At least I know what to look for. I was able to secure the wires so they are well away from the moving parts, so I doubt the existing harness will be similarly affected.
I would add that when I disassembled the clutch I found the remains of a very small tie wrap, which was broken. I suspect this failed and allowed the wires to move around and contact the pulley, wearing through the wires. Dan Sent from my iPad On Sep 16, 2013, at 5:45 PM, MG <trainpain2...@aol.com> wrote: > Good going. But if life is any teacher then I have to say you will at some > time more then likely be doing something similar again. Often wished the > same, never worked. > > Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 19:58:00 -0400 > From: Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com> > > WE. HAVE. AC. > > Despite the roadblocks tossed up in this job, I finally got it together and > working. > > I ended up repairing the broken wire on the original clutch coil, as the > generic replacement would have required some minor machine work to duplicate > a hole for a locating pin. Once I got the wires repaired I was able to > reassemble everything without too much difficulty. > > I will say that tensioning the serpentine belt is a lot easier with the > radiator out.... > > So all back together and blowing cold. Not ICE COLD, but cold. With the > system working I can deal with charging if necessary. > > Gawd, what a horrible job! I don't want to have to do that again.... > > Dan > > _______________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________ 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
