W115 will have the tranny with a fluid coupling and four speeds.
W123s have a torque converter, but still are four speeds I think.
I don't believe they interchange directly, but usually it's possible
to retrofit Benz trannys. Worst issue would probably be lack of room
in the drive
What is the condition of the bearing in the wheel carrier? They do go
bad, and can cause both loose rear end sensations and excessivve
camber. I'm in the process of replacing them on all three W124s.
They usually creak too.
Also check ride height -- if the rear is low due to weak shocks
Leaks that I have found on this system:
Porous heater or radiator hoses that only weep under pressure.
Failed radiator cap.
Cracked plastic coolant tank, either around the filler neck or down
the seam.
Bad water pump only leaking when hot and under pressure -- this one
can be hard to
For KE-Jet that suddenly won't start hot, check the coolant temp
sensor (two wire one) and verify that the solder is not cracked in the
plug.
This disabled the TE intemittently for some time until I figured it
out. Acts like it's flooded, as it is since with the infinite
resistance due
Could be either, I've known it to be a bad monovalve (stuck open all
the time from a failed coil or stuck valve) AND a bad PBCU.Check
the voltage at the monovalve -- if it's always 0, the PBCU is bad or
the wiring is open, if it goes to 12V when it should (as in not
calling for heat),
Peter wrote:
I plan to see it one way or another.
Do you say the same about Fifty Shades of Gray?
mao
Not a chance.
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Check to see if the valve moves when you apply voltage to the coil,
and that you get full heat if you unplug the valve.
The coils do fail, especially if the valve leaks coolant into the coil
housing, which can happen when the rubber splits. If the valve is
stuck shut by a corroded coil,
The time zones get pretty small when you get far north, and the
Aleutian Islands string out over several. I had a friend stationed on
Attu, I think, same time as the west coast only 4 daylight hours off.
Not a problem in the summer when night is only a few hours long, but
made for very
So, when the producer said The show's executive producer, Andy
Wilman, described last year as an anus horribilis for the programme
he was referring to Jeremy?
But the irritation was the charm, like how someone so irritating could
be so... irritating. It made it fun to watch him be
Supposed to be a great movie, which of course means it won't do well
at the box office but will be around a long time. NPR interviewed the
director a couple months ago, and the guy it's based on got to see a
preliminary cut, he died before it was finalized.
I plan to see it one way or
The W123 has a resistor network up by the air filter housing somewhere
I think (I'll check with my brother). At least somewhere up front on
the passenger side, as my brother had to fix his where the car got hit.
If the connections at the resistor network are bad, the fan will work
Indiana changes now, and it's stupid.
I've heard every excuse in the book for why we do it, but none of them
are factual.
Another better idea that wasn't, but got stuck in the works so we
have to deal with it.
Same as summers off in college so the kids can go work on the farm,
which
If a slight turn of the key switches the fan on, it's time for a new
key switch. You won't like the price.
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Over the last couple years my 300D has become reluctant to start at
below zero temps. one or two cylinders fire right up, and if the
rest did like my old diesel did, it would take right off.
These days I have to keep cranking while it sputters and smokes,
eventually starting and running
No, actually the modern version came about during WWI when factory
owners could run another hour in the summer on second shift without
using electric lighting. Of course they were running three shifts so
it made absolutely no difference anyway.
Peter
It is too simple -- the greenhouse effect of carbon dioxide is that
it absorbs some wavelengths of IR and not others, so that heat from
the sun is trapped when IR radiation passes through the carbon dioxide
and heats the earth while re-radiated heat, at a different wavelength,
is absorbed
We were upgraded at work when we got new computers, and the default
colors leave the sliders almost exactly the same shade as the rest of
the frame.
Someone allowed the children to play with it, there was no reason to
redo all the menus other than ants in the pants, the programs work
as
On my brother's SDL this was a wire at the trunk hinge for the trunk
lamp that rubbed through.
Check and repair BEFORE you burn up the harness. Took a couple
evenings and a lot of taking things apart and splicing to fix the
burned wires, the trunk lamp feed runs through the main bundle to
Using bones for soup stock (or anything else you use stock in) is as
old as cooking.
Best to roast the bones to get rid of some of the fat an brown them a
bit for more flavor, then simmer overnight (12 hours or longer, no
boiling, simmering) to dissolve all the collagen.
