Hello thanks for letting me join the list . The question I have is how do you
adjust the vacuum valve on the injector pump that controls shift of tranny on
a 79 300SD I see now screw or nut other then the 2 that are inside the valve
itself
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That's funny.
All this reminds me of the freeing feeling I had with my '68 Dodge Coronet.
We stripped everything out that did not contribute to forward propulsion
(well, brakes and steering stayed - and a plastic seat or two). After almost
knocking out a girlfriend with fumes, I put in a piece of sheetmetal over
the heater core hole. That was back when I still had the original engine
with exhaust leak.
Maybe this is why I still am attracted to the more stripped-down cars.
Brian
83 240D
84 Saab 900 (supporting a foot or two of snow)
68 Coronet 500
On 3/7/07, andrew strasfogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Legend has it that Mercedes built a blower motor that nobody would buy, so
> they decided to build a W115 300D around it. The cars sold like hotcakes,
> but it was darned hard to get at the blower motor when it died.
>
>
>
> On 3/7/07, BillR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > At the end of a 2 hour attempt to pull a cotter pin on my '62 Alfa I was
> > ready to strangle any Italian or designer I could find - and being
> > somewhat
> > verbal about it. My roommate's visitor came by and took it rather
> > personally. He designed control panels for nuclear ships. He made
> > apologies for designers in general, but also tried to describe the
> > difficulty of getting every bolt and screw of every part to be easily
> > accessable. I think on the whole they do pretty well, but there are
> > always
> > a few troublesome items that are not discovered until built. Best you
> can
> > hope for is that they change it soon, and don't mess up something else
> in
> > the process.
> > BillR
> > Jacksonville FL
> > 1981 300SD 285k miles
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jim Cathey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 9:59 AM
> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] '75 300D on Craigslist - Portland, OR
> >
> >
> > >> This is the most disappointing thing I've heard yet about the
> > >> engineering of
> > >> these vehicles. Why such a blunder?
> > >
> > > They made a few, anything deep in the dash, in pretty much any car,
> > > is a royal PITA to get at.
> > >
> > >> Is this the worst thing about our Mercedes?
> > >
> > > On that one, yes. Oh, and the piston rings are a bit
> > > hard to get to as well.
> > >
> > >> The 123s are better on this I hope?
> > >
> > > Yes, blower replacement on 123, 126, and 107 is nearly trivial
> > > in comparison. The one saving grace about dead 114/115 fans is
> > > that the car actually has pretty good flow-through ventilation.
> > > Except for initial defrosting, or long stops at lights on very
> > > cold days, I never run the fan on mine at all.
> > >
> > >> One thing that makes me fond of a vehicle is the notion that every
> > >> detail
> > >> was intentionally designed with intelligence and for the good of the
> > >> user.
> > >
> > > Blower motors were not designed to be user-replaceable! Mostly it
> > > is (was?) as you say, but nobody bats 1000.
> > >
> > > I also have the sneaking suspicion that blower replacement on
> > > a non-AC 115 (such as the Frankenheap) is a _whole_ lot easier.
> > >
> > > -- Jim
> > >
> > >
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