[MBZ] Door Closing Assist Fun

2013-11-03 Thread Dan Penoff
Well, I decided to go all in on the door closing assist issue today. Earlier in the week I bought a used door latch on eBay for $30 shipped that had the suspect microswitch. I got the latch unfastened and dropped down into the door, but without taking the rear window slide out, it's not

Re: [MBZ] Door Closing Assist Fun - Follow Up

2013-11-03 Thread Dan Penoff
Done. Had to really fight to get everything back together. Reassembled twice and the mechanism locked up. Figured out that the pin from the back of the door handle lock cylinder wasn't getting where it needed to be, and was pressing up against the mechanism and locking it up. Once I got

Re: [MBZ] Door Closing Assist Fun - Follow Up

2013-11-03 Thread WILTON
ATTABOY! Wilton - Original Message - From: Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2013 3:33 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Door Closing Assist Fun - Follow Up Done. Had to really fight to get everything back together

Re: [MBZ] Door Closing Assist Fun - Follow Up

2013-11-03 Thread Dan Penoff
@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2013 3:33 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Door Closing Assist Fun - Follow Up Done. Had to really fight to get everything back together. Reassembled twice and the mechanism locked up. Figured out that the pin from the back of the door handle lock cylinder wasn't

Re: [MBZ] Door Closing Assist Fun - Follow Up

2013-11-03 Thread Rich Thomas
Feed it beer --R On 11/3/13 4:55 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: Last thing I have to deal with is the lumbar bladder. Not sure why it doesn't inflate, but I'll be finding out. Dan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Door Closing Assist Fun - Follow Up

2013-11-03 Thread Dan Penoff
Hmm. I'll have to try that. Any particular kind? Dan On Nov 3, 2013, at 5:17 PM, Rich Thomas wrote: Feed it beer --R On 11/3/13 4:55 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: Last thing I have to deal with is the lumbar bladder. Not sure why it doesn't inflate, but I'll be finding out. Dan

Re: [MBZ] Door Closing Assist Fun - Follow Up

2013-11-03 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
3, 2013, at 4:48 PM, WILTON wrote: ATTABOY! Wilton - Original Message - From: Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2013 3:33 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Door Closing Assist Fun - Follow Up Done. Had to really

Re: [MBZ] Door Closing Assist Fun - Follow Up

2013-11-03 Thread Dan Penoff
Have you tried resetting the pump? That's the first step. Since both don't work my first suspicion would be the pump. If one doesn't work then there is most likely a leak or the adjustment thing is leaking. Dan On Nov 3, 2013, at 6:14 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: When you do let me know

Re: [MBZ] Door Closing Assist Fun - Follow Up

2013-11-03 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
No, how do you do that? On 11/3/2013 5:38 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: Have you tried resetting the pump? That's the first step. Since both don't work my first suspicion would be the pump. If one doesn't work then there is most likely a leak or the adjustment thing is leaking. Dan On Nov 3,

Re: [MBZ] Door Closing Assist Fun - Follow Up

2013-11-03 Thread Dan Penoff
Easy. Pull the fuse. Could be 3, 9 or 11. Check the card in the fusebox. Both the PSE and central locking pumps have timers in them that time them out if they run on (due to a leak, typically.) The only way to reset he timer is to remove power from the system, e.g., pull the fuse or

Re: [MBZ] Door Closing Assist Fun - Follow Up

2013-11-03 Thread Dan Penoff
Easy. Pull the fuse. Could be 3, 9 or 11. Check the card in the fusebox. Both the PSE and central locking pumps have timers in them that time them out if they run on (due to a leak, typically.) The only way to reset the timer is to remove power from the system, e.g., pull the fuse or

Re: [MBZ] Door Closing Assist Fun - Follow Up

2013-11-03 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
I will try that On 11/3/2013 6:05 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: Easy. Pull the fuse. Could be 3, 9 or 11. Check the card in the fusebox. Both the PSE and central locking pumps have timers in them that time them out if they run on (due to a leak, typically.) The only way to reset he timer is to