[W126 Coupe] MBCOUPES Digest, Vol 74, Issue 5

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CAN ANYONE TELL ME IF 380 SEC AND 500 SEC BODY PARTS ARE INTERCHANGEABLE?  
THANKS, MARK FROM SUFFOLK, N.Y.
 
 
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Today's Topics:

1. Re: [MB]  Transporting a Vehicle (Dean Slone)
2. Re: Heater / AC blower  assembly (Scott Denton)
3. Re: Transporting a Vehicle (Steve  Nervig)


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Message:  1
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 09:55:52 -0700
From: "Dean Slone"  <daslone at saber.net>
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] [MB] Transporting a  Vehicle
To: "Bruce Mendel" <brucem105 at comcast.net>, "Mercedes Coupes  Mailing
Lists" <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
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Right Bruce,

With Steve shipping Seattle to  Phoenix he should have his order snapped up 
quickly.  

If he was  in Lake City, MN and shipping to Southbridge, Mass then it might 
take a wee  bit of time to place the order.  From remote locals and to 
remote locals  you are sometimes reduced to dropping off and/or picking up your 
vehicle at  shipping points.  Then you have logistics and time and storage  
(aughhhhhhhh) to deal with.

Good luck Steve, ... you are getting good  advice and a great offer from 
Bruce.

Dean

----- Original Message  ----- 
From: "Bruce Mendel" <brucem105 at comcast.net>
To: "Mercedes  Coupes Mailing Lists" <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August  04, 2010 5:38
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] [MB] Transporting a  Vehicle



> Exactly.

> 

> You call them, they give you  a price of $800 for example. You agree and 

> leave deposit. They then  go onto www.centraldispatch.com and post your 

car 

> for DOT registered  truckers to see and they list it for $450. If someone 

is 

> in the area  and needs one more car, they sign up for it, and broker 

makes 

>  $350.

> 

> If no one is in the area, or offering price is too low,  no one responds. 

So 

> broker waits a week or so, and then reposts it at  $500, and same process 

> repeats. This is why it can take forever for  someone to pick it up, 

> depending on how much of the price broker  wants to keep for himself.

> 

> I am a licensed dealer and am  authorized to be on central, and it does 

not 

> cost me anything to  post. So if you'd like me to, I can post it for you. 

> Usually pickup  is fast, it's all professional carriers, and these guys 

go 

> point to  point quickly without a million stops along the way.

> 

>  Bruce

> brucem105 at comcast.net

> 

> 

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

> From: "Dean Slone" <daslone at saber.net>

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

>  Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 2:00 AM

> Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe]  [MB] Transporting a Vehicle

> 

> 

>> Most of the shipping  "companies" are simply brokers.  Once you sign up 

>> (and send  a deposit (their commission)) they find an available truck 

and 

>>  driver. It really is buying a pig in a poke.

>>

>> I have  shipped 3 cars that way and have had no problem.  I have not 

>>  shipped by the firms with their own trucks because they are more 

>>  expensive. Basically, check them out, make sure they have licenses and 

buy  

>> insurance.

>>

>> My cousin had a low mileage  2006 Corvette Z06 shipped open hauler and 

had 

>> no trouble.  I  could ask who he used if you would like.

>>

>> I would  Google the start and stop points for your shipment and see who 

>>  hauls the route all the time.  Check to see if they have a Carrier  

License 

>> or a Broker License.

>>

>> The last  company I used was a Russian who did not speak english.  While 

 

>> hauling my 500SEC he tore the rear duelies off his truck and my  car was 

>> delayed a week.  My car was fine and I gave him an  extra tip for 

getting 

>> the car to  unscathed.

>>

>> The following is a quote from a current web  page ... does this sound 

like 

>> english or english from a mid  eastern eurpoe translator (LOL)

>>

>> Are you containing a  firm occasion deciding the correct automobile 

>> shipping company?  It is apparent to expression hard periods because you 

>> believe of  transferring your car from one place to another. It is 

>>  significant to comprehend some things so as to assist you decide the  

>> correct car transport company. Moreover, one should have better  

>> sympathetic about vehicle shipping indemnity industries. The  extremely 

>> initial fixation to perform some study about assorted  companies so as 

to 

>> be proposing car transportation services  inside your vicinity.

