Re: [MBZ] Gold 18s - 1988 190E - 62k miles - $8,500
Wow. That’s really bad. That’s like a $2k car, maybe, not that I would pay that, the seats look good. --FT Sent from iFōn > On Feb 11, 2024, at 9:30 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes > wrote: > > Butt ugly > >> On Sun, Feb 11, 2024, 1:54 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> >> https://chicago.craigslist.org/nwi/cto/d/hammond-mercedes-190/7716624364.html >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Gold 18s - 1988 190E - 62k miles - $8,500
Butt ugly On Sun, Feb 11, 2024, 1:54 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > https://chicago.craigslist.org/nwi/cto/d/hammond-mercedes-190/7716624364.html > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Benzing today— 92 400E is aliiiiive!
Yeah I should order an 8 too. --FT Sent from iFōn > On Feb 11, 2024, at 6:48 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > wrote: > > Excellent! > > Bummer about the 7mm vs. 8mm. I think I have both, as I’ve got a set of those > things. One of those, “Darn! I wish I had one of those!!” tools, for sure. > Bought them right after I got my first W140/M119. > > -D > >> On Feb 11, 2024, at 4:36 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> I think you told me that back when so I bought one of those spring drivers >> 7mm but the nuts on the big hose clamps are 8mm. I just used a wobble >> extension and a u-joint and oriented the clamp screws so I could put the >> socket on. That part was actually fairly easy once I got the whole thing >> oriented properly. >> >> When I put the ETA in I hooked a piece of wire on the spring and had it >> tensioned so I could just slide it right on. That worked well. I had another >> wire on the throttle lever too and was able to get that on easily. >> >> --FT >> Sent from iFōn >> On Feb 11, 2024, at 6:26 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: >>> >>> I just realized - the key to R on the M119 MAF is a new boot and a 1/4” >>> 7mm socket on a long extension with a wobble. Or, if you want the >>> purpose-built tool that makes it easy-peasy (to tighten the clamps, that >>> is) get one of the 7mm sockets on a long springy extension that can flex. >>> Those make it really easy. >>> >>> For goodness' sake, whatever you do, don’t get the throttle spring unhooked >>> at the front on the intake manifold. I had to do that with a boroscope. >>> >>> -D >>> On Feb 11, 2024, at 3:31 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: I got the “new” ETA that was in the trunk of the car (eBay special from the PO) on the car maybe 2-3 weeks ago. Today I got the MAF assembly on it which had me cussing any German engineer who worked on the M119 design. Anyway I got it on. Put a good battery in and after one sputter it fired right up! Did not want to idle well but after running a bit it was trying. Ran fairly well at higher RPMs but would die falling back to idle. I adjusted the new throttle cable a bit and found one vacuum line that had come off. Seemed to run a little better but still died going yo idle. All the vac lines are new and I think routed correctly but I’ll have to verify. Anyway it was a good step. ABS and ASR lights are on, I need to put the computer on it and see what’s up. No gauges working so I’ll have to CHANGE THE FUSES to see if that helps. I should probably put in some new petrol too, no telling how old this stuff is. --FT Sent from iFōn ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> ___ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: TVnality
I’ve got a couple “big” TVs in the FROG but shipping would probably be killer --FT Sent from iFōn > On Feb 11, 2024, at 5:52 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes > wrote: > > The cabin's CRT TV crapped out last month, and I had my son bring it > home. Zenith model B25A11Z. He said the vertical deflection shrank > down, and then there was a loud noise, black screen, and bad smell. I > don't want anything newer down there, as this one's nearly theft > proof, so I'd like to fix it (myself) if possible. > > I found a schematic of the TV, enough to look at, anyway. There is a > big power transistor in the horizontal drive, and in-circuit probing > with the Fluke DMM shows a B-E short, which cannot be good. 2SD2499, > which is a Horizontal Output Transistor. (Which means a certain class > of specs, along with an internal flyback diode and a biasing > resistor.) I can get 10 of them from China for about $5, so I ordered > them. Shipping to be slow... > > I replaced the HOT, but that did not fix things. I got the Variac > hooked up, and brought in an oscilloscope and a DMM. Running > relatively low (25V) line voltage, for safety, showed that the 140V > output of the SMPS was working, and the +5V logic supply was good. > So, things are sort of working. I could hear the speakers gently pop > on and then off when the power button was pressed. I could see the > base drive of the HOT go on briefly when started, but after less than > a second it shuts off again. > > Probing around showed no voltage at all on the output windings of the > flyback transformer, and only then did I notice the giant crack in its > housing! Burned, and split. So, that's where the magic smoke had > come from! I had been looking for physical damage, I don't know how I > missed that one. The TV's CPU is looking for flyback output voltages > at startup, and seeing none it shuts the horizontal drive down for > safety, and to prevent further damage. > > So, I need a new flyback, if I want to fix this thing. 