It’s a common “cube” style relay as I recall. You can remove it and carefully pry the cover off with a small flat blade screwdriver to expose the armature and contacts. Clean the contacts with some emery cloth and DeOxIt or other suitable contact cleaner, then install it with the cover off so you can see if it’s being energized when you turn the key on.
-D > On Aug 2, 2021, at 10:41 PM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Is this like points or something? Forgive me for my ignorance! > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Aug 2, 2021, at 9:11 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Pry the relay open and clean the contacts with emery cloth and deoxit. >> Thats most likely the issue. >> >> Jaime >> >> >>> On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 2:31 PM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes < >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> My brother’s 78 240D with series type plugs doesn’t start without >>> excessive cranking. The strip fuse appears intact, the plugs as well but we >>> replaced them for good measure. Turns out there appears to be no power to >>> the strip fuse so I’m guessing the relay is bad? I don’t want to just throw >>> expensive parts at the car. The relay is around $200. Is it reasonable to >>> assume it’s bad at this point? Can it be tested? >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Jaime Kopchinski >> http://www.jaimekop.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 >> > > > _______________________________________ > 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
