I could buy a whole new car for the price of a bottle of 50yo scotch whisky
--FT (who sometimes makes rye comments too) Sent from iPhone > On Sep 28, 2018, at 12:54 AM, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Dead short: Install solid copper link instead of a fuse, and watch for the > smoke..... What's so hard about that? > > Intermittent short: ... Now, that is much harder... > > Hell, for one of those, I have to wear a WHITE shop coat and put on my blue > gloves... > For an intermittent short, the best fix is a glass and a bottle of 50 yr > old single malt scotch. It doesn't fix the problem, but you care less about > it for a while. > > On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 9:46 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> you are right. (again) The intermittent stuff is tough, unless you get >> lucky. >> >> All you need is to get a blue shop coat to be as smart or smarter than >> Kent. (oh, and make videos) (or post to the fookbase 123 group.) >> >> fmiser via Mercedes wrote: >>> Got an email from that amazing guru of Mercedes repair, Kent. >>> >>> (can you feel the sarcasm) >>> >>> He says, "A dead short (one that instantly blows fuses) in your >>> Mercedes can be one of the hardest electrical problems to >>> troubleshoot and fix. >>> >>> I guess my idea of "hard to troubleshoot" and his are different. >>> Dead shorts are easy to identify the circuit with a problem, and >>> it's clear when the problem is fixed. >>> >>> I'm reluctant to promote his, ah - err "stuff" - but I'm curious >>> if any of the rest of you find it hard to fix dead shorts? I >>> guess mostly I'm trying to get a glimpse of "normal" from wherever >>> it is that I am. >>> >>> ________________ >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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
