PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

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Posted By mechanicalman

sure don't. in fact my car's only ever been...

sure don't. in fact my car's only ever been washed by the rain. all the oxidized paint kind of discourages me from doing any work on the exterior.

i have to say, the only thing i did between the...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

07-31-2011, 11:20 PM

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Posted By mechanicalman

the sae technicians i mentioned it to said it...

the sae technicians i mentioned it to said it only takes an ounce of water to pink transmission fluid. if you look at where the dipstick enters the transmission, you can see how easily it would be...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

07-31-2011, 03:40 PM

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Posted By mechanicalman

Closing out the thread

All these months later I'm still driving around on the same transmission with no problems, but am bound by honor to report how water was actually getting into my transmission. After replacing nearly...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

12-23-2010, 07:15 AM

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Posted By mechanicalman

more pix

more pix

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12-23-2010, 07:14 AM

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Posted By mechanicalman

Hey guys here are some pics of the swap. You can...

Hey guys here are some pics of the swap. You can tell where I removed the memory module/control computer from the new seats and kept the pigtails for the motors in place. The following picture show...

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11-18-2010, 01:18 AM

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Posted By mechanicalman

no, i cut it when i was extricating it from the...

no, i cut it when i was extricating it from the radiator, plus I was curious about the cross-section. The leak that let water into the transmission was super tiny and i never actually found exactly...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

11-17-2010, 02:54 PM

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Posted By mechanicalman

Hey guys, so I think I saved it. After changing...

Hey guys, so I think I saved it. After changing the fluid 4 times and the filter twice, it's starting to drive like it used to. I'll give it another 50 miles, then drain some fluid out of the...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

11-04-2010, 04:52 AM

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Posted By mechanicalman

the flush fluid was still a little milky. it...

the flush fluid was still a little milky. it wasn't so much the color as it was the apparent viscosity of the flush fluid i drained out. it came out more like water than hydraulic fluid.

Forum: Diesel Discussion

11-04-2010, 03:58 AM

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Posted By mechanicalman

allright, i drained everything... torque...

allright, i drained everything... torque converter, cooler lines, and trans body. putting the new radiator in went pretty smoothly. before i reconnected the trans cooler lines, i sprayed plenty of...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

11-03-2010, 01:46 AM

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Posted By mechanicalman

parts came today, but i just didn't have the time...

parts came today, but i just didn't have the time to swap out the radiator and get the trans back together. instead i'll just post some pictures of what i found when the pan came off. lots of...

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11-02-2010, 04:57 AM

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Posted By mechanicalman

Ugh, delivery delayed until Tuesday, but i have...

Ugh, delivery delayed until Tuesday, but i have to work! I won't be able to put the radiator in until maybe Wednesday! At least the milkshake is out.

Forum: Diesel Discussion

11-01-2010, 08:05 AM

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Posted By mechanicalman

Well, the fluid was a perfectly uniform mixture...

Well, the fluid was a perfectly uniform mixture from every location I drained it from and seemed to have viscosity closer to water than trans fluid. :(

Dropping the pan and inspecting the valve...

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10-30-2010, 09:13 PM

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Posted By mechanicalman

so far, all i was able to do was drain the fluid...

so far, all i was able to do was drain the fluid out of the torque converter and drain pan. i spent most of today getting my corvair put back together so i'd have something to drive.

tomorrow i'll...

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10-30-2010, 12:23 AM

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Posted By mechanicalman

sweet! I'll check that out tomorrow!

sweet! I'll check that out tomorrow!

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10-30-2010, 12:06 AM

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Posted By mechanicalman

In my defense, I did try Fastlane first, but the...

In my defense, I did try Fastlane first, but the browser on my phone (Nokia) wouldn't allow me to complete the transaction and I was under the gun to get the order in so it would ship out today. It...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

10-29-2010, 11:54 PM

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B2 Piston Woes (maybe)

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Posted By mechanicalman

So anyway guys, I just thought I'd close an old...

So anyway guys, I just thought I'd close an old thread out since I never really followed up with the conclusion. The real work behind the swap was switching the tail pieces over. The tail piece on...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

10-29-2010, 10:56 PM

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Posted By mechanicalman

Pink Milkshake Water in the Tranny!

Allright, so I've had a good junkyard transmission in my 1983 300SD for about a year now. That transplant went flawlessly thanks to the help I got here in this thread...

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05-18-2010, 03:47 AM

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Posted By mechanicalman

yeah, that viggo mortensen movie,"the road,"...

yeah, that viggo mortensen movie,"the road," freaked me out pretty thoroughly.

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05-17-2010, 01:59 AM

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Posted By mechanicalman

I know generators have voltage trips, but if the...

I know generators have voltage trips, but if the generators suckin' a massive cloud of methane and pumping crazy voltage, couldn't the voltage trip get fused closed or could the voltage exceed the...

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05-17-2010, 12:21 AM

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Posted By mechanicalman

These were all things Mike Williams, the chief...

These were all things Mike Williams, the chief electronics technician onboard, said in the interview. If the generator was producing excessive voltage I don't think that would trip the breakers.
...

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05-16-2010, 11:43 PM

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Posted By mechanicalman

Runaway Diesel on the Deep Water Horizon

Anyone else see the 60 Minutes piece on the Deep Water Horizon explosion? Apparently, the methane shooting up the well after the blowout preventer failed got sucked into the rig's diesel generators....

Forum: Car Audio and Multimedia

05-13-2010, 03:24 AM

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Posted By mechanicalman

i'm not actually testing it inside the car. i...

i'm not actually testing it inside the car. i have a bench rig with a 12v supply and some jumper wires.

might there be somewhere else besides the sticker at the front/top that would have the...

Forum: Car Audio and Multimedia

05-12-2010, 12:58 AM

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Posted By mechanicalman

what about the anit-theft plug on the back? do i...

what about the anit-theft plug on the back? do i need to do anything to that before i try inputting the code, or should it just work if I input the correct code when it says "CODE?"

Forum: Car Audio and Multimedia

05-10-2010, 10:11 PM

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Posted By mechanicalman

nuts. well thanks guys. i guess i'll try Becker...

nuts. well thanks guys. i guess i'll try Becker and cough up the dough. they better not give me the same code that doesn't already work. :undecided

Forum: Car Audio and Multimedia

05-10-2010, 03:42 PM

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Posted By mechanicalman

Unlock code for becker 1480 won't work

I got a Becker 1480 off Ebay to install in my 300sd for a better stock look than the one the ugly pioneer unit it came with. The code that i got with it "3049" doesn't work. I tried it three times...

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04-01-2010, 11:27 PM

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Posted By mechanicalman

Thanks guys! I ended up bypassing the controller...

Thanks guys! I ended up bypassing the controller box under the seat and wiring my switches directly to the seat motors. It was actually really straight forward. I was able to use my wiring harness...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

03-31-2010, 01:40 AM

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