The interlock broke off in the ignition. Took the thing apart and
pulled the broken bit out. Now I have no trouble on that side.
Will look at flooding the cable with sewing oil for a while. OR, I
could just drag my butt to the PnP and see if there are any w115 in
need of gutting. This will incur wrath of SWMBA, since I already have
one garage stuffed with useless parts and bringing anymore home will
not be looked on kindly
clay
On Sep 16, 2009, at 4:19 PM, Tim C. wrote:
Agree with Jim on this one, I recall reading that the newer version
of the knob is not as strong so I was afraid of ever needing to
change it.
I was able to get a fair amount of lubrication on my 115 by:
Parking on a hill nose down
Disconnecting the battery
Shooting sewing machine oil down the pull knob
Work knob back and forth as far as possible
Repeat frequently for a few weeks
I do not know if the sewing machine oil actually helped, but it
didn't hurt and overall the knob got quite a bit looser so I didn't
mess with the formula.
You might instead have a failing interlock, which you do not want to
break if you can avoid it. If the above procedure doesn't help you
might want to take the dash apart to lubricate all that mess.
If you want to take a last road trip with Gump, feel free to drop it
off in my driveway, Durham NC, at any time; I'll take good care of
it for you. :) I still like 115s, but I only have the one
languishing in the driveway.
-Tim
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Cathey <j...@windwireless.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 9:56 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] assist with diagnosis on no start
Told him to PULL real hard after he gets glow. Says he did but she
will not crank. PULL REAL HARD, dude.
I think your knob is too tight. (And your later statement backs
this up.)
I'd quit trying after about a 20lb pull, wouldn't want to rip the
thing out of the dash.
Yes, if the plastic knob starts to deform, you're pulling too
hard and need to correct the situation.
Clay, you might want to take care of that. Considering that new
knobs are no longer available...
-- Jim
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