Kudos,Larry Dwight Giles Jr. 1982 300CD 2005 E320 4 matic. Wickford RI
On Oct 7, 2017 7:01 PM, "Larry Turner via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > You may remember my recent problem with what ended up being a short in my > GP Wiring Harness. I don't recall where the story left off, but the Indy > who said they could work on it but ended up not being able to fix it even > though I was telling them what to do. Anyway, my wife & I went to the Indy > last Thurs. and after cranking for 20 seconds, then waiting for 30 sec my > wife got the car to start on a 80F day on the 2nd starter cranking. > > My wife drove it home and we finally started on it this AM around 9AM. My > wife was a big help as I can't stand for very long at a time, so I mostly > "Supervised" (my preferred mode of operation) as she removed the linkages, > the manifold bolts and all the bits and pieces. After lifting the Intake > Manifold off, we were able to examine the GP Wire Harness. We found the > wire going to GP #2 had lost its insulation. I don't know if it was > abraded or perhaps the heat cycles made it brittle, but the insulation was > gone from the point where the #2 GP wire left the main harness and went to > the GP. Rather than re-wiring the harness completely as I had planned, I > decided to put some black electrician's tape on it then covered that with > the Universal Magic Repair of Duct Tape to make sure the Electrician's Tape > stayed in place. Also, before putting the Electrician's Tape in place, I > cleaned the bare copper wire with Brake Cleaner because the copper wire was > coated with black diesel oil which prevented the tape from sticking. > > Then, as we finished everything up, I found the mandatory error which > seems to appear in all my repairs - the Accelerator Linkage that attaches > to the aft end of the linkage near the firewall was on the wrong side of > the GP Harness! I had it on the inside, between the harness and the cyl > head, and it needs to be on the outside. As it was I was prevented from > snapping it in place. (This is when I said DAMN!) So we decided to stop > at that point, I was beat and so was my wife, who had stretched the tendons > of her legs when leaning over the engine to reach the fasteners. > > But we tried it, and it started instantly like it always does, confirming > we had put the Manifold and harness on correctly and that we had found and > repaired the problem. Smiles all around. Tomorrow I plan to either pop > that linkage off at the bottom, or even easier, unfasten #5 and perhaps #4 > GP Wire and move the linkage rod into the correct position. > > On the road again! > > LarryT > > 91 300 2.5T > > _______________________________________ > 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
