[W126 Coupe] MBCOUPES Digest, Vol 74, Issue 7
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THANKS FOR THE INFO, MARKUS.
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1. Re: MBCOUPES Digest, Vol 74, Issue 5 (Markus Meyer)
2. Cleaning fuel injectors (kashella at comcast.net)
3. Re: Cleaning fuel injectors (Josh Allen)
4. Re: Cleaning fuel injectors (alal30319 at gmail.com)
5. Heater / AC blower assembly (samsisic at comcast.net)
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Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 12:43:18 -0400
From: Markus Meyer <markusfmeyer at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] MBCOUPES Digest, Vol 74, Issue 5
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Should be...both gen1. Most gen2 parts will also work, some are just
different like the fenders, but if you get both that match, you should be
fine. Same goes for interiors. Everything will work/fit, there are just
differences, many of them cosmetic.
Markus
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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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> 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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> Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 15:45:34 -0600
> From: "Scott Denton" <sdenton at customgarageworks.com>
> Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Heater / AC blower assembly
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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
>
>
>
>
> * (970) 481. 3513 mobile
>
> * (970) 622.0977 office
>
> * (866) 727.2431
>
> 7 (970) 622.0972
>
> *sdenton at customgarageworks.com
<mailto:622.*sdenton at customgarageworks.com>
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>
>
> _____
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> From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com
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> 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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> 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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Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 17:58:54 +0000 (UTC)
From: kashella at comcast.net
Subject: [W126 Coupe] Cleaning fuel injectors
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Do you use brake cleaner or carburator cleaner to clean the injectors?? I
know one place mentions brake cleaner and someone mentioned carb cleaner.
There is an article in the archives with step by step instructions on how
to remove and replace the fuel injectors that I printed off a year or so
ago.
Thanks,
Greg Kashella
1983 380SEC
kashella at comcast.net
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Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 11:12:46 -0700
From: Josh Allen <heyallen at null-ptr.net>
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Cleaning fuel injectors
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In this job, I'd think that either would work just as well.
-Josh
On 8/6/2010 10:58 AM, kashella at comcast.net wrote:
>
> Do you use brake cleaner or carburator cleaner to clean the
> injectors? I know one place mentions brake cleaner and someone
> mentioned carb cleaner.
>
> There is an article in the archives with step by step instructions on
> how to remove and replace the fuel injectors that I printed off a year
> or so ago.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Greg Kashella
>
> 1983 380SEC
>
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Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 13:50:22 -0500
From: "alal30319 at gmail.com" <alal30319 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Cleaning fuel injectors
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I use brake cleaner simply because it's a little more aggressive at
cleaning
the carb cleaner.
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Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 15:49:07 +0000 (UTC)
From: samsisic at comcast.net
Subject: [W126 Coupe] Heater / AC blower assembly
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Mike,
This just happened to my 88' 560... My mechanic said that it's almost
always the fan motor and not the regulator.
He was correct... I replaced the fan motor ($80.00) under the passenger
dash area and everything works great.
There is an access panel under the passenger dash area above the footwell.
Remove this and remove the plenum cover to the fan, I think 4 or 5 philips
screws.
Hopefully you are limber, have no back issues and have a flashlight you
cand hold in your mouth... ;-)
You need to be careful extracting the motor from the squirl cage fan
housing as the plastic gets brittle over time...
2 srews hold the motor to the fan housing and the squirl cage fan is press
fit to the motor knurled shaft.
Support the?drum of the fan on two blocks of wood and strike the fan shaft
with a suitable?punch. ?
I used a large philips screw driver and heavy hammer. Fewer, swift, crisp,
?fearless strikes is the way to go. :-)
Replace the new motor in exactly the same spot as the old one so the
electrical leads are in the proper position.
Good time to clean the fan plenum and electrostatic filter of leaves and
other debris.
However, before you do anything, check the fuses... One in the main fuse
box and another line fuse, 30A, for the blower motor specifically...
This is near the fuse box with a flip cover on it and two philips screws
holding the foil like aluminum fuse.
Good luck,
Sam
Message: 7
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 21:34:35 +0000 (UTC)
From: beyers555 at comcast.net
Subject: [W126 Coupe] Heater / AC blower assembly
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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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