Because the other lights are dead as well.
On 8/13/2012 2:23 PM, Randy Bennell wrote:
Now, you are assuming something that you do not know and that is
dangerous.
How do you know one set goes to other lights and one to a power source?
You might well have a situation like mine where, during a
Not that I have seen yet..
-Rolf
On 8/13/2012 10:41 PM, Kevin Kraly wrote:
Is it possible that you have a GFI outlet somewhere in the circuit
that's tripped? We have a few in our house, usually way behind some
large piece of furniture that has to be moved just to press the little
button
I have several leaks on my '87 SDL and had a local garage try to determine
where they are coming from. They have identified the following areas:
1. Timing chain tensioner seal
2. vacuum booster on timing chain
What kind of problems am I facing if I let them attempt to correct these
leaks. I may
#1 is easy, need to know the torque value.
#2 may be a bad vacuum pump. If the cover plate is crimped on, with no screws,
you have the bad kind which can fail catastrophically and dump bearings into
the timing chain area and destroy the engine if the chain breaks.
--
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
I have several leaks on my '87 SDL and had a local garage try to determine
where they are coming from. They have identified the following areas:
1. Timing chain tensioner seal
2. vacuum booster on timing chain
What kind of problems am I facing if I let them attempt to correct these
leaks. I may
#2--Just checked it out, there are no screws on the cover of the VP, so I
should order a new pump instead of just a gasket for this issue. Anything
scary in changing out this part? Does the fact it is leaking, indicate a
bad pump??
#1 - Are you saying that replacing the seal here one must be
Strangely today it was pretty good all the way to work, sat at around 90C even
with the AC on...
If you'd bring a sender to ChowdaQ that'd be great.
-Curt
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:26:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: Frederick Moir fredy4.s...@yahoo.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
I'm starting to think a (still) dirty connection. Car sits for a week, temp
gauge skyrockets, car gets driven 4 days in a row, temp gauge moderates but is
still high.
I'll clean it better tonight, if Fred provides another temp sensor and I try my
spare gauge cluster that should give me an
Yeah I was thinking if you set to max cooling it would keep the monovalve
closed so any cycling of it would point back toward the control apparatus while
a steady state at the monovalve points to the monovalve itself.
-Curt
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:42:28 -0500
From: Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com
Ahh, okay.
Rusty still says its a 3 pin gizmo that looks right other than having 3 pins. I
shall clean the lower one which I have yet to touch tonight.
-Curt
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:13:23 -0700 (PDT)
From: Frederick Moir fredy4.s...@yahoo.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Easy enough to test but it wouldn't make it cycle between hot and cold I don't
think.
Or is it that its cold air until the engine warms up and it becomes hot air?
-Curt
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:22:48 -0400
From: MG trainpain2...@yahoo.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Randy wrote: You had better hope that the BMW stays healthy! Selling to close
friends, relatives, co-workers etc can be risky.
I am confident it will be fine. Plus, it has nearly 200,000 miles. They know
that I have checked everything out and that the car is in good shape, but it is
not a new
Max wrote: Glad to here the sale was easy. Despite your Mercedes-less state
and Lexus ownership, I'll sponsor you for one more year of list membership! I
have a feeling you will be a Mercedes owner again...
HA! LOL thanks Max. The problem with current MB, is there are just a lot of
them that
Allan wrote: Now everyone place your bets on how long until the Lexus is for
sale
I'll take 9 months to a year. :) I'm being funny, but I could envision that.
It has such low miles and is still worth quite a bit, I considered trading it
in on my way back to Wichita!
Actually, it drives
Dieselhead wrote : You are generous! Who won the pool for how long the BMW
lasted?
I don't know. But, I bought it in early July of last year. So, about 1 year
and 1 month. I actually had every intention of continuing to drive the BMW.
It was/is a very nice car!
Donald H. Snook
Wilton wrote: Wasn't there a bet on the BMW sale date, or was that just talk?
Probably just talk. But, 1 year and 1 month is pretty typical.
Donald H. Snook
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Could be a bad instrument cluster ground. Does the temp gauge fluctuate when
you use turn signals or turn on the headlights?
