From owner-diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Tue Jul 26 18:14:41 2005 From: diesel-benz-digest diesel-benz-digest Wednesday, July 27 2005 Volume 01 : Number 1900 Forum for Discussion of Diesel Mercedes Benz Automobiles Derick Amburgey Digest Coordinator Contents: Re: [db] fluid in brake booster [db] odometer dead :( Re: [db] odometer dead :( [db] Tips on Replacing A/C Condenser (124)? Re: [db] Tips on Replacing A/C Condenser (124)? [db] speedometer removed, problem found...parts source? 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, 25 Jul 2005 13:05:58 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: Re: [db] fluid in brake booster you might be right... the procedure I described was indeed for a master cylinder... as far as I know, and seems kevin knows as well, a booster is just a bolt in item. ;) john On Mon, 25 Jul 2005, Kevin wrote: >-->On Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 09:35:22PM -0700, john wrote: >-->> to bench bleed a new booster you place it in a vise >-->> and push the piston in... many, many times... until you >-->> can't push it any more... (unless you use method #2, >-->> in which case you wait until you don't see bubbles. :) >-->> >-->> there are two methods >-->> to get the air out and build up pressure: >-->> 1) plug up the outlets with a plastic or brass plug >-->> 2) connect lines that empty back into the reservoir >-->> >-->> most new boosters come with the plastic plugs... the drawback >-->> to this is they leak... I end up putting the plugs in the vise >-->> so they don't become projectiles. Years ago they used to include >-->> the lines to dump back into the booster. >--> >-->John, >--> >-->That really sounds like the bleed procedures for a master cylinder >-->than a brake booster. Then again, the last booster I replaced was on an >-->84 eagle, and the bleed procedure was "remove booster from car, bolt in >-->booster procured from junkyard for $20" :) >--> >-->K >--> ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** 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, 25 Jul 2005 19:20:16 -0700 (PDT) From: bree kna Subject: [db] odometer dead :( since, for whatever reason, i monitor the odometer / trip odometer frequently I noticed today that on the commute home they both had stopped functioning. no amount of flicking the knob and other lil acts of quackery solved it. i found a useful site that has the procedure documented for a W123 ( http://boostnbenz.1baddsm.com/DIY/ ) any boogers i need to know about beforehand? i'm going to tackle this over the next couple of evenings as i can't see going very long at all without them functioning ...in fact, i'm going to carry a pedometer with me tomorrow and try to jiggle it enough to keep track of the mileage on the trip to my oceanfront property in arizona...(that was a joke you stiffmeisters!) stuck in time in my '84 300SD, brian Tired of spam? 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Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 20:51:25 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: Re: [db] odometer dead :( interesting website... is this guy on the list? john On Mon, 25 Jul 2005, bree kna wrote: >-->since, for whatever reason, i monitor the odometer / >-->trip odometer frequently I noticed today that on the >-->commute home they both had stopped functioning. no >-->amount of flicking the knob and other lil acts of >-->quackery solved it. >--> >-->i found a useful site that has the procedure >-->documented for a W123 ( >-->http://boostnbenz.1baddsm.com/DIY/ ) >--> >-->any boogers i need to know about beforehand? i'm >-->going to tackle this over the next couple of evenings >-->as i can't see going very long at all without them >-->functioning ...in fact, i'm going to carry a pedometer >-->with me tomorrow and try to jiggle it enough to keep >-->track of the mileage on the trip to my oceanfront >-->property in arizona...(that was a joke you >-->stiffmeisters!) >--> >-->stuck in time in my '84 300SD, >-->brian >-->Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >-->http://mail.yahoo.com >--> ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** 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: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:19:22 -0400 From: "J.B. Hebert" Subject: [db] Tips on Replacing A/C Condenser (124)? I will be swapping out the A/C condenser in my '95 E300D soon. The process looks pretty straight forward, but I was currious if the radiator has to be completely removed (per the manual) or if it could be unclipped and tipped enough to allow the condenser to slip out. If I have to drain and remove the radiator completely, it obviously adds a significant amount of time and effort to the job. Can anyone who as done this chime in on the radiator issue? I'm pretty sure it's the same process on all '89 and later 124 chassis cars with the double aux. fans. Are there any other gotchas to worry about? Thanks. J.B. Hebert - ---------------------------------------------- Current Vehicles: '76 Ford Bronco '78 Volvo 262C Bertone V8 '80 Alpina B7 Turbo Coupe '82 Mercedes 300CD (Deceased) '93 GMC Sierra 2500 '95 Mercedes E300D ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 12:44:48 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: Re: [db] Tips on Replacing A/C Condenser (124)? JB the older I get the more I realize that time can actually be spent by moving stuff completely out of the way... I watch good mechanics do this all the time and think to myself, why bother? I can wiggle in there... and then I realize that I've taken much longer to do the job and drop stuff down in crevices and so on... sometimes it's just easier and quicker to remove stuff... When doing the fuel injectors on the '92 XJ 4.0L I removed the stuff in the way and it went a lot faster... you know, I think Mr. Murphy watches to see if we take short cuts... :) if we do, he tries to help. :) john On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, J.B. Hebert wrote: > -->I will be swapping out the A/C condenser in my '95 E300D soon. The process > -->looks pretty straight forward, but I was currious if the radiator has to be > -->completely removed (per the manual) or if it could be unclipped and tipped > -->enough to allow the condenser to slip out. If I have to drain and remove > -->the radiator completely, it obviously adds a significant amount of time and > -->effort to the job. Can anyone who as done this chime in on the radiator > -->issue? I'm pretty sure it's the same process on all '89 and later 124 > -->chassis cars with the double aux. fans. Are there any other gotchas to > -->worry about? > --> > -->Thanks. > --> > --> > -->J.B. Hebert > --> > -->---------------------------------------------- > -->Current Vehicles: > --> > -->'76 Ford Bronco > -->'78 Volvo 262C Bertone V8 > -->'80 Alpina B7 Turbo Coupe > -->'82 Mercedes 300CD (Deceased) > -->'93 GMC Sierra 2500 > -->'95 Mercedes E300D > --> ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** 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: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 18:11:59 -0700 (PDT) From: bree kna Subject: [db] speedometer removed, problem found...parts source? okay, easy enough, speedometer is removed (1 caution if you DIY, the wire to the back of the cluster for the clock is 12V+ constant). the problem is obvious...there is a small (eh, about 3/16 in. diameter) plastic gear on the end of a shaft that runs behind the numerals in the odometer that is split in two. it looks like this little gear drives two 1 in. diameter gears. anywho...does anybody know where i can procure such a beast and, even better, how to go about replacing it? Thanks again for your time and assistance! Brian Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of diesel-benz-digest V1 #1900 **********************************