[MBZ] The real reason diesels aren't more popular
Because movie characters couldn't disable the cars of their opponents by reaching under the hood and grabbing a handfull of wires. And the opponent couldn't come out to find the hood cracked a bit and grab a handfull of wires and throw them down in disgust. Brian
Re: [MBZ] The real reason diesels aren't more popular
That's funny, brian! It would take a bit more to disable a mechanical diesel, but today's electronically controlled diesels could also be stopped by opening the hood and yanking a handfull of wires. Kevin in Hillsboro, OR 1983 300SD 266K miles, Ursula
Re: [MBZ] The real reason diesels aren't more popular
kevin kraly wrote: That's funny, brian! It would take a bit more to disable a mechanical diesel, but today's electronically controlled diesels could also be stopped by opening the hood and yanking a handfull of wires. Or by pointing a toast the circuits gun at the car. I can't wait until they get a production model in the hands of the same cops that would Taser a 80 year old for wandering in the street in his pajamas, or fire 200 rounds into a residence because they think one of the guys in the house shot at them. At that point, I will not drive anything newer than a '87 MBZ diesel. (with modified IP and no electronic idle control) Mitch.
Re: [MBZ] The real reason diesels aren't more popular
That guy Vin is pretty popular though. --R Zoltan Finks wrote: Because movie characters couldn't disable the cars of their opponents by reaching under the hood and grabbing a handfull of wires. And the opponent couldn't come out to find the hood cracked a bit and grab a handfull of wires and throw them down in disgust. Brian
Re: [MBZ] The real reason diesels aren't more popular
On Sun, 28 Jan 2007, kevin kraly wrote: That's funny, brian! It would take a bit more to disable a mechanical diesel, but today's electronically controlled diesels could also be stopped by opening the hood and yanking a handfull of wires. Disconnect the GP relay then put the cap back on to hide it. Cut one of the small wires at the terminal block (that goes to the starter) My favorite evil thing was on the Jeeps-there is a ceramic resistor near the washer bottle that is for the fuel pump -- during starting the pump gets full voltage, but after starting it goes thru the resistor. Disconnect the resistor and it starts fine but quickly dies when you let it go to Run g -j.
