From owner-diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Sun Aug 14 22:45:37 2005 From: diesel-benz-digest diesel-benz-digest Monday, August 15 2005 Volume 01 : Number 1921 Forum for Discussion of Diesel Mercedes Benz Automobiles Derick Amburgey Digest Coordinator Contents: [db] diesel-benz-digest V1 #1920 [db] 124 fan [db] administrivia: notes on using this list Diesel Benz Digest Home Page: http://www.digest.net/diesel-benz/ Send submissions to diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Send administrative requests to diesel-benz-digest-request-at-digest.net To unsubscribe, include the word unsubscribe by itself in the body of the message, unless you are sending the request from a different address than the one that appears on the list. Include the word help in a message to stag-digest-request to get a list of other majordomo commands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 04:09:25 +0000 From: owner-diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net (diesel-benz-digest) Subject: [db] diesel-benz-digest V1 #1920 diesel-benz-digest Monday, August 15 2005 Volume 01 : Number 1920 Forum for Discussion of Diesel Mercedes Benz Automobiles Derick Amburgey Digest Coordinator Contents: RE: [db] tranny leak cured...funny though [db] RE: dirt in fuel [db] Crud in Fuel Sensor (Sender?) Unit? [db] Tranny filter Re: [db] Tranny filter Re: [db] Crud in Fuel Sensor (Sender?) Unit? [db] 124 fan Re: [db] 124 fan Re: [db] 124 fan Diesel Benz Digest Home Page: http://www.digest.net/diesel-benz/ Send submissions to diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Send administrative requests to diesel-benz-digest-request-at-digest.net To unsubscribe, include the word unsubscribe by itself in the body of the message, unless you are sending the request from a different address than the one that appears on the list. Include the word help in a message to stag-digest-request to get a list of other majordomo commands. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 19:57:31 -0500 From: "Alec Cordova" Subject: RE: [db] tranny leak cured...funny though Yay! Gotta love those cheap fixes. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-diesel-benz-at-digest.net > [mailto:owner-diesel-benz-at-digest.net]On Behalf Of bree kna > Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 7:43 PM > To: diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net > Subject: [db] tranny leak cured...funny though > > > jacked car up, crawled under...leak was actually from > the dipstick tube. the end of it that fits into the > transmission is plastic with a rubber o-ring. it > somehow worked itself out. i pressed it back into > place with a snug "click." perhaps it was caused by > my manually shifting the car a few times of late to > really get a feel of the car's acceleration abilities? > > since i was there and had the parts went ahead and > replaced filter/gasket/fluid. > > all neat again... - ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 21:45:47 -0400 From: "wmpless" Subject: [db] RE: dirt in fuel Hi, Paul Brown advised that I also should check the fuel sensor unit for dirt. Removed the unit and to my surprise found out that the alu tube contained about half a mug dark brown fairly gritty crud. Hopefully, fuel gauge will start to show correctly again in the lower half. Wiard - ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 22:10:39 -0500 From: "Randy Bennell" Subject: [db] Crud in Fuel Sensor (Sender?) Unit? So where is this tube in which crud was found? Is this a common problem? Is it likely to solve a problem of wonky fuel guage in the lower half? Does it apply to most models? My 76 300D (115) has a bit of a wonky guage in the lower half of the dial. Randy in Winnipeg - ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 14:51:55 -0400 From: Jason R Bassett Subject: [db] Tranny filter I have a tranny filter that I received by mistake and Rusty told me to keep. I have no idea what it goes to, certainly not any of my vehicles. The numbers are Ref. 126 270 02 98 Art. No. 014 027 2104 (written twice) superscript 270 normal 126-270-0098 First OFF-LIST offer big enough to be worth paying to ship it will take it home. I want to get rid of it. Jason - ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 12:21:22 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: Re: [db] Tranny filter it's for the 126 series. 300sd, etc, john On Sun, 14 Aug 2005, Jason R Bassett wrote: >-->I have a tranny filter that I received by mistake and Rusty told me to >-->keep. I have no idea what it goes to, certainly not any of my vehicles. >-->The numbers are >--> >-->Ref. 126 270 02 98 >-->Art. No. 014 027 2104 (written twice) >-->superscript 270 normal 126-270-0098 >--> >-->First OFF-LIST offer big enough to be worth paying to ship it will take >-->it home. I want to get rid of it. >--> >-->Jason >--> ---- - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** http://JohnMeister.com **** http://wagoneers.com ** Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold ** http://freegift.net *** http://greatcom.org/laws/languages.html ** Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 16:38:50 -0400 From: Paul Brown Subject: Re: [db] Crud in Fuel Sensor (Sender?) Unit? Dunno how common the problem is, but its cause is algae growing in the fuel. Don't know how you'd have algae in Winnipeg, though. :-) This is likely the problem if your gauge has "issues" in the lower half of the tank. The alu tube has outlets