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#81

Interiors & Exteriors / Re: Door Thunk

Last post by raueda1 - 04 May 2026, 06:02 PM

Hahaha, and I'll bet mine are even thunkier still!

#82

Interiors & Exteriors / Re: Off to the body shop

Last post by daantjie - 04 May 2026, 01:28 PM

Nice it's all in the prep

#83

Interiors & Exteriors / Re: Off to the body shop

Last post by Jed - 04 May 2026, 08:58 AM

thanks!

#84

Interiors & Exteriors / Re: Off to the body shop

Last post by PradoTDI - 04 May 2026, 01:55 AM

Tinypng.com is a good option for compressing photos, as is the application Compress. It can be hard to get photos down below the 1mb limit for this site though.

#85

Interiors & Exteriors / Off to the body shop

Last post by Jed - 03 May 2026, 09:57 PM

Hello!

It's been a while.

Well after way way too long I finally tore down the 79 dulled by the Florida sun and dropped her off at the body shop.

I am trying to figure out how to post some pics but I guess mine are too big. Gonna have to figure out how to downsize.

#86

Mechanicals / Re: Cruise Control

Last post by john erbe - 02 May 2026, 11:11 PM

If the door locking system loses vacuum, will this now affect the cruise control?

#87

Test Drive / Re: 3 Generations of S-Class

Last post by Randys01 - 02 May 2026, 10:11 PM

...and a very nice selection it is!

#88

Interiors & Exteriors / Re: Door Thunk

Last post by Randys01 - 02 May 2026, 10:07 PM

.and mine sounds even better!! .rear doors are even more delightful coz of less use and even heavier! [sel ]

#89

Mechanicals / Re: Cruise Control

Last post by john erbe - 02 May 2026, 09:38 AM

Thanks to all.

#90

Mechanicals / Re: Cruise Control

Last post by ptashek - 02 May 2026, 04:24 AM

The actuator can be tested with a 12V bench power supply, and a handheld vacuum pump.

The control unit can be repaired, and some folks here have had good results, including myself.

This is probably one of the longer threads we've had on the topic:

https://forum.w116.org/mechanicals/cruise-control-not-keeping-set-speed/