In a 2.5 turbo, any vacuum leak, especially under the hood, will lower
power/boost.
Marshall Booth wrote:
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
you have a vacuum leak somewhere.
Sunil Hari wrote:
I was driving my 300D yesterday and it just felt like the turbo wasn't
putting out as much oomph as befor
I have found splits in the rubber boot. I think I have found the answer to
why the actuator works in the lock position. If my theory is correct, the
diaphragm will pull down the actuator arm thus locking the door. This chamber
doesn't leak because the diaphragm, prevents leakage of air in the
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
you have a vacuum leak somewhere.
Sunil Hari wrote:
I was driving my 300D yesterday and it just felt like the turbo wasn't
putting out as much oomph as before. just didn't feel as rocket-like as I
remember it to be. any reasons pop out to any of the listers? where d
seems fine to me.
Tom Hargrave wrote:
Don,
I just hit the site & noticed the same. I wonder if Rusty's hosting locally
and what his uplink bandwidth is?
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
256-656-1924
www.kegkits.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of
you have a vacuum leak somewhere.
Sunil Hari wrote:
I was driving my 300D yesterday and it just felt like the turbo wasn't
putting out as much oomph as before. just didn't feel as rocket-like as I
remember it to be. any reasons pop out to any of the listers? where do I
begin?
--
Kaleb C.
pressures seem OK to me. You need to pull the monovalve and check to
see if the diaphram is torn.
OK Don wrote:
The air had been getting warmer over the last several months - just
like the outside air. I've been letting our son drive it most of the
summer, but I drove it yesterday (~100F), an
you must not drive much.
Curt Raymond wrote:
Not bragging but, the truckstop on my commute is back down to $2.99.
Paid $2.87 this morning at the cheapie place near where we eat breakfast.
Had a guy try to buy my 190D this morning. I quoted the rube $8k, figured if
he'd
pay that he deserved wh
I didn't feel them - but I did replace the mono valve diaphragm this
spring - it's less than 5 months old.
On 8/20/06, archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Have you felt the hoses going to the monovalve? The monovalve plunger in my
'83 300D was corroded and very sticky. It could have been powere
Have you felt the hoses going to the monovalve? The monovalve plunger in my
'83 300D was corroded and very sticky. It could have been powered and still
not operate. I also seem to remember that a diaphragm in the monovalve can
go bad.
Gerry
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From: "OK Don" <[E
I don't know - maybe they slow him down on Sunday PM? It's usually
very responsive.
On 8/20/06, Tom Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Don,
I just hit the site & noticed the same. I wonder if Rusty's hosting locally
and what his uplink bandwidth is?
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
256-656-1924
www.kegki
Don,
I just hit the site & noticed the same. I wonder if Rusty's hosting locally
and what his uplink bandwidth is?
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
256-656-1924
www.kegkits.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of OK Don
Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 3:51
Is REALLY SLOW now - all other sites are fast. Is everyone hitting it
looking for parts to order tomorrow morning, or is there a DoS attack
going on? Just my bad luck?
--
OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
"The Americans will always do the right thing... after they've
exhausted all the alternatives."
Sir
Clogged fuel filters or boost pressure line to the ALDA.
On 8/20/06, Sunil Hari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I was driving my 300D yesterday and it just felt like the turbo wasn't
putting out as much oomph as before. just didn't feel as rocket-like as I
remember it to be. any reasons pop out to
I was driving my 300D yesterday and it just felt like the turbo wasn't
putting out as much oomph as before. just didn't feel as rocket-like as I
remember it to be. any reasons pop out to any of the listers? where do I
begin?
--
Sunil Hari
1992 300D 2.5T - 286Kmi.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
513-205-7474
The air had been getting warmer over the last several months - just
like the outside air. I've been letting our son drive it most of the
summer, but I drove it yesterday (~100F), and it was miserably hot in
the car - the air never cooled below 90Fcoming out of the center
vents.
I have an indicator
No way man, I read the one from my 240D one day sitting at Friendly's waiting
for my wife.
