Re: [MBZ] 123 coupe electrical confusion

2008-01-13 Thread Luther
At the MBCA tech gathering yesterday, it was suggested that there probably is a 
bad trace or ground on the cluster circuit board.  There was a broken ground 
that we resoldered last time the cluster was out, the fuse hasn't "blown" since 
then, but it has been flaky.  I'm gonna pull the cluster back out and carefully 
look at it.

Luther

On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:58:39 -0600, Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>> The fuse is currently not blown but does have some evidence of being
>> hot on one end.  See the pictures (+1MB each) of each end of the fuse.
>
> Those are shot.  You seriously need to burnish the contacts
> INSIDE the fuse box, they're inducing heating.  If it was heat
> due to normal current the fuse itself would blow, this is heat
> in the contacts.
>
> Disconnect battery.  Use Dremel with wire brush.
>
> -- Jim
>
>



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Re: [MBZ] 123 coupe electrical confusion

2008-01-12 Thread Jim Cathey
> The fuse is currently not blown but does have some evidence of being 
> hot on one end.  See the pictures (+1MB each) of each end of the fuse.

Those are shot.  You seriously need to burnish the contacts
INSIDE the fuse box, they're inducing heating.  If it was heat
due to normal current the fuse itself would blow, this is heat
in the contacts.

Disconnect battery.  Use Dremel with wire brush.

-- Jim


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Re: [MBZ] 123 coupe electrical confusion

2008-01-12 Thread Luther
I forgot the link. http://www.gulseth.net/fuse_ends/

Luther

On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:06:02 -0600, Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> The fuse is currently not blown but does have some evidence of being hot on 
> one end.  See the pictures (+1MB each) of each end of the fuse.
>
> Luther
>
> On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:35:34 -0600, Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> You are correct.  It has blown 3 fuses, and I thought the most recent
>> outage was
>> also a fuse.  Then it came back on without me changing the fuse.   That
>> is where
>> my confusion lies.
>>
>>
>
>
>



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Re: [MBZ] 123 coupe electrical confusion

2008-01-12 Thread Luther
The fuse is currently not blown but does have some evidence of being hot on one 
end.  See the pictures (+1MB each) of each end of the fuse.

Luther

On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:35:34 -0600, Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> You are correct.  It has blown 3 fuses, and I thought the most recent
> outage was
> also a fuse.  Then it came back on without me changing the fuse.   That
> is where
> my confusion lies.
>
>



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Re: [MBZ] 123 coupe electrical confusion

2008-01-12 Thread Luther
You are correct.  It has blown 3 fuses, and I thought the most recent 
outage was
also a fuse.  Then it came back on without me changing the fuse.   That 
is where
my confusion lies. 


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Quoting Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

>> So, the dash lights, RF corner markerlight, and right tail light all
>> decided to
>> work about 2 minutes into my drive to work tonight.  G.  How does
>> a flaky
>> rheostat cause the right marker/tail lights to not work?
>
> Doesn't.  I thought you said a fuse blew and all those
> things didn't work after that. 
>
> -- Jim
>
>



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Re: [MBZ] 123 coupe electrical confusion

2008-01-11 Thread Jim Cathey
> So, the dash lights, RF corner markerlight, and right tail light all
> decided to
> work about 2 minutes into my drive to work tonight.  G.  How does 
> a flaky
> rheostat cause the right marker/tail lights to not work?

Doesn't.  I thought you said a fuse blew and all those
things didn't work after that.

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Re: [MBZ] 123 coupe electrical confusion

2008-01-11 Thread Luther
I'll do that next time the car is stationaryI'm not into leaning 
low enough
to grasp the headlight switch wiring harness while I'm driving. :)

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Quoting Craig McCluskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:21:15 -0600 "Luther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I've wiggled the headlight switch while driving for miles.  No change. 
>
> Did you wiggle the wiring harness that connects to the headlight switch?
>
>
> Craig
>



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Re: [MBZ] 123 coupe electrical confusion

2008-01-11 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:21:15 -0600 "Luther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I've wiggled the headlight switch while driving for miles.  No change. 

