From owner-diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Wed Oct 8 09:18:45 2003 From: diesel-benz-digest diesel-benz-digest Wednesday, October 8 2003 Volume 01 : Number 1240 Forum for Discussion of Diesel Mercedes Benz Automobiles Derick Amburgey Digest Coordinator Contents: Re: [db] saturday adventure Re: [db] BFG Traction T/As [db] Re: Blower Motor Re: [db] Re: Blower Motor [db] Chinese Puzzle ( almost ) solved Re: [db] Re: Blower Motor Re: [db] Chinese Puzzle ( almost ) solved [db] seat leather repairer "as seen on TV" Re: [db] seat leather repairer "as seen on TV" Re: [db] seat leather repairer as seen on TV [db] tire chains? 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, 06 Oct 2003 14:27:23 -0400 From: Robert Chase Subject: Re: [db] saturday adventure I like the "suspension" that my S class seats have. BUT the S70 seats dont have any "pressure points" like the MB seats do. The MB seats metal frame is a slight problem sometimes. As well their lack of lumbar support is not good either. I did sit in a w-140 which seemed to be a departure from the traditional MB seat design. It was VERY comfortable and one of the reasons I lust after the w-140's. Ill probably get a 140 eventually as a car for long trips. Robert Chase J.B. Hebert wrote: > I'll agree that I have never sat is a bad Volvo seat, from my dad's '72 > 1800E to my friend's C70. They do some things very well. However, I > find Mercedes seats, at least in the older cars, to be every bit as > comfortable. There's something to be said for building a car seat like > a good piece of furniture. > > J.B. > > At 01:55 PM 10/6/2003 -0400, you wrote: > >> Heh heh, >> >> The best seats in the world are those found in the Volvo S70. >> Unfortunatly the car they built around them sucks. I drove to >> Nashville from Atlanta once and had a friend with me. We drove non >> stop and were astonished that we were there because it seemed like >> such a short trip. >> >> There are LOTS of junked S70's around. You could always find one in a >> junk yard and swap them out. They would match "reasonably well" if >> you modified the tracks to fit the existing holes. >> >> Although dunno if a 124 would be big enough for S70 seats. S40 seats >> are similar but smaller. >> >> Robert Chase >> >> >> acordova-at-texas.net wrote: >> >>>> topped off the tank... 32 mpg... drove around the Olympic Peninsula >>>> yesterday... >>>> >>>> wife totally hates these seats... I think when my J10 is finished >>>> the Benz will be too... ;) >>>> the seats really hurt her back... :( >>>> >>>> will put up a few pix of the adventure later, >>>> john >>> >>> >>> The seats hurt her back??!??!??! >>> The only seats I ever enjoyed as much as Benz seats of almost any >>> vintage were the ones in our early 70's Volvo 145. >>> Now that my wife has the Ford Expedition, she has said many times >>> that she misses the Mercedes seats, and that the Ford seats make her >>> back sore. >>> Maybe your wife just needs to tinker with the seat bottom angle. That >>> can make a great difference. But she needs to give the seats at least >>> one more try, preferably with a long trip, which is where they really >>> shine. >>> Or there is something terribly wrong with the seats in your car. >>> Alec ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 14:13:13 -0700 From: "Paul Schwartz" Subject: Re: [db] BFG Traction T/As > folks in CA pay less to register their Diesel Benz then we do up here... > (I think), unless > our equivalent "prop 13", the $35 license tabs (which still run me about > $90/yr) dropped our > fees below CA. What!! I just paid 75 bucks for my 77 240D. Paul ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 21:39:39 -0700 From: john meister Subject: [db] Re: Blower Motor wasn't me, but surely someone on the list will have had the problem. :) john Philemon Brown wrote: > john, I saw a post you made regarding your blower motor and how it > stopped working. did you get it fixed? I have the same problem in my > 91 350sdl. > thanks for your help... > > Philemon Brown > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > - -- - ------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.WAGONEERS.com/ Snohomish, WA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold... Jesus, don't leave life without him, please! - ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 06:16:30 -0700 From: Greg Fiorentino Subject: Re: [db] Re: Blower Motor At 09:39 PM 10/6/03 , john meister wrote: >wasn't me, but surely someone on the list will have had the problem. :) > >john > >Philemon Brown wrote: > >>john, I saw a post you made regarding your blower motor and how it >>stopped working. did you get it fixed? I have the same problem in my 91 350sdl. >>thanks for your help... Philemon Brown Hi: My blower motor on my 300D quit. I got brushes from George Murphy and got it going again. If you have more than 150k mi. on your car, brushes are the most likely cause. R&R of the motor was not too tough on my car. Greg Greg Fiorentino Vancouver USA gfior-at-dslnorthwest.net '84 300D Turbo '79 300TD '85 F-350 6.9 crew cab ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 07:43:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Jerome Kaidor Subject: [db] Chinese Puzzle ( almost ) solved Hi guys, As you may remember, my '85 300D has been sitting around sans ignition lock. Yesterday, I put it together. With the aid of an endoscope, I verified that the locking pin was in the proper hole. Now the car works! Except.... the steering lock doesn't. I verified on the bench that the big lock pin does indeed pop out when you remove the key. I suspect that the rotation of the lock in the steering column is critical... Otoh, the car runs, so who cares? I also fixed the speedometer. At the end of the cable, there was a crimped-on fitting. The fitting had come loose. So I soldered it back on. We'll see how long that lasts. There's still plenty to fix. The car needs an oil change. The valves need to be adjusted. The engine idles rough - injectors? The door lock system has deteriorated to the point that you don't even get one cycle after engine shutdown. The A/C is inop - the compressor clutch won't pull in. - Jerry Kaidor ( jerry-at-tr2.com ) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 09:49:18 CDT From: acordova-at-texas.net Subject: Re: [db] Re: Blower Motor > At 09:39 PM 10/6/03 , john meister wrote: > >wasn't me, but surely someone on the list will have had the problem. :) > > > >john > > > >Philemon Brown wrote: > > > >>john, I saw a post you made regarding your blower motor and how it > >>stopped working. did you get it fixed? I have the same problem in my 91 350sdl. > >>thanks for your help... Philemon Brown > > Hi: > > My blower motor on my 300D quit. I got brushes from George Murphy and got > it going again. If you have more than 150k mi. on your car, brushes are > the most likely cause. R&R of the motor was not too tough on my car. > > Greg > Greg Fiorentino > Vancouver USA > gfior-at-dslnorthwest.net > I'm at least 90% sure that blower motor access on a W126 SDL is basically the same cake walk as it is on a W123. The blower motor is reached from inside the car, in the front passenger footwell, after removing the panel covering the bottom of the dash (maybe 4 screws plus one big plastic thing that looks like a screw but only needs to be turned 90 or 180 degrees). After gaining access to the blower, another 3 or 4 screws and one electrical connector are the only things between you and a gloriously cheap and easy repair. Contact George_Murphy-at-compuserve.com for the brushes and professional tips. Score a cheapie soldering iron at Radio Shack or your local electronic gadgets place. Access to that blower motor is so quick and easy that you could get into it and take a look before you even order any parts. Check the condition and length of the two electrical brushes, use some compressed air to blow gobs and gobs of dust out of the setup, and you may even bring it back to life long enough to wait for George to answer his email and send you the parts. ;-) My understanding is that this cheap repair can be done once. By the time the replacement brushes die, other parts of the blower motor will have worn out, necessitating a 200 dollar replacement motor. Alec ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 09:54:14 CDT From: acordova-at-texas.net Subject: Re: [db] Chinese Puzzle ( almost ) solved Engine idle could very well be affected by the need for valve adjustment and the vacuum leak. Probably also desperately wants a good high speed run to blow out the crud. No idea about the steering lock, but nobody but us is crazy enough to want to steal a 123. ;-) Alec ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 11:00:47 -0700 (PDT) From: hue wong Subject: [db] seat leather repairer "as seen on TV" So I have a couple small rips and tears in my seats. I want to get them fixed before they become larger rips and tears. So, I'm wondering if that leather fix-it goop you sometimes see advertised on TV or in the sunday papers is any good? These rips are not in any spot that is real noticable, (down by the seat adjustment handles and mounting brackets) and I am wondering if there is a good way to fix them up that doesn't involve duc tape! thanx in advance __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 14:03:55 -0400 From: Robert Chase Subject: Re: [db] seat leather repairer "as seen on TV" I would try the leatherique products first...... Nothing is worse than an obviously botched repair :) Robert Chase hue wong wrote: > So I have a couple small rips and tears in my seats. > I want to get them fixed before they become larger > rips and tears. > So, I'm wondering if that leather fix-it goop you > sometimes see advertised on TV or in the sunday papers > is any good? > > These rips are not in any spot that is real noticable, > (down by the seat adjustment handles and mounting > brackets) and I am wondering if there is a good way to > fix them up that doesn't involve duc tape! > > > thanx in advance > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search > http://shopping.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 13:27:12 CDT From: acordova-at-texas.net Subject: Re: [db] seat leather repairer as seen on TV I second that. Check with George at Leatherique.com first. > I would try the leatherique products first...... > > Nothing is worse than an obviously botched repair :) > > Robert Chase > > > hue wong wrote: > > > So I have a couple small rips and tears in my seats. > > I want to get them fixed before they become larger > > rips and tears. > > So, I'm wondering if that leather fix-it goop you > > sometimes see advertised on TV or in the sunday papers > > is any good? > > > > These rips are not in any spot that is real noticable, > > (down by the seat adjustment handles and mounting > > brackets) and I am wondering if there is a good way to > > fix them up that doesn't involve duc tape! > > > > > > thanx in advance > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search > > http://shopping.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 21:28:26 -0700 From: john meister Subject: [db] tire chains? I've got a couple of sets of tire chains from a variety of Mercedes I've owned... I don't use chains, I use a Jeep. :) let me know if you want a good deal. Going to resume cleaning out my office and carport now that I've been granted more free time... in other words I'm back in the ranks of the unemployed UNIX sys admin types... :( Job market looks a lot better then it did a few months back though! john - -- - ----------------------------- Oh well, I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess -Red Green http://www.redgreen.com/ - ------------------------------ http://www.WAGONEERS.com/ Snohomish, WA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold... Jesus, don't leave life without him, please! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ End of diesel-benz-digest V1 #1240 **********************************