Very rich tasty
Hard acceleration in turns seems to be the sort of thing that does the
most harm. I'm a poky driver these days, so I'd not have much trouble
I don't think, but with all that torque it may be an issue!
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It was actually above freezing today! One more blast of cold air and
low temps below 10F and I think winter is done.
I'm ready for spring.
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The M104 is almost as robust as the OM603, neither has lower end
problems at less that 500k miles unless abused. All the troubles I
know about are valve train or head gasket related. You should not be
able to wear them out in normal use.
A six is a bit underpowered for that chassis, but
If it has stability control, be careful to stay below speeds were it
actuates (it doesn't necessarily announce that), otherwise you can
experience very short brake and tire life and excessive fuel
consumption. My buddy Hans has had a couple go through the shop with
those complaints, turns
Only problem is leaking front seals so far as I know, and the fix
requires a head gasket, unlike the M103. Haven't heard of any other
issues not related to unreliable computers.
A bigger job to change a heater core than a W124 though, my brother is
most of the way through doing that right
Lack of B12 is very serious -- in some cases, called pernicious
anemia the body stops making the cofactor necessary for transport out
of the small intestine into the blood stream. The result is severe
anemia.
This can result in permanent nerve damage, mental impairment, muscle
weakness.
I offered to give my old 220D with the pull switch start to several
people if they could start it. It was a real hoot to watch them try
to find the glow plug lamp (if they knew anything about diesels) and
the expression on their face when there was no start position on the
keyswitch.
In spite of the conventional wisdom, it is entirely possible to be too
thin, and many fad diets are lacking in nutrients.
Humans have been omnivores for millions of years, vegan diets are very
likely to be lacking in things like vitamin B12, which is only found
in a couple plant sources
Now that you have a forced open thermostat, it's time to do a citric
acid flush.
You will need a kilogram of food grade citric acid (should be able to
find that fairly easily without spending the money for analytical
grade). Dissolve in a gallon of water. Empty cooling system,
If you are looking for very sharp knives that hold an edge well, you
should be looking at Japanese knives, or the copies now made by
Henkels and Wustoff.
You will have to use waterstones to sharpen them though, a knife steel
isn't a good choice for touching them up -- they are usually
To reply to my own post, Shuns are not a great value in that you can
easily get a better knife for less money, not that there is something
wrong with them. They do have a reputation for being chippy,
partially because they are quite brittle at least until the steel at
the edge is removed
What is the outside temp? Around here I'd be shocked if the lower
radiator hose was warm at all even driving around in town, it's 17 at
the moment, and the coolant will lose all the heat in the radiator
long before it goes back into the engine. T-Stat is probably just
cracked open,
R-12 was banned due to the destruction of the ozone layer, which is in
much better shape now that it was 20 years ago. No recent stories of
pigs in Australia with skin cancers on their ears.
There was no global cooling, and as far as I remember, no one I was
around in those days paid any
Craig:
I also have a PhD, I'm not an ignorant yahoo from under a rock.
Over the four decades I've been paying attention to this subject, I've
had the opportunity to work with people directly involved in the
discussion at several universities and Forestry Canada, where I did a
Post-Doc.
W123 or W124?
W124 the axles bolt to a cup on the side of the diff, you don't have
to open it up. Hexhead bolts, though.
Not a bad job except that the exhaust has to be dropped on the
driver's side to get the half shaft out.
Just changed one on my brother's 300E a couple weeks ago.
There has been indeed a great deal of money spent and fake data
generated in the climate debate, but it's all from the fossil fuel
industry aimed at convincing the general public that climate change is
a hoax.
None of the anti climate change people are climatologists, and the
vast
The outer joint on a half shaft is bad.
Replace with a good used one or new -- new is expensive. rebuilt is
usually junk.
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I think the one hanging (!) in the Air Force Museum in Dayton, OH is
wrinkled because it's bent. I assume it was well stripped before
installation, but the skin has diagonal wrinkles in the front half.
Looks as though it made a very hard landing one too many times. I
don't remember
Faulty temperature gauge won't make it pressurize and spill coolant!
