Yes, but GM made NO effort to correct problems that existed for years (e.g. the high speed blower switch). Badge engineering and decals seems to be their forte.
Tom Potter -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Hargrave Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 7:28 AM To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' Subject: Re: [MBZ] Falcon I've scanned through all of these "Ford / GM" complaints and they are complaints of cars made in the 60's, including Mercedes!!! I guess no-one's had a 60's Mercedes with the crumbling climate control levers? Or a 114 / 115 body Mercedes with a failed blower motor? I could go on and on and on......... Thanks, Tom Hargrave 256-656-1924 www.kegkits.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 5:54 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Falcon Ned said "My brother and II drove a '63 Falcon for a couple of years. When the weather was really cold, the speedometer would peg and squeal until the dash thoroughly warmed up." My 240D did that last winter until I messed with it...and yes it is a Ford not a GM product/Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "ned kleinhenz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes List" <Mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 4:53 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Falcon >> And don't forget the little resistive coil inside the blower box that >> would fail for no apparent reason, on the coldest day of the year, while >> driving to work on the freeway, and cause the blower to fail to blow the >> defroster which failed to defrost the window and froze you while you >> could not see anything, causing you to take the whole system apart that >> dark cold afternoon at work with no proper tools, and trying to find out >> what was wrong, on the coldest day after coldest night of the year. >> Fine engineering. > > Uh - friends, The Falcon was a FORD product, not GM.. > > My brother and II drove a '63 Falcon for a couple of years. > When the weather was really cold, the speedometer would peg and squeal > until > the dash thoroughly warmed up. > > And I do consider that Falcon blower system good engineering. > The blower on my 124 failed in a similar manner, and there is no way in > hell > I could fix it in my employer's parking lot with no proper tools. > > Ned Kleinhenz > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