Did you wiggle the wiring harness that connects to the headlight switch?


Craig

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Re: [MBZ] 123 coupe electrical confusion

2008-01-11 Thread Luther
I've wiggled the headlight switch while driving for miles.  No change. 

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Quoting Craig McCluskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:28:54 -0600 "Luther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> So, the dash lights, RF corner markerlight, and right tail light all
>> decided to
>> work about 2 minutes into my drive to work tonight.  G.  How does a
>> flaky rheostat cause the right marker/tail lights to not work?
>
> Maybe a flakey headlight switch, or loose connections on it?
>
>
> Craig
>



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Re: [MBZ] 123 coupe electrical confusion

2008-01-11 Thread OK Don
Since you cleaned the fuse holders, perhaps the connection from the
wiring harness to the fuse holder is corroded / loose?

On Jan 11, 2008 11:00 PM, Craig McCluskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:28:54 -0600 "Luther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > So, the dash lights, RF corner markerlight, and right tail light all
> > decided to
> > work about 2 minutes into my drive to work tonight.  G.  How does a
> > flaky rheostat cause the right marker/tail lights to not work?
>
> Maybe a flakey headlight switch, or loose connections on it?

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Re: [MBZ] 123 coupe electrical confusion

2008-01-11 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:28:54 -0600 "Luther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> So, the dash lights, RF corner markerlight, and right tail light all 
> decided to
> work about 2 minutes into my drive to work tonight.  G.  How does a
> flaky rheostat cause the right marker/tail lights to not work?

Maybe a flakey headlight switch, or loose connections on it?


Craig

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Re: [MBZ] 123 coupe electrical confusion

2008-01-11 Thread Luther
So, the dash lights, RF corner markerlight, and right tail light all 
decided to
work about 2 minutes into my drive to work tonight.  G.  How does a flaky
rheostat cause the right marker/tail lights to not work?

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Quoting Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

>> So, tonight I fire up my car, and no dash lights etc.  BLEH!!!  Part
>> the
>> way through my drive they started working.  Change from last night?  It
>> was more than 70 degrees last night, now it's barely 40 Could this
>> be
>> temp related??  ARGH!!
>
> Sounds like your basic flakey dashboard dimmer rheostat. 
>
> -- Jim
>
>



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Re: [MBZ] 123 coupe electrical confusion

2008-01-09 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 18:17:48 -0500 "Glenn Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> ... Jim C. suggested off-list that this could be caused by dirty
> contacts in the 4way flasher switch.  Well, success, success, I removed
> the 4way flasher switch, opened it up and the contacts were rather ugly
> looking, so I cleaned 'em with a Scotch-Brite, applied a small amount of
> conductive grease to all the contacts as well as the connecting pins,
> and reassembled the switch and all is working correctly again.

I've heard that disassembling the switch inside a plastic bag is a good
idea to contain all the (flying) parts.


Craig

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Re: [MBZ] 123 coupe electrical confusion

2008-01-09 Thread Fmiser
> Well, success, success, I removed the
> 4way flasher switch, opened it up and the contacts were rather
> ugly looking, so I cleaned 'em with a Scotch-Brite, applied a
> small amount of conductive grease to all the contacts as well
> as the connecting pins, and reassembled the switch and all is
> working correctly again. Thanx Jim.
> 
> G. M. Brown

Be careful of using conductive grease inside something like
that. It can conduct where you don't want it to.

Plain, ordinary non-conductive grease works quite well. It
prevents oxygen for oxidizing the metals, so their conductance
stays good.

The grease shouldn't be so thick that it is stronger than the
contacts springs. I often use lithium white grease for such
stuff.

