> Jim Cathey wrote: > Anybody have a 123 diesel they can easily take electrical > tests on?
I have two that have a battery installed. > What I'm interested in is the voltage drop between > the battery and the GP fuse when the key is first turned on. 4 cylinder, no load supply of 12.6 V 1.3 V dropping to 0.85 when the glow plug relay times out. 5 cylinder, no load supply of 12.5 1.7 V dropping to 1.3 whet the glow plug relay times out. > On the Chicken Wagon it's a 2V drop, which drops down to maybe > 1.5V as the glow progresses. That's not far from the 1.7 I'm measuring on the OM617. I don't remember which engine your Chicken Wagon has... If any of mine ever require more than minor work, I'll convert it to a button on the dash rather than the timer. I had to do that for the now-retired car that I upgraded from series to parallel glow plugs. -- Philip _______________________________________ 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://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
