Return-Path: Sender: "Marvin Kaye" To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 20:25:30 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mta2.adelphia.net ([68.168.78.178] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.5) with ESMTP id 573347 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sun, 19 Dec 2004 16:44:07 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.168.78.178; envelope-from=dfs155@adelphia.net Received: from f3g6s4 ([67.22.49.202]) by mta10.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.6.01.03.02 201-2131-111-104-20040324) with SMTP id <20041219214102.RFEL25543.mta10.adelphia.net@f3g6s4> for ; Sun, 19 Dec 2004 16:41:02 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <008301c4e613$a6833400$ca311643@losaca.adelphia.net> From: "Dan Schaefer" X-Original-To: "Lancair list" Subject: alternate static air valve X-Original-Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 13:42:33 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Skip, FWIW. Mercedes diesels use a pneumatic vacuum system to run things like door locks, etc. (at least on my wife's baby, an '82 240 D). The driver's side valve will lock and unlock the doors when operating the lock post or the key. It's perfect for an alternate air valve, weighs maybe an ounce, is about 2 1/2 inches long by maybe 3/8 in. dia. and costs a pittance - don't remember what I payed for mine but it was just a few dollars. The valve utilizes an O-ring to effect the seal and the seal works quite well. The Mercedes system utilizes an accumulator so you can lock and unlock the doors without the engine running and you can come back to the car weeks after it was last run and the doors will unlock, so the seal is really good. Dan Schaefer