[diesel_mercedes] Hey Tony re: your cruise control box WAS Re: 300D electrical gremlins

 

Was thinking there might be two brake switches. one for the lights and one for turning off the CC. On thinking about it why have two, the electrics for just one switch are pretty simple.
Tony

--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, Bobby Yates Emory <liberty1@...> wrote:
>
> From GDL's description, the only thing you need to check about the brake
> switch is the operation of brake lights. If the brake lights "light up"
> and go off, then the brake switch is not your problem.
>
> Bobby
>
> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:54 AM, Lost but making good time. <
> aldridgetony97@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > Jim, the 4way switch and the brake disconnect switch are the next two
> > items on my to do list. Gonna have to find the brake switch though, Any
> > clues as to where Mercedes might have hidden it?
> > Tont
> >
> >
> > --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "n61cm" <jim@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I don't know about taking the actuator apart, never heard of anyone
> > doing that. I am referring to the way it works on a W123, I forget what
> > kind of car you have, maybe yours is different. Actually, I think Peter at
> > gdl-online.com has posted a test procedure for it. I think he might
> > rebuild them, too, can't remember off hand. Don't know about
> > intermittent...that could be anything. Maybe the four-way switch is
> > iffy...?
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "Lost but making good time."
> > <aldridgetony97@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Jim, is the actuator a difficult maintenance item? I can have it apart
> > and take a look see if it aint too complex. The CC was working again
> > yesterday, so am thinking there is something intermittent either in the
> > harness connections, or in the actuator or amp box.
> > > > Have one month left in Mexico, then a few weeks in Yuma then a mad
> > dash to home. Sure be nice to have it sorted.
> > > > Tony
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "n61cm" <jim@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > If the cruise control actuator motor is bad, it will burn out the
> > amp box. The cruise control motor is the thingy under the hood connected to
> > throttle linkage. I wouldn't put another amp box in it unless/until I made
> > sure I had a good actuator motor. I have used gdl-online.com for overhaul
> > with great success.
> > > > >
> > > > > Jim
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "Lost but making good
> > time." <aldridgetony97@> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I think Tom is right, that is the cruise module, I swapped mine
> > for a PAP one and cruise worked better for a while. But it just failed
> > again. I have the old module apart, and cannot see any obvious damage,
> > someone said to solder the copper bar connections, would that help?
> > > > > > Cruise is important to me because of back issues.
> > > > > > Tony
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, audiolaw@ wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I believe that that is the infamous cruise control amplifier
> > module that
> > > > > > > ALWAYS fails.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Doesn't have anything to do with horn, lights, etc.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Tom
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > In a message dated 2/2/2012 5:34:21 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> > > > > > > alstheone@ writes:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > It's the small aluminum box with a tab on the top screwed to a
> > bracket
> > > > > > > just to the right of the parking brake mount under the dash. It
> > has 10 pins
> > > > > > > for the plug on the bottom. the P/N 001 545 52 32 is etched into
> > the face.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Toward freedom,
>
> Bobby Yates Emory
>

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Re: [diesel_mercedes] Hey Tony re: your cruise control box WAS Re: 300D electrical gremlins

 

From GDL's description, the only thing you need to check about the brake switch is the operation of brake lights.  If the brake lights "light up" and go off, then the brake switch is not your problem.

Bobby

On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:54 AM, Lost but making good time. <aldridgetony97@yahoo.com> wrote:
 

Jim, the 4way switch and the brake disconnect switch are the next two items on my to do list. Gonna have to find the brake switch though, Any clues as to where Mercedes might have hidden it?
Tont



