My '95 E300 with OM606 engine has decided to eat the serpentine belt. The only
recent change is the new (rebuilt) alternator. How do I determine if the
alternator is the culprit?
-Max
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My guess is that the old alt wasn't putting much of a load on the system,
and the old belt was on it's last legs.
New alternator allows full charge current and puts more stress on belt,
belt snaps.
Long story short, replace belt and then see if it happens again.
Worst case, keep a spare belt in
Does the alternator rotate freely and smoothly (without wobble) by hand? Do
the other pulleys (idler, water pump, pwr. steering pump, A/C comp.) rotate
properly without binding. When you sight down the edge of belt across all
the pulleys, are all the pulleys in same plane - properly aligned
I know it' possible to put the water pump pulley on backwards, and if
you do it will strip off a couple ribs on the belt. Might be true of
the alternator pulley as well.
It will be obvious if this is the case, one side of the belt will
leave a gap on the offending pulley opposite the gap
When the alternator in my 300SDL went bad it would spin freely by hand but
would occasionally lock up and cause the belt to jump off. I knew because the
2nd time it sheared the key. It is possible a rebuild could do the same.
Always carry spare belts, tools, and a can of red bull.
-Dave Walton
Anybody know of a source for used w115 parts (ext/int)? I contacted Kaleb last
week, but no response.
Found plenty in SoCal, but Geez Louise! Their price for some trim was higher
than getting brand new from the Classic Center!
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From: Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2012 9:26 AM
Subject: [MBZ] Eating belts
My '95 E300 with OM606 engine has decided to eat the
I had a serpentine belt eaten after installing a new alternator once -
found a little nick on the inside edge of the alternator pulley. Ground it
smooth with a Dremel tool - problem solved.
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.netwrote:
My '95 E300 with OM606 engine
What do you need?
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On Jun 16, 2012, at 10:16 AM, Joe Sasser joesas...@mac.com wrote:
Anybody know of a source for used w115 parts (ext/int)? I contacted Kaleb last
week, but no response.
Found plenty in SoCal, but Geez Louise! Their price for some trim was higher
than
Thanks to all who replied (even Fred!), I'll report back after applying my
powers of observation, your inputs, and Fred's logic.
I have a spare old belt from my wagon, which is 5 mm longer according to EPC.
Good idea to try this belt, or bad?
Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote:
My
On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 00:31:35 -0500 Kaleb C. Striplin
ka...@striplin.net wrote:
Do you know how cool it sounds to be able to say you have a Ph.d in
physics.
Well, I hadn't really thought about it. How cool does it sound?
Craig
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It sounds awesome.
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On Jun 16, 2012, at 10:55 AM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 00:31:35 -0500 Kaleb C. Striplin
ka...@striplin.net wrote:
Do you know how cool it sounds to be able to say you have a Ph.d in
physics.
Well, I hadn't really
When my supervising professor for my graduate work was hounding me to get my
Ph.D., I asked her how quickly I could expect to make back the money I spent to
get it.
The subject never came up again.
Of course, had I gotten a Ph.D., I would have insisted that everyone call me
Doctor, even my
WILTON wrote:
Does the alternator rotate freely and smoothly (without wobble) by
hand? Do the other pulleys (idler, water pump, pwr. steering pump, A/C
comp.) rotate properly without binding. When you sight down the edge of
belt across all the pulleys, are all the pulleys in same plane -
or its the wrong alternator and the offset is incorrect.
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
WILTON wrote:
Does the alternator rotate freely and smoothly (without wobble) by hand?
Do the other pulleys (idler, water pump, pwr. steering pump, A/C comp.)
Maybe Craig can help Kaleb with his differentials
--R
On 6/16/12 12:04 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
It sounds awesome.
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On Jun 16, 2012, at 10:55 AM, Craigdiese...@pisquared.net wrote:
On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 00:31:35 -0500 Kaleb C. Striplin
ka...@striplin.net wrote:
Do
You will be a belt looser
--R
On 6/16/12 11:44 AM, Max Dillon wrote:
I have a spare old belt from my wagon, which is 5 mm longer according to EPC.
