[W124] [Mercedes] I'm sticking with my current MB for a while, so a new and challenging question

[rycstch at bellsouth.net]

I'm selling my 1991 300CE coupe with 221K miles.  I've owned it for over 12 
years (2nd owner) and have a stack of maintenance and repair history 
totalling over $28,000 during my ownership period.  Car is Black with 
Palomino and has the factory Sportline suspension installed.

Car has lived it's entire life in Georgia (no rust!) Looking for $6,100.

Only reason for selling is I picked up a W124 wagon to haul our new baby 
around.

Steve Chapman
"Chappy"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Nervig" <dakota at mac.com>
To: "Alec Cordova" <benzaholic at gmail.com>
Cc: "w124 List" <w124list at mbcoupes.com>; "Mercedes Mailing List" 
<mercedes at mercedesmailinglist.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: [W124] [Mercedes] I'm sticking with my current MB for a 
while,so a new and challenging question



> On Dec 20, 2007, at 12:40 PM, Alec Cordova wrote:

>

>> I didn't get that 1980 300SD on eBay, but I did get something

>> interesting out of my 89 300CE the other day.

>>

>> The climate control air recirculation button, up on the dash with the

>> rear defrost and rear light buttons, started blinking at a consistent

>> rate, somewhere around half as fast as my turn signals blink. What the

>> heck does this mean?

>>

>> Car is an 89 300CE (US model) with 231K miles. Climate control only

>> partially works. I get decent temperature control, but the fan doesn't

>> work, and the system has virtually no control of the vents. Ram air

>> comes through the side vents, the defrost vents, and the floor vents,

>> although I do seem to get a little more from the floor vents when I

>> select bilevel A/C instead of just Econ mode.

>>

>> It got warm again here in central Texas just a week or two ago (low

>> 80s), and I heard a cyclical snapping sound from behind the dash

>> (slightly toward the passenger side?) that could have been the ACC

>> trying to change the air routing, but with no success. It was at least

>> a week after that event, which has not recurred, that I got the

>> flashing recirc button, and it happened while driving home in the

>> evening, so the system was in heating mode. While flashing, the air

>> coming from the side and defrost vents _almost_ felt a little hotter

>> than usual, and it may have been coming out of the defrost vents more

>> than usual, although I rarely feel up there to see how much air comes

>> through.

>>

>> Selecting the Off switch on ACC did not stop the flashing. It was gone

>> the next morning when I started the car, and it has not yet returned.

>>

>> Anybody know the answer, other than just guessing that my climate

>> control pushbutton unit had a minor stroke?

>>

>> Thanks,

>> Alec Cordova

>> Taylor, Texas

>> 89 300CE, 231K

>

> Alex, I found this thread pertaining to the W126, but the systems are 

> similar. Not real sure if it answers the question:

> <http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w126-s-se-sec-sel-sd-sdl-class/1310594-why-my-air-recirculation-switch-blinking.html

> >

>

> This link seems a bit more definite - suggest low voltage (alternator 

> brushes?), but also suggesting that you have connected a diagnostic  tool 

> (hmmm):

> <http://mercedesshop.com/shopforum/showthread.php?p=1657902>

>

> I have read about a similar situation with seat heater switches - 

> blinking LED means not enough voltage.

>

> How are your brushes?

>

> Regards,

> Steve

> 1992 300CE Sportline

>

>

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