[W126 Coupe] MBCOUPES Digest, Vol 70, Issue 10

[JONATHAN REYES]

dan , suggestion , try getting a complete cluster , good luck , Jon

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> Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 23:46:56 -0400

> From: JONATHAN REYES <jojonrey at gmail.com>

> Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] MBCOUPES Digest, Vol 70, Issue 9

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> it's funny that your last name is Hirsch , that brand of antenna is a

> Hirschmann , no pun intended . back to your problem , do you hear your

> antenna motor run when you turn  your radio on & off ?, does the antenna

> come up a little bit? , if it does , you can help it extend by slightly

> pulling it up while the motor is running on it's way up . if the motor runs

> you're gonna have to replace the mast , good luck Jon

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> >   1. Antenna issues (Lundberg, Kenneth)

> >   2. Re: Antenna issues (Jay Hirsch)

> >   3. Re: Antenna issues (millerlh at earthlink.net)

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> > Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 15:27:20 -0600

> > From: "Lundberg, Kenneth" <Kenneth.Lundberg at stantec.com>

> > Subject: [W126 Coupe] Antenna issues

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> > My antenna doesn't engage when the stereo powers on. It's set

> > automatically when I turn on the stereo but it doesn't come up anymore.

> > Recently, it was serviced by the Mercedes dealer and it worked shortly

> > thereafter but seemed to have stopped now. I would return it to the

> > dealer but they fixed it for free since they were the ones who broke it.

> > I've tried the basics like checking the fuse and ground connections but

> > that's about it. Before I start taking things apart, can anyone offer

> > some other suggestions?

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> > Ken (Las Vegas)

> > 1986 560 SEC Coupe

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> > Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:27:16 -0400

> > From: Jay Hirsch <J.Hirsch at mac.com>

> > Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Antenna issues

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> > If "they" broke it then let them fix it again.

> >

> > The shaft may also have a slight bend  in it.  Have someone put on

> > the radio and  try pulling up the antenna gently.

> > If it then comes up see if  each section is straight.

> > Jay H

> > On Apr 8, 2010, at 5:27 PM, Lundberg, Kenneth wrote:

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> > >

> > > My antenna doesn't engage when the stereo powers on. It's set

> > > automatically when I turn on the stereo but it doesn't come up

> > > anymore. Recently, it was serviced by the Mercedes dealer and it

> > > worked shortly thereafter but seemed to have stopped now. I would

> > > return it to the dealer but they fixed it for free since they were

> > > the ones who broke it. I've tried the basics like checking the fuse

> > > and ground connections but that's about it. Before I start taking

> > > things apart, can anyone offer some other suggestions?

> > >

> > > Thanks,

> > >

> > > Ken (Las Vegas)

> > > 1986 560 SEC Coupe

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> > Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 10:44:17 -0400

> > From: "millerlh at earthlink.net" <millerlh at earthlink.net>

> > Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Antenna issues

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> > I had a slightly bent antenna on my 1990 560SEC that was working

> > sporadically, usually depending on the temperature outside. Then one day

> it

> > refused to go up to more than 1/2 mast, no matter what I did.

> >

> > I was told it was easy to replace the mast, so I bought one from the

> local

> > dealer (not too expensive, for a change), and the instructions were easy

> to

> > follow and right on the package. HOWEVER, I couldn't manage to accomplish

> > step 1 of the simple instructions, for my life, since I couldn't get the

> > existing antenna to extend beyond the 1/2 way point.

> >

> > It was then I discovered that I had somehow accidentally bumped the dash

> > antenna switch into the 1/2 way position at some point, and as soon as I

> > moved it to full on, it worked fine, and the old mast ran right out and

> was

> > easily fixed. Worked fine ever since, and the erratic up and down is

> fully

> > corrected. Believe me, if I could do this anyone can.

> >

> > Lou Miller

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> > From: Jay Hirsch

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> > Sent: 4/8/2010 6:27:19 PM

> > Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Antenna issues

> >

> >

> > If "they" broke it then let them fix it again.

> >

> >

> > The shaft may also have a slight bend  in it.  Have someone put on the

> > radio and  try pulling up the antenna gently.

> > If it then comes up see if  each section is straight.

> > Jay H

> >

> > On Apr 8, 2010, at 5:27 PM, Lundberg, Kenneth wrote:

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > My antenna doesn't engage when the stereo powers on. It's set

> automatically

> > when I turn on the stereo but it doesn't come up anymore. Recently, it

> was

> > serviced by the Mercedes dealer and it worked shortly thereafter but

> seemed

> > to have stopped now. I would return it to the dealer but they fixed it

> for

> > free since they were the ones who broke it. I've tried the basics like

> > checking the fuse and ground connections but that's about it. Before I

> start

> > taking things apart, can anyone offer some other suggestions?

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> > Ken (Las Vegas)

> > 1986 560 SEC Coupe

> >

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> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:25:30 +0800

> From: "Dan Gardner" <cruftsk9 at tpg.com.au>

> Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Speedometer

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> Hi Folks

>    I seem to have drawn a blank with the replacement Speedo,I cannot get

> the cluster illumination or the fuel gauge to work,also mine had to pins

> for

> the EZL connection where this one has solder on the PC where the pins used

> to go, this one is 1987 mine was 1986.I do have the supposedly correct part

> number from the dealer but try to find a used one is going to be difficult

> if not impossible.

>

>

>        Kind Regards Dan Gardner 1986 560SEC  Euro (220kw)

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