W126, BENZ AID - COMMON QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

1984 126 300SD Courtesy Dome light misbehaving

Hey guys,

My dome light (one right above the rear-view mirror) will not come on (in any of the positions) when the doors are opened in the car. The door lights that are on the bottom of the doors do operate as expected so I suspect the switches that detect the open door are working. I can turn the light on by rolling the knob to the "on" opsition. Is it safe to assume that the platic light assembly needs to be replaced? Can I clean the contacts? Is it two different bulbs?

Chassis Model Number

W126

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Body and Interior Specific Aid

93 190E ABS light on and off

Good afternoon,

first let me say that I recently found out about this site and I'm very happy that I did cause you guys have great line of products.

I just ordered the tune up kit for my 190E and looking forward to order some more parts.

however, the reason for this post is that I was wondering if you guys would know why the ABS light on my 190E randomly goes on and off.

I have a 1993 190E 2.6L and since I've got the car, this problem has always been there. Also I notice that every time the ABS light goes on, that the engine loses some power.

Chassis Model Number

W201

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82 240d intake manifold help

when I pulled the air cleaner to remove linkage for a valve adjustment, I noticed a butterfly flap inside the intake manifold that can be adjusted to open or close. mine stay mostly closed until the thottle was down about 3/4 of the way and then just opened 1/4 of they way at full throttle. when and how far should this open for the best perfomance. my car is really slow but I've been getting it better with lots of tuning but still needs all the help I can get.

Chassis Model Number

W123

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Diesel Engine Specific Aid

1981 300CD Brake Dragging still w/ new caliper

Aloha guys,

Back brake started dragging intermitantly for about a month, replaced both back calipers. Now it's worse! I can't even make it a mile before it's egg fry hot. Had to pry the caliper off, could not get the piston to return until I pulled the brake line off, then it went in smoothly.
Is there a valve or obstruciton preventing fluid return? It's only the back passenger side. I'm ready to disable the back brakes if I can't figure this out!

Thanks
Chris

Chassis Model Number

W123

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a/c

I just did an engine swap in a 92 300sd. Removed the 3.5L and put in a 3.0L. It purrs like a kitten!! That's not good enough for the wife, she needs her A/C too. Because I had unhooked everything what exactly do I need to replace to get this baby cold? I know one of the items is the dryer was there anything else?

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'87 300SDL - Overheating Blown Engine

Dummy of the year award - overheated 300SDL engine climbing mountain pass. Engine stopped while coming down other side. Now freely turns over but will not start. How do I find out if I only blew the head gasket and (probably) warped the head or caused more serious problems? I'm looking at either new/rebuilt head or possibly replacement with rebuilt 3.0L diesel engine.
Thanks for the help - I'm just getting started in the MB world using the hard way (as usual) rather than easy way.

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