From: owner-diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net (diesel-benz-digest) To: diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Subject: diesel-benz-digest V1 #555 Reply-To: diesel-benz-at-digest.net Sender: owner-diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Errors-To: owner-diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Precedence: bulk diesel-benz-digest Monday, May 14 2001 Volume 01 : Number 555 Forum for Discussion of Diesel Mercedes Benz Automobiles John Meister Digest Coordinator Contents: Re: insurance companies... Re: MB Turbo failure Windshield interchangability: 250/8 t0 280SE let's try a different one... there is hope!!! 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: Fri, 11 May 2001 15:08:01 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: Re: insurance companies... On Fri, 11 May 2001, James Blair wrote: >-->A: Make sure that vehicle they analysed wasn't a Grand Wagoneer with >-->major flaws! >--> If it goes to court, they will bring up the previous writeoff, and >-->the fact you were paid out once on it. (been there, done that, and the >-->court upheld it. Judge made it sound like I wanted to be paid twice for >-->the rig, and they didn't care how much I put into fixing it!) >--> >-->   From: john >--> >-->the saga of the little wagoneer continues. thanx... the argument about the previous rebuild wouldn't be a factor, it was rebuilt, reinspected, retitled and reinsured. ...not likely that this will ever end up in court... Besides the rebuild thing has not once come up as an issue from either insurance company, even though my company could tell during the inspection where the repairs had been (the inner fender shows signs of the accident, but functions fine), and they knew of the previous claim. So, based on the way things are done here, there has been no mention of the previous claim. Only the mileage and their idea of what "fair market value" is. this whole "market value" thing smacks of a class action lawsuit. The purpose of the bluebooks was to eliminate the excessively subjective nature of valuation... IF you go to a car lot you see the price and it's book or higher, you may get it for less than book, but not this much under book... :) The "market value" is not a realistic measure of the value. How can you tell the condition of a vehicle sold in the paper by a private party? On a 12 yr old car??? You can't figure it out without looking at it, driving it and having a wrench examine it! Most people sell their cars in the paper for more than what the dealers offered on a trade in, even though that same car would have sold for more on a lot! It's a ripoff, you can't expect to find a replacement vehicle for what these things may have sold for! It is not right... The insurance companies have rewritten the rules to their advantage. So, state farm is hiring an appraiser... they offered $2,800. I want $3,775 as based on the "low" NADA book value for my rig with the current mileage, excluding the $8,000 worth of add on parts, recent repairs and so on... remember that the book value from three different on-line book values ranged from $4,800 through 7,632.... the $3,775 is what the dealer said it was worth, and he's seen the vehicle... I'm sure if I had put the little wagoneer up for sale at that price I'd be meeting someone at the airport... ;) right? (before the accident that is... ;) The claims person said we're "too far apart"... so she's going to hire an appraiser... fine with me... while they hold out on settling it's costing them $45 a day to provide me with a rental car. It's not worth going to court over a grand... still, it ticks me off that they do this to people. It ain't right. How many folks get rolled over by insurance companies like this? If I had a core engine right now I'd put all the stock components back on this thing and let them haul it off... anyone got a spare core 4.0L laying around? ;) (like I've got time to do all that... rofl... :) Either way, I'm going to keep the jeep and either fix it so I can drive it, since I can't afford to replace it with what they're giving me, or use the engine in the '67 J-100 Panel. I should be able to recover some of my money by selling off the rest of the parts... anyway you look at it, this really stinks... john ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** john-at-wagoneers.com via PINE on Linux **** http://wagoneers.com ** ** http://junkscience.com ** http://snopes.com ** http://freegift.net ** Snohomish, Washington USA ...don't leave life without Jesus, please... - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 18:01:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Straut Subject: Re: MB Turbo failure Merc, thanks for the information! I'll be sure to check it out and clean that connector. I'm going to forward your email along to the diesel-benz mailing list because I'm sure this information might become useful to someone later on down the road. To the diesel-benz guys: I cleaned under the hood of my car one day and apparently the connection that MERC mentioned got wet, which caused my turbocharger to stop working for several days. I was contemplating the expense of buying a new turbo when it started working perfectly again all on its own. Chris Straut '85 300D, 92k On Thu, 10 May 2001 MercedesA1-at-aol.com wrote: > Hello again Chris, > Read this slow with understanding. > > Just