Re: [MBZ] 1984 M.B. 300CD Steering Box
TiresPlus, a regional chain around here, has them. I know that the one I use has one that they share between shops close by. -D > On Apr 21, 2022, at 12:53 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes > wrote: > > Les Schwab, a regional tire store, had the spreader bar and used it > when they did the last car I had aligned there. (But I forget which car > it was, or exactly when.) > > -- 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] 1984 M.B. 300CD Steering Box
Les Schwab, a regional tire store, had the spreader bar and used it when they did the last car I had aligned there. (But I forget which car it was, or exactly when.) -- 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] 1984 M.B. 300CD Steering Box
Yes as far as I know there is one shop in my town that knows how to do an alignment on an older MB. It is a independent that is basically operating out of a two-bay garage in an industrial park. You'd never know where they were if someone didn't tell you. The chain tire stores, Firestone, etc. are basically clueless when it comes to this. On Thu, Apr 21, 2022, at 8:10 AM, mitch--- via Mercedes wrote: > I'm sure the specs are in the W123 manual, which several of us have on > CD somewhere (don't ask me where mine is, probably on a defective > Seagate hard drive that bricked itself ten years ago) > > One thing that stands out in my memory is you MUST use a spring tension > bar to toe the wheels out while adjusting toe to spec. > > ___ > 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] 1984 M.B. 300CD Steering Box
For whatever reason a lot of laptop optical drives crap out, whether you use them or not. The big boys seem to be a lot more durable. -- 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] 1984 M.B. 300CD Steering Box
My guess would be the drive us shot Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 21, 2022, at 9:03 AM, Ralph Robertson via Mercedes > wrote: > > when I put the cd in the drive, it just buzzes, doesn't want to download. > I figured it was because my current laptop runs windows 10 and the original > one I used with these CD's was probably win.7 or earlier. The DVD drive > doesn't even show up in my laptop directory as running. The drive D just > buzzes then slowly stops but never actually opens up on the laptop. Maybe > my drive is shot, don't use it much now a days; mostly use thumb drives.. > >> On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 10:50 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Load the CDs on your hard drive and get the index for the manual >> (nervig?) and use that as the front end. >> >> --FT >> >>> On 4/21/22 9:20 AM, Ralph Robertson via Mercedes wrote: >>> I have 2 CD's purchased a number of years ago from M.B. that are titled >>> "Factory Service Shop Manuals, 1983-2000, CD1. and CD2, that I used when >> I >>> had an older laptop 32Bit computer, but it doesn't seem to want to work >>> with my newer Windows 10 laptop. Not sure if these would be any good for >>> that information. I cannot see what all is on these now though. I >> bought >>> them quite a few years ago, and did review them for certain areas, but I >>> haven't opened them for a. long time. >>> I am checking around to see if I can find a garage that has the proper >>> specs. for the alignment. >>> >>> Ralph >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 9:12 AM mitch--- via Mercedes< >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>> wrote: >>> I'm sure the specs are in the W123 manual, which several of us have on CD somewhere (don't ask me where mine is, probably on a defective Seagate hard drive that bricked itself ten years ago) One thing that stands out in my memory is you MUST use a spring tension bar to toe the wheels out while adjusting toe to spec. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archiveshttp://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 archiveshttp://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> -- >> --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 > ___ 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] 1984 M.B. 300CD Steering Box
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Re: [MBZ] 1984 M.B. 300CD Steering Box
https://mercedeslist.com/serviceindex.html Rick From: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: April 21, 2022 9:03 AM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: rare...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1984 M.B. 300CD Steering Box when I put the cd in the drive, it just buzzes, doesn't want to download. I figured it was because my current laptop runs windows 10 and the original one I used with these CD's was probably win.7 or earlier. The DVD drive doesn't even show up in my laptop directory as running. The drive D just buzzes then slowly stops but never actually opens up on the laptop. Maybe my drive is shot, don't use it much now a days; mostly use thumb drives.. On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 10:50 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Load the CDs on your hard drive and get the index for the manual > (nervig?) and use that as the front end. > > --FT > > On 4/21/22 9:20 AM, Ralph Robertson via Mercedes wrote: > > I have 2 CD's purchased a number of years ago from M.B. that are titled > > "Factory Service Shop Manuals, 1983-2000, CD1. and CD2, that I used when > I > > had an older laptop 32Bit computer, but it doesn't seem to want to work > > with my newer Windows 10 laptop. Not sure if these would be any good for > > that information. I cannot see what all is on these now though. I > bought > > them quite a few years ago, and did review them for certain areas, but I > > haven't opened them for a. long time. > > I am checking around to see if I can find a garage that has the proper > > specs. for the alignment. > > > > Ralph > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 9:12 AM mitch--- via Mercedes< > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > wrote: > > > >> I'm sure the specs are in the W123 manual, which several of us have on > >> CD somewhere (don't ask me where mine is, probably on a defective > >> Seagate hard drive that bricked itself ten years ago) > >> > >> One thing that stands out in my memory is you MUST use a spring tension > >> bar to toe the wheels out while adjusting toe to spec. > >> > >> ___ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archiveshttp://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 archiveshttp://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > -- > --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 ___ 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] 1984 M.B. 300CD Steering Box
