Doubt it, but if they did there would probably be a charge. Those cars didn’t get restored for free…
-D > On Mar 22, 2020, at 4:01 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > ATTABOY! > > I wonder if the Classic Center has a help line for tech support to assist > with diagnoses on older MBs > > On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 10:26 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Yeah I gotta dig into it more >> >> --FY >> Sent from iPhone >> >>> On Mar 21, 2020, at 8:49 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Just because the pump ran does not mean it is good. The Das tests will >> usually tell you exactly what the issue is. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Mar 21, 2020, at 7:25 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I decided today to go spend some time trying to figure out why this >> $500E500 is all squatted down. I took off the air pump to check it out >> (which I need not have done, but I wanted to see if it was banged up from >> the off-road excursion. It was fine. >>>> >>>> Turns out it was getting no electrons. FUSE was fine. A bit of research >> showed there is a relay in the electrical box. Pulled that and tested it, >> seemed to be kaput (0 ohms) across the actuation contacts. So I jumpered >> the 12V contacts and it ran!!! So the relay is bad. >>>> >>>> I had the car off the ground, wheels dangling but it didn’t seem to >> pump up any struts. There was air coming out of the intake side. This might >> indicate blown o-rings maybe so it might need a rebuild. >>>> >>>> I put the computer on and did a diagnostic on the airmatic after I >> dropped it back down. It had a bunch of codes, one being the solenoid which >> I guess controls air going out? A couple of the struts which are not >> totally collapsed were showing 5+bar pressure which is about a third of >> what they are supposed to be. The other two were much lower. I tried to run >> pressurization on each strut but I think it needs to be off the ground, or >> if the air is not actually being solenoided out I guess it won’t work. >>>> >>>> Got dark and late so I came in. I’ll have to dig into it a bit more. >>>> >>>> Oh, I disconnected the 2 rear air lines at the pump distribution block >> and put compressed air in them while the car was off the ground but no >> change. Maybe there’s some other logic or components in the system they >> won’t allow that , I don’t know. I’ll research it all more. >>>> >>>> --R >>>> Sent from iPhone >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> 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 > _______________________________________ 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
