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

Mon Apr 10 21:37:09 EDT 2006

Hi Axel,
Just purchased a 91 560 sec. Want to order a burlwood knob. Saw one online 
foer 39.99 from the united kingdom. What do you think?

Thanx Ken

>From: "Axel Wulff" <axelwulff at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
>To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com
>Subject: RE: [W126 Coupe] RE: MBCOUPES Digest, Vol 18, Issue 5
>Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:07:17 -0400
>
>In order to replace the gearshift know you need to do the following:
>
>1. Remove the ashtray.
>2. Remove the coing tray below the ashtray.
>3. Remove the plastic frame surrounding the gear knob.
>4. Slide the wood forward and lift it up.
>5. Carefully remove all the connectors from all the switches and put the 
>wood aside.
>6. Remove the screws attaching the plastic shifter gate.
>7. Get a 15 mm  crow's foot wrench to loosen the nut holding the gear 
>shifter shaft to the sleeve.
>8. Unscrew the gear knob and replace with your new one.
>9. Put everything back in reverse order.
>
>Make sure you have the right gear knob. I purchased a burlwood knob on the 
>internet for my '90 SEC and found that I could not engage "B". I thought I 
>had done something wrong, but found out that the shaft is different on the 
>'90 and '91 models from the other series 2 w126.
>How it works on the series 1 cars, I have no idea.
>
>Regards,
>Axel J. Wulff
>610-731-5453 Cellular
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>
>
>
>>From: Connexion Fitness <fitness-connexion at telus.net>
>>Reply-To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
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>>Subject: [W126 Coupe] RE: MBCOUPES Digest, Vol 18, Issue 5
>>Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2006 19:13:53 -0700
>>
>>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)
>>       (dolans1 at verizon.net)
>>    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>
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>>Too many concerts and Smith and Wesson with out ear plugs. Too right.
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>> >Hey Dolans - I've heard ringing in my ears for years. Does that mean
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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
>>To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
>>Message-ID: <C28566B0-34AA-451E-8D30-B37C1981619A at mac.com>
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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
>>
>>--
>>I feel so much better now, since I gave up hope.
>>
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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>
>>Message-ID: <002901c659db$fbc17f70$4301a8c0 at home>
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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
>>Message-ID: <BAY107-F209ED3AF6AA59B09FCB61699C90 at phx.gbl>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed
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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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