You still need to buy and install a reman or new starter. Strong
work on the rest.
I carry about 29-30" of half inch copper pipe in the 240D. It works to
whack the solenoid, and also to jump the solenoid.
Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes wrote on 12/3/18 11:20 PM:
Finally got a hammer down there to bang on it. That did the trick! Fired
right up. Man the new brakes are awesome. Of course the claw on the hammer
pulled the transmission and vacuum shutoff lines off the injection pump, so
after I drove the front end up on the leaning towers of lumber pyramid
scheme, it wouldnt shut off.
Headlight bulb is now out on the left side, and my glass is all pitted
anyway. I thought I had new hella lenses coming from Latvia but apparently
they want a bank transfer or something.
Passenger seat is all recovered after epic sessions with the instrument
panel removal tool and a million little white clips. Just need to cut some
holes in the cover for headrest and arm rest, which has me measuring twice
and cutting once. I will drop this seat onto the drivers side adjuster,
then pull my old drivers seat to swap the non memory motors into sportline
frame #2
I got a seat heater harness out of Russia, so that will have to go in
sometime with a new console wood.
Water to air setup is pretty much together. It will get welded into the
intake after some creative amputation with the table saw. I am trying to
find some thin little curved radiators to fit under the bumper cover. The
yzf1000r radiators are the only curved ones I know of, but they are curved
a bit too much I think. No air to air as I am keeping the ac.
Got some sportline rear shocks out of the fatherland. There were only 3
left. Tried to find the Sachs part number but nothing listed. I think it
was discontinued long ago. The regular s124 ones are still obtainable from
Sachs in a couple of flavors fyi.
Oh yes and the air no longer blows hot for some reason. Need to sort that
out.
Joys of old car ownership. At least the s123 is fully sorted. Man that
thing is just nice. They should all get the new steering box, new head, new
turbo and new transmission treatment. About the only things not new are the
halfshafts and rear subframe bushings. Maybe a 15" wheel upgrade and Gen 2
126 brakes would be nice.
Thanks to everyone who chimed in about the w124 no start. Thinking of
replacing the neutral safety switch on general principal. Bushings are
quite loose.
On Dec 3, 2018 7:30 AM, "Dan Penoff via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
wrote:
You’re really limited on this car as to what the problem can be:
Battery (not)
Neutral safety switch (not)
Solenoid
Starter
Get a piece of wood, long ratchet extension or baseball bat and give the
starter and solenoid a good 2-3 smacks, real hard.
I’m betting the solenoid is stuck or hung up. once this brute force
approach frees it up, order a rebuilt started from a trusted supplier.
-D
On Dec 3, 2018, at 10:25 AM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Thanks I tried it with a half inch ratchet, but no go. It has to be the
solenoid since it doesnt even click.
On Sun, Dec 2, 2018, 7:41 PM Scott Ritchey via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
I've experienced starters with "dead spots" or stuck brushes. Try
whacking it a couple times with a hammer.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Karl
Wittnebel via Mercedes
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2018 8:30 PM
To: mercedes@okiebenz com <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Cc: Karl Wittnebel <atypical...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] no cranky 87 td
Shorting the pins at the terminal block does nothing. I jumped the car
also, and
the behavior did not change. I did note that shifting the car into and
out of
park and neutral while the switch is in the start position caused
dimming of all
the dash lights, implying a short in the system and also implying that
the
neutral safety switch is operating correctly.
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