Good idea to try this belt, or bad?
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On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 11:44:42 -0400 Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net
wrote:
I have a spare old belt from my wagon, which is 5 mm longer according
to EPC. Good idea to try this belt, or bad?
There are different length belts for the same cars equiped with different
diameter pullies (I just
On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 11:04:48 -0500 Kaleb C. Striplin
ka...@striplin.net wrote:
It sounds awesome.
Thank you!
Craig
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Hi Joe,
I am in CT, and I have some W115 parts. Is CT more convenient for you?
Shoot me an email with what you need, and perhaps we can work something out.
Tom
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On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 12:06:01 -0400 Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com wrote:
When my supervising professor for my graduate work was hounding me to
get my Ph.D., I asked her how quickly I could expect to make back the
money I spent to get it.
The subject never came up again.
What kind of graduate
On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 12:18:10 -0400 Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
Maybe Craig can help Kaleb with his differentials
It depends upon which kind.
Craig
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Well, that's true, and I did in 2002.
You got your phd when you were 52?
That's the age I'd be in four years if I asked Illinois to let me back in.
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I am trying to build a warp drive for my 124, I need help configuring the
dilithium crystals
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On Jun 16, 2012, at 12:23 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 12:18:10 -0400 Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
Maybe Craig can
What are you looking for? If you emailed me I either did not get it or I
overlooked it or forgot
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On Jun 16, 2012, at 9:16 AM, Joe Sasser joesas...@mac.com wrote:
Anybody know of a source for used w115 parts (ext/int)? I contacted Kaleb
last week, but no response.
Or you were blacklisted.
grin
Dan
On Jun 16, 2012, at 1:29 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote:
What are you looking for? If you emailed me I either did not get it or I
overlooked it or forgot
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On Jun 16, 2012, at 9:16 AM, Joe Sasser joesas...@mac.com
I guess it's never too late to go to college
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On Jun 16, 2012, at 12:25 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Craig wrote:
Well, that's true, and I did in 2002.
You got your phd when you were 52?
That's the age I'd be in four years if I asked Illinois to let me back
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
I guess it's never too late to go to college
My Ph.D. program at Illinois (accountancy) graduated a fellow by the name of
Ivan Bull when he was 72.
Mitch.
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Integrate enough differentials, and it may do it.
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From: Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2012 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Anybody there?
I am trying to build a warp drive for
At age 62, however, I'm not really inclined to go back to school a third
time.
Craig
It is not easy to navigate, but you might look at iastate.edu job
postings. They include IPRT and Ames Lab. Ames lab was stated as
part of the Manhattan project, primarily dealing with uranium
refining.
How 'bout RTP, NC; Duke, NC State U, UNC-CH, etc.?
Wilton
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To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2012 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Anybody there?
At age 62, however, I'm not really
On Jun 16, 2012, at 1:21 PM, Craig wrote:
What kind of graduate work did you do?
I was in the College of Education and my undergraduate degree is in Varying
Exceptionalities, which is a fancy name for Special Education. My graduate
work was studying the effects of classroom environments
This is OT, but probably relevant. Subject is 2000 grand caravan,
3.3L 236k miles.
Yesterday once or twice when I tried to start it, I didn't hear any
starter, so I shut off the switch and tried again, and it started
right up. Today I took off the bat terminals, they look ok. 12.5 v
On Jun 16, 2012 12:15 AM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
Thank you, Gerry, for your observations. Yes, I have seen openings for
While we're on the subject, the Duke Power - Progress Energy merger is
approved-ish so there will probably be some jobs in the Charlotte area,
according to my
I would guess starter based on the information supplied. Dead spot on the
commutator, or so it sounds.
Dan
On Jun 16, 2012, at 2:55 PM, Dieselhead wrote:
This is OT, but probably relevant. Subject is 2000 grand caravan, 3.3L
236k miles.
Yesterday once or twice when I tried to start
I guess it's never too late to go to college
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When I was an undergrad, there were people in their 70s working on a BS.