95-4601-01. I > found one for sale online, at $50 plus shipping. I think... not. An > alternate shown on the schematic is 95-4372-01; I found one of those > and made a $5 (plus shipping) offer on it. It might not even work, > and I might not get it. This is starting to look pretty unattractive. > > Or... there was a $20 Panasonic TC-P50G15 (8/2009) plasma TV on > Craigslist, with remote. (But no stand.) An infinitely better TV, > and certainly cheap enough, but big, heavy, and much more attractive > to thieves---who would probably not recognize its lack of commercial > value from afar. I bought it anyway. > > Those Panny plasmas are _very_ nice TV's, we have three of them already. > (The first one was $1100 new, almost the same model as the $20 one.) > > -- Jim > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: TVnality
I notice that the retro-gamers have some interest in CRT televisions, but so far as I know a plasma TV is just as good as a CRT, so far as that goes. A lack of latency and motion artifacts is the goal. In direct view video there is CRT, plasma, LCD, and OLED. ALL flat-panel TV's are either plasma, LCD, or OLED. Plasma is now gone, so they're either LCD or OLED. No exceptions. The usual 'LED' TV is just an LED-backlit LCD TV. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Benzing today— 92 400E is aliiiiive!
Excellent! Bummer about the 7mm vs. 8mm. I think I have both, as I’ve got a set of those things. One of those, “Darn! I wish I had one of those!!” tools, for sure. Bought them right after I got my first W140/M119. -D > On Feb 11, 2024, at 4:36 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > wrote: > > I think you told me that back when so I bought one of those spring drivers > 7mm but the nuts on the big hose clamps are 8mm. I just used a wobble > extension and a u-joint and oriented the clamp screws so I could put the > socket on. That part was actually fairly easy once I got the whole thing > oriented properly. > > When I put the ETA in I hooked a piece of wire on the spring and had it > tensioned so I could just slide it right on. That worked well. I had another > wire on the throttle lever too and was able to get that on easily. > > --FT > Sent from iFōn > >> On Feb 11, 2024, at 6:26 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> I just realized - the key to R on the M119 MAF is a new boot and a 1/4” >> 7mm socket on a long extension with a wobble. Or, if you want the >> purpose-built tool that makes it easy-peasy (to tighten the clamps, that is) >> get one of the 7mm sockets on a long springy extension that can flex. Those >> make it really easy. >> >> For goodness' sake, whatever you do, don’t get the throttle spring unhooked >> at the front on the intake manifold. I had to do that with a boroscope. >> >> -D >> >>> On Feb 11, 2024, at 3:31 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes >>> wrote: >>> >>> I got the “new” ETA that was in the trunk of the car (eBay special from the >>> PO) on the car maybe 2-3 weeks ago. Today I got the MAF assembly on it >>> which had me cussing any German engineer who worked on the M119 design. >>> Anyway I got it on. >>> >>> Put a good battery in and after one sputter it fired right up! Did not >>> want to idle well but after running a bit it was trying. Ran fairly well at >>> higher RPMs but would die falling back to idle. I adjusted the new throttle >>> cable a bit and found one vacuum line that had come off. Seemed to run a >>> little better but still died going yo idle. All the vac lines are new and I >>> think routed correctly but I’ll have to verify. >>> >>> Anyway it was a good step. ABS and ASR lights are on, I need to put the >>> computer on it and see what’s up. >>> >>> No gauges working so I’ll have to CHANGE THE FUSES to see if that helps. >>> >>> I should probably put in some new petrol too, no telling how old this stuff >>> is. >>> >>> --FT >>> Sent from iFōn >>> ___ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: TVnality
I have what I believe is the 55” or 60” model of this in my garage in the FL house. I rarely use it, more because I rarely work in that garage. It’s a beautiful TV, built like the proverbial brick doghouse. Mine started ghosting ever so slightly some years back, and TV technology having moved on to LED, we bought something larger, newer and cheaper. Love it! I don’t care about the ghosting for a garage TV, it’s barely perceptible as it is. I’m definitely moving it (and the associated HUGE articulated wall mount) to the AZ garage. That one has a 40” LCD Visio in it, I think. Well done! -D > On Feb 11, 2024, at 3:51 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes > wrote: > > Or... there was a $20 Panasonic TC-P50G15 (8/2009) plasma TV on > Craigslist, with remote. (But no stand.) An infinitely better TV, > and certainly cheap enough, but big, heavy, and much more attractive > to thieves---who would probably not recognize its lack of commercial > value from afar. I bought it anyway. > > Those Panny plasmas are _very_ nice TV's, we have three of them already. > (The first one was $1100 new, almost the same model as the $20 one.) > > -- Jim > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Benzing today— 92 400E is aliiiiive!
