Cluster's out; speedo's off. Thx, all.
Next ?'s. Does the dial just pull off is it self indexing? I don't
see any flats on what little of the shaft is visible. Don't see much
point in going further if I'm going to have to send it out for
recalibration after removing the thing, but it looks
i've got a safe in the floor that came with my house...combo was given at
signing, but nowhere to be found...i figure i have to drill the bad guy
first and be done with the situation,...or offer to get my plasma cutter out
and open it up to show the guy it's empty...or hope my dog, jack the
Eric,
If it is like the 126 windows (like mine did) the last few teeth on the
window regulator tend to wear down. This causes the window to just ratchet
in place and not go upthe last inch or two. The teeth on the motor on mine
were fine. MB windows electric motors don't stop automatically
I already got faint when I heard he has his own rollback.
Steve MacSween wrote:
Easy, Kaleb may get faint when he hears this.
mac
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What's all this complaining about a dozen cars? Try something close to 100
in your back yard. Thirty five or forty Mercedes, a
Joe Knight wrote:
It's pretty clear from looking at the thing that meaningful access
must be thru the front. I've tried tugging on the dial as hard as I
dare to no effect except that the black disk that covers the center
popped off easily enough; it was just glued on lightly. Not really
Heh-heh... I went deeper into a spare/junk 300E unit back when I had the
squealing problem on the gasser. I tore it all apart, but I had ZERO confidence
that it would be functional when I was done, not to mention anywhere close to
accurate. I'm pretty sure that it's best left to the experts.
Larry,
What Troy said!
Jerry (95 E300D)
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] E300D
I wish it was 40mpg, best I've seen is 33mpg. I've had really
Dave M. wrote:
Hi all,
My friend has a W124 with no A/C. I pressed the schrader valve and
there is still some pressure in the system, so it's not empty. I
shorted the low pressure switch and the compressor runs, and there are
bubbles (or something) visible in the sight glass. I did not have my
The trick is getting the tension on the choke flaps set right. You need
enough so that they close when cold but only enough. Too much and the plugs
can foul out before the engine warms.
The rest is fairly straight forward. You adjust the fast idle speed by
opening the throttles fully and then you
On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 02:33:06PM -0700, Joe Knight wrote:
Don't recall having to detach the speedo cable at the tranny to get
the ic out of the albatross. Is this really necessary or is there
room to get a hand up in there after removing the lower access panel?
Wagon's trip meter died a
On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 10:12:32AM -0500, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
so can the 14 heads be repaired at a machine shop, and if so, will the
problem just come up again?
Kaleb,
Having *JUST* gone through replacing a cracked head on an 87 300D, I can
say without a doubt that I would not waste my
I has success removing the neelde from an economy gauge - using a
pair of spoons (wife wasn't looking), one on each side, with care to
maintain even pressure on both sides to pry it off. It was quite
tight, and flew a few feet when it did come loose. I don't know if
this will work on a
I'm certainly no expert, but I'd be inclined to wait until I could put
some gauges on it, or even pay someone a few bucks to reliably tell me
what kind of pressure the system's seeing. My recollection is that
with R-12 you need to add enough to eliminate the bubbles.
joe
On 7/4/05, Dave M.
Sounds like you're getting close, Kevin. When do I get to take it for a spin?
joe
On 7/4/05, Kevin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 10:12:32AM -0500, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
so can the 14 heads be repaired at a machine shop, and if so, will the
problem just come up again?
i bought a fancy gun case from this dude. i asked him why he was
selling it. he said it was because his guns were stolen. so i say
oh, man, guess you should have had them secured. he has them in a
safe bolted down. they just took crowbars and pried the safe out and
took the whole thing
yup, fiasco after fiasco after fiasco. they never ended even when i signed
i think it was worthwhile though in the end. i really like the house
At 09:30 PM 7/4/2005, you wrote:
yea I remember you had a fiasco involved with it. YOu should come
out for the next okieQ, we have an impressive
good morning!
i still have the car sitting here in my driveway; wife would really like to
see it go soon; she has voiced this opinion frequently in the last weeks!
make me an offer, gents $300 obo?
sincerely,
todd
410-441-0201 cell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])
Oh God! Now I don't feel so alone.
