Not the battery cables - those are tight and the battery took a charge over the last 2 days - 2A trickle, so it should be good to go. Weirdness persists. I am going to soak the tumbler with deoxit and hope some gets to the ignition switch. Will disconnect the battery and rotate the tumbler real good. It's worth a try before getting into the switch. Deoxit has proven quasi-miraculous in the past.
Chris Rich Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well the boy's car had loose connectors, he jiggled them but did not tighten them before calling for the jump. I think what happened was moving from hot Texas to cold Philly, and the temps dropping up there to cold levels, loosened them just enough that they were not making good contact to charge/start the car. The guy who came tightened them and jumped it, all was well. Also if that big battery is dead, it will either take some time to get it juiced up on the jump, or if it shorted or otherwise completely fried, it will just keep sucking up the jump power and there won't be enough to do anything else. --R Christopher McCann wrote: > battery died on the SD yesterday. No problem, will jump it. > > 1) The terminals were NOT hooked up backwards > > 2) when I tried to start the car after attaching jumper cables, the > instrument cluster lights did not come on until I was in the start position > (the key that is)...no starting, no turn over - NOTHING...and you can't turn > the key further TO start. NOTHING, NO POWER to ANYTHING unless the key is all > the way in the start position. Accesory does nothing. When Key is all the way > to start, windows, for example, work, but not in accesory position. > > Very strange - any ideas? I'm hoping a relay, perhaps? I checked and swapped > around the ice cubes (not sure which ones do what) and that had no effect. > Didn't check the other relays. Fuses are all fine. > > 3) 2 amp trickle charged for 7 hours and the same thing. > > Thanks much in advance! > > Chris > > > > > > -1985 300SD, 369K km, "Wulf" > -1992 350 Ram Wagon, 1 Ton, 58K mi, "Der Abschleppwagen" > -1975 240D manual, W115, "Projekt-Wagen 1" > -1980 300SD, W116, "Projekt-Wagen 2" > -1985 300Dt, W123, "Projekt-Wagen 3" > -1984 300Dt, W123, "Projekt-Wagen 4" > > --------------------------------- > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