-- Philip

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[MBZ] 123 coupe electrical confusion

2008-01-09 Thread Glenn Brown
I agree with Jim Cathey, as I recently performed the aluminum foil treatment
of the light piping channels for the instrument cluster suggested by Craig
McCluckey and my dash lights are indeed bright enough to dim approximately
1/3 of the way and are still brighter than they were prior to the aluminum
foil treatment.
On another subject, my turn signals and 4way flahers were behaving really
weird and Jim C. suggested off-list that this could be caused by dirty
contacts in the 4way flasher switch.  Well, success, success, I removed the
4way flasher switch, opened it up and the contacts were rather ugly looking,
so I cleaned 'em with a Scotch-Brite, applied a small amount of conductive
grease to all the contacts as well as the connecting pins, and reassembled
the switch and all is working correctly again.
Thanx Jim.

G. M. Brown
Brevard, NC
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Re: [MBZ] 123 coupe electrical confusion

2008-01-09 Thread Allan Streib
"archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Had that trouble with all my Mercedes.  Best solution I'v found is
> to put a jumper across the rheostat.  As dim as MB dash lights are
> in a 123, why would anyone want to turn them down?

I like my dash lights as dim as possible while still allowing me to
see the gauges.  I find bright dash gauges at night to be annoying and
hard on the eyes.

Allan
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Re: [MBZ] 123 coupe electrical confusion

2008-01-09 Thread Jim Cathey
> Had that trouble with all my Mercedes.  Best solution I'v found is to 
> put a
> jumper across the rheostat.  As dim as MB dash lights are in a 123, why
> would anyone want to turn them down?

After doing the aluminum foil light-pipe upgrade, the lights are
bright enough that you might want to dim them.  (And I recommend
a good cleaning of the number dial too, I used an alcohol swab.
Ugh, what grime!)

-- Jim


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Re: [MBZ] 123 coupe electrical confusion

2008-01-09 Thread archer
Had that trouble with all my Mercedes.  Best solution I'v found is to put a 
jumper across the rheostat.  As dim as MB dash lights are in a 123, why 
would anyone want to turn them down?
Gerry
.
> From: "Luther - laptop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> So, tonight I fire up my car, and no dash lights etc.  BLEH!!!  Part the
>> way through my drive they started working.  Change from last night?  It
>> was more than 70 degrees last night, now it's barely 40 Could this be
>> temp related??  ARGH!!
>>
>> Luther, with quotes from Charlie Brown and Garfield.
>>
>
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Re: [MBZ] 123 coupe electrical confusion

2008-01-09 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin, work
Your reostat is flaky

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- Original Message - 
From: "Luther - laptop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> So, tonight I fire up my car, and no dash lights etc.  BLEH!!!  Part the
> way through my drive they started working.  Change from last night?  It
> was more than 70 degrees last night, now it's barely 40 Could this be
> temp related??  ARGH!!
>
> Luther, with quotes from Charlie Brown and Garfield.
>


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Re: [MBZ] 123 coupe electrical confusion

2008-01-08 Thread Jim Cathey
> So, tonight I fire up my car, and no dash lights etc.  BLEH!!!  Part 
> the
> way through my drive they started working.  Change from last night?  It
> was more than 70 degrees last night, now it's barely 40 Could this 
> be
> temp related??  ARGH!!

Sounds like your basic flakey dashboard dimmer rheostat.

-- Jim


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Re: [MBZ] 123 coupe electrical confusion

2008-01-08 Thread Luther - laptop
So, tonight I fire up my car, and no dash lights etc.  BLEH!!!  Part the  
way through my drive they started working.  Change from last night?  It  
was more than 70 degrees last night, now it's barely 40 Could this be  
temp related??  ARGH!!

Luther, with quotes from Charlie Brown and Garfield.

