On a car like this, I would recommend buying the factory shop/repair manual(s).
On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 10:22 PM RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Folks, > > Well the 2002 e320 wagon with fries sucks today …. > > I drove it to the Kroger to get a dozen Valentine’s Day roses for the > pretty red headed woman … well, no good deed goes unpunished. > > So, I drove the hovercraft about 8 miles to the Kroger on the next island, > uneventfully. Last week, if you remember I replaced the key cases …. The > originals were busted up. When I bought the car, previous owners said key > #1 started the car and key #2 supposedly didn’t start but remote worked …. > After new fob cases and batteries, both keys would start and work the > locks. So after shopping the key would not turn … I got some errors, I > assume on the cluster but each time it would be different including maybe > an r5 or r 3 but maybe some segments of the lower right window in the > cluster are out … by the way, I couldn’t operate the big cluster display … > odometer etc today … it had always been dim but today nothing. > > I messed around with some stuff …. Lock unlock etc I also used a > screwdriver and put the shift selector in neutral etc … will a car such as > this start in neutral? > > I also located the battery under right rear seat … it’s a nice big one > that could run a 123 diesel …. And I removed and replaced all the fuses … > are there a bunch of blank spots in the fuse panel. It was dark, so that > was all I could do … I would have disconnected the battery but I had no > tools or Mercedes’ tool or first aid kit … just one screwdriver > > So I called the red headed woman and she brought me the other key which I > suppose I should have had in the car. Bingo it started up fine and I drove > home. Once home key number one still didn’t work and key two still works. > > Ideas?? > > One bit of back story … we had maybe five plus inches of rain and the car > was parked in 2-3 inches of water, but no more. Water never touched the > car except from rainfall. Everything was dry around the electronics … where > is the main ECU ? Passenger kick panel or somewhere around there? > > So far I’ve only replaced mechanical things … key cases, hood release and > windshield wiper … and am about to replace hood lift struts ….. maybe I > should just sell it to Floyd!! Or make him help me diagnose it with his > fancy Chinese computer! > > Oh, there was a box marked Motorola and Benz under the drivers side rear > seat …. What is that an analog cellphone? Can I just unplug all that > without disturbing the nannies? > > I know I need to replace all the fuses. > > This is a lot … call it the Valentine story. And yes, I gave her the roses > 🌹 at the Kroger. > > Xx rick > > _______________________________________ > 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 "Quality of life is inversely proportional to the amount of clothing you are wearing." "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 "In science if you know what you are doing you should not be doing it. In engineering if you do not know what you are doing you should not be doing it." -- Richard W. Hamming, The Art of Doing Science and Engineering 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
