Re: [MBZ] Stinky car

2009-02-21 Thread Peter Frederick
You usually have to push the new brushes up to get them on the slip rings, but the regulator should fit into the hole with ease. There are other problems beside a bad regulator, though -- worn slip rings that eat the new brushes off very quickly, and internal shorts, etc., but none of

Re: [MBZ] Stinky car

2009-02-21 Thread OK Don
I usually polish the slip rings with a pencil style typing eraser. You can tell if they're rough then. (Do they still these? Don't know what I'll do when this one is finally worn down to nothing). On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 8:08 AM, Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.netwrote: You usually have to

[MBZ] Stinky car

2009-02-20 Thread Fmiser
I have had an odd experience this last week. I take my '82 240D the car on a 250 mile trip. 10 miles into it I notice a terrible stink! Sort of like fried eggs that sat in the sun and spoiled. Toward the end of the of the trip I notice my two-way radios have an alternator whine in the receive

Re: [MBZ] Stinky car

2009-02-20 Thread Jim Cathey
10 miles into it I notice a terrible stink! Sort of like fried eggs that sat in the sun and spoiled. Toward the end of the of the trip I notice my two-way radios have an alternator whine in the receive audio. And right about here I'm saying to myself Voltage regulator! Lots of sulfur in a car

Re: [MBZ] Stinky car

2009-02-20 Thread Fmiser
Fmiser wrote: 10 miles into it I notice a terrible stink! Sort of like fried eggs that sat in the sun and spoiled. Toward the end of the of the trip I notice my two-way radios have an alternator whine in the receive audio. Jim wrote: And right about here I'm saying to myself

Re: [MBZ] Stinky car

2009-02-20 Thread Dimitri Seretakis
/09, Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com wrote: From: Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com Subject: [MBZ] Stinky car To: Mercedes list mercedes@okiebenz.com Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009, 12:09 AM I have had an odd experience this last week. I take my '82 240D the car on a 250 mile trip. 10 miles into it I notice