I have a tool box full of those. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI
On Jan 4, 2018 10:19 AM, "MG via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: You might also need a roundtuit. Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > I might have both a blown fuse and bad gp relay. > > On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 11:02 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > You can (gingerly) touch a glow plug after glowing and feel if it is warm >> (hot!) to see if they are getting juice. You can also put your voltmeter >> on >> the output and see if it the relay is closing and sending juice to the >> plugs (or at least voltage) You can also take off the cover of the relay >> box and watch the relay to see if it actually closes, and/or manually push >> on it to close it if it doesn’t. >> >> The SD was acting like this, turned out at first it was the relay and >> replacing it cured the no starting and then a year or two after that it >> was >> bad glow plugs. >> >> CHANGING YOUR FUSE is the first simple cheap fast easy thing to do. >> >> --R >> Sent from iPhone >> >> On Jan 3, 2018, at 4:52 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < >>> >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >>> It's been at least a decade since I replaced one of these, so I can't >>> remember what the symptoms were that caused me to do so on the same model >>> car-- 1983 300td. Currently, I can't even jump start my car. The preglow >>> ight glows and goes out, but it does not appear there is any ignition >>> >> when >> >>> cranking. Also, when I pre glow and wait 30 seconds after the light goes >>> out there is no clicking noise. I am deducing that my glow plug relay has >>> given out. I think I have a spare in the garage, so the simplest thing to >>> do is to swap them out and see what happens. I apologize in advance if I >>> offended anyone with this post. >>> _______________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________ 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
