On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 7:09 AM, Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.net wrote:
The problems with all modern automobiles is the replacement of analog
mechanical controls with digital electronic controls, and subsequent gross
cheapening of mechanical design. Programmer's disease indeed.
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The problems with all modern automobiles is the replacement of analog
mechanical controls with digital electronic controls, and subsequent
gross cheapening of mechanical design. Programmer's disease indeed.
I suppose the supposition is that a digital computer will
compensate for plastic
Not sure how you can equate the W140 chassis with the rod bender
engine when it was introduced in the W126. People also equate the
evaporator and wiring harness failures to the W140 but I suspect there
are just a few W124 owners who have had some bad experiences in these
areas as well.
John
On
John Freer wrote:
People also equate the
evaporator and wiring harness failures to the W140 but I suspect there
are just a few W124 owners who have had some bad experiences in these
areas as well.
John
But weren't the W124 evaporators pretty much straightened out by 1992?
Seems like that
All cars have their faults and weaknesses. I think the secret is to find a
car that really gives you pleasure to drive, and look at. Then, servicing
it, and replacing the funky bits as needed, even if you have to do it more
than once, won't be quite so painful. It's good to be aware of a models
Ed wrote:
All cars have their faults and weaknesses. I think the secret is to find a
car that really gives you pleasure to drive, and look at.
Hmmm, that is the reason I owned a '76 Dasher wagon, a '75 Nova, an
'84 diesel chevyvan - all of which rusted in the midwest, but were
surviving well
I bought a GM minivan while waiting for a replacement hose for the old
W124. As my English friends would say, it works exactly as it says on the
side of the tin. Everything up here takes a beating with the salt too!! I
keep meaning to take out some shares in RustcheckI use enough of the
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] modern automotive design (was W140)
John Freer wrote:
People also equate the
evaporator and wiring harness failures to the W140 but I
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] modern automotive design (was W140)
John Freer wrote:
People also equate the
evaporator and wiring harness failures to the W140 but I suspect there
are just a few W124 owners who have had some bad experiences in these
areas as well.
John
But weren't the W124
No, they were bad all the way along. Something about copper tubing
swaged onto aluminum. Even a biologist like me knows that's going to
fail, sooner or later the differential expansion will cause enough
stress corrosion for them to leak.
Peter
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