I have not been following this thread closely, but I seem to recall early work on this car was an alternator replacement by a mechanic who was pretty sloppy in his work, ie, failed to replace the drive belt which was visually damaged to the point it should have been replaced.
My posit is: The "bad mechanic" either damaged the alternator, or damaged the alternator wire, or wire connection plug, in such a way it is not properly functioning. My vote would go to wire or connection damage by a ham fisted mechanic who didn't understand Mercedes. On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 6:35 AM Jim Cathey via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I bought a China clamp meter, and for the few times I have used it, I'm > pretty satisfied. > > > https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00O1Q2HOQ?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_pd_title > > Doesn't look too bad, but the 100A maximum current means you won't be able > to > read starter current. Looks like it would do everything else, though. My > Fluke (more $$$) > reads to 400A. > > This one would allow you to, in seconds, determine if an alternator was > charging, > whether a glow plug was bad or out of spec., whether or not there were any > parasitic > loads on the battery, etc. > > -- Jim > > > _______________________________________ > 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
