on the plus side, hueco tends to be german made, but they get into wonky stuff like knocking off EZLs with mixed results. i knew one guy who would only sell them 2 at a time and urge you to just use the one that worked best. thjis sounds outrageous, but when the genuine benz part is 2500 and these are 100 each, it sounds a lot better
for 254 i'd think it ought to be a genuine benz On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 4:43 PM, Gary Hurst <jabbahur...@gmail.com> wrote: > could be a hueco, $254 would be a lot for that. i'd be like $109 or so > retail on that delivered for a hueco. a bosch woudl be preferred but would > be more difficult to locat. tell me year nad model again? > > > On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 4:36 PM, Rich Thomas < > richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > >> >> So the daughter unit took the car back to the shop that had the >> regulator replaced maybe 3 weeks ago, symptoms the same -- batttery >> dying, not charging. >> >> Mech sends it back to the alt shop, tells them to figure it out. They >> narrow it down to a "red wire from the fuse box" that was drawing >> current. (Did not say whether with car running or not) >> >> Mech pokes around and finally determines the glow plug relay is not >> shutting off properly, during his testing was staying on for 3-4min and >> drawing current, keeping voltage the alt/batt system low. Replaces GPR >> and says that fixes it. He speculates it was not shutting off other >> times, continuing to draw down battery after car was shut off (I'm not >> sure if that is possible) or sucking enough juice the battery was not >> charging. >> >> I put a new GPR in the car in March 2010, got it from Rusty $130. Not >> sure what kind, but it had a Benz part number. Mech says he put one in >> that he was able to get for $254, an HUC which is probably chinee (and >> maybe the other one was too). JABBA -- WHAT IS THAT BRAND? >> >> I told him when the shop replaced the regulator pack on the alt that >> obviously did not fix the problem, so that was a wasted $250 or so. >> Total for this latest adventure is $453.40. So now $700 into this >> problem. He just rang me and knocked $75 off, understood that the alt >> shop was a waste but that is now sunk cost. >> >> BAH. I hate not being able to work on my cars! >> >> --R >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives >> http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >> > > > > -- > *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars > > * > *www.BuyEUROparts.com* > -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* _______________________________________ http://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
