I looked at a lot of the information he has one the car, and the PO has totally wrong wires on it, which will really screw things up, as well as an ETA that’s very possibly the incorrect one. These two things alone, combined with the fact that the car has been sitting can easily cause the isle issue. More likely than not, the ETA needs to be rebuilt. This can’t be determined until everything is set to spec in the throttle system first.
EZLs aren’t common failures, and when they are it’s often a binary failure as in there’s either spark or there’s not. I’m betting the wiring insulation inside the harness jacket of the ETA has turned to dust, very common by now. Rarely diagnosed because people don’t usually split the jacket open and look. -D > On Oct 20, 2022, at 3:48 PM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > It is just that half the coils may decide not to fire, but the onboard > diagnostics, such as they are, will spit out some code that doesnt tell you > anything about that. Or anything else. Throttle body and wiring harnesses > are kind of the minimum to start. Then ezl modules and the rest of the > electronic boxes up front. And that weird ignition module inside the front > fender. Cool car for sure but not worth the headache imho as a driver. > > On Sun, Oct 16, 2022, 6:51 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Yeah I agreed to buy it, will go get it end of the week sometime. >> >> —FT >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Oct 16, 2022, at 7:55 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> I thought you already bought it? >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Oct 16, 2022, at 6:31 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I looked at this 92 400E today. Guy bought it at estate sale after it >> had sat for 6yr and did some kinda hack work on it. Body and interior >> mostly very nice. Seats look new, smells new. No rust, underneath and whole >> car actually very clean. Engine ran really bad. Needs some work which is >> mostly fuel and intake and hoses and ignition stuff. Couldn’t drive it to >> check out trans and steering etc. tires looked original, dry and cracked. >> I’m gonna LOBALL the guy tomorrow and see what he says. Could be a very >> cool car. >>>> >>>> —FT >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPad >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> 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 >> >> > _______________________________________ > 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
