Re: [MBZ] There! I fixed it!!!
On Tue, 2 Jun 2015 21:21:01 -0500 Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Well then you've earned a Cathey with Oak leaf clusters, as well as an Attaboy from Wilton! Way to go! Oh, wow! Is the original flasher switch still used to turn on the 4 ways? I didn't see it in your pictures. One cannot tell it is not stock without removing the console cover and seeing the flasher. One of the original pictures I sent should have shown the emergency flasher switch. 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
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On Wed, 3 Jun 2015 17:33:06 -0500 Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Way cool! I really would like a how to write up to go with the picture so i can do it WHEN needed (not if)... or send it to some one else if one of #1 daughter's cars need it since i am too far away and since she is mechanically/electrically inept. There isn't much to a how to. I thought the first picture showing how the terminals harvested from the old electronic flasher were hooked with short lengths of 14 gauge wire to the new, mechanical flasher's terminals (which conveniently have holes in them) was pretty self explanatory. The only difficulty might be knowing where to connect the wired-up terminals on the flasher socket. That's shown in the schematic attached (a screen capture from the PDF Fred sent, cropped in the Gimp, and saved as a GIF): The terminals connect to socket contacts 49 and 49a; polarity doesn't matter. The old relay is labeled with which contacts are which. They ended up being the two closest to each other; if you hold the bottom of the relay so the plastic locating pin is up, the two contacts are on the left. Is that sufficient? Craig P.S. Soldering connections and using electrical tape would be advised; I did not because our household goods are packed up in a furniture van and I don't have access to them at the moment. -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 83_300.gif Type: image/gif Size: 50271 bytes Desc: not available URL: http://mail.okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20150603/6393298b/attachment.gif ___ 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
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On Tue, 2 Jun 2015 21:21:01 -0500 Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Well then you've earned a Cathey with Oak leaf clusters, as well as an Attaboy from Wilton! Way to go! Oh, wow! Is the original flasher switch still used to turn on the 4 ways? I didn't see it in your pictures. One cannot tell it is not stock without removing the console cover and seeing the flasher. One of the original pictures I sent should have shown the emergency flasher switch. Craig Way cool! I really would like a how to write up to go with the picture so i can do it WHEN needed (not if)... or send it to some one else if one of #1 daughter's cars need it since i am too far away and since she is mechanically/electrically inept. ___ 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
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On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 10:09 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Sounds a bit like a former neighbor of mine. He had a diesel Jetta that was trying to overheat while he and his family were on holidays in the USA. He determined that the electric fan was not coming on but that the fan motor worked. If I recall, there was a problem with a relay. They were in Yellowstone Park if I recall and there was not much available locally but he found a length of household electrical wire and a household light switch and rigged it up so that he could turn on the fan from inside the car, manually. It got him home so that he could fix it properly. I did sommat similar with my 1980 Subaru BRAT, but did it proper with a Radio Shack toggle switch and light under the dash. When things got warm, I hit the switch and the light reminded me to turn it off so as not to run down the battery... -MMM- ___ 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] There! I fixed it!!!
Napmobile? As in nappy or take a nap? -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On June 3, 2015 12:40:08 AM EDT, Jim Cathey via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I recently resoldered the lamp-out warning unit in the Napmobile. ___ 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
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Napmobile? As in nappy or take a nap? Take a. That LWB W126 is _comfy_ with the seat flopped back. Sunshades in front and hang some blankets on the sides, and yer in bidness. I don't even put the seat back up on the passenger side, unless I'm expecting one. That's rare. -- 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
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So how can you tell if a light is not working now??? On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 1:50 PM, clay via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: The more gooder solution I used was a timed flash relay when i swapped out the incandescent bulbs for LED in the R107. There are no longer the epileptic blinking when a bulb is out or the voltage is too low because of some gremlin clay -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves. WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ 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] There! I fixed it!!!