On 2012-08-14, Curt wrote:
I'm starting to think a (still) dirty connection. Car sits for a week, temp
gauge skyrockets, car gets driven 4 days in a row, temp gauge
My mother has a 2003 Volvo XC70 Wagon with the 2.5Turbo engine and AWD.
Recently, she replaced the tires and they put them on the rear. The front
tires should be replaced fairly soon. She claims that after that the car
started riding oddly and just didn't seem very tight. I drove it last
Sounds like an alignment issue (perhaps the simplest thing to check
first). When I rebuilt the suspension on the 300TD it of course was out
of spec, and when I drove it a few miles to the alignment shop it was
really nasty like you describe. When I recently did the 300SD I got it
aligned a
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Does this page help?
Are you sure you didn't switch the feed and return hoses from the tank? If
the fuel level is below the tank's return and hoses are switched you can't
get fuel out of the tank. If the manual primer on the lift pump doesn't
move fuel, I'd start there
The feed from the tank
Mike,
Here's a Word document with a picture from the EPC showing the low pressure
line connections at the injection pump to the fuel filter holder and the
injectors.
Basically from the tank you have two lines, supply runs through the in-line
filter to the lift pump attached to side of injection
Fmiser wrote:
I have photos, if you are interested.
Mike Esh wrote:
Yes, please send them. I need all help I can get.
Okay. Attached is one annotated photo. I have more, but this
one shows the main components better. Or I could take more.
*smiles*
I'm also sending it directly to
She has no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very
hot in bed last night.
Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.
On the second day the knee was better, and on the third day it
disappeared.
The patient is tearful and crying constantly.
Now THIS is a car, kind of. CLICK HERE http://pal-v.com/
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- For years, cars have been doing better and better in
crash tests. Now, a tough new test by the Insurance Institute for Highway
Safety has given a black eye to a number of luxury and near-luxury
automakers.
Of 11 models tested, eight flunked a new test which is designed to
Start with simple and what you know, which is that the front tires need to be
replaced. Odd turning behavior could be broken belts in the tires, duck-walk
really sounds like broken belts.
--
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'95 E300
'87 300TD
Donald Snook dsn...@mtsqh.com wrote:
My mother has a 2003
You have to take anything the IIHS says with a grain of salt. They represent
the insurance industry, and there's any number of reasons they might like to
see expensive cars perform poorly in a contrived crash test.
Allan
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Like higher premiums?
Dan
On Aug 14, 2012, at 11:30 AM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote:
You have to take anything the IIHS says with a grain of salt. They represent
the insurance industry, and there's any number of reasons they might like to
see expensive cars perform poorly in
Nope, never.
My '85 190D had a fault somewhere that I never determined, when the engine
wasn't running the temp gauge would jump around but once running it was steady.
Strange but not too annoying.
-Curt
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 07:24:43 -0700
From: David Bruckmann
Message: 2
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 09:25:33 -0500
From: Donald Snook dsn...@mtsqh.com
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Subject: [MBZ] OT Volvo Wagon Question.
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Gerry Archer attached a bunch of photos of a rat rod with a
manure spreader body:
Looks like just the vehicle for use in the capital city.
--Philip
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Will do.
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
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Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] High temp, bad sender?
Strangely today it was pretty good all the way to
Gerry Archer attached a bunch of photos of a rat rod with a
manure spreader body:
Looks like just the vehicle for use in the capital city.
--Philip
Huh? what is the reference? no other posts with this subject!
Where are these photos?
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On mine and also on my daughter's car it was cold till the car
warmed up but it also occasionally would work right as when going
over a bump would make a connection at the fuse and the mono
valve would close. Though more commonly it would work or not work
after starting the engine after it had
Just got a thought on this. If the thermostat is old then it
might be an idea to change it. Sounds like it might be sticking
till it gets exercised a bit. May decide to stay closed soon.
Manfred
On 2012-08-14, Curt wrote:
I'm starting to think a (still) dirty connection. Car sits for
a
$75 it cost us to have the home warranty come fix it was cheaper than a
toner. Of course I wasn't here and now I don't know where the problem was!
