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>   1. Moquette or Material (XKEOTS at aol.com)

>   2. Re: Stubborn Door (Tad Heckaman)

>   3. Becker radios (Gerry Van Zandt)

>   4. Re: Stubborn Door (Dan Landiss)

>   5. Re: Stubborn Door (Vedat Iplikci)

>   6. Compared to our High Performance Mercedes Coupe - everyone

>      else is driving one of these... (Robert Karl Stonjek)

>   7. White Dial Modification (Barry Llewellyn)

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> Message: 1

> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:53:58 EST

> From: XKEOTS at aol.com

> Subject: [W126 Coupe] Moquette or Material

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> Hi Group,

>

> Does anyone here have a clue as to where I can get matching grey moquette

> for

> the rear parcel tray (between the back window and the rear seat top) of my

> 89

> 560SEC.

> Mine got like shredded wheat from the sun and I removed it as it looked 

> real

>

> bad.

> I also want to recover the 2 box covers in the back too so that it all 

> will

> match.

>

> Thanks

> Jack

> 1989 560 SEC

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> Message: 2

> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:12:55 -0500

> From: "Tad Heckaman" <douglash at gmail.com>

> Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Stubborn Door

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> My passenger door has started to fail at latching fully. No matter if I

> close it gently or slamming it, it never clicks. It catches on the first

> 'click' so the door stays shut but it never seals. I noticed that if I 

> push

> the door against the car, its almost like its being kept from fully 

> closing.

> It typically stops about 1/4 inch away from the rest of the car (glass is

> about 1/4 away from the rubber). Rolling down the window does not help. I

> will see if I can adjust the strike to line it up better, but it really

> seems like something is blocking the door from closing fully. I checked

> around the edge to make sure there wasn't anything blocking the door, but

> didn't see anything. Any thoughts? Could the strike just go completely out

> of whack?

>

> Thanks,

> Tad

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> On 2/9/07, Dick Spellman <spell.yy at verizon.net> wrote:

>>

>> Cole Finnbogason wrote:

>> > Recently the driver-side door of my 1988 560 SEC has required a little

>> > more fore to close it properly. Without practically slamming the door

>> > doesn't close properly.

>> > Any information as to why this is occurring or how to fix it would be

>> > great,

>> > Cole

>> >

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>> You might try lowering the window a bit then close. If it's easier then

>> it's possible your upper seal has hardened perhaps more so than usual if

>> you are in a colder climate just now. You should check the door

>> alignment with the rear pillar as well. If the door is sagging the

>> pillar strike can be raised to compensate and by the same process you

>> can move the strike on the pillar outward a bit to improve the catch and

>> reduce the slamming when attempting to close.

>>

>> To better understand what is out of alignment height wise I use a piece

>> of paper with grease spread on the back. Set the paper on the strike.

>> Place a dab of grease on the door pin and gently close until the pin

>> makes contact with the paper. From this you can deduce the alignment on

>> the strike and make your adjustments so the pin is dead center as

>> opposed to off-center on the circle the paper has formed/marked and the

>> center point of the pin in the circle. A bit of grease in the right

>> place may help too.

>>

>> -\Dick

>>

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> -- 

> Tad Heckaman

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> Message: 3

> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:43:23 -0800

> From: Gerry Van Zandt <gerryvz at mac.com>

> Subject: [W126 Coupe] Becker radios

> To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com

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> On some cars used in the 1987 model year, there was a special version

> of the radio that required a special Becker tool to reactivate the

> radio (enter the code). This special tool is only found at dealers

> and is inserted through the cassette door, and the radio is

> reactivated that way. I can't remember if it's a BE754 or BE780, but

> it is one of the two.

>

> Some dealers don't charge for this service, others (such as my dealer

> here in Portland, Don Rasmussen Co.) charge $35 for about 1 minute

> worth of work....

>

> I had one of these radios on my 1987 560SL and ditched it as soon as

> possible for a one-piece radio out of a 1991 MB, which maintains most

> of the same look but allows you to enter the code from the keypad

> directly to reactivate the radio.

>

> If you cut power to one of these radios it will require you (or if

> you have a MY 1987 Becker, the dealer) to enter the code.  I believe

> there is a way to set the MY 1987 radios, using an internal button

> battery (that is long depleted by now) to retain the memory so that

> when power is cut, you don't have to run to the dealer to have them

> re-enter the code.

