[MBZ] “Runaway Diesel” back again -- 1985 Mercedes-Benz E-Class E 300TD Sedan 4D,$5,500

2021-11-03 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
stupit money for a project car https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1278700532576483 -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] Runaway

2012-06-02 Thread RELNGSON
> ...Key off anyone???  Run away car try turning the key off... or put > transmission in neutral... then brakes... let the engine blow up.. so > what much less painful than hitting the concrete barrier at > "Mach-a-lot"... > I suggest you reread the report in re: the runaway new Lexus acci

Re: [MBZ] Runaway Diesel! Or How I Survived A Stuck Throttle

2010-04-06 Thread Dieselhead
, 2010 1:03 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Runaway Diesel! Or How I Survived A Stuck Throttle Did you call the highway patrol and get them to come and get in front of you to slow you down while going off, then call all the lamestream TV networks and scream "Unintended Acceler

Re: [MBZ] Runaway Diesel! Or How I Survived A Stuck Throttle

2010-04-06 Thread Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC, 53310
: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Runaway Diesel! Or How I Survived A Stuck Throttle Did you call the highway patrol and get them to come and get in front of you to slow you down while going off, then call all the lamestream TV networks and scream "Unintended Acceleration" ?

Re: [MBZ] Runaway Diesel! Or How I Survived A Stuck Throttle

2010-04-06 Thread Rich Thomas
Did you call the highway patrol and get them to come and get in front of you to slow you down while going off, then call all the lamestream TV networks and scream "Unintended Acceleration" ? Dude, you could have a new CDI in the driveway! --R On 4/6/2010 12:52 PM, Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAW

[MBZ] Runaway Diesel! Or How I Survived A Stuck Throttle

2010-04-06 Thread Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC, 53310
Dieselvolk, You may remember a couple weeks ago I 'fixed' my cruise control. During a test drive, on a long steep downhill, she stopped responding to CC stalk inputs and kept accelerating. I stepped on the brakes, thinking that would cancel the tempomat, but when I let off the car picked up spee

Re: [MBZ] runaway 300SDL, diesels CAN smoke the tires

2005-09-28 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
didnt think of that, will see if I can find one of the appropriate length. Alex Chamberlain wrote: Better yet, replace them with metal parts from an older car. Epoxying the plastic balljoints only postpones the inevitable. I hate all that plastic crap in the throttle/IP/cruise/etc linkages on

Re: [MBZ] runaway 300SDL, diesels CAN smoke the tires

2005-09-28 Thread David Brodbeck
Richard Smith wrote: You mean the tires aren't supposed to smoke when you floor it?!? I get smoke, but it ain't from the tires. ;) I did have one amusing incident on a rainy day, before I adjusted the ALDA. I was turning left out of a driveway, across two lanes of traffic and a center tu

Re: [MBZ] runaway 300SDL, diesels CAN smoke the tires

2005-09-28 Thread Alex Chamberlain
Better yet, replace them with metal parts from an older car. Epoxying the plastic balljoints only postpones the inevitable. I hate all that plastic crap in the throttle/IP/cruise/etc linkages on the 603. It's an accident waiting to happen---when something breaks in there, either you get full thr

Re: [MBZ] runaway 300SDL, diesels CAN smoke the tires

2005-09-28 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
uh, no Richard Smith wrote: You mean the tires aren't supposed to smoke when you floor it?!? On 9/27/05, OK Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hmmm - sounds like another possible pre-emptive parts replacement order from Rusty -- -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 87 30

Re: [MBZ] runaway 300SDL, diesels CAN smoke the tires

2005-09-28 Thread Richard Smith
You mean the tires aren't supposed to smoke when you floor it?!? On 9/27/05, OK Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hmmm - sounds like another possible pre-emptive parts replacement > order from Rusty -- > > On 9/27/05, Zeitgeist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I used epoxy to fix the plastic ball j

Re: [MBZ] runaway 300SDL, diesels CAN smoke the tires

2005-09-28 Thread OK Don
Hmmm - sounds like another possible pre-emptive parts replacement order from Rusty -- On 9/27/05, Zeitgeist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I used epoxy to fix the plastic ball joints on > the sliding linkage between the IP and CC servo bracket. > > On 9/27/05, Kaleb C. Striplin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [MBZ] runaway 300SDL, diesels CAN smoke the tires

2005-09-28 Thread Zeitgeist
You CAN access every bit of the linkage with the manifold in situ, but patience is required. I've fiddled with these items far more times than I care to recall. I used epoxy to fix the plastic ball joints on the sliding linkage between the IP and CC servo bracket. On 9/27/05, Kaleb C. Striplin <[

Re: [MBZ] runaway 300SDL, diesels CAN smoke the tires

2005-09-28 Thread shustew
Hate it when that happens. bill s So Regina calls and says that the SDL all the sudden started accelerating out of control. So I head back to check out the situation. Apparantly the linkage to the IP broke(looks like plastic) and stuck the IP to full open throttle. I mean FULL open. So I

[MBZ] runaway 300SDL, diesels CAN smoke the tires

2005-09-28 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
So Regina calls and says that the SDL all the sudden started accelerating out of control. So I head back to check out the situation. Apparantly the linkage to the IP broke(looks like plastic) and stuck the IP to full open throttle. I mean FULL open. So I start it up, slam it into reverse a