Should we start a support group? I have one car in the garage and five
in the driveway.
Thomas E. Potter
Telephone: (713) 215-2877
Fax: (713) 215-2551
Mobile: (832) 794-0536
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I would be all over it, but, you are way too far away from me.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
good morning!
i still have the car sitting here in my driveway; wife would really
like to see it go soon; she has voiced this opinion frequently in the
last weeks!
make me an offer, gents $300
Kevin,
There isn't really any alignment needed on the tensioner seal. More
likely (?) you had the wrong one. There is an early tensioner and a
late/improved tensioner. The newer one requires a larger aluminum
O-ring seal. If you put a small O-ring on a newer/larger tensioner, it
would get all
Does anyone have a diagram or photo which shows the hoses that should
be disconnected and placed into the jar with the Diesel Purge?
On 7/2/05, Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Peter Arnold wrote:
Good power, I assume bad injector at idle? Looks like I call that
Rusty fellow and
I must say, those red painted wheels are so very funky!
On 7/4/05, redghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think it may involve more of the whacky tabakky than some cider that
went off. IIRC, there was a kid while I was growing up who would take
perfectly good Revel models and paint them in
10 way power seats
Let me count the ways: up, down, left, right, up-left, up-right,
down-left, down-right, back to front, upside down.
On 7/4/05, M. Mitchell Marmel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ye-es, that sums it up pretty well.
-MMM-
___
For used parts
Sorry, Chase. I was a little preoccupied w/ my own i/c woes last
night. Cluster removal on a 124 is straightforward. I made a pair of
hooks out of maybe ~14 pieces of clothes hanger wire by bending short
hooks in one end making a fist sized loop in the other to act as
handles. Mine was in
In the subject line tell the rest of us your going to talk about something
other than Benz stuff, have some courtesy.
On 7/5/05, Potter, Tom E [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This has been my experience. I was raised in a house where a loaded gun
was kept behind the front door all the time. This
All this talk about those new-fangled 124 wagons being the best in the
universe makes me mad! I just love my 1983 300TD with 275 K miles.
It has enough pep to pass almost anyone on the highway, enough room to
carry anything reasonably sized, is as trustworthy as an old hound
dog, and has enough
No doubt George found the copper that the Germans use was too soft to
be used with anything but his special softer brushes, eh?
For those missing the sarcasm, it is there in spades.
I got a set of Russ's brushes in the special order, and have found them
to be outstanding. So his source, Schink
It's the wives/significant others who need a support group started, or
should I say a teaching group ;-). With carefully selected teaching
materials
This is OUR support group... we don't need no support, we just need cheap
parts!!
Mac
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Oh God! Now I don't feel so
Do you have a fuel pressure regulator in line after the fuel pump. These
carbs only need a few pounds of fuel pressure and the floats may not be able
to shut off anything over 4 or 5 lbs pressure.
A proper fuel pump ( not electric ) might be your first cure. Check your
choke flaps to see if
Well the word from Rusty is that mbz.org may never be back. So this
little list may in fact be the replacment after all. I have not done
anything about a website because I didnt want to step on toes or
anything regarding mbz.org. If it never does come back up, then I (we)
need to look into
andrew strasfogel wrote:
Does anyone have a diagram or photo which shows the hoses that should
be disconnected and placed into the jar with the Diesel Purge?
Andrew, There are TWO metal lines that run from the fuel tank to the
drivers side inner fender where two flexible lines connect the
andrew strasfogel wrote:
All this talk about those new-fangled 124 wagons being the best in the
universe makes me mad! I just love my 1983 300TD with 275 K miles.
It has enough pep to pass almost anyone on the highway, enough room to
carry anything reasonably sized, is as trustworthy as an
do the 124s rust up north? i ask this because outside of a few common
spots, I am yet to see a 124 with rust. just looking at my 109 and 115
brings up bubbles or rust, my 123s have considerable rust, but my 2 124s
show nearly nothing.