at the bottom and about 1/3 - 1/2 up the side. If the bottom one gets plugged, then the only drain for fuel is from the other hole. The sending unit is easy to remove: remove the first aid kit box on the back shelf (2 screws at the front corners), unplug the electrical contacts immediately below, and remove the unit with large locking pliers (or a humongous socket). Be prepared for fuel to drip everywhere, so have some rags handy. Randy Bennell wrote: >So where is this tube in which crud was found? Is this a common problem? Is >it likely to solve a problem of wonky fuel guage in the lower half? Does it >apply to most models? > >My 76 300D (115) has a bit of a wonky guage in the lower half of the dial. > >Randy in Winnipeg - ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 14:09:14 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: [db] 124 fan swapped out the fan today... wasn't too bad at all, perhaps easier than a 126 or 123. You could tell that Rube was part of the team though... ;) john ---- - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** http://JohnMeister.com **** http://wagoneers.com ** Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold ** http://freegift.net *** http://greatcom.org/laws/languages.html ** Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 20:02:25 -0400 From: Edward Pomeroy Subject: Re: [db] 124 fan John, While you had the fan assembly out, was the connection point for the inlet and outlet tube of the A/C heat exchanger in front of the fan or behind, and are they accessible - IE if the seal has perished at that connection, in you ropinion, could it be replace without dismantling the entire dashboard? I think we both have 124's - mine being a 93 model 300D. Thanks, Edward john wrote: >swapped out the fan today... wasn't too bad at all, >perhaps easier than a 126 or 123. You could tell >that Rube was part of the team though... ;) > >john > > ---- > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ** http://JohnMeister.com **** http://wagoneers.com ** > Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold > ** http://freegift.net *** http://greatcom.org/laws/languages.html ** Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 21:05:47 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: Re: [db] 124 fan didn't look like it was accessible, the pdf's are up on my server now. john On Sun, 14 Aug 2005, Edward Pomeroy wrote: > -->John, > --> > -->While you had the fan assembly out, was the connection point for the inlet > -->and outlet tube of the A/C heat exchanger in front of the fan or behind, and > -->are they accessible - IE if the seal has perished at that connection, in you > -->ropinion, could it be replace without dismantling the entire dashboard? I > -->think we both have 124's - mine being a 93 model 300D. > --> > -->Thanks, > -->Edward > --> > -->john wrote: > --> > -->> swapped out the fan today... wasn't too bad at all, > -->> perhaps easier than a 126 or 123. You could tell > -->> that Rube was part of the team though... ;) > -->> > -->> john > -->> > -->> ---- > -->> > -->> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -->> ** http://JohnMeister.com **** http://wagoneers.com ** > -->> Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold > -->> ** http://freegift.net *** http://greatcom.org/laws/languages.html ** > -->> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -->> > -->> > -->> > -->> > -->> > --> ---- - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** http://JohnMeister.com **** http://wagoneers.com ** Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold ** http://freegift.net *** http://greatcom.org/laws/languages.html ** End of diesel-benz-digest V1 #1920 ********************************** ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 22:18:43 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: [db] 124 fan As I use the shop manual I'll put PDFs correctly identified up on my server: http://JohnMeister.com/DieselBenz/TECH/124-series/PDFs/ The job went fairly well, only dropped three items and was able to fish them out relatively easily... the roll of electrical tape was the trickest though, since it's not magnetic. ;) I took a couple pictures with my cell phone, shows the lay of the land, but not real high quality or anything. My laptop hard drive is full, need to clean the drive off a bit so I can download pictures from my digital camera... :) To answer the question, no, it didn't look like you could get much through the hole... but then again, I wasn't looking at that when I went in. :) In other news, I don't think I'm going to run veggie oil in the '91 300D any more. It is a high pressure system different than the older 123/126 models... it seems that it leaks Diesel when I run veggie oil, possibly because of the higher viscosity. It stops when I only run Diesel. So my guess is the extra pressure caused by the veggie oil is more than the system can handle. john ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** http://JohnMeister.com **** http://wagoneers.com ** Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold ** http://freegift.net *** http://greatcom.org/laws/languages.html ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 05:45:00 +0000 From: Richard Welty Subject: [db] administrivia: notes on using this list Digest.Net mailing list "Meta FAQ" These general notes on using Digest.Net mailing lists are posted on the 1st and 15th of each month. 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