|
|
|
#1
|
||||
|
||||
Need a new FSM W126
Since Adobe Flash is gone, I can no longer read the CD versions of the FSM I have been using. Is there some "work around" to be able to still read those files?
What sources are there now for W126 Shop manuals? I see even MB took it off their website. I bought the one on the "emanual" website. It is trash. It is the same CD manual but it runs under Oracle Virtual Machine which I think, itself, runs under Windows XP and the resolution is terrible. I contacted their tech help and they finally said they could do nothing--" its an old manual". Also--cannot print inside the Virtual Machine. So if anyone can tell me how to improve the resolution of the Virtual Machine copy i have I would be very grateful.
__________________
1982 300SD " Wotan" ..On the road as of Jan 8, 2007 with Historic Tags |
#2
|
||||
|
||||
I was able to save some of it as a PDF before it went into the abyss of the internet. Let me see if I can upload it somewhere for download.
__________________
1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue). |
#3
|
||||
|
||||
I zipped my manual and will try to attach it here. Not sure if it will work.
Well, I tried twice to download a zipped file. Did not work. Will try something else. |
#4
|
||||
|
||||
I appreciate the attempts. Let me know if either of you can get it posted. I could PM you my email, if that would help.
Thanks
__________________
1982 300SD " Wotan" ..On the road as of Jan 8, 2007 with Historic Tags |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
If it is like the CD/DVD FSM programs I have (w115, w124, w140, r129, w211), the actual documents are just pdf files. What you need is the table of contents and listings to know which pdf file to look at. Another alternative is to install an older version of an alternate browser (e.g. waterfox, opera) from before 2020 and find a copy of flash from back then for the browser to use. Works for me when I still need to run some local flash files.
w124-zone.com used to provide an html version of the w124 pages, before it went away (it was a downloadable zip file of html pages, at least).
__________________
1976 240D [W115.117/616.916] (acq 11Jun76) 1990 MB 300D 2.5 Turbo [W124.128/602.962] (acq 4Sep15) 1991 SL250d (ex-300SL-24) [R129.061/OM602.962/722.6, was M104.981] (acq 25May12, converted to diesel) 1993 Jeep Cherokee [XJ] (acq 12Apr14) 1999 SLK23 AMG Sport [R170.447] (acq 12May21 **FOR SALE**) 2008 E320 CDI [W211.022/642.920] (acq 27Jan24) -- Deceased... 1993 300D 2.5 Turbo [W124.128/602.962] (totaled by Dominos driver 28Mar12) 2007 E320 CDI [W211.022/642.920] (totaled 18Dec23) |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Actually, quickly checking my w124 CD, it has an old copy of flash in there to install. Might completely uninstall current flash (so no leftover stuff telling it to self-destruct), then just try installing flash from the cd. Still will need an older browser to allow it to run, though.
__________________
1976 240D [W115.117/616.916] (acq 11Jun76) 1990 MB 300D 2.5 Turbo [W124.128/602.962] (acq 4Sep15) 1991 SL250d (ex-300SL-24) [R129.061/OM602.962/722.6, was M104.981] (acq 25May12, converted to diesel) 1993 Jeep Cherokee [XJ] (acq 12Apr14) 1999 SLK23 AMG Sport [R170.447] (acq 12May21 **FOR SALE**) 2008 E320 CDI [W211.022/642.920] (acq 27Jan24) -- Deceased... 1993 300D 2.5 Turbo [W124.128/602.962] (totaled by Dominos driver 28Mar12) 2007 E320 CDI [W211.022/642.920] (totaled 18Dec23) |
#7
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
__________________
1982 300SD " Wotan" ..On the road as of Jan 8, 2007 with Historic Tags |
#8
|
||||
|
||||
This is pretty much exactly what I did. Up until late last year, there was a loophole that you could exploit to enable Flash and would run the CD's perfectly. That loophole is now closed. I picked up a $5 Dell P4 tower on a 50% off weekend from a "Junque Shoppe" that now runs the FSM and a small library of other reference materials in the back corner of my work area.
|
#9
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
__________________
1982 300SD " Wotan" ..On the road as of Jan 8, 2007 with Historic Tags |
#10
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
__________________
1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue). |
#11
|
|||
|
|||
Recent releases of the various browsers have a kill switch programmed in. The versions of Flash for the past six months or so have a kill switch built in. If you use versions of each from before mid-2020, and disabled updates for both, you should be fine, I think.
__________________
1976 240D [W115.117/616.916] (acq 11Jun76) 1990 MB 300D 2.5 Turbo [W124.128/602.962] (acq 4Sep15) 1991 SL250d (ex-300SL-24) [R129.061/OM602.962/722.6, was M104.981] (acq 25May12, converted to diesel) 1993 Jeep Cherokee [XJ] (acq 12Apr14) 1999 SLK23 AMG Sport [R170.447] (acq 12May21 **FOR SALE**) 2008 E320 CDI [W211.022/642.920] (acq 27Jan24) -- Deceased... 1993 300D 2.5 Turbo [W124.128/602.962] (totaled by Dominos driver 28Mar12) 2007 E320 CDI [W211.022/642.920] (totaled 18Dec23) |
#12
|
||||
|
||||
Yes it will. This is exactly how I have Ye Olde Dell set up. Everything on the CD is self-referenced, so no connection to the Internet is required.
|
#13
|
||||
|
||||
Looks like I will be visiting the local Good Will.
Thank you, all!
__________________
1982 300SD " Wotan" ..On the road as of Jan 8, 2007 with Historic Tags |
#14
|
||||
|
||||
Unfortunately unable to post it here, but the 126 Maintenance Manual is available on the fivehundredE board.
__________________
1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue). |
Bookmarks |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|