--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "n61cm" <jim@...> wrote:
>
> I don't know about taking the actuator apart, never heard of anyone doing that. I am referring to the way it works on a W123, I forget what kind of car you have, maybe yours is different. Actually, I think Peter at gdl-online.com has posted a test procedure for it. I think he might rebuild them, too, can't remember off hand. Don't know about intermittent...that could be anything. Maybe the four-way switch is iffy...?
>
> Jim
>
>
> --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "Lost but making good time." <aldridgetony97@> wrote:
> >
> > Jim, is the actuator a difficult maintenance item? I can have it apart and take a look see if it aint too complex. The CC was working again yesterday, so am thinking there is something intermittent either in the harness connections, or in the actuator or amp box.
> > Have one month left in Mexico, then a few weeks in Yuma then a mad dash to home. Sure be nice to have it sorted.
> > Tony
> >
> >
> > --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "n61cm" <jim@> wrote:
> > >
> > > If the cruise control actuator motor is bad, it will burn out the amp box. The cruise control motor is the thingy under the hood connected to throttle linkage. I wouldn't put another amp box in it unless/until I made sure I had a good actuator motor. I have used gdl-online.com for overhaul with great success.
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
> > > --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "Lost but making good time." <aldridgetony97@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I think Tom is right, that is the cruise module, I swapped mine for a PAP one and cruise worked better for a while. But it just failed again. I have the old module apart, and cannot see any obvious damage, someone said to solder the copper bar connections, would that help?
> > > > Cruise is important to me because of back issues.
> > > > Tony
> > > >
> > > > --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, audiolaw@ wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I believe that that is the infamous cruise control amplifier module that
> > > > > ALWAYS fails.
> > > > >
> > > > > Doesn't have anything to do with horn, lights, etc.
> > > > >
> > > > > Tom
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > In a message dated 2/2/2012 5:34:21 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> > > > > alstheone@ writes:
> > > > >
> > > > > It's the small aluminum box with a tab on the top screwed to a bracket
> > > > > just to the right of the parking brake mount under the dash. It has 10 pins
> > > > > for the plug on the bottom. the P/N 001 545 52 32 is etched into the face.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>




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Re: [diesel_mercedes] OT: Key-hole gardening

 

On 2/6/2012 3:31 PM, BStromsoe wrote:

 
In the boonies, old pallets + iron posts = cheap fences. If you are really clever, you can do away with the iron posts.
 
brian from laverne, ca Mary (195K)  Martha (280K) 1983 w123 300d's
From: Trish Dougherty <purrfectharmonyfarm@wifi45.com>
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, February 6, 2012 10:21 AM
Subject: [diesel_mercedes] OT: Key-hole gardening

 
I know this is off topic...but there are so many of us that love to "live off the land" so to speak, that I wanted to share this article.  This is such a cool way to garden.  I'm going to use old pallets for my frame work since we have so many around here.  Happy gardening everyone!  

http://www.texascooppower.com/texas-stories/nature-outdoors/keyhole-gardening





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Are you sure that it's esthetically palletable?

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Re: [diesel_mercedes] OT: Key-hole gardening

 

In the boonies, old pallets + iron posts = cheap fences. If you are really clever, you can do away with the iron posts.
 
brian from laverne, ca Mary (195K)  Martha (280K) 1983 w123 300d's
From: Trish Dougherty <purrfectharmonyfarm@wifi45.com>
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, February 6, 2012 10:21 AM
Subject: [diesel_mercedes] OT: Key-hole gardening

 
I know this is off topic...but there are so many of us that love to "live off the land" so to speak, that I wanted to share this article.  This is such a cool way to garden.  I'm going to use old pallets for my frame work since we have so many around here.  Happy gardening everyone!  

http://www.texascooppower.com/texas-stories/nature-outdoors/keyhole-gardening





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PurrFect Harmony Farm
Ennis, TX
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[diesel_mercedes] Re : Which bushing to choose for '80 300SD? - NATE

 

Yeah Nate, that's what's gonna happen, go to a parts store and find a blister pack of bushings.

I got the bushing I ordered the other day.  When Kevin got home on the weekend he said it wasn't the right one!  ARRRGH!!! 

These days we can just snap a pic with a phone instead of taking a good long look and hoping we remember what it looks like! :) 

At least the p/s filter is the right one!

I'll be price comparing fluids this week.  I kept the truck this week.  Wed I plan to go to town, run errands and work on the car after 5pm.  I sure hope we can get it done by the end of the weekend. 

Soooo just for my information...if we had done this swap from a 123 instead of the 116 it came from, would we be having these issues with the fit of the CPR? 


On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 9:13 PM, Nate <vwnate1@yahoo.com> wrote:
 


Trish ;

Tom @ The Classic Center isn't going to know what bushing you need because you're assembling a Franken-Benz there....

There's two you're looking at , one on the shift linkage and the other on the pressure control rod .