I think you told me that back when so I bought one of those spring drivers 7mm but the nuts on the big hose clamps are 8mm. I just used a wobble extension and a u-joint and oriented the clamp screws so I could put the socket on. That part was actually fairly easy once I got the whole thing oriented properly. When I put the ETA in I hooked a piece of wire on the spring and had it tensioned so I could just slide it right on. That worked well. I had another wire on the throttle lever too and was able to get that on easily. --FT Sent from iFōn > On Feb 11, 2024, at 6:26 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > wrote: > > I just realized - the key to R on the M119 MAF is a new boot and a 1/4” > 7mm socket on a long extension with a wobble. Or, if you want the > purpose-built tool that makes it easy-peasy (to tighten the clamps, that is) > get one of the 7mm sockets on a long springy extension that can flex. Those > make it really easy. > > For goodness' sake, whatever you do, don’t get the throttle spring unhooked > at the front on the intake manifold. I had to do that with a boroscope. > > -D > >> On Feb 11, 2024, at 3:31 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> I got the “new” ETA that was in the trunk of the car (eBay special from the >> PO) on the car maybe 2-3 weeks ago. Today I got the MAF assembly on it which >> had me cussing any German engineer who worked on the M119 design. Anyway I >> got it on. >> >> Put a good battery in and after one sputter it fired right up! Did not want >> to idle well but after running a bit it was trying. Ran fairly well at >> higher RPMs but would die falling back to idle. I adjusted the new throttle >> cable a bit and found one vacuum line that had come off. Seemed to run a >> little better but still died going yo idle. All the vac lines are new and I >> think routed correctly but I’ll have to verify. >> >> Anyway it was a good step. ABS and ASR lights are on, I need to put the >> computer on it and see what’s up. >> >> No gauges working so I’ll have to CHANGE THE FUSES to see if that helps. >> >> I should probably put in some new petrol too, no telling how old this stuff >> is. >> >> --FT >> Sent from iFōn >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Benzing today— 92 400E is aliiiiive!
I just realized - the key to R on the M119 MAF is a new boot and a 1/4” 7mm socket on a long extension with a wobble. Or, if you want the purpose-built tool that makes it easy-peasy (to tighten the clamps, that is) get one of the 7mm sockets on a long springy extension that can flex. Those make it really easy. For goodness' sake, whatever you do, don’t get the throttle spring unhooked at the front on the intake manifold. I had to do that with a boroscope. -D > On Feb 11, 2024, at 3:31 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > wrote: > > I got the “new” ETA that was in the trunk of the car (eBay special from the > PO) on the car maybe 2-3 weeks ago. Today I got the MAF assembly on it which > had me cussing any German engineer who worked on the M119 design. Anyway I > got it on. > > Put a good battery in and after one sputter it fired right up! Did not want > to idle well but after running a bit it was trying. Ran fairly well at higher > RPMs but would die falling back to idle. I adjusted the new throttle cable a > bit and found one vacuum line that had come off. Seemed to run a little > better but still died going yo idle. All the vac lines are new and I think > routed correctly but I’ll have to verify. > > Anyway it was a good step. ABS and ASR lights are on, I need to put the > computer on it and see what’s up. > > No gauges working so I’ll have to CHANGE THE FUSES to see if that helps. > > I should probably put in some new petrol too, no telling how old this stuff > is. > > --FT > Sent from iFōn > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Volvo fun
2009 XC90. Bought it only because I knew the seller and he had cared for it meticulously. It needed rear wheel bearings, he didn't want to spend the money, and he gave me a good deal. It's been a good car overall. Comfortable, well made, pretty easy to work on overall. It's a two wheel drive model, which in this car is front-wheel drive. The engine is a 3.2 liter inline 6, basically a Ford engine I think, Ford owned Volvo until 2010. Transmission is by Aisin. It tows our little pop-up camper fine. It's probably comparable to an ML320, though I've never owned one of those. Just under 200k on it now. I've owned it since 2018. I was able to unclip the wiring harness in a few other places and raise it up enough so that I can work on it in a neutral standing position. That is going to help a lot. Now I can't find my solder, may