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
> >>
> >>
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