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And you also have to maintain and repair your pipeline. Most of the
resistance to the Keystone XL comes from the history (rather bad,
actually) of the owners. They are notorious for large leaks and poor
maintenance along with slow and inadequate response to problems in
their existing
It's under the blower motor in the fan housing, kinda a pain to get
out (you have to hold your left hand in the right position as you fish
around with your right, etc). Usually dirty, too.
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If the flap on the bottom of the thermostat isn't correct, it won't
work properly and will cause overheating if it doesn't close off the
short circuit around the block it is supposed to seal off. This is
designed to heat the engine up more quickly, and in spite of the very
simple design,
You can get replacement electronics. Chinese, so who knows how long
they will last, but the cheap replacement I put in the wagon works
fine with the new blower.\
You cannot replace the controller with a resistor, it's a duty cycle
controller, controls fan speed by switching the ground in
And there is the really sticky bit, when a PRIVATE COMPANY, not the
goverment, tries to use eminent domain to acquire property. You have
to read the Constitution rather strangely to distort things around to
allow the goverment to take your property as a stand-in for another
citizen.
And
It's fairly common to mistake memorization for intelligence. One
thing I always stressed when teaching is that ideas are different than
words, and one must understand the ideas/concepts being translated
into and out of words in order to learn.
My ex-boss is a perfect example -- she got
I'd wait for it to melt. I'm of an age now that I think about the
consequences of falling.
And I'm taking another day off work -- got bronchitis that was
morphing into pneumonia last week, and while I feel pretty good while
sitting down, I sweat like crazy if I try to do much of anything,
Fuel filter, fuel pump (or bad gauge and no fuel in the tank!) or pump
relay come to mind first, particularly a clogged fuel filter.
Could also be a bad temperature sensor or wire, as this will cause
similar problems with a KE-jet system, resulting in flooding the
engine when the computer
Up until about ten years ago, I think. He was quite young during
WWII, probably wouldn't have been such a nightmare if he'd been older,
I think.
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My buddy Hans, who was trained at the MB mechanic's school in the 50's
said he has absolutely no interest in any Benz built after 2003. All
junk, all the time, and filled with intractable computer problems and
non-repairable parts. Build quality is poor, many of them have rust
issues,
Don't scoff if you've never been driving in DC during rush hour.
People commute more than two hours to get to work, and traffic often
grid-locks in good weather. Wet snow packing down to ice on the
freeway makes it really bad, and inadequate funding from Congress for
road clearing
Yeah, I used to have to work for one of those too. What a pain in the
sitting part.
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Pipes will not freeze unless it's well below freezing around them, and
if you have a full basement it's never gonna get cold enough.
We found a missing cinder block in the foundation under the room with
a crawl space here 40 years ago, putting one in fixed the freezing
pipe problem in that
We are expecting 6 to 10 by tomorrow evening, and since I'm
recovering from bronchitis that was turning to pneumonia, I plan to
stay home tomorrow and shovel out in the afternoon.
Gonna get below zero for a couple nights later in the week, too --
winter just won't quit.
Peter
We also occasionally had the drain from the kitchen sink that ran through the
wall freeze up. Fixed that a couple years ago when it corroded through, had a
plumber run it through the floor and into the drain system rather than through
the wall. Putting pipes inside an exterior wall this far
The heat stops working because you have no flow through the heater
core, hence I suspect you have a intermittent coolant flow problem.
Once the coolant starts to boil in the head, it won't pump properly.
Has a citric acid flush ever been done on this engine?
Peter
Blown head gasket or cracked head.
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Have you checked to see if the oil cooler has been bypassed, or if
someone has put cardboard in front of it?
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Basically gambling. I've heard several times that there are attempts
to shut them down unless they reveal true costs due to fraudulent
advertising.
Of course fraudulent advertising is no longer a crime.
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300D 2.5 should be a turbo. 190 2.5 can be either, the turbo model is
quite rare and a real pocket rocket.
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Valve adjust recently? If not, probably time for a compression check,
might need a valve job by that milage.
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I'm always amused by people who howl about the accuracy of weather
forecasting. Weather is chaotic and unpredictable by nature, we have
very good weather forecasting considering the number of variables
involved and the complexity of weather itself.
It wasn't all that long ago that all the
GM used coil springs from about 62 to 72 at least, my brother's 3/4
ton had them, along with diagonal trailing arms. Fully independent
front end, at least on the two wheel drive models.
