Re: [MBZ] Falling into Winter
'Could rig a cable from the shutoff lever to the cockpit. ;) Wilt - Original Message - From: Randy Bennell via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 3:55 PM Subject: [MBZ] Falling into Winter I am going to miss driving my old 300D. It will go into the garage next Friday and not emerge for use until some time in the spring - April or May depending on the weather come spring. My insurance runs out on Halloween so that is always the day that it retires for the winter months. I have driven it more this summer than I have in most of the past summers I think. Not sure how many miles as I have not gone far afield with it, but I have been driving it to and from work and all over town for various purposes. It runs better since I adjusted the valves back in the summer. It certainly starts better on the cooler days. It used to be hard to start if it got near to 0 C but now that poses no problem at all. It still needs a whole lot of little things attended to but they don't prevent my enjoyment of it so they have been left on the back-burner, so to speak. It does not shut off when the key is turned off - most of the time. I sometimes wonder if I am going to wear out the hood release cable since I have to open the hood so often. The headlights are terrible. I changed the whole lense and bulb setup on both sides a year or so ago but they are not much better than before. Low beam is way too short. I should try adjusting the headlights upward a bit and see how much improvement I can get that way. Too much traffic on the road so difficult to run on high beam much of the time. No dash lights now either. Used to be able to fiddle with the rheostat and get them to work dimly but now nothing. Don't drive much at night so it has not been a big problem this summer but need to address that one as a safety issue and to preserve the car. Don't want to overheat or lose oil pressure and not even know it. Back seat needs rebuild as it sounds pretty crunchy if one sits on it. Need to do something before the MB tex gets damaged. Had the front seats repadded a while ago but think maybe something metal broke in the driver's seat this summer. Heard a snap sound one day and since then I don't think the support is as good. Need to check that out. Randy who envies you folks down south (except when it is really hot and humid down there) ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Falling into Winter
'Could rig a cable from the shutoff lever to the cockpit. ;) Wilt I did that with the push pull shut off so I could lock the car and steering, but leave it idle. (separate the shut off from the start and run button on the dash.) Sounds like randy has a minor air leak. It should take less time to fix the leak than to rig a separate shutoff. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Falling into Winter
Nah, just get about 6ft of vacuum hose and run it into the cabin from the shutoff, when you want to shut it off just suck on it a bit and there you go (or stop)! --R On 10/24/14 4:59 PM, WILTON via Mercedes wrote: 'Could rig a cable from the shutoff lever to the cockpit. ;) Wilt - Original Message - From: Randy Bennell via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 3:55 PM Subject: [MBZ] Falling into Winter I am going to miss driving my old 300D. It will go into the garage next Friday and not emerge for use until some time in the spring - April or May depending on the weather come spring. My insurance runs out on Halloween so that is always the day that it retires for the winter months. I have driven it more this summer than I have in most of the past summers I think. Not sure how many miles as I have not gone far afield with it, but I have been driving it to and from work and all over town for various purposes. It runs better since I adjusted the valves back in the summer. It certainly starts better on the cooler days. It used to be hard to start if it got near to 0 C but now that poses no problem at all. It still needs a whole lot of little things attended to but they don't prevent my enjoyment of it so they have been left on the back-burner, so to speak. It does not shut off when the key is turned off - most of the time. I sometimes wonder if I am going to wear out the hood release cable since I have to open the hood so often. The headlights are terrible. I changed the whole lense and bulb setup on both sides a year or so ago but they are not much better than before. Low beam is way too short. I should try adjusting the headlights upward a bit and see how much improvement I can get that way. Too much traffic on the road so difficult to run on high beam much of the time. No dash lights now either. Used to be able to fiddle with the rheostat and get them to work dimly but now nothing. Don't drive much at night so it has not been a big problem this summer but need to address that one as a safety issue and to preserve the car. Don't want to overheat or lose oil pressure and not even know it. Back seat needs rebuild as it sounds pretty crunchy if one sits on it. Need to do something before the MB tex gets damaged. Had the front seats repadded a while ago but think maybe something metal broke in the driver's seat this summer. Heard a snap sound one day and since then I don't think the support is as good. Need to check that out. Randy who envies you folks down south (except when it is really hot and humid down there) ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Falling into Winter
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 14:55:06 -0500 Randy Bennell via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: It does not shut off when the key is turned off - most of the time. I sometimes wonder if I am going to wear out the hood release cable since I have to open the hood so often. As others have said, this could be a simple vacuum leak. What happens if you connect a MityVac directly to the shutoff vacuum element? Or, not having a MityVac, connecting a short, new hose to it and sucking on the free end? Low beam is way too short. I should try adjusting the headlights upward a bit and see how much improvement I can get that way. Yes, that's what you should do. If your high beams are not pointing straight ahead, you need to raise both beams. No dash lights now either. Used to be able to fiddle with the rheostat and get them to work dimly but now nothing. Don't drive much at night so it has not been a big problem this summer but need to address that one as a safety issue and to preserve the car. You can take the instrument cluster out and solder a wire across the rheostat to have them on full all the time (and full is not really all that much! :-) ) Don't want to overheat or lose oil pressure and not even know it. That's for sure. Randy who envies you folks down south (except when it is really hot and humid down there) Well, you can take a winter break and play snow bird if you wish ... Craig ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
