Congrats Dan, glad to heard you're behind the three pointed star again. One more thought about the radio... going with a high-end aftermarket radio with a compatible wiring harness will allow you to hold onto the radio much longer than you have the car. If you end up passing the W140 along in a few years, you can pull out the Becker/Blau etc and put the original back in, then use the radio in your next car. I do this over and over (and over). As long as the wiring is ok, its easy.
Jaime On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 10:13 PM, Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com> wrote: > Tarek and I were able to work out a deal this week, so I flew up to > Raleigh yesterday and drove the S500 home. Tarek's father was gracious > enough to pick me up at the airport and follow me to the NC DMV so I could > get a temp plate before I started south. Trip was uneventful and I was > resting in bed by 10:30 that evening. > > It got the full Mercedes Martha Stewart treatment today, which will > continue tomorrow after I am finished with a maintenance outage at work on > Sunday morning when we have to take an EVA down to replace some > controllers. New windshield and probably a set of tires coming this week. > A few minor things I'll address, but everything is working (at least as > far as I can tell! - this is a far more complex car than any other MB I've > owned!) and any repairs it might need are minor. > > In anticipation I have been trolling some of the MB forums and looking > over 140 related subject matter. > > Is there an online service manual like there is of the W124s? I could > sure use some service literature for my benefit, but I'm not finding much. > I need to replace some lamps in the ACC panels and troubleshoot a vacuum > door close assist actuator in the driver's door, so it would be nice to be > able to see the procedures before tearing in to things. > > Anybody want an analog phone? This car has the factory cell phone, but > it's pretty much dead weight these days. I would like to have the storage > space back for the controller, which is in the storage area above the > center ACC vents. I'm also curious as to how the inside of the console is > configured of you didn't have the phone - right now the handset takes up > about a third of the space next to the cup holders. > > I'm also struggling over the Becker 1492. While the sound system is fine > for me, I really want an aux input for my iPod. Not sure I want to do a > swap with Ed or go aftermarket. I'm concerned about the aesthetics if I > went aftermarket, and I am a purist who likes to keep things bone stock. > This is going to be a difficult decision. > > If anyone has any guidance on W140 web sites or resources, I'm all ears. > > It's good to be back. Just don't tell my Focus - I will miss filling up > once a week for under $40. > > Dan > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- Jaime Kopchinski http://www.jaimekop.com/ _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