They used leafs because they are 1: cheap and 2: serve as trailing
arms, so you need only three mount
I revived a couple Sunbeam Radiant Control toasters. Best toasters
ever made if your wiring will hold up to them, they draw 1500 watts!
They sense the surface temperature of the toast, so even frozen things
come out the same every time. Only trouble I've ever had with them is
a weak
Put a used half-shaft in my brother's 300E today, cured the vibration
on the highway. Inner joint had some radial play and clicked, outer
joint freely extended in and out at least an inch, unlike the used one
we installed. My niece is working 40 miles form home, needs a car
that isn't
The tumbler in my diesel locked up on my that cold, cold morning last
Thursday, no chance to check out the glow plug replacements.
I finally manage to get down to the dealer and get my new tumbler and
key on Thursday, but I hate messing around in a cold car in the dark,
so I waited until
The Germans developed synthetic oil for two reasons during WWII --
first, of course, was that there were not petroleum sources inside the
German territory, so synthetic was really the only way to get
lubricating oils, but also because they rapidly discovered, as
everyone else eventually
Another good type of machine to get is one of the Japanese imports
from the 60's. Usually a zig-zag, sometimes they have accessory cams
that are long gone, but they are simpler and sturdier than Singers.
The only adjustments on the one I got for free by cleaning out a
dilapidated garage
I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who does silly things like that.
Most of my recent jobs have gone well, but I foolishly didn't replace
the tensioner on the TE last time I put a belt on it, so I'll now have
to put one in in the cold -- damned thing failed shortly after I put a
new
If it will run on it's own, you at least have fuel delivery, so you
have operating pumps.
The usual problem on these cars that is overlooked is the boot between
the air metering horn and the throttle body, along with the idle
control valve hoses. Since it acts like it has a big vacuum
When there is a puddle under the fuel pump, it's a strong hint that
something is leaking there, and when you take the cover off and a
steady drip is coming from a line, you go it!
Gonna be a real pain to fix, thankfully the diesel fired right up
today, and since it was below 10 at work and
Replaced some fuel lines (between in-line filter and preheater
thermostat and between thermostat and lift pump) and three of six glow
plugs -- ran out of time and patience with the glow plugs. Not bad
for starting at 8 pm and getting done by 11.
A secret if you ever need to change the
Not only is most of it distilled in one place, that place is not even
in Kentucky!
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Finally got around to fixing the TE today, replaced one rear bearing,
will do the other next weekend probably since this one was such a pain.
Removing the axle went fine, but no progress trying to remove the hub
from the bearing with a slide hammer in spite of reports from a
reliable
Has the screen gone pink too? More likely a bad fluorescent bulb at
the bottom of the screen than a bad inverter cable.
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You should also remember that many of the self-exiles from Cuba had
strong ties to United Fruit and the previous US puppet dictator, who
imprisoned more people than Castro. Their main complaint seems to be
that they were going to be forced to live like everyone else and not
as
Our neighbors had a 12 or 24V DC system left over from when they were
wealthy (family sorta fell apart along the way), and were the first
farm around to have electricity -- you could tell because the power
line ran diagonal across the field rather than along the road as they
had to pay for
Premium means premium unless you want to burn the plugs off on a
regular basis. W210 chassis probably has a knock sensor, but it will
respond to the knock by greatly reducing advance, so lesser grades of
fuel result in really bad fuel milage. Buy premium.
Electronics are the weak link in
For personal use, Very Old Barton is good and very inexpensive. Used
to be 8 years old, but no longer labeled that way so probably not.
Any of the Four Roses premium bourbons are great, also Wild Turkey rye
when I can find it, much better than Wild Turkey Bourbon.
Angel's Envy from Heaven
I guess I should see if I can find all the parts to the automatic
vacuum maker I got at a yard sale about 30 years ago, probably made in
the early 50's. Has a thermostat in the bottom pot that turns the
heat off after the water is forced into the top.
My mom used one for decades, all
Re solder the connections in the plug for the rack servo. Might also
re-solder (and check anyway) the connections to the rack position
sensor.
Mine does the same thing, idles very low, but I don't have a tach at
the moment.
Also check the function of the engine speed sensor, if it's
EAsy -- gas stations can charge whatever they want. During periods of
falling prices, a station can easily get stuck with fuel they paid
quite a bit for and can't really sell it at the current going price.