have to buy some. Going to finish this up tomorrow. On Sun, Feb 11, 2024, at 17:02, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: > I know you have referred to the Volvo previously, but I don't recall all > of it. What year, and model is it, what mileage on it, and has it been a > good car? > > Randy > > > On 11/02/2024 3:57 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: >> I found a wiring diagram, and I've been able to work out how to disassemble >> the connector plug. The individual connectors were crimped on to the wires. >> The crimp that was on the insulated part of the wire I can reopen, but the >> crimp that actually made the connection is too flattened. I'm thinking I can >> either try to solder the wires directly back on to the connectors, or solder >> on some pigtails, and then solder those to the original harness with >> heat-shrink tubing to seal the connections. Then reassemble the plug. >> >> This is not going to be fun, as I'll have to work bent over and reaching >> about halfway down in the space between the engine and radiator. Will need >> some way to hold things together while I solder -- alligator clips I suppose. >> >> >> On Sun, Feb 11, 2024, at 15:23, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: >>> Well I found the problem and it's the ham-fisted mechanic who was >>> working on the car (that's me). >>> >>> The intake manifold runs down between the engine and the radiator and >>> converges at the throttle body which is near the bottom of the >>> radiator. Hard to see around it and hard to reach it from above or >>> below. I overlooked a connector on the bottom of the throtle body >>> housing and when I pulled the assembly up and out it just ripped the >>> wires out. >>> >>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AT5c-txDnCydPNf94TJS4qT39LRtkrYW/view?usp=sharing >>> >>> Now I have to find a wiring diagram somewhere and figure out how to >>> reconnect the plug. >>> >>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gMet72dITNAl66OVuceYOshLc3DMXobN/view?usp=sharing >>> >>> > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] OT: TVnality
The cabin's CRT TV crapped out last month, and I had my son bring it home. Zenith model B25A11Z. He said the vertical deflection shrank down, and then there was a loud noise, black screen, and bad smell. I don't want anything newer down there, as this one's nearly theft proof, so I'd like to fix it (myself) if possible. I found a schematic of the TV, enough to look at, anyway. There is a big power transistor in the horizontal drive, and in-circuit probing with the Fluke DMM shows a B-E short, which cannot be good. 2SD2499, which is a Horizontal Output Transistor. (Which means a certain class of specs, along with an internal flyback diode and a biasing resistor.) I can get 10 of them from China for about $5, so I ordered them. Shipping to be slow... I replaced the HOT, but that did not fix things. I got the Variac hooked up, and brought in an oscilloscope and a DMM. Running relatively low (25V) line voltage, for safety, showed that the 140V output of the SMPS was working, and the +5V logic supply was good. So, things are sort of working. I could hear the speakers gently pop on and then off when the power button was pressed. I could see the base drive of the HOT go on briefly when started, but after less than a second it shuts off again. Probing around showed no voltage at all on the output windings of the flyback transformer, and only then did I notice the giant crack in its housing! Burned, and split. So, that's where the magic smoke had come from! I had been looking for physical damage, I don't know how I missed that one. The TV's CPU is looking for flyback output voltages at startup, and seeing none it shuts the horizontal drive down for safety, and to prevent further damage. So, I need a new flyback, if I want to fix this thing. 95-4601-01. I found one for sale online, at $50 plus shipping. I think... not. An alternate shown on the schematic is 95-4372-01; I found one of those and made a $5 (plus shipping) offer on it. It might not even work, and I might not get it. This is starting to look pretty unattractive. Or... there was a $20 Panasonic TC-P50G15 (8/2009) plasma TV on Craigslist, with remote. (But no stand.) An infinitely better TV, and certainly cheap enough, but big, heavy, and much more attractive to thieves---who would probably not recognize its lack of commercial value from afar. I bought it anyway. Those Panny plasmas are _very_ nice TV's, we have three of them already. (The first one was $1100 new, almost the same model as the $20 one.) -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Benzing today— 92 400E is aliiiiive!
