Have you tried to run the engine by hand yet? that could be telling - one way or the other ...
On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 5:32 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > 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 > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________ > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > -- > --FT > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ 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