Those are the two tricks. Plug in the block heater to warm up the block? That will help in general. Have another car ready to provide a jump if your battery isn't up to the task. Hold the accelerator pedal down and crack for 30 seconds, check for fuel at the injectors them tighten up the lines at the injectors once you see fuel.
Max Dillon Charleston SC Jan 1, 2021 2:26:53 PM OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>: > What Bob said - fill the fuel filter with Diesel, then I cracked loose the > injector lines at the injectors - crank till fuel comes out at the lines, > tighten them up and it should run. YMMV ... > > On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 1:20 PM Bob Rentfro via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Just so we are clear, I did fill the fresh filter with clean, fresh diesel >> fuel before I put it back on. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jan 1, 2021, at 12:15 PM, Bob Rentfro <azbob...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> So I changed the spin on fuel filter in my W124 today. I’m showing the >> old girl a little bit of love after sitting for pretty much a year. I have >> to start driving it back out to the old nuke plant next week. I changed the >> spin on fuel filter and I suddenly realize there’s no priming pump like on >> W123s So I tried to start it after topping off the oil and tightening >> everything up, ran for about three seconds and died. And then I remembered >> I change the fuel filter. So what’s the trick? I’ve never done this on a >> W124 before. >>> >>> Bob R >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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 > > “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher > Von Braun > 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 _______________________________________ 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