-Curt
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 23:55:49 -0700
From: Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Shift point marks. Was Does '82 280E = '85
300TDinstrument cluster?
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Messa
Not bragging but, the truckstop on my commute is back down to $2.99.
Paid $2.87 this morning at the cheapie place near where we eat breakfast.
Had a guy try to buy my 190D this morning. I quoted the rube $8k, figured if
he'd
pay that he deserved what he got. I really like only filling up once a
I've got a good 60 gallon air compressor for less than $200.
CFM and pressure ratings (and maybe motor HP) are also of interest
to our kind of people. Wasn't this a decent-sized one?
-- Jim
Hi, All.
I, too, have had the bumper 'hem pennant" syndrome on my '85 300TD. I tried
all of the offered solutions to no permanent avail. What I noticed was that the
strip was being RUBBED off by other cars, leaving some part of it dangling. My
solution was to position the parts of the bumper s
are a pain to deal with. I've taken every air connection apart and rebuilt/resealed
them, some more than once. Last night, I fired it up and still found two more
leaks. Dealt with them, built the air pressure up to 80psi and let it sit over
night. Just checked it and it's sitting at a solid
From my archives.
From Kaleb
Remove rubber strip completely, under that you will see 2 plastic holder
deals that fit in slots in the bumper. Those have slipped out. What
you need to do is but them back, then if you can you can put a small
screw in the end of both to keep them from sli
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Well really it is MBZ 1985 300 Rubber Bumpers. I am getting tired of
having them not stay on and they are a pain to get back on.
The rear bumper is behaving it's self, it is the front one that I have
had trouble with. I spray the inner sliding unit with silicone spray
and more or less get th
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Had what I thought was the same problem with my '83 300SD. Replaced the
transmission last year @ 350k with one from Sun Valley Mercedes Dismantlers.
(Best price & warranty).
But then the past couple of months it had no acceleration at all. Would
barely crawl along
Exactly..The heater allows the proper viscosity to get the correct spray
pattern and therefore complete combustion. A bigger nozzle will just add
more unburnt fuel in a trickle if it's not thin enough.
Mike
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From: "Mitch Haley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercede
side rear rotor was starting to glow red and smoking.
Brother! Welcome.
I see there are caliper rebuild kits - does this usually fix what
causes a
sticking caliper or should I buy a new one?
It's messy, but I think a rebuild will do the job. The other (and
in fact, more) usual suspect for
Had what I thought was the same problem with my '83 300SD. Replaced the
transmission last year @ 350k with one from Sun Valley Mercedes Dismantlers.
(Best price & warranty).
But then the past couple of months it had no acceleration at all. Would
barely crawl along @ 40mph. At 1st I suspect
My 1985 300D Euro has a pull wire to open the trunk from inside the
car. Is this standard equipment on most MBs?
Some seem to have it, some don't. I never figured out why.
I went out of state to bring the Euro home, but an old Mercedes +
grandson + 2 years = parts car. It would get up to ab
My 1985 300D Euro has a pull wire to open the trunk from inside the car. Is
this standard equipment on most MBs?
It is located under the sound pad, under the rear seat, directly behind the
drivers seat. Its a thin wire with a finger loop about 4 inches from the seat
front.
I went out of stat
My 97 e320 with 133K decided to drag a rear brake on the way to a wedding
last night. The car didn't seem right, and when I pulled over, the passenger
side rear rotor was starting to glow red and smoking. I let it cool for a
bit, then continued to the wedding (we were closer to it then home, and
Royce Engler wrote:
> While I was at it, I decided to take a look at the ALDA. The plastic cap
> pretty much disintegrated as I tried to get it out, and I couldn't get the
> screw to turn. Put some PB Blaster on it, but hasn't come loose yet. There
> is a metal cylinder that seems to fit down ov
With the correct ratio differential, those will mark redline in their
respective gears (fourth gear doesn't have a mark).
It varies. The Frankenheap (71 200D Euro) has another single tick
at about 85 MPH, redline in top gear.
