I don't think so, the display in the dash shows it to be in "P" so that
should be OK.
I got the radio code from MBUSA and got the radio to come alive so that
is some small progress.
I tried to crank it again and got another Start Error msg. Could not
hear the starter solenoid clunk. I am thinking the other battery I put
in might not be up to the job either even though I had used it on
another car and it started it up, I am charging up another one I'll try
tomorrow. I might need to break down and go buy a new battery if the
one that came in it is actually bad, probably should put it in the E320
anyway as the one I swapped into that car was from the $500E300, not
sure how old it was though it cranks fine. I might have bought that one
like a year ago for the $500E300, I can't remember. I can try that one
too. I should go to HF and get one of those cheap battery testers maybe.
I managed to decode the date on the battery that was in the vehicle,
June 2019, near as I can decipher. Looks pretty new, 30month full
warranty. I'll put it on the charger again then take it to the FLAPS
and have them check it. If it is good there must some other issue in
the connections that aren't showing up in the scans. Maybe as Max
suggested the starter might be kaput. Hmmm.
Tomorrow if I get some time in the daylight I'll get under and see if
the ground strap and starter cables are all in ordnung.
Oh, and it dropped 30F since I was out earlier around lunchtime fooling
with it, getting chilly and damp out there.
Ah the fun...
--FT
On 11/12/19 5:47 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote:
Neutral safety switch? Interlock to prevent the engine from starting
if the computer does not think it is in neutral?
Randy
On 12/11/2019 4:09 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote:
I'd start with the starter, checking connections, including the
engine ground strap. One day The White Whale ('87 300TD) failed to
crank over, just a click from the starter solenoid. At some point in
the diagnosis, I decided to make sure the engine wasn't locked up, so
I crawled underneath and put the wrench on the crankshaft and... I
could not turn it by hand! I was flabbergasted. I was having a hard
time accepting that the engine was locked up, so I decided to pull
the starter and get that tested.
So'nuf, bad starter had "locked" the engine, and all was right
again in the world once I had a new starter in place.
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
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