Well, home sick for the third day now, still feverish this a.m., entire household has been stricken, but I'm well enough so I plan to go to work tomorrow as long as the fever goes away today. Daughter was fever-free days ago, so today Mom took her to dance/play group, and I had a few hours to work on my 'new' '95 E300D.
Decided to start taking off all the stuff above the injection pump, which the book says needs to be removed in order to replace the IP timer (which was chewed up by the failed vacuum pump). I found that the wires at the connectors for the controller for the intake butterfly-valves are devoid of insulation and clearly shorting out. The CarFax for this car had a repair entry indicating that the engine wiring harness had been replaced, so I was surprised to find this. Need to look at more sections of the wiring harness to see what's going on. This wiring problem would explain some of this car's lack of power. Also found two vacuum lines disconnected, one for the fuel shut-off and not sure what the other is for. Going surprisingly well so far, but I'll have to label/record all the vacuum and electrical connections for the injection pump. Removal of the intake manifold and cross-over pipe were pretty straight forward. I spent about 1.5 hours, taking my time. Max _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
