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Dieselburns
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Date registered: May 2006
Location: New York, Long Island
Vehicle(s): 78' MB 300D 87 Chief Cherokee
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| Drivers window not operating!
Hey gang! My 78' 300D driver side electric window will not open at all, and this started tonight. The whole day my window was working fine! I checked to see if its the button, but its not? I dont hear any noise at all when I press the switch, is the motor shot or is it something else? |
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Nutz
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| RE: Drivers window not operating!
Does the rear passenger side work ? If not,check the fuse. |
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Dieselburns
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Date registered: May 2006
Location: New York, Long Island
Vehicle(s): 78' MB 300D 87 Chief Cherokee
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| RE: Drivers window not operating!
All the other windows work fine its just the drivers door, I try using another switch but that doesnt work either! I think its just the window motor! I think my car is telling me to stop smoking inside! 
I guess tomarow I will start heading down to the junk yard and pick up a used motor.... |
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iNeon
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| RE: Drivers window not operating!
Did you clean the contacts on the switch?
Use another switch?
I've heard some people have luck just disassembling the switch or regulator/motor and cleaning/lubricating them really well and that they work again when reinstalled.
This isn't such a big deal-- you can fix this one yourself. |
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Dieselburns
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Date registered: May 2006
Location: New York, Long Island
Vehicle(s): 78' MB 300D 87 Chief Cherokee
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| RE: Drivers window not operating!
taking off the door panel is hell! |
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BenzDieselTuner
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tell me about it..........it SUCKS!!!!!!! |
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iNeon
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| RE: Drivers window not operating!
There is a reason whyever people worship these cars as the easiest Benz to repair-- there are, what.... 3 screws holding the door panel on?!?
That's hell?
Try 50 clips with dowel pins and springs like on a VW.
Try any new model car with push fasteners-- the sheet metal on the newer cars is so thin, that even the plastic porcupine clip remover tool will dent the inner door skin.
Removing the door panel on a w123 is cake compared to most other automobiles. |
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Nutz
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| RE: Drivers window not operating!
iNeon - 11/17/2006 6:25 AM There is a reason whyever people worship these cars as the easiest Benz to repair-- there are, what.... 3 screws holding the door panel on?!? That's hell? Try 50 clips with dowel pins and springs like on a VW. Try any new model car with push fasteners-- the sheet metal on the newer cars is so thin, that even the plastic porcupine clip remover tool will dent the inner door skin. Removing the door panel on a w123 is cake compared to most other automobiles. I concur  |
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Dieselburns
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Date registered: May 2006
Location: New York, Long Island
Vehicle(s): 78' MB 300D 87 Chief Cherokee
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| RE: Drivers window not operating!
iNeon - 11/17/2006 10:25 AM
There is a reason whyever people worship these cars as the easiest Benz to repair-- there are, what.... 3 screws holding the door panel on?!?
That's hell?
Try 50 clips with dowel pins and springs like on a VW.
Try any new model car with push fasteners-- the sheet metal on the newer cars is so thin, that even the plastic porcupine clip remover tool will dent the inner door skin.
Removing the door panel on a w123 is cake compared to most other automobiles.
WhaT WILL i EVER DO WITH OUT MY InEON! |
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Nutz
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| RE: Drivers window not operating!
Dieselburns - 11/17/2006 11:11 AM WhaT WILL i EVER DO WITH OUT MY InEON! Well,that was.....  |
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iNeon
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| RE: Drivers window not operating!
Well, I do speak from some modicum of experience here-- The neon needed a window regulator and window replaced after it was burgled-- The regulator in my father's ram 1500 went bad last winter as well.
I've torn into vintage VWs many MANY times, and I removed the door panel from the Shlomo for some reason that I can't remember-- the Mercedes door panel is WELL constructed, even if it is just naugahyde over fiberboard-- The neon and ram's inner doors both have matching dents because the metal is so thin that you really can't pry out the pop fasteners.
Hows the repair coming?
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