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G4Garret
Veteran
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Oak Ridge - Knoxville - Windrock Tennessee
Vehicle(s): 2000 G500, U1100, SLK350, LR 101, WC-63 6x6
Posts: 243
| Window Switches Poll
Ok, am I the only person that can't stand the G electric window switches working backwards? I mean you push the down or the bottom of the button to make the window go up, and you push the upper end of the button to make the window go down?
I think this only applies to the earlier 463 with the window switches in the center console, prior to the 2003 interior redesign.
I reversed mine yesterday, and oh what a relief it is  |
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DUTCH
Administrator Doppelgänger
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: US, GA, Atlanta
Vehicle(s): 2015 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI,2018 Sprinter
Posts: 9963
| RE: Window Switches Poll
Other than moving the rear window switches out from under the cupholder, they are just fine. They've never seemed counterintuitive to me; but I could just be backwards in things anyway. Forwards = Up and Backwards = Down.
My next big task is to proactively replace (and modify?) that steering lock which is just laying in wait to strand me. Definitely will be done before the Treffen this Fall. |
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G4Garret
Veteran
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Oak Ridge - Knoxville - Windrock Tennessee
Vehicle(s): 2000 G500, U1100, SLK350, LR 101, WC-63 6x6
Posts: 243
| RE: Window Switches Poll
DUTCH - 6/25/2006 3:51 PM
....My next big task is to proactively replace (and modify?) that steering lock which is just laying in wait to strand me. Definitely will be done before the Treffen this Fall.
Just when I thought I was getting ahead... Ok, how do I fix this before it breaks? |
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DUTCH
Administrator Doppelgänger
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: US, GA, Atlanta
Vehicle(s): 2015 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI,2018 Sprinter
Posts: 9963
| Steering Lock
G4Garret - 6/25/2006 5:30 PM
....My next big task is to proactively replace (and modify?) that steering lock which is just laying in wait to strand me. Definitely will be done before the Treffen this Fall
Just when I thought I was getting ahead... Ok, how do I fix this before it breaks? Replace it or remove it and jam the mechanism with epoxy or a set screw to keep the lock from engaing. You lose the anti-theft protection of the locked column; but you don't have to worry about getting stranded when it won't unlock. It's happened to at least three other folks on the forum; and getting it out when it jams is major surgery. Russ Leabch (old Europa Int'l) used to recommend drilling and tapping it with a set screw before it locks up; as he felt it was just one of those gremlins that was going to happen sooner or later because of the design of the system. Basically, the detents in the steering column get crudded up; and when the column lock locks, the crud prevents it from unlocking. On our trucks, the steering lock itself is a Euro part; but, if you want a new key coded locking cylinder (separate part), you'll have to go through a dealer with all the proofs of ownership securities, etc to get that part. Let me know if you need part numbers.
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ewalberg
Expert
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Past: San Francisco. Present: Germany
Vehicle(s): 2000 g500
Posts: 1887
| RE: Window Switches Poll
This is what i decided to do about the switches. pictures included, dutch has done the same... much beter since i use the cup holders.
http://www.benzworld.org/forums/g-class/1184116-swapping-rear-windo... |
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Johann
Veteran
Date registered: May 2006
Location: Centurion, South Africa
Vehicle(s): 1999 LWB 290GDT 1981 SWB 240GD+ Cabrio 2015 G63
Posts: 259
| RE: Window Switches Poll
That's weird. My 461's button's work right. Is it maybe only for LHD vehicles the wrong way around?  |
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gwagen460swb
Extreme Veteran
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Oklahoma City, OK
Vehicle(s): 280GE SWB, Toyota Highlander, BMW530i, RR HSE
Posts: 513
| Re: Window Switches Poll
I would have rather had manual windows than the electric. It is just one less thing I would have to worry about later. |
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mortinson
Expert
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Madrid, España
Vehicle(s): '98 G300TD LWB, '98 E300TD Saloon
Posts: 1355
| RE: Window Switches Poll
As I said in my choice: early 463 had the front electric window switches in the dashboard so that all drivers know how to use them
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ewalberg
Expert
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Past: San Francisco. Present: Germany
Vehicle(s): 2000 g500
Posts: 1887
| RE: Window Switches Poll
OH! That's tempting, i've never seen that... switches in the dash, and i've already got a jig for cutting slots in the trim, had to make it for installation of my ABS kill switch.
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