Re: [MBZ] Embarassing fixes.

2009-08-10 Thread Mitch Haley
Alex Chamberlain wrote: On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 3:16 PM, tyler wrote: 5 foot sledge hammer, That sounds like a useful item to have with you if you expect to be in downtown LA at night A little cumbersome to swing under the car, though. ;) Some guys from Winnipeg wrote a song about that:

Re: [MBZ] Embarassing fixes.

2009-08-10 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 3:16 PM, tyler wrote: > 5 foot sledge hammer, That sounds like a useful item to have with you if you expect to be in downtown LA at night A little cumbersome to swing under the car, though. ;) Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For ne

Re: [MBZ] Embarassing fixes.

2009-08-10 Thread tyler
I've got an embarrassing fix- The other day I was "stuck" in downtown Los Angeles at night in my Volvo 740 Turbo wagon. The solenoid would only click- not turn the motor over, and to make matters worse I was parked too far from the curb on a busy street. Horns would blare as soon as I got the d

Re: [MBZ] Embarassing fixes.

2009-08-10 Thread winmutt
Oh I dont have a sig on here do I? From the boards: 1985 300D "It" Dark Anthracite Grey, 4spd Manual, Euro Bumpers+OEM Tow, Euro Hella 4, 15x7.5 ACT. Bilstein HDs. Vogtland Sport Springs 50mm drop, Muffler Delete Option. 15mm/26mm sway bars. SEC brakes. Gwagen 23cm clutch. I'm a southerner,

Re: [MBZ] Embarassing fixes.

2009-08-10 Thread andrew strasfogel
It would be nice if you (and many others) correctly used the word "lying" rather than the commonly mis-used "laying" and 2) informed us of the YEAR and MODEL of your car! Otherwise, great story! :) On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Mitch Haley wrote: > winmutt wrote: > > I started testing the

Re: [MBZ] Embarassing fixes.

2009-08-10 Thread Mitch Haley
winmutt wrote: I started testing the switch at the door and found the + signal dead on g+b wire. Tracked it down to just a dirty switch at the center console, another easy fix! Console switches, old fuses and bent regulators probably account for 95% of our power window problems. Mitch. __

[MBZ] Embarassing fixes.

2009-08-10 Thread winmutt
I have ignored 2 issues on my car for many moons now, sometimes failing starter and sometimes faling back window. I assumed the worst for both, sticky solenoid for the starter and bad wiring for the window. With the starter I would hit it with ye old 9 iron and it would start fine. The window s