For the radio - could you connect a known good speaker to the output of the fader to verify that good vibes are making it that far before trying to pull the built in speakers?
A/C and ACC are the curse of modern (since the early '50s) cars . . . On Sun, Aug 6, 2017 at 12:53 AM, redghost--- via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > ... decided that the w201 need to have the high side port hidden under all > manner of inaccessible hoses and hot things? > > Neighbor has recently been having me look at his benz cars. I was able to > help with the W210 issues that were rather simple. He has a '90 201 that > has not had AC for a while and the radio (Becker ) is not making nice > sounds out of the speakers. Radio works fine from what I was able to see. > It finds stations, switches to WB and plays tapes. Just has crap for sound. > Fader was replaced, as was the radio at one time. Never played well since. > I removed the fader and gave it some needed contact cleaner. That did not > make it notably better sounding. It was too hot to remove the speakers, but > that would have required pulling the cluster. > > As for the AC, I was trying to at least pull a vacuum and see if it would > hold. My paws are just too huge to get access to the high side port under > all the hoses and hot engine. There was no way to screw on the manifold > hose. I had low side, but an hour of poking around just could not line up > the hose. Are the cars just meant to have a single charge? I could have > tried a vacuum on the low side, and then just charge without knowing if the > high would hold. > > clay > _______________________________________ > 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 > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ 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