As a grad student, there was one of Rickover's guys, retired Navy
Captain, in his 60s working on a PhuD. Another guy was in his 60s.
He got his PhuD
Are you saying you have a phd also?
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On Jun 16, 2012, at 2:19 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
I guess it's never too late to go to college
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When I was an undergrad, there were people in their 70s working on a BS.
As a grad student,
Thanks! Or brushes worn to where sometimes they don't make good
contact? dead spot would account for current draw with no turny.
I would guess starter based on the information supplied. Dead spot
on the commutator, or so it sounds.
Dan
On Jun 16, 2012, at 2:55 PM, Dieselhead wrote:
Buy a properly rebuilt (or new) starter and replace. No point in
messing about with one unless you can properly turn the commutator and
test the armature windings.
New brushes and bushings MIGHT fix it, but at that milage, I'd expect
it's done it's job and needs replaced.
Peter
On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 15:08:32 -0400 Tim C bb...@crone.us wrote:
While we're on the subject, the Duke Power - Progress Energy merger is
approved-ish so there will probably be some jobs in the Charlotte area,
according to my father (at Westinghouse in Columbia).
I will ask him tomorrow if he
On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 13:25:35 -0400 Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Craig wrote:
Well, that's true, and I did in 2002.
You got your phd when you were 52?
That's the age I'd be in four years if I asked Illinois to let me back
in.
Yes, I was a non-traditional student.
Craig
On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 14:27:52 -0500 Kaleb C. Striplin
ka...@striplin.net wrote:
Are you saying you have a phd also?
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On Jun 16, 2012, at 2:19 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
I got my PhuD at 45.
Yes, Loren has a Ph.D., though I don't recall in what.
Craig
On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 12:28:30 -0500 Kaleb C. Striplin
ka...@striplin.net wrote:
I am trying to build a warp drive for my 124, I need help configuring
the dilithium crystals
You have dilithium crystals?!!! Oh wow! I've never run across any of
them, even at the Lab.
Craig
Wow he is ultra cool as well
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On Jun 16, 2012, at 2:57 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 14:27:52 -0500 Kaleb C. Striplin
ka...@striplin.net wrote:
Are you saying you have a phd also?
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On Jun 16, 2012, at 2:19 PM,
This is one of those jobs where it just makes sense to get a rebuilt unit and
swap it out. Messing with brushes and bushings just prolongs the agony, not to
mention you are displacing the liability to the supplier if it fails.
Dan
On Jun 16, 2012, at 3:41 PM, Peter Frederick wrote:
Buy a
I just didn't want to take on the student loan responsibilities at my age.
Granted, it's not difficult to find funding if you're at a research university
like I was, but having student loans that start coming due when I was
approaching my late 50s was not something I wanted to deal with.
If
I owned a 2002 Grand Caravan that had consistent electrical issues,
seemed to be mostly computer-related. The main symptom was that
occasionally all the electrical accessories would cut out (except
headlights, they must have been on a fail-safe circuit). Annoying at
best, hazardous in a heavy
Craig diese...@pisquared.net writes:
There are lots of opportunities in China from what I understand.
I'm not really interested in China. BTW, I have heard their economy is
slowing down.
Are you limiting yourself to traditional employment? Can you do
consulting? Good money if you have
The starter in our '97 died at about 75,000 miles, IIRC. Just replace it.
It is good to hear about one making it that far! Ours is only at 125,000.
It is one of the two cars that did convince me that I have few issues when
I buy a new car.
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Dieselhead
Yessir. It is in the signature PhD 98.Awa State, Industrial Technology
Are you saying you have a phd also?
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On Jun 16, 2012, at 2:19 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
I guess it's never too late to go to college
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When I was an
That is a different body style, but mine has a relay in or near the
fusebox that seems to run all the accessories. Sounds like a bad
relay or a bad signal to the relay. But good riddance.
I owned a 2002 Grand Caravan that had consistent electrical issues,
seemed to be mostly
Thanks to all who confirmed the starter. I just wanted verification
before I spend that much money and whatever it takes to change it.