>>

>> Don't believe me, read for  yourself 

>>  http://www.cartransportquotes.com/autotransport/

>>

>> Final  thought?  Call your local car dealers and ask who they use.  They 

 

>> are shipping cars in and out all the time ... New, Used and  rental 

fleet.

>>

>>  Dean

>>

>>

>>

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

>> From: "Steve Nervig" <dakota at mac.com>

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

>>  Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 7:25 PM

>> Subject: [W126 Coupe] [MB]  Transporting a Vehicle

>>

>>

>>> Does anyone  have any recommendations for a vehicle transport company? 

I 

>>>  will need to ship a vehicle from Seattle to Phoenix, and was wondering 

if  

>>> anyone had any experience, good or bad, with any  companies.

>>>

>>> Thanks!

>>> Steve  Nervig

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Message:  2
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 15:45:34 -0600
From: "Scott Denton"  <sdenton at customgarageworks.com>
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Heater / AC  blower assembly
To: "'Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists'"  <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
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Mine just had the same problem and it  was the blower motor. I replaced it
myself, very easy job, up under the  passenger foot well. Just be very
careful removing the fan blades, if they  crack you will have to replace 
them
as well. I got my motor from  www.autohausaz.com  
<http://www.autohausaz.com/>








Scott  Denton




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From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com  [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com]
On Behalf Of  beyers555 at comcast.net
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 3:35 PM
To:  mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com
Subject: [W126 Coupe] Heater / AC blower  assembly



My Heater/ AC fan has now stopped completely.   



At first it made a worn bearing noise



Then it  would run for a few minutes and stop  



How can I tell if  it is the blower motor or regulator?  In the past the
recommendations  were to replace the assembly not just the motor.



Any  ideas



Thanks,

Mike Beyersdoerfer

87  560SEC

Plus some Buicks



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Message:  3
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:11:26 -0700
From: Steve Nervig  <dakota at mac.com>
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Transporting a  Vehicle
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First, I wish to thank all of you  (mbramel, Dean, Markus, Dick, Richard, 
Jonathan and Bruce) who provided me  such valuable data and advice on this 
question I asked. Very  enlightening.

The vehicle I wish to transport is my old Chevy  Blazer.  It's 39 years 
old, quirky, rusty, the suspension/steering is a  bit loose, and it has no air 
conditioning. It would be an arduous trip, to say  the least, to drive it. I 
was going to do it, but I'm thinking that gas and  lodging would probably 
cost as much as a shipper. Not to mention that I would  have to go back to 
Seattle to get my car, so would require an extra trip (I'm  moving to AZ).

Why do I want to go to the trouble of getting it to AZ  in the first place, 
you ask? Well, it was my first vehicle; I purchased it  with my own money 
out of college. We grew up together you might say. It's been  sitting, 
rusting, for the last ten or 15 years, and I want to have it as a  retirement 
project. I want to restore it to its past glory.

So, Bruce,  thank you for your generous offer. I will be contacting you off 
 list.

Regards,
Steve Nervig


On Aug 4, 2010, at 9:55 AM,  Dean Slone wrote:


> Right Bruce,

>  

> With Steve  shipping Seattle to Phoenix he should have his order snapped 

up quickly.  

>  

> If he was in Lake City, MN and shipping to  Southbridge, Mass then it 

might take a wee bit of time to place the  order.  From remote locals and to 
remote locals you are sometimes reduced  to dropping off and/or picking up 
your vehicle at shipping points.  Then  you have logistics and time and storage 
(aughhhhhhhh) to deal  with.

>  

> Good luck Steve, ... you are getting good advice  and a great offer from 

Bruce.

>  

>  Dean


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