If I might offer a bit of friendly farm/junkyard/field repair advice :

Look closely at the hole and the pin or rod that goes through the hole , remember this and head out to Kragen/Schuck's/AutoZone etc. & look in the " HELP! " Aisle ~ they'll have all manner of blister packed clips , pins , door knobs , doo-dads and yes , bushings ~ you'll be wanting the hard kind , not the soft black rubber ones . clear plastic or nylon , a bronze one works well too .

Sometimes you can find a multi-pack of several similar items for less than two of the single ones , I spend some time looking through the selection , often on my knees on the floor .

IIRC , Pep-Boys has the biggest selection but each store has a different so go and look closely ,you might $ave some $eriou$ Lolly .

I recently re bushed the shift linkage in my Franken-Metropolitan Nash FHC (it has a 1980 Datsun B-210 " JATCO " M-35 Auto Tranny) with a sintered bronze GM door hinge single flange bushing..... it works a treat and was under $5 .

Just thinking outside the box a bit here as the sun sets &I dream of Donkeys running wild in your pasture .

-Nate



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[diesel_mercedes] OT: Key-hole gardening

 

I know this is off topic...but there are so many of us that love to "live off the land" so to speak, that I wanted to share this article.  This is such a cool way to garden.  I'm going to use old pallets for my frame work since we have so many around here.  Happy gardening everyone!  

http://www.texascooppower.com/texas-stories/nature-outdoors/keyhole-gardening





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PurrFect Harmony Farm
Ennis, TX
http:/purrfectharmonyfarm.intuitwebsites.com

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Re: [diesel_mercedes] Hey Tony re: your cruise control box WAS Re: 300D electrical gremlins

 

On 2/6/2012 5:44 AM, n61cm wrote:

 

I don't know about taking the actuator apart, never heard of anyone doing that. I am referring to the way it works on a W123, I forget what kind of car you have, maybe yours is different. Actually, I think Peter at gdl-online.com has posted a test procedure for it. I think he might rebuild them, too, can't remember off hand. Don't know about intermittent...that could be anything. Maybe the four-way switch is iffy...?

Jim


--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "Lost but making good time." <aldridgetony97@...> wrote:
>
> Jim, is the actuator a difficult maintenance item? I can have it apart and take a look see if it aint too complex. The CC was working again yesterday, so am thinking there is something intermittent either in the harness connections, or in the actuator or amp box.
> Have one month left in Mexico, then a few weeks in Yuma then a mad dash to home. Sure be nice to have it sorted.
> Tony
>
>
> --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "n61cm" <jim@> wrote:
> >
> > If the cruise control actuator motor is bad, it will burn out the amp box. The cruise control motor is the thingy under the hood connected to throttle linkage. I wouldn't put another amp box in it unless/until I made sure I had a good actuator motor. I have used gdl-online.com for overhaul with great success.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "Lost but making good time." <aldridgetony97@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I think Tom is right, that is the cruise module, I swapped mine for a PAP one and cruise worked better for a while. But it just failed again. I have the old module apart, and cannot see any obvious damage, someone said to solder the copper bar connections, would that help?
> > > Cruise is important to me because of back issues.
> > > Tony
> > >
> > > --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, audiolaw@ wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I believe that that is the infamous cruise control amplifier module that
> > > > ALWAYS fails.
> > > >
> > > > Doesn't have anything to do with horn, lights, etc.
> > > >
> > > > Tom
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > In a message dated 2/2/2012 5:34:21 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> > > > alstheone@ writes:
> > > >
> > > > It's the small aluminum box with a tab on the top screwed to a bracket
> > > > just to the right of the parking brake mount under the dash. It has 10 pins
> > > > for the plug on the bottom. the P/N 001 545 52 32 is etched into the face.
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

I gave up on my cruise control several yeas ago since I don't drive the car and most of my daughter's usage is local, but I'm still looking for a 001-545-52-32 warning module.  It's located just to the right of the handbrake and above and to the left of the cruise control module.