The more gooder solution I used was a timed flash relay when i swapped out the incandescent bulbs for LED in the R107. There are no longer the epileptic blinking when a bulb is out or the voltage is too low because of some gremlin clay On Jun 2, 2015, at 6:39 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: THat would qualify as a Cathey with oak leaves awards if you'd only used a salvaged flasher. As it is, it is a catheyesque fix and deserves a Cathey award! As I understand it, now you have no 4 way flashers. Is that correct? I always thought integrating the turn signals with the 4 way was a dumb solution, but I am sure it solves other problems, like feedback if both turn signals and 4 ways are put on at the same time. Having gotten tired of trying to drive in and from Albuquerque with intermittent flashers, I solved the problem this evening. I went to Pep Boys, bought a two terminal flasher, cut two of the socket pins out of my flakey MB flasher, spliced in some wire, and voilá! It works just fine. Cheap, too. Craig -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: flasher.substitute.1.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 76682 bytes Desc: not available URL: http://mail.okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20150601/3233e9f6/attachment.jpg -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: flasher.substitute.2.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 179379 bytes Desc: not available URL: http://mail.okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20150601/3233e9f6/attachment-0001.jpg __ ___ 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] There! I fixed it!!!
I do a pre-flight check when she goes out. The dang S430 has messed up sensors and decides that I have blown bulbs. I changed the bulbs that have failed, but the thing still insists the bulbs are out. It depends on some ambiguous stray neutrino whether the indicator goes crazy clicking itself while the turn signal is blinking as expected. Contact cleaner, bulb grease and sanding the fitting does not help. clay On Jun 2, 2015, at 12:03 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: So how can you tell if a light is not working now??? On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 1:50 PM, clay via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: The more gooder solution I used was a timed flash relay when i swapped out the incandescent bulbs for LED in the R107. There are no longer the epileptic blinking when a bulb is out or the voltage is too low because of some gremlin clay -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves. WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ 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] There! I fixed it!!!
But is one bulb is not of the factory specified type, the indicator stays on. I do a pre-flight check when she goes out. The dang S430 has messed up sensors and decides that I have blown bulbs. I changed the bulbs that have failed, but the thing still insists the bulbs are out. It depends on some ambiguous stray neutrino whether the indicator goes crazy clicking itself while the turn signal is blinking as expected. Contact cleaner, bulb grease and sanding the fitting does not help. clay On Jun 2, 2015, at 12:03 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: So how can you tell if a light is not working now??? On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 1:50 PM, clay via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: The more gooder solution I used was a timed flash relay when i swapped out the incandescent bulbs for LED in the R107. There are no longer the epileptic blinking when a bulb is out or the voltage is too low because of some gremlin clay -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! *Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.* - Mark Twain There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves. WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ 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
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Interesting that you mention this, as my new (to me) S430 has thrown warnings for two lamps recently, but both are working. I clear the fault and ignore it. Dan Sent from my iPad On Jun 2, 2015, at 3:22 PM, clay via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I do a pre-flight check when she goes out. The dang S430 has messed up sensors and decides that I have blown bulbs. I changed the bulbs that have failed, but the thing still insists the bulbs are out. It depends on some ambiguous stray neutrino whether the indicator goes crazy clicking itself while the turn signal is blinking as expected. Contact cleaner, bulb grease and sanding the fitting does not help. clay On Jun 2, 2015, at 12:03 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: So how can you tell if a light is not working now??? On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 1:50 PM, clay via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: The more gooder solution I used was a timed flash relay when i swapped out the incandescent bulbs for LED in the R107. There are no longer the epileptic blinking when a bulb is out or the voltage is too low because of some gremlin clay -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves. WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ 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] There! I fixed it!!!
I have to clear faults midway down the road. It works fine for a mile or ten, then decides it is no longer happy. Not even when I use the dang blinker... just ... because clay On Jun 2, 2015, at 12:46 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Interesting that you mention this, as my new (to me) S430 has thrown warnings for two lamps recently, but both are working. I clear the fault and ignore it. Dan Sent from my iPad On Jun 2, 2015, at 3:22 PM, clay via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I do a pre-flight check when she goes out. The dang S430 has messed up sensors and decides that I have blown bulbs. I changed the bulbs that have failed, but the thing still insists the bulbs are out. It depends on some ambiguous stray neutrino whether the indicator goes crazy clicking itself while the turn signal is blinking as expected. Contact cleaner, bulb grease and sanding the fitting does not help. clay On Jun 2, 2015, at 12:03 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: So how can you tell if a light is not working now??? On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 1:50 PM, clay via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: The more gooder solution I used was a timed flash relay when i swapped out the incandescent bulbs for LED in the R107. There are no longer the epileptic blinking when a bulb is out or the voltage is too low because of some gremlin clay -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves. WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ 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 ___ 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] There! I fixed it!!!
Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: If I recall, there was a problem with a relay. They were in Yellowstone Park if I recall and there was not much available locally but he found a length of household electrical wire and a household light switch and rigged it up so that he could turn on the fan from inside the car, manually. It got him home so that he could fix it properly. My first car was a 1975 CVCC Honda Civic. The electric fan was activated by a thermostatic switch in the bottom tank of the radiator. When the coolant being returned to the engine was deemed too warm, the fan came on. Until, of course, the switch died. Fortunately, the switch hooked up with bullet connectors, one male, one female. So all I had to do was unplug both wires, plug them together, and the fan would come on with the ignition. When the weather got cooler, put the wires back the way they belong. IIRC, I never did replace that switch. Mitch. ___ 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
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They are factory spec. I tried the garbage FLAPS stuff and went with euro spec. Still do the same clay On Jun 2, 2015, at 12:36 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: But is one bulb is not of the factory specified type, the indicator stays on. I do a pre-flight check when she goes out. The dang S430 has messed up sensors and decides that I have blown bulbs. I changed the bulbs that have failed, but the thing still insists the bulbs are out. It depends on some ambiguous stray neutrino whether the indicator goes crazy clicking itself while the turn signal is blinking as expected. Contact cleaner, bulb grease and sanding the fitting does not help. clay On Jun 2, 2015, at 12:03 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: So how can you tell if a light is not working now??? On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 1:50 PM, clay via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: The more gooder solution I used was a timed flash relay when i swapped out the incandescent bulbs for LED in the R107. There are no longer the epileptic blinking when a bulb is out or the voltage is too low because of some gremlin clay -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! *Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.* - Mark Twain There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves. WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ 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 ___ 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
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On Tue, 2 Jun 2015 08:39:32 -0500 Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: it is a catheyesque fix and deserves a Cathey award! Thank you. As I understand it, now you have no 4 way flashers. Is that correct? My emergency lights work correctly. The same flasher is used for both the turn signals and the emergency lights. I always thought integrating the turn signals with the 4 way was a dumb solution, but I am sure it solves other problems, like feedback if both turn signals and 4 ways are put on at the same time. If you have a turn signal on and then turn on the emergency flasher switch, the other turn signal comes on in time with the original turn signal light. 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
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Ahhh, good man! On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 2:22 PM, clay via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I do a pre-flight check when she goes out. -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves. WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ 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
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On Tue, 2 Jun 2015 08:39:32 -0500 Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: it is a catheyesque fix and deserves a Cathey award! Thank you. As I understand it, now you have no 4 way flashers. Is that correct? My emergency lights work correctly. The same flasher is used for both the turn signals and the emergency lights. I always thought integrating the turn signals with the 4 way was a dumb solution, but I am sure it solves other problems, like feedback if both turn signals and 4 ways are put on at the same time. If you have a turn signal on and then turn on the emergency flasher switch, the other turn signal comes on in time with the original turn signal light. Craig Well then you've earned a Cathey with Oak leaf clusters, as well as an Attaboy from Wilton! Way to go! Is the original flasher switch still used to turn on the 4 ways? I didn't see it in your pictures. ___ 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
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The dang S430 has messed up sensors and decides that I have blown bulbs. I recently resoldered the lamp-out warning unit in the Napmobile. Cured its weird intermittent warning, which was actually an intermittent rear side marker light, _in_ the LOWU. Bad solder. Again. It wasn't the only one, but it was in the lead. You go, VDO! -- 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
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They were in Yellowstone Park if I recall I was in Jackson WY, and the SDL was overheating. I used a coat hanger to bypass the thermostatic fan clutch. It helped. Got us home OK, anyway. -- 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
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THat would qualify as a Cathey with oak leaves awards if you'd only used a salvaged flasher. As it is, it is a catheyesque fix and deserves a Cathey award! As I understand it, now you have no 4 way flashers. Is that correct? I always thought integrating the turn signals with the 4 way was a dumb solution, but I am sure it solves other problems, like feedback if both turn signals and 4 ways are put on at the same time. Having gotten tired of trying to drive in and from Albuquerque with intermittent flashers, I solved the problem this evening. I went to Pep Boys, bought a two terminal flasher, cut two of the socket pins out of my flakey MB flasher, spliced in some wire, and voilá! It works just fine. Cheap, too. Craig -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: flasher.substitute.1.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 76682 bytes Desc: not available URL: http://mail.okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20150601/3233e9f6/attachment.jpg -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: flasher.substitute.2.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 179379 bytes Desc: not available URL: http://mail.okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20150601/3233e9f6/attachment-0001.jpg __ ___ 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