On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:22:55 -0600, Luther - laptop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
wrote:

> It was once reported that my right markerlight flashed randomly.  A
> complete cleaning with dremel/deoxit was then completed.  Ugh, I LOVE
> looking for needles in a hay stack.  No wonder dispatchers hate me when I
> tell them that a wiring diagnosis could be a 30 minute fix or a 30 hour
> fix.
>
> Luther
>
> On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 01:44:58 -0600, Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
>>> Had that apart several weeks back and cleaned it with dexoit.  It was
>>> still in one piece and now dims across the full spectrum.  Other ideas?
>>
>> Those can be a real stinker to trace.  It's certainly worth pulling
>> the right-side light fixtures out and examining their connectors
>> and internal connections for oddities.
>>
>> -- Jim
>>
>>
>
>
>



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Re: [MBZ] 123 coupe electrical confusion

2008-01-08 Thread Luther - laptop
It was once reported that my right markerlight flashed randomly.  A  
complete cleaning with dremel/deoxit was then completed.  Ugh, I LOVE  
looking for needles in a hay stack.  No wonder dispatchers hate me when I  
tell them that a wiring diagnosis could be a 30 minute fix or a 30 hour  
fix.

Luther

On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 01:44:58 -0600, Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
wrote:

>> Had that apart several weeks back and cleaned it with dexoit.  It was
>> still in one piece and now dims across the full spectrum.  Other ideas?
>
> Those can be a real stinker to trace.  It's certainly worth pulling
> the right-side light fixtures out and examining their connectors
> and internal connections for oddities.
>
> -- Jim
>
>



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Re: [MBZ] 123 coupe electrical confusion

2008-01-07 Thread Jim Cathey
> Had that apart several weeks back and cleaned it with dexoit.  It was
> still in one piece and now dims across the full spectrum.  Other ideas?

Those can be a real stinker to trace.  It's certainly worth pulling
the right-side light fixtures out and examining their connectors
and internal connections for oddities.

-- Jim


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Re: [MBZ] 123 coupe electrical confusion

2008-01-07 Thread Luther - laptop
Had that apart several weeks back and cleaned it with dexoit.  It was  
still in one piece and now dims across the full spectrum.  Other ideas?

Luther

On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 23:51:43 -0600, Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
wrote:

>> The fuse for the right front markerlight, right tail light, dash
>> lights,
>> and headlight warning buzzer (key buzzer works fine) has blown 4 times
>> in
>> the last 6 months.
>
> I've seen a dimmer rheostat that came apart and managed to short
> out against something.  It obviously felt like a mess, though.
>
> -- Jim
>



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Re: [MBZ] 123 coupe electrical confusion

2008-01-07 Thread Jim Cathey
> The fuse for the right front markerlight, right tail light, dash 
> lights,
> and headlight warning buzzer (key buzzer works fine) has blown 4 times 
> in
> the last 6 months.

I've seen a dimmer rheostat that came apart and managed to short
out against something.  It obviously felt like a mess, though.

-- Jim


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[MBZ] 123 coupe electrical confusion

2008-01-07 Thread Luther - laptop
Subject car: '82 300CD
The fuse for the right front markerlight, right tail light, dash lights,  
and headlight warning buzzer (key buzzer works fine) has blown 4 times in  
the last 6 months.  The most recent time was about 3 weeks ago (or so I  
thought...).  Last night I opened my door and the buzzer sounded at me.   
WHAA?  Tonight all lights are working as intended.  I'm totally  
confused at this.  It's also dawned on me that my radio reception might be  
diminished when the dash/marker/tail system is not working.  It blows a  
brand new copper alloy fuse just as easily as the crappy aluminum fuses I  
am using until the problem is resolved.

Any ideas??  TIA all.

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Luther   KB5QHUAlma, Ark
'87 300SDL (272,xxx mi) head case
'85 Ford F250 6.9 diesel (x58,xxx mi)
'82 300CD (170 kmi)
'82 300D  (74 kmi) getting donor engine-sold
'85 300D (280,176) parts car sans engine

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