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Replying to: northener (Oct 21, 2006 9:35 am) 2003 140 SHC 2500
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Replying to: unknown (Oct 21, 2006 9:49 am) back to the Sprinter. Turning on the windshield or foot air flow, or both, does nothing else to the flow... You have to close off all of the "vents" in order to push the air up, down, or both with any meaningful force/volume. The two vents over the radio are always COLD (or outside) air if the outside air is open, they do not get air through the heater core. Of course the outside air keeps coming on again and again after stopping/resuming short trips, or running down the road more than about 30 minutes. the latter is bad for my wife's type of asthma if we are in traffic (like a trip to Dallas/FortWorth). I, too, originally noticed that the air from the vents always seemed to go straight from cold to HOT... except sometimes it could be modulated a bit. So, it occurred to me to let the two vents over the radio mix with the air from the HOT vents. This turns out to be part of the PROBLEM. If you close the vents over the radio, then ALL of the cooler air flows over the heater core, and the adjustment knob for temp is MORE effective, especially with cold (outside or A/C cooled) make-up air. Certainly you get better de-fogging of the windows with COLD/dry outside air which loses even more relative humidity percentage-wise when warmed, and/or with A/C cooled and de-humidified air. Keeping warm moist breath moving out (positive cabin air flow, from outside up front to out the rear cabin vents) is also very helpful. To conclude, I find that you should just barely turn on the heat to start with unless it is very COLD/foggy and you have to heat up quickly to warm up or to clear windows. If you ever turn the heat know on full at any temp over about 40, it will take a long time to get the heat back under control (heat lag is HUGE). Just cracking the heat on is enough until below 40 when the engine is hot. So, it seems the Mercedes engineers can still learn some tricks from their new partners in the US from Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep. Americans are certainly used to better heat/air controls in their vehicles. KenB 
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Replying to: bertmbc (Oct 16, 2006 3:49 pm) I can only find 1 dealer within a 100 mile radius of San Diego- that's what I get for living with a nat'l border directly to the South. As I expected, prices are getting more flexible as we approach the end of the year. I also agree with your opinion about a few hundred bucks: not as important as paying for the options I want. I will be looking for that partition, you talked me into it. As for the tax implications: before we even started down this road I contacted my tax consultant about a Sprinter. We will be taking advantage of this, since my we'll be using it almost exclusively for hauling her canvases and stuff around. What size Sprinter do you own? Do you have the ASSYST system option?
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Has anyone had a Sprinter converted for use as a wheel-chair accessible vehicle? Did you do this with a rear-end wheelchair lift? If yes, please tell me where you got this conversion done, and how happy are you with the rear lift and with the Sprinter as a handicap vehicle. Please either post your reply or post contact information so we can discuss. Thanks!
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Replying to: wantnusprinter (Oct 25, 2006 1:26 pm) then click on enter site next page at bottom click on wheelchair ramps. this shows the rear ramp but i think i seen a side ramp also. |
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Since delivery my 2006 2500 140 high top has a rumble at twenty two mph. It sounds like the rear tires but has more vibration and grind seemingly than that. Occurs when the vehicle is gliding down to that speed not on the way up.
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Replying to: trashboy (Oct 23, 2006 12:22 pm) I have Assyst and at 5,000 miles it was indicating 6870 till oil change For the record on this forum, here are the IRS rule regarding deductability of a van above the $25,000 level. Exempt Vehicles Not Subject to the $25,000 Section 179 Limitation. Exempt vehicles that meet any of the following criteria are not subject to the $25,000 Section 179 limitation if they are: Designed to have a seating capacity of more than 9 persons behind the drivers seat, Equipped with a cargo area of at least 6 feet in interior length which is an open area or is designed for use as an open area but is enclosed by a cap and is not readily accessible from the passenger compartment, or Designed with an integral enclosure, fully enclosing the drivers compartment and load carrying device and does not have seating rearward of the drivers seat and has no body section protruding more than 30 inches ahead of the leading edge of the windshield.
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Replying to: northener (Oct 26, 2006 8:21 am) There is apparently a fix for it according to the Yahoo Sprinter group people. I have experienced it myself with my 06,158" cargo. The best way to avoid it is to downshift.I usually use the down shift option,always being carefull not to over-rev, and I don't experience this noise anymore.Besides,downshifting can save on the brakes also. I also have what has been labeled as a fuel line vibration. I don't think that it is a fuel line vibration at all,it just sounds like it could be.This noise is at approx.1800 to 2100 RPM and on the acceleration mode as opposed to the rumble strip noise that manifests on the deceleration mode. Regards Guy Note to Altered Sprinter,send me an e-mail.Lost your e-mail.
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Replying to: bertmbc (Oct 26, 2006 10:50 am)  Already I'm happy with the "short bus", as we're referring to it.... |
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