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And got a bonus ATTABOY! Wilton - Original Message - From: Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Craig diese...@pisquared.net Sent: Monday, June 01, 2015 9:55 PM Subject: [MBZ] There! I fixed it!!! Having gotten tired of trying to drive in and from Albuquerque with intermittent flashers, I solved the problem this evening. I went to Pep Boys, bought a two terminal flasher, cut two of the socket pins out of my flakey MB flasher, spliced in some wire, and voilá! It works just fine. Cheap, too. Craig -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: flasher.substitute.1.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 76682 bytes Desc: not available URL: http://mail.okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20150601/3233e9f6/attachment.jpg -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: flasher.substitute.2.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 179379 bytes Desc: not available URL: http://mail.okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20150601/3233e9f6/attachment-0001.jpg ___ 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
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Sounds a bit like a former neighbor of mine. He had a diesel Jetta that was trying to overheat while he and his family were on holidays in the USA. He determined that the electric fan was not coming on but that the fan motor worked. If I recall, there was a problem with a relay. They were in Yellowstone Park if I recall and there was not much available locally but he found a length of household electrical wire and a household light switch and rigged it up so that he could turn on the fan from inside the car, manually. It got him home so that he could fix it properly. RB On 01/06/2015 8:55 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: Having gotten tired of trying to drive in and from Albuquerque with intermittent flashers, I solved the problem this evening. I went to Pep Boys, bought a two terminal flasher, cut two of the socket pins out of my flakey MB flasher, spliced in some wire, and voilá! It works just fine. Cheap, too. Craig -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: flasher.substitute.1.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 76682 bytes Desc: not available URL: http://mail.okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20150601/3233e9f6/attachment.jpg -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: flasher.substitute.2.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 179379 bytes Desc: not available URL: http://mail.okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20150601/3233e9f6/attachment-0001.jpg ___ 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] There! I fixed it!!!
Pass an ATTABOY to 'im, eh? Wilton - Original Message - From: Randy Bennell via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2015 11:09 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] There! I fixed it!!! Sounds a bit like a former neighbor of mine. He had a diesel Jetta that was trying to overheat while he and his family were on holidays in the USA. He determined that the electric fan was not coming on but that the fan motor worked. If I recall, there was a problem with a relay. They were in Yellowstone Park if I recall and there was not much available locally but he found a length of household electrical wire and a household light switch and rigged it up so that he could turn on the fan from inside the car, manually. It got him home so that he could fix it properly. RB On 01/06/2015 8:55 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: Having gotten tired of trying to drive in and from Albuquerque with intermittent flashers, I solved the problem this evening. I went to Pep Boys, bought a two terminal flasher, cut two of the socket pins out of my flakey MB flasher, spliced in some wire, and voilá! It works just fine. Cheap, too. Craig -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: flasher.substitute.1.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 76682 bytes Desc: not available URL: http://mail.okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20150601/3233e9f6/attachment.jpg -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: flasher.substitute.2.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 179379 bytes Desc: not available URL: http://mail.okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20150601/3233e9f6/attachment-0001.jpg ___ 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] 'Nother I fixed it
While not quite that bad [and not dangerous], we bought a house that had been the model home for the neighborhood. They planned on bringing in power to the garage from the SE front, but the utilities would not run power when they needed it so they brought it in from the development behind us at the NE corner. We had a fuse box in our dining room. We also had a wall hanging just a bit larger than it was in our dining room. Not the worst case of a home designed without much reference to where it would be located, but notable. They are everywhere. BillR -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of WILTON Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 3:03 PM To: Joe Ornowski; JOHN MELCHIOR; mercedes list Subject: [MBZ] 'Nother I fixed it Smart, real smart. Wilton -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: photo.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 98149 bytes Desc: not available URL: http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20091009/d3 3868e8/attachment.jpg ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] 'Nother I fixed it
Alles. As Kaleb is wont to say, BZZZT! You failed. Fred Moir Lynn MA Diesel preferred. At 03:02 PM 10/9/2009, you wrote: Smart, real smart. Wilton ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
