[W126 Coupe] Mercedes On-the-Road with problems (Gary)

[Larry Martin]

Reply to Gary,

RE: MBCOUPES Digest, Vol 38, Issue 17

I have had my Mercedes do the same thing...it was a bad alternator that
discharged the battery...then the lights and all instrumentation "just
went dead"...the tachometer even went 'wild' just before it died and my
radio even quit....and then.....the car just stopped. A bad battery cell
(that shorts after warming up) might do the same thing...or a similar
thing. Fix: New (rebuilt) alternator and new battery.

Regards,
Larry Martin

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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Mercedes On-the-Road with problems (Gary)
   2. Re: Mercedes On-the-Road with problems (mavris2 at comcast.net)
   3. Re: Mercedes On-the Road with problems (Dan Stratton)
   4.  Pics Replies (Doc)
   5. Re: Mercedes On-the Road with problems (RONNY GEENEN)
   6. New Tires (btb management)
   7. Re: New Tires (Dan Landiss)


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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:19:02 -0800 (PST)
From: Gary <garysalas at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Mercedes On-the-Road with problems
To: dan at landiss.com, Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists
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ignition module    also check the wires to the module    mine did the
same thing and one of the big wires was broken   

Dan Landiss <dan at landiss.com> wrote:  on 11/16/2007 7:53 AM Dan Stratton
wrote:

> Yes, the engine turns over and starts. But only after it sits awhile.

> After it sits, it starts, everything seems normal. After running a few



> minutes the lights go out, engine dies, then it acts completely dead -



> nothing.


I'd still go with the voltage regulator idea, especially if the year-old

in there now is an aftermarket product. Mine died, same symptoms, on the

way to a Kansas City MBCoupes Fest a few years ago, and I almost missed 
the opening Captain Morgan's!

The alternator itself is darned near indestructible.

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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:39:28 -0600
From: <mavris2 at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Mercedes On-the-Road with problems
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Bad cell in battery or corroded battery terminals. 

Jason 
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  ignition module    also check the wires to the module    mine did the
same thing and one of the big wires was broken   

  Dan Landiss <dan at landiss.com> wrote: 
    on 11/16/2007 7:53 AM Dan Stratton wrote:
    > Yes, the engine turns over and starts. But only after it sits
awhile. 
    > After it sits, it starts, everything seems normal. After running a
few 
    > minutes the lights go out, engine dies, then it acts completely
dead - 
    > nothing.

    I'd still go with the voltage regulator idea, especially if the
year-old 
    in there now is an aftermarket product. Mine died, same symptoms, on
the 
    way to a Kansas City MBCoupes Fest a few years ago, and I almost
missed 
    the opening Captain Morgan's!

    The alternator itself is darned near indestructible.

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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:07:14 -0600
From: Dan Stratton <illustratton at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Mercedes On-the Road with problems
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Well gang, thanks for all your suggestions. I found a local mechanic  
that works on foreign cars here - lots of strange stuff, Borgward,  
DKW, Jaguar, Audi, Mercedes and about every orphan you could think of.  
Looks like the foreign car shops I remember from the sixties. Put in a  
used brush pack in it and it didn't help. No output from the  
alternator, so a rebuilt is coming from Denver overnight. Hopefully  
will be back on the road tomorrow. I'll let you all know when I get  
back home.

Dan


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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:37:19 -0800
From: "Doc" <rm90 at verizon.net>
Subject: [W126 Coupe]  Pics Replies
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Thanks all I posted it on Terry's site.
 
I appreciate you having it there Terry!
 
Thank you all for your input.
 
Jonathan dd not know you were running a site.
All the parts I ahve bought you never mentioned it.
 
Drop me a link
 
law.dude at verizon.net
 
Thanks
Doc (Rick Montgomery)
Diamond Bar, CA 
1990 560sec
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:19:11 -0800
From: "RONNY GEENEN" <ronny.geenen at verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Mercedes On-the Road with problems
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If I am right, the Audi was the child from the married couple DKW and
NSU.

Ronny
Glendora, Ca 91740
1987 560 SEC
1984 300 SD

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From: "Dan Stratton" <illustratton at gmail.com>
To: <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 4:07 PM
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Mercedes On-the Road with problems



>

> Well gang, thanks for all your suggestions. I found a local mechanic  

> that

> works on foreign cars here - lots of strange stuff, Borgward,  DKW, 

> Jaguar, Audi, Mercedes and about every orphan you could think of.

Looks 

> like the foreign car shops I remember from the sixties. Put in a  used



> brush pack in it and it didn't help. No output from the  alternator,

so a 

> rebuilt is coming from Denver overnight. Hopefully  will be back on

the 

> road tomorrow. I'll let you all know when I get  back home.

>

> Dan

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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:19:52 +0000
From: btb management <btbmanagement at hotmail.com>
Subject: [W126 Coupe] New Tires
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Any suggestions on the best brand of new tires for a 1985 SEC?   Think
there is a set of Michelins
on now.
 Live in Southern California, looking for great
performance in some rain and  warm weather.
Thanks,
Robert

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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:51:41 -0600
From: Dan Landiss <dan at landiss.com>
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] New Tires
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on 11/17/2007 10:19 AM btb management wrote:

> looking for great performance in some rain and  warm weather.


There is a wide range of performance levels available. For great 
all-purpose use (as compared to, say, street racing), I am quite 
impressed by the Michelin "Pilot Exalto AS" and the Bridgestone "Turanza

Serenity."

<http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/testDisplay.jsp?ttid=86>
<http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/TireTestServlet?tireMake=Michelin&t
ireModel=Pilot+Exalto+A%2FS>

After they are mounted, you will find that on typical bumpy, dirty 
streets they stick as well as or even better than "High Performance" 
tires. They are surely more forgiving!

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