Actually I was thinking about it and yeah having the DAS really helps
with these issues, but there is also learning from failure, which was
discouraging me yesterday. I was thinking about what a PITA it was
going to be to try to move and load this thing with it slammed and that
was getting me all agitated. So getting it fixed today really felt good
in that respect. It is great to stand there and see a zero-cost fix
actually work and the car start to rise from the dead. Hallelujah it is
risen!
The engine had been running a bit rough the last coupla times I started
it and exhaust was smelling a bit funky although there were no faults
for misfires or whatever. I let it run a fair amount today while I had
the computer on it and it started running a bit better after it warmed
up. Probably the gas is not great after sitting for a few months or
however long it has been there. It did start spewing coolant out of a
heater hose below the cabin air filter so I'm sure a lot of that stuff
is going to have to be changed after the rodents and whatever else has
been in there.
The fuel sender is not working. I think there is some kind of recall on
the fuel system I will have to check into, my daughter had the pump and
some other stuff replaced on her 211 wagon under an extended warranty so
maybe this car is covered too.
--FT
On 3/29/23 2:04 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
Congrats! Well done. Or, fancy computer to the rescue - don't leave home
without it?
On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 12:50 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
I went over to the car with my fancy computer, hooked it up and was able
to get a better sense of what was going on. Looked at the LF strut wiring
and saw one chewed through by rodents and one missing about 3” from the
plug into the loom. Luckily I had some wires in my kit and managed to do
some dirty field splices to make connections.
Started the car and it started pumping up!!!! Sitting fine now,
everything working! So the pump I replaced yesterday was probably OK but
these wires were the issue. I probably wouldn’t have known all this without
my blundering and research yesterday after no success. Or maybe I should’ve
looked more closely. But whatever…. So experience and learning…. YAY ME!!!
--FT
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