In my 300td, of which I owned two, the actuator and the amplifier both needed replacing.
On Tue, Aug 15, 2023, 8:06 PM dan penoff.com via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Funny, I rarely had cruise issues in both W123 and W126 cars. When I did > it was almost always an amp in need of recapping and reflowing. There was a > guy on BanzWhirled (I think) that was rebuilding them at one time, I think > I bought the only (rebuilt) amp I’ve ever purchased for the BaT W123/300D. > > -D > > > On Aug 15, 2023, at 7:33 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >> What's the difference? They failed over time and were not repairable > despite the cigarette butt workaround. > >>> W123 tachometer design was one of the worst failings of Mercedes in > the 80s. > >> The design was excellent. The mechanical implementation/packaging was > not. > > > > Same as with the cruise control. The design is excellent, and if you > fix the mechanical > > and component vendor problems (crystallized solder joints, Frako > electrolytic capacitors) > > the subsystem will/would work perfectly for the life of the car. > > > > In practice it might as well be a crappy design, if you can't fix things > at the component > > and assembly level, but it's not. If you _are_ handy with a soldering > iron and etc., you > > can fix the thing for free and it lasts forever. Or pay someone like > Programma do the > > same thing. For a modest price. > > > > Now, the Type-II ACC _is_ a crappy design, and no amount of patching > will make it any > > better. The best solution there is to replace it with an equivalent, > but better, design. > > That is not cheap, but it is effective. > > > > As an engineer, these distinctions matter to me. > > > > -- Jim > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > 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
