Yesterday I decided to do a routine LOF on SWMBO's nice '82 240D , that went very quickly & easily so I decided to have a gander at the central locking system that's been slow for a long time & pretty much stopped this winter .
In a trice I had the passenger side door apart and the trunk too , I found bad vacuum hoses (hard) and leaky trunk & gas flap vacuum actuators plus the rubber 'Y' connectors in the truck easily slid off the plastic tubes , this indicates they're well past their expiration date so I ordered up new ones and plugged the leaky sides of the two vacuum actuators and Lo ! the central locking now works great again .
All the vacuum leaks out within five minutes of shut down so I'm hoping the 'Y' connectors will help there , there at at least two more under the carpet so I ordered up _eight_ of them and will use the remainder on my '84 Coupe .
I also ordered up a new Master Valve and will soon install it as the driver's door inside handle (the aster Vacuum valve is inside the driver's door) is wobbly and she'd complained about that before , I might as well fix that whilst I have the door opened up .
I have a boxful of vacuum actuators in the trunk of my Coupe (far away of course) that *might* be the correct ones to fix this 240D , we'll see . I collected them for my Coupe but keeping SWMBO's daily driver fixed is a bit more important IMO .
It's the " Might As Wells " that turn a simple LOF into an all day ordeal .
OTOH , they're also *extremely* rewarding and why some enthusiast's vehicles are so pleasant to drive or ride in.....
I've been Mechanicing since I was in short pants and after all these years I still love the satisfaction I get from fixing the little things .
-Nate
(Who's 1976 GMC truck is going bye-bye to-morrow and it will be sorely missed as it now has all the " good stuff ")
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