-Rolf
On 8/14/2012 7:14 AM, Rolf wrote:
Because the other lights are dead as well.
On 8/13/2012 2:23 PM, Randy Bennell wrote:
Now, you are
8 amp white fuse,
On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 12:16 AM, David Bruckmann
bruckma...@transcontinental.ca wrote:
If that's the blue fuse, it's probably dead because your aux water pump burnt
it out. Next to go will be the pushbutton controls if you don't take that aux
pump out of the circuit. When
Thanks again. We also needed 2 lbs. of R134.
On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 5:30 PM, MG trainpain2...@yahoo.com wrote:
On mine and also on my daughter's car it was cold till the car warmed up but
it also occasionally would work right as when going over a bump would make a
connection at the fuse and
http://www.autoweek.com/article/20120813/MOTORSPORTS/120819953
RLE
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You missed my original message, thermostat was replaced at the beginning of the
odyssey, made no difference.
Also while the temp gauge is up around 100C the actual temp at the outlet (near
the thermostat) is more like 87C. IR reading at the temp sender is more like
85C.
-Curt
Date: Tue, 14
My mother has a 2003 Volvo XC70 Wagon with the 2.5Turbo engine and
AWD.
Mine too. Is it beige?
Isn't this the exact reason that you should always replace tires in a set of 4
on an AWD vehicle? I would suspect that the rear tires are larger diameter.
Yep. The allowable limit in tread
Glad to be able to help. That low charge would have accounted for
the quick cycling of the compressor. If you need any more freon
later you might want to try that Enviro Safe ES-12a. It is
working really good in our cars, much better than the R134 that I
was using before.
Manfred
Date:
But he's using R134. Is ES-12a compatible with that?
Wilton
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Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1985 300CD Klima relay - where is it?
Glad to be able to
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:43:43 -0400
From: trainpain2...@yahoo.com
If you need any more freon
later you might want to try that Enviro Safe ES-12a. It is
working really good in our cars, much better than the R134 that I
was using before.
I was looking at the Envirosafe website and it
Gerry Archer attached a bunch of photos of a rat rod with
a manure spreader body:
Looks like just the vehicle for use in the capital city.
Dieselhead wrote:
Huh? what is the reference? no other posts with this
subject! Where are these photos?
The email showed up yesterday - but
From: wilt...@nc.rr.com
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:46:58 -0400
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1985 300CD Klima relay - where is it?
But he's using R134. Is ES-12a compatible with that?
Nope. Need to remove it first.
Rick
The continuing saga:
I wondered if grounding one end would send the temp gauge high so I took a
jumper wire out with me. Fred had it backwards, the passenger side temp sensor
is in charge of the aux fan, the top side one is for the electo-magnetic fan
clutch. I can actuate either by grounding
I walked around tonight and knocked on the door of the house I
thought the 200D belonged to. It was the right house. He is the
third owner. Say he got all the receipts since new. It apparently
is low mileage. It sure sounds good when it goes by. Someone
repainted it copper bronze. That
On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 18:53:16 -0700 Rick Knoble rickkno...@hotmail.com
wrote:
I was looking at the Envirosafe website and it says not to charge the
ES-12a into a vacuum.
http://www.es-refrigerants.com/
I looked on the web site but could not find the comment. Where does it
say that?
Should
And they lived!
On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 4:32 PM, relng...@aol.com wrote:
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RLE
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Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1985 300CD Klima relay - where is it?
From: wilt...@nc.rr.com
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Date:
Curt.
Drivers side under the manifold about middle of the head, just above the
block/gasket division.
There is an hex boss that the sensor screws into.
Of course I've been watching Looney Tunes again. Why do you ask?
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Diesel preferred.
From:
On Aug 14, 2012, at 9:17 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
I was looking at the Envirosafe website and it says not to charge the
ES-12a into a vacuum.
http://www.es-refrigerants.com/
I looked on the web site but could not find the comment. Where does it
say that?
Hi gang,
Are there any reasons why I would NOT attempt to RR the starter solenoid
without removing the starter from the block? Seems like I can get in there ok
(lots of room around a 617.910 in a W115), but worried about exploding bits or
perhaps being unable to hook the fork on reassembly...
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