yup. too much unnecessary technology. On Sat, Mar 25, 2023, 12:21 PM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> If you only knew what I’m dealing with on my mom’s 2005 G500. I don’t > think I’ll ever buy a post early nineties Mercedes. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Mar 25, 2023, at 11:45 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > We like the simple fixes, but are still pondering why that connection > in the fusebox is bad. Hmm. > > > > -D > > > >> On Mar 25, 2023, at 11:19 AM, Kevin Kraly via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >> Attaboy!! > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >>>> On Mar 25, 2023, at 11:16 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> So the major issue with the CL600 when I got it was that the right > door was dead. These cars have a reputation for the harnesses to break down > in the door hinge, as it’s a weird articulated setup that allows the door > to move “out” while pivoting. I was assuming that the harness had broken, > easy fix. > >>> > >>> Not so. > >>> > >>> So when I started investigating this morning, I found that the right > door fuse (39) had no power to it in the fusebox. Hmm. The fuses are in a > two fuse block that plugs into the bus on the fuse block in the right front > fusebox. I had no power to either fuse when the ignition was turned on. > >>> > >>> I removed the fuse block containing the two fuses, one of which was > the fuse powering the door. The way these are set up is that they have two > plugs that go into the fusebox, but only one of these plugs has a > connection. The same connector that makes a connection with the fuse box > has a jumper of sorts inside the fuse block that connects the hot side of > the two fuses together. > >>> > >>> With the fuse block removed from the fuse box, I checked for power on > the two pins that were below the fuse block. Remember that only one of > these is actually connected to the fuses when the fuse block is plugged > into the fuse box. > >>> > >>> The pin that would have made contact with the fuse block was dead. > That’s the reason why I had no power to the right door. The other pin, > under fuse #38, which was not connected to the fuse block, had power. > Looking at the wiring diagram for the fuse box, these two pins are common > to each other, so it makes no difference which one was suppling power to > the fuse block. > >>> > >>> I was able to disassemble the fuse block and with some tedious but > careful work using a cut off coping saw blade, dental picks and an Xacto > knife, I was able to cut out the parts of the fuse block that were molded > in to prevent reversing of the internal connector piece. Once that was done > I could reverse it so that it would contact the other pin when the fuse > block was installed. > >>> > >>> Power to the right door and all functions have been restored. Yay!! > >>> > >>> Now I need to find out why the signal from the right rear ABS sensor > isn’t getting to the ESP module and I should have everything resolved. > >>> > >>> -D > >>> _______________________________________ > >>> 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