I can't say that it is the orig starter, but it has gone at least
130k. A lot of that is highway miles for 200 to 1000 mi at a pop.
The starter in our
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHAhzQLQlco
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My wife decided to go to med school when she was 36? (or so), two kids,
me working and traveling internationally. It somehow worked out but it
was interesting times. She had wanted to do med school after college
but at that time a lot of guys were coming back from VN and wanted to be
docs,
?
Jerry
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Jerry wrote:
Heisenberg Principal (or was it the observer effect? -sorry, I was drinking
wine at the time) which says you will end up changing the thing you are
observing. I don't recall ever hearing this before.So, is it true that maybe
there are subatomic particles, and maybe there
The alternator has a clutch in the pulley. I'd think that if it were the
alternator pulley going bad it would quickly come apart...
I've had one come apart; the pulley was the stone, the belt the sling, and the
radiator played the part of Goliath.
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Anywhere there's a differential there's usually an integral.
Where's the integral on a Mercedes?
Gerry
Integrate enough differentials, and it may do it.
Wilton
From: Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net
I am trying to build a warp drive for my 124, I need help configuring the
dilithium
In the KLIMA ???
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 7:41 PM, Gerry Archer arche...@embarqmail.comwrote:
Anywhere there's a differential there's usually an integral.
Where's the integral on a Mercedes?
Gerry
Integrate enough differentials, and it may do it.
Wilton
From: Kaleb C. Striplin
On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 20:41:34 -0400 Gerry Archer
arche...@embarqmail.com wrote:
Anywhere there's a differential there's usually an integral.
Where's the integral on a Mercedes?
The unibody construction.
Craig
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On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 20:52:12 -0400 John Reames jwrea...@comcast.net
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The alternator has a clutch in the pulley. I'd think that if it were
the alternator pulley going bad it would quickly come apart...
I've had one come apart; the pulley was the stone, the belt the sling,
and the
On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 17:17:23 -0700 Jerry Herrman jer...@san.rr.com
wrote:
Did I understand someone with a PhD in physics weighed in on some topic?
Gerry had mentioned my getting a degree in medical physics so I could
get a job as a radiation physicist in a hospital, so I looked on the web
at
Throughout the unit; how could one have a complete and working MB without
putting all of its integrals together?
Wilton
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Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2012 8:41 PM
Subject:
I certainly haven't seen 'em all, but I've never seen an automobile
alternator pulley with a clutch, either.
Wilton
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To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2012 10:15 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Eating belts
On Sat, 16
On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:07:17 -0400 Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu
wrote:
Are you limiting yourself to traditional employment?
I guess I have been, that and academics.
Can you do consulting? Good money if you have enough of a network to
find steady work.
The network is the problem,
Or move to rural PA.
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 10:27 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
Brilliant. If only I had a 3 car garage.
Well, you could do the high density/expensive real estate solution. Buy a
lift. Put one on the lift, and park the other under it. You get to park 2
cars
Most starter failures are due to worn/burnt contacts, which are easily
replaceable.
The brushes in a starter don't tend to do much work and generally last a
long time.
Hendrik
who has replaced a few contacts
On 17/06/12 05:11, Peter Frederick wrote:
Buy a properly rebuilt (or new) starter
Not sure what the shipping rates are to the US but where do you find
S123's with ABS
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=270998735449
Hendrik
who also has ABS in the wagen
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...This is a good example of why it is pretty hard to reply to your
rantings, err I mean insightful inputs, you often change the original
thread title and never quote who you are answering, below are three
different bits, or parts thereof, who wrote what?..
You know damned well that I don't
Contrary to the popular expression, a quantum leap, a quantum of
energy
is also vanishingly small (making the expression nonsense).
I don't think I agree. On _our_ scale, a quantum is indeed vanishingly
small. But relative to the particles concerned, they're pretty large.
So, extrapolated to
So I am supposed to trawl back through a 100 or so posts to find the one
you originally referred to, even though you may well have changed the
original title to something completely different, then write the
original posters name on what you quoted, just so people don't get
confused? Why don't
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