A few questions for you wise ones...

1. I need a new thermostat and live in Minnesota where it gets hot in the summer for a little bit and stays cold in the winter for a long time. It seems like a good choce for the 92C thermostat for colder climates. Is this so?

2. I have an extra set of tie rods for a CAM rack for my '87 245DL. Anybody know if they would work on an '89 740GLE with a Cam rack?

3. My junk yard small clock is predictably dead in the cooler weather. I understand that there are two capacitors in there that are presumably dried out. Are they obvious once i cut the clock housing apart? This is at the edge of my current small parts electrical expertise and advise is apreciated. (Art, your help repairing the blown clock circut affecting the tach was invaluble.)

4. Keyless entry install seems like it should be simple. Yes/no? How about dome light with unlock?

Many thanks to you all.


Steve in Minnesota - 1987 245DL 229k.

Also - I gotta take this opportunity to talk about how much ass these cars kick. In the last month I moved myself and four other people. With rack on top, I've carried countless boxes, two beds, much lumber, 20' tubes of aluminum, about a dozen sheets of plywood, several (thin) sheets of stainless steel, and a load of tools to a construction site in Iowa. My 245 was the only foreign auto in the parking lot, and it slogged through the mud with the big trucks. I went 100mph on the drive home for the first time in my Volvo, and the only difference from 80mph was a bit more wind noise. Solid as a rock. Seemed to have a few more mph in it but didn't want to push my luck with the fuzz. (Would like cruise for the long drives. Hard to install?) On sunday i put in a new exhaust system for 2 hours and $90. Fun fun and all that good stuff that y'all talk about so often. You make it that much more enjoyable of a car to own and play with. Thanks...