[W126 Coupe] RE: MBCOUPES Digest, Vol 18, Issue 5

Sat Apr 8 22:13:53 EDT 2006

Can anyone help and provide information on how to replace gearshift knob???
Thank you.

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   1. Re: RE: RE: [W126 Coupe] Hello Everybody (New Member + Pics)
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   2. Re: SEC Wheel Spreadsheet (Steve Nervig)
   3. Re: SEC Wheel Spreadsheet (Vance Rowley)
   4. SEC Wheel Spreadsheet  (Rattie S)
   5. Re: SEC Wheel Spreadsheet (Robert Karl Stonjek)

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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 18:46:27 -0500 (CDT)
From: <dolans1 at verizon.net>
Subject: Re: RE: RE: [W126 Coupe] Hello Everybody (New Member + Pics)
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Too many concerts and Smith and Wesson with out ear plugs. Too right.

>From: Henry Viveiros <henryviv at grantspass.net>
>Date: Thu Apr 06 15:55:50 CDT 2006
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>Subject: RE: RE: [W126 Coupe] Hello Everybody (New Member + Pics)

>Hey Dolans - I've heard ringing in my ears for years. Does that mean 
>something's wrong with me; or does that mean something's right with me?
>
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 16:53:25 -0700
From: Steve Nervig <dakota at mac.com>
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] SEC Wheel Spreadsheet
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On Apr 6, 2006, at 1:02 PM, Axel Wulff wrote:
>
> I put my sets of wheels in the spreadsheets.
>
>
> Regards,
> Axel J. Wulff
> 610-731-5453 Cellular
> 610-572-4611 Home
>
> <Wheels.xls>

Great job, Axel. A keeper.

Steve

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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 01:41:15 +0100
From: "Vance Rowley" <vance.rowley at tiscali.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] SEC Wheel Spreadsheet
To: "Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists" <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
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Hi Axel,

 Looks good to me. The only difference seems to be with the overall standard
wheel diameter between the US and Euro versions, not that there is any
significant difference anyway to worry about any speedo re-calibration. The
other thing is as far as the tire width is concerned and what wheel width
they will fit onto. This data is different per manufacturer and model of
tire. A good source for this info is the tirerack website. I only have the
standard 15" X 7.5" wheels on my Euro 560, but I have the 225 width tires on
the rear. The particular tires I have (before I chose them) I looked up on
the tirerack website to see from what minimum to what maximum width wheels
these would fit onto. The 7.5" was the minimum width of the range, but
clearly specified by the manufacturer. You probably knew this already, as I
noticed on your spreadsheet that you also have 225's on 7.5" width wheels.
Only difference is you have the 16" wheels.

Good work,

Vance.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Axel Wulff" <axelwulff at hotmail.com>
To: <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 9:02 PM
Subject: [W126 Coupe] SEC Wheel Spreadsheet

>I put together the attached spreadsheet mostly for my own education, 
>but I
> thought it could be useful for others and it would be nice if you all
could 
> do a quality control to check my data.
> 
> The first tab in the spreadsheet provides for an easy way to calculate 
> how
> much the wheel diameter will increase/decrease from stock with various
sizes 
> of rims and tires. I.e.; the standard wheel, 15" rim with 205/65 tires, is

> 64.8 cm in diameter, if you go to a 17" rim with a 275 tire, a sidewall 
> profile of 45 will get you the closest to stock with an overall diameter
of 
> 65.2 cm.
> 
> The second tab deals with the width of the tires vs. the width of the 
> rims
> and is just a sanity check for what tires will fit on any given rim width.

> The idea is that you should not try to put too wide a tire on a narrow rim

> and you would not use a tire that is narrower than your rims (unless you
are 
> a low-rider - they do strange things with wheels..).
> 
> The third tab deals with the offset (ET = einpresstiefe) issue. In 
> order not
> to complicate things,  I left out the any rim consideration. The idea is 
> that with a reasonable rim/tire selection (see tab 2), the widest part of 
> the wheel is going to be the tire. There may be other reasons for
including 
> the rim width, especially in the front, but I am not aware of them.
> 
> I put my sets of wheels in the spreadsheets.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Axel J. Wulff
> 610-731-5453 Cellular
> 610-572-4611 Home

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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 05:31:31 +0000
From: "Rattie S" <mbcoupe126 at hotmail.com>
Subject: [W126 Coupe] SEC Wheel Spreadsheet 
To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com
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Hello all,

Could someone please attach the spreadsheet and email me a copy 
(mbcoupe126 at hotmail.com) I usually read this from the archive and so I could

retrieve a copy of the file. But this should a great resource for all of us.

So thank you very much Alex.

Itrat

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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 16:57:16 +1000
From: "Robert Karl Stonjek" <rstonjek at bigpond.net.au>
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] SEC Wheel Spreadsheet
To: "MB Coupes" <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
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