Advantage to the vacuum operated heat control system in the 201. I did this once with my '84 190D, 56 miles home from work in a snowstorm. Strangely the idiot lights never came on. It took 3 days at 10a (the most my charger will do) to recharge the battery all the way, or at least until the charger said it was done.
Of course I was fighting a snowstorm and it was dark out. Hadta keep running the defrost so I could see where I was going, and the wipers got slower and slower... -Curt Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:32:46 -0500 From: "Scott Ritchey" <ritche...@nc.rr.com> To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fwd: E300 dies this morning Message-ID: <DB5FDCF505414A569888E9A18EF25181@ScottPC> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" " I ran my 200D from san Angelo TX to Peoria, IL (over 1300 miles) over 60 hours during a severe ice storm with no alternator output in 1974. No electrojuicity didn't keep the good ol Diesels from running. The headlights do get dim though." Yessir. Also ACC III (monovalve) system goes full-hot and you won't be able to open the electric windows so even the ram air can make it pretty unbearable in short order. In my case (82 300SD) it was a late-light get-home emergency so my wife held a flash light to illuminate the white line and I drove. This worked OK on the highway but we stopped at a convenience store to recharge (charger kept in trunk) for 30 minutes before attempting the last 4 miles of winding country road, which really required headlights. _______________________________________ 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