At 01:08 PM 7/5/2005, you wrote:
andrew strasfogel
How's the ignition? Does your car have that bastardized
semi-electronic/semi-breaker point setup with the control box
conveniently located under the battery tray? If so, an aftermarket
electronic ignition like a Pertronix would make a big difference. The
stock setup is a huge headache.
I'd
On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 07:23:43AM -0600, Dave M. wrote:
Kevin,
There isn't really any alignment needed on the tensioner seal. More
likely (?) you had the wrong one. There is an early tensioner and a
late/improved tensioner. The newer one requires a larger aluminum
O-ring seal. If you put a
That is just so wrong on so many points, perhaps the worst being the 20
sq. Yards of matching bone nawgahide for the interior You could make a
set of sails for the thing with that much nawgahide. Musta been a
good deal on nawgas down in Jawja.
--R
Steve MacSween wrote:
Was it kind of a reddish brown stuff gunked up in there?
--R
JabbaHursty wrote:
my .45 was so dirty it took a whole bottle of solvent to get it cleaner.
In a message dated 7/5/2005 11:33:55 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I will also say that it just GUZZLES gas-like if I fill a pint bottle
of gas and have it hooked up to the pump, by the time the ten-twenty
seconds are over, the bottle is empty. That would
Gump got new shoes and wheels, but they are not oem bundts.
Aftermarket ATS bundts with center hole smaller than benz wheels.
Anybody know where to score a set of center caps? Would like laurel or
tri star
--
Clay
Seattle Bioburner
1972 220D - Gump
1995 E300D - Cleo
1987 300SDL - POS -
That is unfortunate. Does anyone have a story on this, that is reasonably
factual? Or is it best just left like a sleeping dog?
Kaleb, the quick and dirty answer to your query on the articles is that none
of the material **created by others** was legally copyright unless mbz.org
paid the writer
Darn it I knew I should of leeched the website!!
On 7/5/05, Steve MacSween [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That is unfortunate. Does anyone have a story on this, that is reasonably
factual? Or is it best just left like a sleeping dog?
Kaleb, the quick and dirty answer to your query on the
I understand this problem
what I did was to use a gas that I found out was a refrigerant it was of
all things computer key board cleaner... I have a side can tap so it worked
just like the r 12
I had a major leak and it was easy to find actually I needed to blow old
oil and debris out
On Tue, 2005-07-05 at 13:40 -0700, Rory Sena wrote:
Darn it I knew I should of leeched the website!!
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://mbz.org
here ya go...
JGraham
Oh man, thanks! We are rollin' now baby.
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Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 4:52 PM
To: Mercedes mailing list; Rory Sena
Subject: Re: [MBZ] mbz.org
On Tue, 2005-07-05 at 13:40 -0700, Rory Sena wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/
eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=18220item=4560280090rd=1
german 92 250td, at 1100 euros
--
Clay
Seattle Bioburner
1972 220D - Gump
1995 E300D - Cleo
1987 300SDL - POS - DOA
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I understand this problem
what I did was to use a gas that I found out was a refrigerant it was of all
things
computer key board cleaner...
Isn't that just regular old R134a?
I have been trying without success to diagnose a squeaky sound from somewhere
in my 240D. This seems to happen while just rolling along a country road,
usually after touching the brakes. The sound of a bird or cricket chirping
will occure for 3 or 4 revolutions of the wheels and is quite
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/
eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=18214item=4559432730rd=1
Krankwagon
Well, we think the Ghostbuster car is cool
--
Clay
Seattle Bioburner
1972 220D - Gump
1995 E300D - Cleo
1987 300SDL - POS - DOA
Cool. Very cool.
Rick Knoble
1985 300 CD
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Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] mbz.org
On Tue, 2005-07-05 at 13:40 -0700, Rory Sena wrote:
Slow it will be, but with a manual, you should be able to row it fairly
well up to a good speed. I would figure the transmission will be steep
enough to allow you to hit some highway speeds.
On Tuesday, July 5, 2005, at 02:52 PM, Kevin wrote:
On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 02:45:46PM -0700,
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