I got the “new” ETA that was in the trunk of the car (eBay special from the PO) on the car maybe 2-3 weeks ago. Today I got the MAF assembly on it which had me cussing any German engineer who worked on the M119 design. Anyway I got it on. Put a good battery in and after one sputter it fired right up! Did not want to idle well but after running a bit it was trying. Ran fairly well at higher RPMs but would die falling back to idle. I adjusted the new throttle cable a bit and found one vacuum line that had come off. Seemed to run a little better but still died going yo idle. All the vac lines are new and I think routed correctly but I’ll have to verify. Anyway it was a good step. ABS and ASR lights are on, I need to put the computer on it and see what’s up. No gauges working so I’ll have to CHANGE THE FUSES to see if that helps. I should probably put in some new petrol too, no telling how old this stuff is. --FT Sent from iFōn ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Volvo fun
I know you have referred to the Volvo previously, but I don't recall all of it. What year, and model is it, what mileage on it, and has it been a good car? Randy On 11/02/2024 3:57 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: I found a wiring diagram, and I've been able to work out how to disassemble the connector plug. The individual connectors were crimped on to the wires. The crimp that was on the insulated part of the wire I can reopen, but the crimp that actually made the connection is too flattened. I'm thinking I can either try to solder the wires directly back on to the connectors, or solder on some pigtails, and then solder those to the original harness with heat-shrink tubing to seal the connections. Then reassemble the plug. This is not going to be fun, as I'll have to work bent over and reaching about halfway down in the space between the engine and radiator. Will need some way to hold things together while I solder -- alligator clips I suppose. On Sun, Feb 11, 2024, at 15:23, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: Well I found the problem and it's the ham-fisted mechanic who was working on the car (that's me). The intake manifold runs down between the engine and the radiator and converges at the throttle body which is near the bottom of the radiator. Hard to see around it and hard to reach it from above or below. I overlooked a connector on the bottom of the throtle body housing and when I pulled the assembly up and out it just ripped the wires out. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AT5c-txDnCydPNf94TJS4qT39LRtkrYW/view?usp=sharing Now I have to find a wiring diagram somewhere and figure out how to reconnect the plug. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gMet72dITNAl66OVuceYOshLc3DMXobN/view?usp=sharing ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Volvo fun
When you are bent over working on this, just keep thinking about the hourly rate the shop would be charging you, probably including to repair this, even if they, like you, had inadvertently created the problem. Randy On 11/02/2024 3:57 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: I found a wiring diagram, and I've been able to work out how to disassemble the connector plug. The individual connectors were crimped on to the wires. The crimp that was on the insulated part of the wire I can reopen, but the crimp that actually made the connection is too flattened. I'm thinking I can either try to solder the wires directly back on to the connectors, or solder on some pigtails, and then solder those to the original harness with heat-shrink tubing to seal the connections. Then reassemble the plug. This is not going to be fun, as I'll have to work bent over and reaching about halfway down in the space between the engine and radiator. Will need some way to hold things together while I solder -- alligator clips I suppose. On Sun, Feb 11, 2024, at 15:23, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: Well I found the problem and it's the ham-fisted mechanic who was working on the car (that's me). The intake manifold runs down between the engine and the radiator and converges at the throttle body which is near the bottom of the radiator. Hard to see around it and hard to reach it from above or below. I overlooked a connector on the bottom of the throtle body housing and when I pulled the assembly up and out it just ripped the wires out. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AT5c-txDnCydPNf94TJS4qT39LRtkrYW/view?usp=sharing Now I have to find a wiring diagram somewhere and figure out how to reconnect the plug. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gMet72dITNAl66OVuceYOshLc3DMXobN/view?usp=sharing ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Volvo fun