Al Boucher

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[diesel_mercedes] Hey Tony re: your cruise control box WAS Re: 300D electrical gremlins

 

Jim, the 4way switch and the brake disconnect switch are the next two items on my to do list. Gonna have to find the brake switch though, Any clues as to where Mercedes might have hidden it?
Tont

--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "n61cm" <jim@...> wrote:
>
> I don't know about taking the actuator apart, never heard of anyone doing that. I am referring to the way it works on a W123, I forget what kind of car you have, maybe yours is different. Actually, I think Peter at gdl-online.com has posted a test procedure for it. I think he might rebuild them, too, can't remember off hand. Don't know about intermittent...that could be anything. Maybe the four-way switch is iffy...?
>
> Jim
>
>
> --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "Lost but making good time." <aldridgetony97@> wrote:
> >
> > Jim, is the actuator a difficult maintenance item? I can have it apart and take a look see if it aint too complex. The CC was working again yesterday, so am thinking there is something intermittent either in the harness connections, or in the actuator or amp box.
> > Have one month left in Mexico, then a few weeks in Yuma then a mad dash to home. Sure be nice to have it sorted.
> > Tony
> >
> >
> > --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "n61cm" <jim@> wrote:
> > >
> > > If the cruise control actuator motor is bad, it will burn out the amp box. The cruise control motor is the thingy under the hood connected to throttle linkage. I wouldn't put another amp box in it unless/until I made sure I had a good actuator motor. I have used gdl-online.com for overhaul with great success.
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
> > > --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "Lost but making good time." <aldridgetony97@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I think Tom is right, that is the cruise module, I swapped mine for a PAP one and cruise worked better for a while. But it just failed again. I have the old module apart, and cannot see any obvious damage, someone said to solder the copper bar connections, would that help?
> > > > Cruise is important to me because of back issues.
> > > > Tony
> > > >
> > > > --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, audiolaw@ wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I believe that that is the infamous cruise control amplifier module that
> > > > > ALWAYS fails.
> > > > >
> > > > > Doesn't have anything to do with horn, lights, etc.
> > > > >
> > > > > Tom
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > In a message dated 2/2/2012 5:34:21 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> > > > > alstheone@ writes:
> > > > >
> > > > > It's the small aluminum box with a tab on the top screwed to a bracket
> > > > > just to the right of the parking brake mount under the dash. It has 10 pins
> > > > > for the plug on the bottom. the P/N 001 545 52 32 is etched into the face.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

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[diesel_mercedes] Hey Tony re: your cruise control box WAS Re: 300D electrical gremlins

 

I don't know about taking the actuator apart, never heard of anyone doing that. I am referring to the way it works on a W123, I forget what kind of car you have, maybe yours is different. Actually, I think Peter at gdl-online.com has posted a test procedure for it. I think he might rebuild them, too, can't remember off hand. Don't know about intermittent...that could be anything. Maybe the four-way switch is iffy...?

Jim


--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "Lost but making good time." <aldridgetony97@...> wrote:
>
> Jim, is the actuator a difficult maintenance item? I can have it apart and take a look see if it aint too complex. The CC was working again yesterday, so am thinking there is something intermittent either in the harness connections, or in the actuator or amp box.
> Have one month left in Mexico, then a few weeks in Yuma then a mad dash to home. Sure be nice to have it sorted.
> Tony
>
>
> --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "n61cm" <jim@> wrote:
> >
> > If the cruise control actuator motor is bad, it will burn out the amp box. The cruise control motor is the thingy under the hood connected to throttle linkage. I wouldn't put another amp box in it unless/until I made sure I had a good actuator motor. I have used gdl-online.com for overhaul with great success.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "Lost but making good time." <aldridgetony97@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I think Tom is right, that is the cruise module, I swapped mine for a PAP one and cruise worked better for a while. But it just failed again. I have the old module apart, and cannot see any obvious damage, someone said to solder the copper bar connections, would that help?
> > > Cruise is important to me because of back issues.
> > > Tony
> > >
> > > --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, audiolaw@ wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I believe that that is the infamous cruise control amplifier module that
> > > > ALWAYS fails.
> > > >
> > > > Doesn't have anything to do with horn, lights, etc.
> > > >
> > > > Tom
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > In a message dated 2/2/2012 5:34:21 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> > > > alstheone@ writes:
> > > >
> > > > It's the small aluminum box with a tab on the top screwed to a bracket
> > > > just to the right of the parking brake mount under the dash. It has 10 pins
> > > > for the plug on the bottom. the P/N 001 545 52 32 is etched into the face.
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

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