From owner-diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Mon Jul 20 09:07:02 2009 From: diesel-benz-digest diesel-benz-digest Monday, July 20 2009 Volume 01 : Number 3113 Forum for Discussion of Diesel Mercedes Benz Automobiles Derick Amburgey Digest Coordinator Contents: Re: [db] I just defected to VW Re: [db] ABS light on [db] Diesels and ATs 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, 17 Jul 2009 23:40:50 -0400 From: Marc Z Subject: Re: [db] I just defected to VW Hi John, I will keep my 300s but probably not as daily drivers. They'll be "spares"... : - ) Marc Z in NC john wrote: > ok, before the mass exodus I suggest we change the list to "german Diesels"... > oh wait, german, or other, Diesels, I mean any Diesels... ;) > > have thought about putting a TDI into a Suzuki more than once... :) > > john > > > ----- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold > http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 http://creationwiki.org > http://johnmeister.com http://wagoneers.com http://fotomeister.us > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > On Fri, 17 Jul 2009, Marc Z wrote: > > # Eric, looks good, thanks for sharing. > # > # I've been thinking the same thing. My two '83 300s both have issues that > # have not been fixed even though I've paid to have them fixed. The 300TD has > # a transmission fluid leak where I need to add a quart a week. I was charged > # to fix it but it wasn't. My 300D Turbo sedan had the driveshaft center > # support bearing replaced where the guy didn't keep the alignment. He tried > # to fix it by replacing the flex joints but that, obviously, didn't do it. > # I've been looking at diesel Jettas and Passats. A Golf would be fine too. > # I will follow up to get my vehicle fixed but it seems that I cannot find a > # good, competent, mechanic in my area. There are other small issues that all > # put together, are irritating... > # > # Marc Z in NC > # > # Eric Ditwiler wrote: > # > I just bought a 2006 Golf TDI for $12K. > # > > # > I only wish it were a lighter color. > # > > # > http://www.vwtdionly.com/profile.asp?VIN=9BWGR61J564002168&xMake=&FilterMake=0&zip=&distance= > # > > # > > # > Eric Ditwiler > # > Director, Academic Operations > # > Harvey Mudd College > # > 909-607-3134 > # > eric_ditwiler-at-hmc.edu > # > > # > "My own observation is that organizations that confidently rely mostly on > # > informal codes and implicit contracts are more effective and more > # > satisfactory to their participants." -- Clark Kerr > # > # ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:53:17 -0400 From: Edward Pomeroy Subject: Re: [db] ABS light on If anyone is still chasing this abs light error, my experience is that the reluctor wheel (crown wheel) on each shaft gets crud and the crud moves the sensor ever so slightly out of position, leading to error messages. First thing is to locate sensor and clean area and check that it is within a paper thickness away from the tip of the crown wheel gear points. If they are the sealed type like was in my Pontiac transport, have to replace the entire hub/bearing assembly which came with the sensor and crown wheel integrated into it. Not very expensive actually, just a bit of pain to pull As the astro is RWD I suspect you have standard exposed crown wheels with the sensor attached to a bracket. Black plastic knobby thing with two wires and a connector coming off the end, probably held in place by an L shaped bracked. Look for crud on old sensor and broke wires as most obvious signs. If all look OK, unplug the connector and ohm the pins going to the sensor, it should give you a very low ohms reading. If it shows high resistance or infinite, you just found the bad sensor. Edward Jerome Kaidor wrote: > john wrote: > >> # Fellow listers - may I pick your combined >> # knowledge on the 300D and on the ABS light. >> # >> > *** I have an ABS light showing on my Chevy Astro. Haven't done anything > about it, the brakes work, just no ABS. > > Don't know how it is on the 300D... ...on the Astro, the ABS has its own > computer. When it's not happy about something, the computer shuts down the > ABS system, and illuminates the light. The ABS computer talks OBDII, it is > connected to the same pin as the engine computer. > > The OBDII is, in a sense, a computer bus, and it has a notion of > addresses. The ABS computer has a different address than the engine > computer, and can be talked to by any general purpose OBDII interface. > > Unfortunately, the OBDII scanners that you can buy at the store do not > grok ABS. There is one EQUUS scanner that does, but it costs $180, and it > is only passive. That is, it can ask the ABS computer what is its code, and > possibly reset the code, but it cannot send commands to the ABS computer. > > If you have the right (expensive!) scanner, you can send useful commands > to the ABS computer, to turn valves this way and that, for troubleshooting. > > This information is specific to my Astro ( 1999 ) but should be > applicable to most OBDII-equipped vehicles. > > - Jerry Kaidor ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:06:33 -0700 (PDT) From: diesel john Subject: [db] Diesels and ATs my only interest would be in mating an AT to a Diesel. If I were going to go with a gas engine in a Jeep it would be either a 4.0 or 4.7, and quite frankly, I doubt I'd bother. It's unlikely I'd swap a GM gas engine into any of my vehicles. Been there, done that and likely won't do it again. My '83 J10 is getting the stock 4.2 reinstalled, but only because the IP is suspect on the SD33T and my buddy's time and my budget are constrained... I'll drag the SD33T back up to my shop and get it running, probably put it in the tug and then consider moving that entire driveline over to the J10 and doing something fun/radical with the tug... the other thoughts are to find a Mercedes 2.5 or 3.0 L TD from an '87 to '93 and figuring out how to mate it to a AW4 or setting of a divorced xfr case to use the benz AT. we'll see... keep the popcorn salted and buttered... :) john ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 http://creationwiki.org http://johnmeister.com http://wagoneers.com http://fotomeister.us - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Mon, 20 Jul 2009, -J- wrote: # John, # # Just as an FYI when you are talking about those late model GEN III Chevy motors the 4L60e and the 4L80 really are pretty easy to wire. The computer on those motors needs to be reflashed when going into something like an old CJ and you can have the trans accounted for at the same time. I have several friends running them in various rigs behind either GENIII V8s or late model 4.3 V6s. They are really plug and play at that point. Now it would be a different story if you were trying to use a 4L60e behind something like a 1990 throttle body 350. Then the 700R4 would be much better. # # --- In CJ-10List-at-yahoogroups.com, diesel john wrote: # > # 700R4 is less bother than a 4l60e, no electronics. .. # > # liked the one I had... ------------------------------ End of diesel-benz-digest V1 #3113 **********************************