Funny, as I felt the same way the first time I sorted out the central locking on my 1979 300TD.
After doing so, I found it amusing that people struggled with sorting out the system, as it's so analog it's not funny. You just step through it, isolating one section at a time until you find the leak. Dan Sent from my iPad > On May 30, 2016, at 10:17 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Troubleshooting the vacuum system is probably my favorite automotive repair. > Its so rewarding when everything works as it should.The 240D I bought from > Dwight was the first car I'd ever done it on, that car would unlock all the > doors after sitting all night. > This reminds me, I should troubleshoot the system on my Jetta, its got a > massive leak somewhere above the driver's legs. The system on that car is > similar to a 201, vacuum with an electric pump. I changed the pump already, > got it from Dave from Storage Wars "Yuuup!" > -Curt > > From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: Mercedes List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com> > Sent: Monday, May 30, 2016 6:24 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Chump the Stump - 1983 300TD wagon vacuum leak > > That’s the way to do it, just isolate a section one at a time. > Troubleshooting vacuum central locking is easy-peasy with a MityVac. > > Dan > >> On May 30, 2016, at 6:15 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >> Yes. I think you could confirm this by blocking of that line in the front >> of the car and also at either the fuel door or the hatch, and then apply >> Mityvac from the other line, testing from the back side. >> -- >> Max Dillon >> Charleston SC >> '87 300TD >> '95 E300 >> >>> On May 30, 2016 12:51:19 AM EDT, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> I am >>> thinking that there must be a crack in this locking line or in the >>> junction >>> where the line splits into two separate locking lines.. >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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 > > > > > _______________________________________ > 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