>

> Also, I have heard, but do not have direct evidence of, a way to

> actually disable this anti-theft mechanism so that you don't have to

> ever enter codes again.

>

> My advice:

>

> a) call Ed Ebel at Becker North America (toll-free number posted at

> www.beckerautosound.com) to discussion options/capability to disable

> code permanently

>

> or

>

> b) just replace with a slightly more modern radio that you can

> directly enter the code from. If you stay reasonably in the same time

> frame, it should be 100% plug and play.

>

> Cheers,

> Gerry

>

>

>

>

> On Feb 21, 2007, at 9:00 AM, mbcoupes-request at mbcoupes.com wrote:

>

>>> wow Steve, good thing you sent that link because it states the

>>> radio needs to be intalled in the car.. I was planning on bringing

>>> just the radio to the dealer. I'm going to ask anyway if it's

>>> necessary for it to be installed to fix it. They quoted me a 1/2

>>> hour labor charge, $49, and I'm on my way. what do you think?

>>>

>>>

>>

>> It would be good to ask first, James. This 754 radio is one of the

>> most confusing as far as how its Code/No code/ reactivation, battery,

>> etc, works.  I'm confused, because how can Becker reactivate the

>> radio, when it isn't in your car, but being in the car IS required

>> for the dealer. In other words, what I'm saying is that I'm not 100%

>> sure of my data, so that's why I ask if you find out anything that

>> needs changing on the web page, please let me know.

>

>

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> Message: 4

> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:58:53 -0600

> From: Dan Landiss <dan at landiss.com>

> Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Stubborn Door

> To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>

> Message-ID: <45DCB28D.3000300 at landiss.com>

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> on 2/21/2007 1:12 PM Tad Heckaman wrote:

>> Could the strike just go completely out of whack?

>

> No, the hinges sag so the striker is no longer aligned.

>

> -- 

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> :::::::::::

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> one

> thing and thinking another."  --Vaclav Havel

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> Message: 5

> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 23:33:30 +0200

> From: "Vedat Iplikci" <saveks at superonline.com>

> Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Stubborn Door

> To: "Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists" <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>

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>

> Tad,

>

> It almost certainly is the hinges, but before buying new ones, try plenty 

> of

> WD40 on them and let it penetrate by swinging the door from side to side

> several times.

>

> Vedat Iplikci

> 1987 560 SEC Euro

>  ----- Original Message ----- 

>  From: Tad Heckaman

>  To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists

>  Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 9:12 PM

>  Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Stubborn Door

>

>

>  My passenger door has started to fail at latching fully. No matter if I

> close it gently or slamming it, it never clicks. It catches on the first

> 'click' so the door stays shut but it never seals. I noticed that if I 

> push

> the door against the car, its almost like its being kept from fully 

> closing.

> It typically stops about 1/4 inch away from the rest of the car (glass is

> about 1/4 away from the rubber). Rolling down the window does not help. I

> will see if I can adjust the strike to line it up better, but it really

> seems like something is blocking the door from closing fully. I checked

> around the edge to make sure there wasn't anything blocking the door, but

> didn't see anything. Any thoughts? Could the strike just go completely out

> of whack?

>

>  Thanks,

>  Tad

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>  On 2/9/07, Dick Spellman <spell.yy at verizon.net> wrote:

>    Cole Finnbogason wrote:

>    > Recently the driver-side door of my 1988 560 SEC has required a 

> little

>

>    > more fore to close it properly. Without practically slamming the door

>    > doesn't close properly.

>    > Any information as to why this is occurring or how to fix it would be

>    > great,

>    > Cole

>    >

>    > _________________________________________________________________

>    > Don't waste time standing in line?try shopping online. Visit 

> Sympatico

>    > / MSN Shopping today! http://shopping.sympatico.msn.ca

>    >

>    >

> ------------------------------------------------------------------------

>    >

>    > The MB Coupes Website!

>    > W126 SEC Mailing List

>    > Postings remain property of MB Coupes, L.L.C.

>    >

>    You might try lowering the window a bit then close. If it's easier then

>    it's possible your upper seal has hardened perhaps more so than usual 

> if

>    you are in a colder climate just now. You should check the door

>    alignment with the rear pillar as well. If the door is sagging the

>    pillar strike can be raised to compensate and by the same process you

>    can move the strike on the pillar outward a bit to improve the catch 

> and

>    reduce the slamming when attempting to close.