Add to that the fact that the supplier sets the price at convenience
stores and you
The 87 300D is no picnic either -- the air filter housing is right in
the way. I can get the bulb into the hole, but it's very difficult to
get it to seat correctly and then get the ring to lock down on it --
no way to see how it's sitting with your hand over it!
Beats removing a fender,
Sadly I paid 3.59 Friday morning. Prices are not falling here for
diesel yet. At this rate it will be cheaper to drive the TE even at
20 mpg!
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As I remember one of those unstart conditions resulted in the pilot
riding the SR to the ground -- copilot was killed when trying to eject
because the spin was so hard the ejection seat jammed, crushing him.
Managed to punch out before impact in Iran, back in the days when it
was safe to
Check the starter solenoid wire on the firewall, it's a purple wire
going to a jumper block below the battery if I remember correctly.
It's common for the connection to corrode, giving you intermittent
starter operation.
Loose engine ground and ignition switch are the two common things
you need to replace the blower motor and the exhaust, maybe?
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JoAnn Fabric has replacement fabric, it's the same stuff used by GM
and Jeep, both of which have falling headliner issues.
Remove the backing and bad headliner, scrape all the crap off, fit new
fabric, and glue it on with 3M spray adhesive, just like putting a new
foam pad in the engine
$500 fine in Illinois, and they are enforcing it enough my nephew is
careful with his 85 300D.
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Fairly often they also have blown motors, injecting fuel with the
exhaust valve open tends to burn the valves up.
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Extended low speed driving causes soot to build up in the exhaust.
Put your foot down and all the loose soot comes flying out when the
turbo spins up hard!
Since my 300D is currently NOT putting out a cloud of smoke when I
pull onto the expressway, I think it's time for new fuel filters!
Only place it can come out unless you have a leak somewhere. Once the
coolant starts to boil it will lift the pressure relief in the cap.
Most OEM thermostats from MB have a bleed valve, so boiling coolant
can leak through to the upper radiator hose.
I would back-flush the radiator too,
It's TV. While you might see a difference under perfect conditions,
my feeling is that nearly all content is of low enough resolution for
a variety of reasons that from normal viewing distance (10 ft and up)
differences are quite minor.
There is more quality difference between plasma and
And make sure you have a proper Benz thermostat, there are
aftermarkets out there that do not have the flap on the back. Causes
poor circulation and overheating every time.
I would also check for a collapsed lower hose and good flow through
the radiator -- if the tubes are full of crap,
Haha, got my Thanksgiving plans altered by my Mercedes this year. Was
planning to drive over to St. Louis to visit family, but when I went
to pull the rear pads last night to address a sticking rear brake
issue I discovered that BOTH rear wheel bearings are bad, one so bad
the wheel
I have a generator that will handle the furnace, fridge, and some
lights, etc. We do occasionally have power outages that last more
than 24 hours.
Since I hardly use the dryer I have (I prefer to hang the clothes out
in the summer and in the basement for the winter) I'd not likely
You should remember that the normal Mercedes maintenance is considered
a defect in these surveys. The normal auto buyer in the US thinks
that brake pads should last at least 10 years, and changing oil is a
biannual sort of thing. A Mercedes is unreliable if it requires
service at 20,000
I suspect the response is much more what do I do to stop someone who
is obviously a lunatic and has a large stockpile of nuclear weapons he
might well use.
No easy answers, like usual.
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The problem with the diesel starters is that usually the coil windings
have acquired too much resistance, and if you don't replace the
armature, you will still have a weak, high current draw starter. New
bushing and turning the commutator will do very little to fix it.
So far as I know,
Dead shocks often result in sagging rear ends on an MB.
However, spring DO collapse with age and use, and even MB spring break
once in a while -- in fact, I just replaced the fronts on my TE due to
the bottom coil snapping off on both sides. First ones I've seen
broken on a Benz, but I
Typically the bushings are full of crap and the shaft is stuck.
Replace it, it's not worth the effort of getting the impeller balanced
again if you take it apart. Might not be so bad on a 126, but the
124's are a huge pain.
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On the subject of changing blower motors, do so as soon as it starts
to run slowly or fail to start occasionally, or you will burn up the
speed control module and have to replace that as well.
The module cost around $400 for an original one, and while the
aftermarkets work, they run the
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