The center pot metal pivot for the big spring is what broke in both of my crank windows. I made a new one out of steel (don't remember how) and that fixed it. The one time I had to repair an electric window was when something jambed and the motor bent parts in the regulator in the drivers door of the 450SLC. A new regulator fixed that. I suppose that I replaced or cleaned a few switches along the way, but considered that routine maintenance.
On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 4:47 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The only things that break with crank windows is if the gear wears out, > or if the Nylon slider breaks (usually about 20-25 years old. > With elevtric windows, there are LOTS of ways they break: gear wears > out, Nylon slider breaks, switches crap out often, (there are at least 6 > of them), the motor craps out, the wires break in the door joint, and more. > > I've had the opposite experience. I've spent almost as much time/money > on electric windows as I have on ACCIII. > I would rank the problems in terms of repair cost for MBs with ACCIII as > this: > > Highest cost/mile > 1. ACCIII > 2. Electric windows > 3. Suspension > 4. All other engine transmission repairs. > > THis is why I get excited about a 300D or any 124 or 126 Diesel with > left and right heat controls. Aside from the obviously substantially > lower cost of maintaining the manual heating controls, you also get > separate LEFT AND RIGHT heater controls! With this system, all is right > with the MB world, and you get to drive more and spend less! In the biz > world, that is called WIN/WIN. > > Don, you just got lucky! > > My ideal car would be a 300D turbo with a 5 speed, manual heat controls, > sunroof, and dual control window winders (electric with manual cranks > too, so when the electric does not work, you can crank the motor > manually to operate the window.) > > OK Don via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > November 23, 2018 at 4:30 PM > > I had to repair hand crank windows in both MBs I had with them, but only > > one electric window in the 6 or more MBs with those. I thought the > > electrical windows would be more trouble prone, but I proved myself > wrong. > > _______________________________________ > 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