>

>    To better understand what is out of alignment height wise I use a piece

>    of paper with grease spread on the back. Set the paper on the strike.

>    Place a dab of grease on the door pin and gently close until the pin

>    makes contact with the paper. From this you can deduce the alignment on

>    the strike and make your adjustments so the pin is dead center as

>    opposed to off-center on the circle the paper has formed/marked and the

>    center point of the pin in the circle. A bit of grease in the right

>    place may help too.

>

>    -\Dick

>

>

>    The MB Coupes Website!

>    W126 SEC Mailing List

>    Postings remain property of MB Coupes, L.L.C.

>

>

>

>

>  -- 

>  Tad Heckaman

>

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> Message: 6

> Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:10:44 +1100

> From: "Robert Karl Stonjek" <rstonjek at bigpond.net.au>

> Subject: [W126 Coupe] Compared to our High Performance Mercedes Coupe

> - everyone else is driving one of these...

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> Old Trabants still chugging along

>      By Petru Clej

>      BBC News

>

>

>

>      In East Germany the ubiquitous Trabant ran on cheap, dirty fuel

> It was East Germany's answer to the Volkswagen: cheap, agonisingly slow 

> and

> notoriously unreliable.

> The Trabant can still be seen on Germany's roads - a stubborn survivor of

> the defunct communist regime.

>

> Trabi fans are preparing to mark the 50th birthday of a car that inspired

> numerous jokes.

>

> It belches out fumes that breach anti-pollution regulations - but Germany

> has made an exception for it as no more have been produced since 1991.

>

> The Zwickau plant churned out some three million Trabants, made of

> plasticised cotton waste, called Duroplast.

>

>     TRABANT JOKES

>      How do you double the value of a Trabant? Fill up its petrol tank

>      Why doesn't a Trabant have seat belts? It might be mistaken for a

> rucksack.

>      Why does the Trabi have a heated rear window? It keeps your hands 

> warm

> while you push it

> The first car rolled off the production line on 7 November 1957 - the 40th

> anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution, which the GDR celebrated with its

> big brother, the Soviet Union.

>

>

> The Trabant's two-stroke engine could push the car to the dizzying speed 

> of

> 90km per hour (56mph).

>

> Its signature tune - "dang, dang, dang" - remains unmistakable.

>

> "Many of its owners just love that sound," Helmuth Frauendorfer, a

> broadcaster with MDR German public radio, told BBC News.

>

> "The Trabi disappears and there is a lot of nostalgia in the eastern part 

> of

> Germany, not necessarily political. People long for the atmosphere of the

> pre-1989 years. Some of the Trabants have become collectors' items," he

> said.

>

> Today there are 52,432 Trabant cars in Germany, making them more numerous

> than Jaguars in a country of fast car lovers, the news website Der Spiegel

> reports.

>

>

>      A Trabant defies political change in Templin, eastern Germany

> Trabi-mania is not confined to East Germany. Aficionados can be found in

> other former communist countries, such as Hungary and Romania.

>

> Serban Pretor, who works for Romania's audiovisual council, owns not one,

> but two Trabants. The one he still drives was purchased in 1978 and the

> other - a collector's item - in 1980 and is carefully preserved in his

> garage.

>

> Mr Pretor inherited his love of the Trabant from his father, a former

> fighter pilot, who bought his first car in 1972.

>

>

> Serban Pretor was embroiled in a famous incident involving his Trabant,

> widely reported by the Romanian press.

>

> In 2004 he was roughed up by two agents in the secret service which 

> protects

>dignitaries, who were trailing his Trabant on a busy road.

>

> They claimed in court that his attempt to overtake the car in front had

> surprised them, forcing them to end up off the road, an allegation Mr 

> Pretor

> denies.

>

> The Trabant is slowly disappearing. But 17 years after the collapse of the

> Berlin Wall 82 drivers' clubs all over Germany are gearing up for a year 

> of

> parties - to show that despite all the jokes, the Trabi still has the last

> laugh.

>

> Source: BBC

> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6381759.stm

>

> Posted by

> Robert Karl Stonjek

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> Message: 7

> Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:21:29 +1000

> From: "Barry Llewellyn" <barryllewellyn at hotmail.com>

> Subject: [W126 Coupe] White Dial Modification

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