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Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 12, 2018, at 8:17 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Some observations as I collect my thoughts tonight: > > Driving in limp home is easy-peasey. I really didn’t know what to expect, > however, when I was going down the road at 30 mph I was wondering why I was > revving to over 3000 rpm - than I remembered that the transmission wouldn’t > upshift at that level, so I backed off and sure enough, it shifted. > > Idle is high and sometimes rough. It doesn’t like to start sometimes. Hmm. > > Lower engine harness is definitely kaput. I had oil pressure - I didn’t have > oil pressure - then I did. > > I have never driven a W124 with tighter suspension than this car. It’s > definitely been rebuilt recently. Dang thing drives like it’s on rails. > > Noticed a small 4-5 conductor harness between the “coffin” and the false > firewall that has deteriorated to the point where someone has pulled the > wires apart to separate them. Hmm. Looks like they go into a round > connector of some sort that’s clipped or anchored to the back of the coffin > box. The ETA harness is definitely a new one. All of the engine covers are in > place and there’s absolutely no sign of any leaks or seepage. > > Interior is filthy as noted. I am often puzzled by the conundrum of why > someone would spend big bucks to maintain the mechanicals on a car yet treat > the interior like a pig sty. However, this will clean up nicely as will be > seen in a few days. > > Odometer is dead. Probably needs gears. Wonder how long it’s been that way? > > Did some piddly stuff tonight before I closed up. Pulled the BE1432 and > cleaned it up, popped the faceplate and cleaned connections, investigated the > reason for no volume down but having volume up - lousy design in the > mechanics of the button. All of the speakers work now (left side didn’t when > I got the car) as does the fader. Gotta love that DeOxIt fader cleaner! A > BE1432 faceplate exchange appears to be in my future. > > Pulled the roller box out of the console, center wood and ash tray. Cleaned > everything well and reinstalled. Replaced a burned out lamp in the ash tray > and reattached the wood trim surround. Spring and mechanism that makes > ashtray toggle open/closed is buggered up and can’t be fixed, so a new (used) > ashtray is in my future (anyone got a W124 ashtray they want to part with?) > The flat metal spring in the back of the ashtray assembly that pops the ash > receptacle out when you push the button had come out of the back where the > plastic had broken down around the rivet that secured it. New rivet with a > back up washer fixed that. > > Did a couple of test spots on the finish, and while it’s going to take some > work, it looks like it should recover well. A lot of little black spots all > over the car from something environmental, like a tree. They came off with > some Meguire’s 105 polish, which is good. > > Lots of lamps out. > > Trunk is tight and dry. > > Definitely needs a new ignition lock cylinder and keys. Everything works > fine, but they’re definitely the original keys based on the wear and > condition. I can’t get the car registered and titled until it’s drivable, > which means I can’t order keys or lock cylinders until then. > > I’m not sure what I’ll have time for tomorrow, maybe some paint recovery. At > least I’ll get the diagnostics connected to it and see what it says. Gotta > start putting my dealer parts order together for tomorrow. > > -D > _______________________________________ > 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