I am (gratefully) corrected, and the wiser for it.
How do you guys
Royce Engler wrote:
> There
> is a metal cylinder that seems to fit down over the top of the ALDA, that
> prevents getting a socket over the lock nut on the adjustment screw. Does
> it come off somehow?
>
Yes. You have to cut it. It's soft metal; I used the tip of a
screwdriver as a chisel to
No, the BioD was around $0.45/ less. No desire to fuel up the van, not
at $3.429/gal
On Aug 19, 2006, at 4:52 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
This is just insane that biod is higher than real diesel now.
redghost wrote:
Got fuel yesterday. Had to swallow when I saw the BioD price was up
to
Merc did make that type of conversion according to this site
http://mitglied.lycos.de/albeyer/id29.htm
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From: "Kaleb C. Striplin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Banned List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Mercedes Discussion List"
Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 11:02 AM
Subject:
On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 12:48:13 +1200 Euan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks Craig
>
> I am (gratefully) corrected, and the wiser for it.
> How do you guys know all this stuff?
We've been there before. (Besides, you're getting the collective wisdom of
the list, not from just one person.)
Craig
I had noticed that I kept getting worse and worse response to my throttle
over the past week or so. I had checked the linkage ball joints and
regreased them to no avail. Couple of days ago it refused to accelerate at
all. Turns out that the linkage bushing on the firewall had sheared off the
ru
Craig said...
You can repair them if the rubber seal from the actuation lever to the
actuator body has cracked. There was a post about that about a year ago.
Anybody have that post? I couldn't find it in my archives...I have 3 or 4
actuators I've held on to figuring some day I'd figure out how
ned kleinhenz wrote:
Do the fuel lift pumps of 60X engines go bad? Is this a common problem?
Are they expensive to replace? Can they leak?
I have an inconsistent fuel leak from my '95 E300D.
It is hard to start and looses power sometimes when accelerating.
I suspect there is a leak somewhere u
In a message dated 8/19/2006 2:15:04 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I THINK I've tested the door locking system with the Mity Vac. What I found
is that the door actuators on the front passenger door and the two rear
doors
leaked vacuum on the upper green stri
Nick Gough wrote:
Folks,
I am looking at buying a new C230 Sport (mit 6-speed manual). However, one
thing that popped up is that the new 2007 models have a 19mpg/City,
25mpg/Highway ratings. The 2006 models had 30mpg on the highway.
What gives?
As far as I can discern (from seeing other 2007
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mercedes-Benz-300-Series-6-door-300e-1988-300e-limo-extremely-rare-6-door-w124-mercedes-wow_W0QQitemZ130018556342QQihZ003QQcategoryZ6330QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MERCEDES-OM460-NEW-DIESEL-ENGINE-450HP_W0QQitemZ250020111346QQihZ015QQcategoryZ33615QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Thanks Craig
I am (gratefully) corrected, and the wiser for it.
How do you guys know all this stuff?
Euan
CHCH
NZ
-Original Message-
From: Craig McCluskey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, 20 August 2006 12:07 p.m.
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Shift point marks
The rear window seal does leak but also check that the drains in the hood
spring area is not blocked.
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From: "Mitch Haley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 3:04 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Water on the floor
"John W. Rea
*sobs* The beauty of
the cars you find is second
only, empty bank
On 8/18/06, redghost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/pts/195609647.html
--
Clay
--
Knowledge is power... Power Corrupts. Study hard... Be Evil.
Well, tell *him* I'll give him $10 for it then, that's all I got
Capt'n! I can'ts gives no mo!
On 8/18/06, Luther Gulseth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
First off, I only have a visual on the car and know that the guy wants to be
rid of it FAST and cheap. That's all folks
--
Knowledge is power.
On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 10:19:31 +1200 Euan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The 280E instrument cluster in question
>
> http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Car-parts-accessories/Mercedes/phot
> os/a-66597334/p-25612144.htm
The cluster in question has a single "tick" mark at 34 mph, two at 55, and
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