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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

>> To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com

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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

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

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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.

>>

>>

>>

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

>>

>> 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>

>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed

>>

>> 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.

>>

>> -- 

>>

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

>> "We have become morally ill because we have become accustomed to saying

>> one

>> thing and thinking another."  --Vaclav Havel

>> <http://www.landiss.com/civillib.htm#1Jan90>

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

>>

>>

>>

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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>

>> Message-ID: <001601c755ff$ee940d10$bddb6555 at vedatlaptop>

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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...

>> To: "MB Coupes" <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>

>> Message-ID: <002f01c75605$22214760$0200a8c0 at RobertPrescott>

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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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>> 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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