when I put the cd in the drive, it just buzzes, doesn't want to download. I figured it was because my current laptop runs windows 10 and the original one I used with these CD's was probably win.7 or earlier. The DVD drive doesn't even show up in my laptop directory as running. The drive D just buzzes then slowly stops but never actually opens up on the laptop. Maybe my drive is shot, don't use it much now a days; mostly use thumb drives.. On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 10:50 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Load the CDs on your hard drive and get the index for the manual > (nervig?) and use that as the front end. > > --FT > > On 4/21/22 9:20 AM, Ralph Robertson via Mercedes wrote: > > I have 2 CD's purchased a number of years ago from M.B. that are titled > > "Factory Service Shop Manuals, 1983-2000, CD1. and CD2, that I used when > I > > had an older laptop 32Bit computer, but it doesn't seem to want to work > > with my newer Windows 10 laptop. Not sure if these would be any good for > > that information. I cannot see what all is on these now though. I > bought > > them quite a few years ago, and did review them for certain areas, but I > > haven't opened them for a. long time. > > I am checking around to see if I can find a garage that has the proper > > specs. for the alignment. > > > > Ralph > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 9:12 AM mitch--- via Mercedes< > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > wrote: > > > >> I'm sure the specs are in the W123 manual, which several of us have on > >> CD somewhere (don't ask me where mine is, probably on a defective > >> Seagate hard drive that bricked itself ten years ago) > >> > >> One thing that stands out in my memory is you MUST use a spring tension > >> bar to toe the wheels out while adjusting toe to spec. > >> > >> ___ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archiveshttp://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 archiveshttp://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > -- > --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] 1984 M.B. 300CD Steering Box
Load the CDs on your hard drive and get the index for the manual (nervig?) and use that as the front end. --FT On 4/21/22 9:20 AM, Ralph Robertson via Mercedes wrote: I have 2 CD's purchased a number of years ago from M.B. that are titled "Factory Service Shop Manuals, 1983-2000, CD1. and CD2, that I used when I had an older laptop 32Bit computer, but it doesn't seem to want to work with my newer Windows 10 laptop. Not sure if these would be any good for that information. I cannot see what all is on these now though. I bought them quite a few years ago, and did review them for certain areas, but I haven't opened them for a. long time. I am checking around to see if I can find a garage that has the proper specs. for the alignment. Ralph On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 9:12 AM mitch--- via Mercedes wrote: I'm sure the specs are in the W123 manual, which several of us have on CD somewhere (don't ask me where mine is, probably on a defective Seagate hard drive that bricked itself ten years ago) One thing that stands out in my memory is you MUST use a spring tension bar to toe the wheels out while adjusting toe to spec. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archiveshttp://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 archiveshttp://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- --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
Re: [MBZ] 1984 M.B. 300CD Steering Box
On 2022-04-21 09:20, Ralph Robertson via Mercedes wrote: I have 2 CD's purchased a number of years ago from M.B. that are titled "Factory Service Shop Manuals, 1983-2000, CD1. and CD2, that I used when I had an older laptop 32Bit computer, The CDs are full of .pdf files IIRC. But now that I think about it, I'm not sure if the alignment specs are in the FSM, or if they're only in the Technical Data Manual. Dan or Jaime or Craig might have the TDM, but Craig's not currently on this list AFAIK. ___ 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] 1984 M.B. 300CD Steering Box
I have 2 CD's purchased a number of years ago from M.B. that are titled "Factory Service Shop Manuals, 1983-2000, CD1. and CD2, that I used when I had an older laptop 32Bit computer, but it doesn't seem to want to work with my newer Windows 10 laptop. Not sure if these would be any good for that information. I cannot see what all is on these now though. I bought them quite a few years ago, and did review them for certain areas, but I haven't opened them for a. long time. I am checking around to see if I can find a garage that has the proper specs. for the alignment. Ralph On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 9:12 AM mitch--- via Mercedes wrote: > > I'm sure the specs are in the W123 manual, which several of us have on > CD somewhere (don't ask me where mine is, probably on a defective > Seagate hard drive that bricked itself ten years ago) > > One thing that stands out in my memory is you MUST use a spring tension > bar to toe the wheels out while adjusting toe to spec. > > ___ > 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] 1984 M.B. 300CD Steering Box
I'm sure the specs are in the W123 manual, which several of us have on CD somewhere (don't ask me where mine is, probably on a defective Seagate hard drive that bricked itself ten years ago) One thing that stands out in my memory is you MUST use a spring tension bar to toe the wheels out while adjusting toe to spec. ___ 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] 1984 M.B. 300CD Steering Box
As a follow up to my issue, I have received the rebuilt steering box, have it installed and now awaiting a front end alignment to finalize the job. The garage does alignments but does not have the necessary specs to do this job. I have checked around to find a shop that has these and can't seem to find anyone. Does anyone on here have knowledge of these particular specs that the machine requires to finish the job correctly? Apparently M.B. vehicles are the only ones that are not available to do the job. Thanks, Ralph ___ 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
