Re: [MBZ] 124 rear headrest
Interesting. You had just enough "stored" vacuum to trip the latch actuators. (They run off engine vacuum, not a separate pump like the locks.) On 1/13/06, OK Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Snook mailed the owners manual, which I received today, and the first > thing I looked up was the rear headrests. The manual states that they > will fold back when you push the button "(when the engine is running)" > - the parens are theirs. So we tried it tonight - after parking the > car, killed the engine, tried the button, and it worked - with the > engine off. Go figure. > > On 1/12/06, Alex Chamberlain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Exactly. Mine too, and regardless of the velocity vector of the car. > > OK Don's are broken somehow, I think. > > > > Alex Chamberlain > > '87 300D Turbo > > > > On 1/12/06, wilton strickland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Mine falls back with resounding THUMP. > > > > > > Wilton > > > > -- > OK Don, KD5NRO > Norman, OK > '90 300D 243K, '87 300SDL 290K, '81 240D 173K, '78 450SLC 67K, '97 > Ply Grand Voyager 78K > > ___ > http://www.striplin.net > 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://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net >
Re: [MBZ] 124 rear headrest
Snook mailed the owners manual, which I received today, and the first thing I looked up was the rear headrests. The manual states that they will fold back when you push the button "(when the engine is running)" - the parens are theirs. So we tried it tonight - after parking the car, killed the engine, tried the button, and it worked - with the engine off. Go figure. On 1/12/06, Alex Chamberlain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Exactly. Mine too, and regardless of the velocity vector of the car. > OK Don's are broken somehow, I think. > > Alex Chamberlain > '87 300D Turbo > > On 1/12/06, wilton strickland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mine falls back with resounding THUMP. > > > > Wilton -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK '90 300D 243K, '87 300SDL 290K, '81 240D 173K, '78 450SLC 67K, '97 Ply Grand Voyager 78K
Re: [MBZ] 124 rear headrest
Exactly. Mine too, and regardless of the velocity vector of the car. OK Don's are broken somehow, I think. Alex Chamberlain '87 300D Turbo On 1/12/06, wilton strickland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mine falls back with resounding THUMP. > > Wilton > > ___ > http://www.striplin.net > 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://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net >
[MBZ] 124 rear headrest
Mine falls back with resounding THUMP. Wilton
Re: [MBZ] 124 rear headrest
I'll have to test with a helper some time -- seems like it's releasing, but not falling back, but I can't tell yet On 1/12/06, Alex Chamberlain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/11/06, OK Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mine won't fall back by just pushing the button. I have to be moving - > > I guess it needs the vibration to overcome inertia > > Vacuum leak, maybe? Just enough more vacuum is "generated" when the > engine is above idle speed to trip the solenoids??? > > Alex Chamberlain > '87 300D Turbo > -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK '90 300D 243K, '87 300SDL 290K, '81 240D 173K, '78 450SLC 67K, '97 Ply Grand Voyager 78K
Re: [MBZ] 124 rear headrest
On 1/11/06, OK Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mine won't fall back by just pushing the button. I have to be moving - > I guess it needs the vibration to overcome inertia Vacuum leak, maybe? Just enough more vacuum is "generated" when the engine is above idle speed to trip the solenoids??? Alex Chamberlain '87 300D Turbo
Re: [MBZ] 124 rear headrest
On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 08:21:35PM -0600, OK Don wrote: > Mine won't fall back by just pushing the button. I have to be moving - > I guess it needs the vibration to overcome inertia > I'd push them, but can't reach them at the same time I push the button. The 87 300D has a slight delay upon pushing the button, FWIW - it is not instantaneous. K
Re: [MBZ] 124 rear headrest
Mine won't fall back by just pushing the button. I have to be moving - I guess it needs the vibration to overcome inertia I'd push them, but can't reach them at the same time I push the button. > Wilton, > IIRC you just use the switch on the dash and they fold themselves back > down. > > Johnny B > I Mac Therefore I am -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK '90 300D 243K, '87 300SDL 290K, '81 240D 173K, '78 450SLC 67K, '97 Ply Grand Voyager 78K
Re: [MBZ] 124 rear headrest
Wilton, On my '93 124 there's a button on the dash that will drop the headrests, I think only when the ignition is on... Lee > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of wilton strickland > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 2:50 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [MBZ] 124 rear headrest > > While trying to find "easy" route for a charging cable for my > electric mobility scooter in the trunk of my 87 300D/124, I > rotated one of the rear headrests to the "up-and-in-use" > position. Both headrests have been in stowed position in > recesses in hat shelf since I got car yr and half ago. > How can I release the raised one to lay it back in the recess. > > Wilton > > > ___ > http://www.striplin.net > 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://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > >
[MBZ] 124 rear headrest
While trying to find "easy" route for a charging cable for my electric mobility scooter in the trunk of my 87 300D/124, I rotated one of the rear headrests to the "up-and-in-use" position. Both headrests have been in stowed position in recesses in hat shelf since I got car yr and half ago. How can I release the raised one to lay it back in the recess. Wilton