I found a wiring diagram, and I've been able to work out how to disassemble the connector plug. The individual connectors were crimped on to the wires. The crimp that was on the insulated part of the wire I can reopen, but the crimp that actually made the connection is too flattened. I'm thinking I can either try to solder the wires directly back on to the connectors, or solder on some pigtails, and then solder those to the original harness with heat-shrink tubing to seal the connections. Then reassemble the plug. This is not going to be fun, as I'll have to work bent over and reaching about halfway down in the space between the engine and radiator. Will need some way to hold things together while I solder -- alligator clips I suppose. On Sun, Feb 11, 2024, at 15:23, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: > Well I found the problem and it's the ham-fisted mechanic who was > working on the car (that's me). > > The intake manifold runs down between the engine and the radiator and > converges at the throttle body which is near the bottom of the > radiator. Hard to see around it and hard to reach it from above or > below. I overlooked a connector on the bottom of the throtle body > housing and when I pulled the assembly up and out it just ripped the > wires out. > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AT5c-txDnCydPNf94TJS4qT39LRtkrYW/view?usp=sharing > > Now I have to find a wiring diagram somewhere and figure out how to > reconnect the plug. > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gMet72dITNAl66OVuceYOshLc3DMXobN/view?usp=sharing > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] It needs a new computer and that is all, 2005 Mercedes-Benz 320 diesel, $850
Sold to Someone. On Sun, Feb 11, 2024, 11:49 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > but you could have it rebooted by anyone! > > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/356545630551396 > > -- > --FT > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Volvo fun
Well I found the problem and it's the ham-fisted mechanic who was working on the car (that's me). The intake manifold runs down between the engine and the radiator and converges at the throttle body which is near the bottom of the radiator. Hard to see around it and hard to reach it from above or below. I overlooked a connector on the bottom of the throtle body housing and when I pulled the assembly up and out it just ripped the wires out. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AT5c-txDnCydPNf94TJS4qT39LRtkrYW/view?usp=sharing Now I have to find a wiring diagram somewhere and figure out how to reconnect the plug. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gMet72dITNAl66OVuceYOshLc3DMXobN/view?usp=sharing ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] What a Maroon --Price is firm do not offer anything. 2007 Mercedes-Benz s-class S 550 Sedan 4D, $6, 500
No negotiating, remember? On Sun, Feb 11, 2024, 11:40 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Junkyard bumber, could be a reasonable deal > > Has rebuilt title from a blowout that broke the rear bumper. > > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1593594271410598 > > -- > --FT > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] 2012 E350 - 76k miles - $12,800
Pretty dark window tint, but it does make an otherwise boring car slightly more attractive IMO. https://westky.craigslist.org/cto/d/murray-2012-mercedes-benz-class-76k-mi/7716625368.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Gold 18s - 1988 190E - 62k miles - $8,500
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Re: [MBZ] convertavle top stand,$50
I recently picked up perfect condition red hard top for my 73 that came with stand and cover for $300. I thought that was a hell of a deal. Sent from my iPhoneOn Feb 11, 2024, at 11:17 AM, Robert Rentfro via Mercedes wrote:Boy, if I needed my contertavle top stowed, that’s a good deal. Do those have an MB part numbers? AZBob Sent from Mail for Windows From: Floyd Thursby via MercedesSent: Sunday, February 11, 2024 10:00 AMTo: Mercedes Discussion ListCc: Floyd ThursbySubject: [MBZ] convertavle top stand,$50 Held a hard top from a 1987 Mercedes sl560 https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/795107602192660 -- --FT___http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___http://www.okiebenz.comTo search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] 1998 Mercedes-Benz E320 (***PRICE NEGOTIABLE***)
https://phoenix.craigslist.org/cph/cto/d/phoenix-1998-mercedes-benz-e320-price/7716170605.htmlSent from Mail for Windows It’s not tan or silver or black or white, but it does have the AZ paint option. AZBob ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] convertavle top stand,$50
Boy, if I needed my contertavle top stowed, that’s a good deal. Do those have an MB part numbers? AZBob Sent from Mail for Windows From: Floyd Thursby via MercedesSent: Sunday, February 11, 2024 10:00 AMTo: Mercedes Discussion ListCc: Floyd ThursbySubject: [MBZ] convertavle top stand,$50 Held a hard top from a 1987 Mercedes sl560 https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/795107602192660 -- --FT___http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] convertavle top stand,$50
Held a hard top from a 1987 Mercedes sl560 https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/795107602192660 -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] It needs a new computer and that is all, 2005 Mercedes-Benz 320 diesel, $850
but you could have it rebooted by anyone! https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/356545630551396 -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] WHYWHYWHYWHY -- 2006 Mercedes-Benz cls-class CLS 500 Coupe 4D, $5, 000
Buen carro anda duro https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/714746354168077 -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] What a Maroon --Price is firm do not offer anything. 2007 Mercedes-Benz s-class S 550 Sedan 4D, $6, 500
Junkyard bumber, could be a reasonable deal Has rebuilt title from a blowout that broke the rear bumper. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1593594271410598 -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
