
cars were vandalized. My friend's '87 300TDT wagon was
one of the victims. He lost his rear right passenger
window glass.
Marshall Booth wrote:
Tan Qu wrote:
It seemed someone took the Halloween too far here in
Florida. Someone drove around over the Saturday night
and shot at peope cars with BB guns and somewhere 95
cars were vandalized. My friend's '87 300TDT wagon was
one of the victims. He lost his rear right
I have your new car!! 1983 300TD, blue/blue. 276 K miles - great driver!
Shifts beautifully!! Some rust; 50 ft. paint job. ACC works perfectly,
fully
functional Becker model 1480 radio cassette. 3 thick folder of service
records from 1989. This is THE totally utilitarian car and the best
Morgan, Michael S HM1 wrote:
My cable broke inside right at the release handle. Any ideas of how
difficult this is to repair?
You don't repair it - you replace it!
Marshall
--
Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions)
der Dieseling Doktor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Marshall,
Do they still make glass for the vintage cars like
this? Maybe by PPG?
Tan
--- Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Tan Qu wrote:
It seemed someone took the Halloween too far here
in
Florida. Someone drove around over the Saturday
night
and shot at peope cars with BB guns
This may be the beater you are looking for until you find the SDL of your
dreams...
No affiliation, ect.
http://chicago.craigslist.org/car/109345801.html
I can check this out if you'd like
Rick Knoble
1985 300 CD
Paging Joe Knight and Dave M... Haven't seen them
posting anything on the list lately.
Tan
--- Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Marshall Booth wrote:
Tan Qu wrote:
It seemed someone took the Halloween too far here
in
Florida. Someone drove around over the Saturday
night
Paging Joe Knight and Dave M... Haven't seen them
posting anything on the list lately.
Tan
And we don't see you on the map.
http://www.frappr.com/benzbunch
Rick Knoble
1985 300 CD
Tan Qu wrote:
Marshall,
Do they still make glass for the vintage cars like
this? Maybe by PPG?
All of the glass is available. I know PPG makes windshields both for
Mercedes with the STAR on it and for the aftermarket - with no STAR, but
otherwise the same and cheaper - but the other glass
People like that should be hung.
On 11/7/05, Tan Qu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It seemed someone took the Halloween too far here in
Florida. Someone drove around over the Saturday night
and shot at peope cars with BB guns and somewhere 95
cars were vandalized. My friend's '87 300TDT wagon was
Andrew wrote:
I have your new car!! 1983 300TD, blue/blue. 276 K miles - great
driver! Shifts beautifully!! Some rust; 50 ft. paint job. ACC works
perfectly, fully functional Becker model 1480 radio cassette. 3 thick
folder of service records from 1989. This is THE totally utilitarian car
and
Marshall Booth wrote:
Whoa. I looked and the doors were clearly different, but the moving part
of the glass window MIGHT NOT BE! You need to get someone with a working
EPC to check part numbers.
SORRY.
I took a quick cursory glance, and the windows are indeed different from wagons
to
I'd like to get on the map, can you add photos later?
Tan
--- Rick Knoble [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Paging Joe Knight and Dave M... Haven't seen them
posting anything on the list lately.
Tan
And we don't see you on the map.
http://www.frappr.com/benzbunch
Rick Knoble
1985
Thanks John for the part information. I think his luck
would have to lie on those gas models which may come
to the junk yard earlier than the diesel models.
Tan
--- John Ervine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Marshall Booth wrote:
Whoa. I looked and the doors were clearly
different, but the
my bad, had a different headlight in mind
69 280 SEL 120,000 Miles
72 350SL 108,000 Miles
2004 VW Passat 4 Motion
1999 Mazda Miata
-Original Message-
From: Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 09:18:35 -0500
not implying it could happen, but in the case of a tire loosing its tread I was
told by a trucker friend that its because the tire overheats due to excessive
weight.
69 280 SEL 120,000 Miles
72 350SL 108,000 Miles
2004 VW Passat 4 Motion
1999 Mazda Miata
-Original Message-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
not implying it could happen, but in the case of a tire loosing its tread I was told by a trucker friend that its because the tire overheats due to excessive weight.
...or insufficient air. Either way, the tire will flex too much and
build up heat.
A friend of
Kevin J. Slater wrote:
I thought the rule of thumb was, if it's lower than the hood, run it over
and if it's over the hood try to avoid it.
That sounds like a good one. :)
And no, I don't subscribe to the theory that people are too stupid to
learn proper driving techniques (like our 3rd
I bought some sheepskin seat covers for my 84 300D but I can't figure
out how to get the headrests detached so that they'll fit over the
seats. Is it just brute force or is there an unlock button somewhere?
Also, I think on the driver's side seat I need to remove the armrest
too...
Any and all
Jim,
On the back of each seat there is a button recessed under the right
headrest post about six/eight inches down from the seat top. Feel
around until you not an opening in the hard material. Press and pull
up. Voila!
As for the arm rest... I think you need to remove the large
There is an unlock button on the back of the seat. Feel around the upper
middle for it, then push. It will release the headrests.
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OH, the headache returns just thinking about how frustrated I was when
trying to figure that one out.
What the other guys say it true. There's a tiny round button, about
1/4 inch wide in the middle of the seatback about 8 inches from the
seat top. Push hard, it's not a terribly spongy button
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