Dieselvolk,
I finally tracked down the hard starting problem with our brand new 74 240D.
It was starting fine, then one morning it suddenly took excessive cranking and
barely started. It had all the hallmarks of a bad GP as so often happens with
the W123s, so I immediately swapped all of them out...with absolutely no
effect. DRATS! I had it on on a heavy bio diet, so I changed the fuel filters
(which were crudded up badly)...again, no effect. Out comes the volt meter,
and the GPs registered 8.5, 5.4, 4.1, and 1.6 volts...wait a minute, why is
plug 4 lead 8.5V and not 12 V? New GP fuse (is it really supposed to be a red
16A?)...no effect. Hold on, the GP wires leading to and from the fuse box
shouldn't be wiggling that much...in fact there should be ZERO movement...grab
a phillips and crank down on the fuse terminal screws...voila! Problem solved.
Some day I will learn to check the simple things first. And do the old loop
style GPs *ever* burn out?
V/R
Bruce
82 300CD 348kmi 'His'
85 300CD 253kmi 'Hers'
75 240D 202kmi 'Donner'
77 240D 204kmi 'Blitzen' gone to a better place
74 240D 79kmi 'Orangewagen'
73 220D 'Fnu Lnu'
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Somewhere right around a ton.
Mike
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> Mike wrote:<<full cord is 4' x 4' x 8'.>>
>
> Wow! Take's one heck of a pickup truck bed to hold all that!
> ;-)
>
> I wonder how much that weighs? I know, it's hard to say since wood is
> different and seasoned is different still.
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> Never mind -
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>> To be exact a face cord measures 4' x 8' x 18" and a full cord is 4' x 4'
>> x
>> 8'.
>>
>> Mike
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>>>> Jim Cathey wrote:
>>>>> A full pickup load is a cord. Very roughly.
>>>
>>> I believe that's what they call a "face cord" - it has the width and
>>> height
>>> of a cord but not the depth.
>>> The depth only goes as far as one stick of wood - about 25" long. where
>>> a
>>> full cord is 3 X's that deep.
>>> IIRC - YMMV
>>> ;-)
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jim Cathey wrote:
>>>>> A full pickup load is a cord. Very roughly.
>>>>
>>>> ... if you can pile it to an average depth of 4'
>>>> http://www.woodheat.org/firewood/cord.htm
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