thought that I would let you know what the problem is on the turbo > cutting out. It is a single wire that runs from a pressure switch that > controls the fuel flow richness to the injection system. When the pressure in > your turbo air reservoir reaches a certain pressure, a pressure switch that > is mounted on top of the reservoir makes contact. This has a (I think it is > brown) wire with a push-on type connector clipped onto it. That is the faulty > connection that gets corroded and cuts out when it gets wet. That wire runs > to an electric switch with pressure lines. When it opens, it allows more > pressure to be sent out from the pressurized air pipe reservoir and into a > small atmospheric chamber located on top of the fuel injection distributor. > The chamber has a built-in bellows that when pressure inside the chamber and > around the bellows increases, the bellows gets squeezed together, and at the > same time pulls up on a metering pin which enriches the fuel allowed through > to the injectors. Pressure goes up, and the fuel mixture enriches > automatically. It was designed for high altitude also. As the pressure > decreases outside (such as heading for Pikes Peak) the bellows expands in the > opposite direction and moves the metering pin closer to its seat. This allows > "less" fuel to be mixed with the thinner air. Again...."Perfect Air/Fuel > Mixture"! > > Clean that connection and it will never fail you. I used a little piece of > sand paper, and then bent the connector together a little tighter, and > snapped it back on tight. > > Good luck! I hope this helps you understand how it works. If you go under the > hood and look at what I am writing about, you can follow the wires and > pressure tubing from that big pipe reservoir under the air-cleaner and > probably understand it all nicely. I have all of the service manuals and > consulted them beforehand. > > HAPPY MOTORING!! > > MERC ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 10:19:49 -0700 From: " " Subject: Windshield interchangability: 250/8 t0 280SE I was wondering... I know that the SE has its own body style, but the majority of the car looks alike, with the front clip being the main difference. I know where I can get a windshield out of a '71 or '72 280SE, 4.5, and I need a windshield for my '72 250/8. Does anyone know if these will switch over okay? Thanks! Michael - --- docmikeii-at-earthlink.net - --- EarthLink: It's your Internet. - --- Alameda, CA ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 12:45:17 -0700 From: john Subject: let's try a different one... swapped the rental blazer for a rental explorer... amazing the differences... the blazer rode better but handled worse and had worse visibility. the explorer rides rough, handles like it's going to tip over, BUT does have slightly better visibility... my wife isn't real happy with the 300SD right now, got some bad fuel again and had to change the filters, still a little air in the system so the power isn't there... but she hated the blazer and took one look at the explorer and decided to take the 300SD... we miss the little wagoneer... :( these insurance companies are really something... that cheap jeep I bought ain't gonna stay long, I looked into adding air, not worth the trouble... In fact, I may just let someone take it right now, all I need is my $500 deposit covered and you can have it... :) let me know off list. total price is $1,500. it's a nice clean rig, 272,000 miles though, new windshield and trans mount... runs great. I also have an interested person in my 300SD... If I take all my vehicles (except'n superdawg of course) and sell 'em or part 'em we might have enough money to buy one half way decent used Jeep Cherokee... john - ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.WAGONEERS.com/ Snohomish, WA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold... jesus, don't leave life without him, please! - ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 11:37:48 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: there is hope!!! just got done talking to the auto appraiser... he's an old Jeep mechanic and knows his stuff... he's already run comps and just needs to look at the little wagoneer... he's in the $6k range. He's coming out tomorrow... Phew... I'm satisfied that he'll be fair. :) I've also got a guy in Oregon that is interested in my 300SD. btwn the insurance and the benz sale we should be able to replace the little wagoneer without going into debt. I'll be looking for a nice clean XJ for my wife... it has to be loaded. I wish we could afford a '99 and up WJ... but that'll have to wait a few years. Anyway, in talking to the appraiser he said if you have a nice rig that you can get it appraised and then get it insured for the set value. His appraisal is $150. He even knew what my '83 J10 Stepside and '67 J-100 Panel were... ;) I may be spending $300 later this year... soon as both engine swaps are done. :) btw, prayer does work... ;) john ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** john-at-wagoneers.com via PINE on Linux **** http://wagoneers.com ** ** http://junkscience.com ** http://snopes.com ** http://freegift.net ** Snohomish, Washington USA ...don't leave life without Jesus, please... - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ End of diesel-benz-digest V1 #555 *********************************