Boy this even beats a Cathey morning. I am still fixin to go out & detail the black trim on my CD. On Sep 7, 2015 11:24 AM, "Dan Penoff via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> In an effort to address the remaining items on my list for the 94 S420, I > started in this morning around 8:30. > > First thing was to add a couple of resistors to the coolant temperature > sensor for the auxiliary fans. On the 95 and earlier W140 cars, there is a > sensor on the top front of the M119 engine that provides the setpoint (100 > C) for the turning on of the auxiliary fans. I added two 2.2k ohm > resistors in parallel to get the desired 1.1k ohm resistance to lower the > setpoint to around 92C. Of course the little plastic connector body pretty > much disintegrated when I attempted to disassemble it. Something for the > “list ‘o’ parts” to my dealer parts guy tomorrow. > > Next was the fuel filter. I wasn’t looking forward to this, as I really > hate working around gasoline, but…. > > This car has the dual fuel pump setup with the filter that uses > compression and banjo bolt fittings. Fortunately, everything was neat and > clean with no corrosion present. One of the clamp screws for holding the > filter and pumps in place was worn out, but with a good phillips bit and an > offset screwdriver I was able to get enough torque on it to break it loose. > > Filter and fittings all came loose without much effort. Go the caps form > the new filter on the old one pretty quick, so the amount of gas that came > out wasn’t bad, maybe half a cup or so. Got everything in place, tightened > up and tested with no leaks. Put the cover back on and done. > > I did find something on the old filter that shocked me a bit when I saw > it. I didn’t notice this until after I had removed it and it was draining > in the pan: > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/x86sl4b6oab7l2g/S420%20Filter.JPG?dl=0 < > https://www.dropbox.com/s/x86sl4b6oab7l2g/S420%20Filter.JPG?dl=0> > > And now that the garage is cleared out and car work is pretty much done > for the weekend, I’m going to tear into my floor jack, I think. That’s > after I start the spouse’s birthday cake baking…. > > Dan > _______________________________________ > http://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 > > _______________________________________ http://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
