Re: [MBZ] My 91 300D with the Shorted GP Harness

2017-10-10 Thread Larry Turner via Mercedes
Thanks Jim,     Very well explained. LarryT On 10/09/2017 11:48 AM, Jim Cathey wrote: My experience is that you can't pay _anybody_ to care as much as you do, hence the DIY at my house. Current _is_ amps!  Heat derives from current through resistance.  It's a mathematical product, so as ei

Re: [MBZ] My 91 300D with the Shorted GP Harness

2017-10-09 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
My experience is that you can't pay _anybody_ to care as much as you do, hence the DIY at my house. Current _is_ amps! Heat derives from current through resistance. It's a mathematical product, so as either goes up so does the heat. (Amps times amps times resistance, actually.) Solder is used

Re: [MBZ] My 91 300D with the Shorted GP Harness

2017-10-09 Thread Larry Turner via Mercedes
Thanks Max! Luckily I didn't need to go that route.  the double tape method looks like it's working quite well. Have a nice week Larry On 10/08/2017 9:47 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: Larry, the solder would not melt from the electricity, but might melt from the heat of the glow plu

Re: [MBZ] My 91 300D with the Shorted GP Harness

2017-10-08 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Waytago! Good work. Your wife is a keeper! Larry Turner via Mercedes October 7, 2017 at 6:01 PM Hi All, You may remember my recent problem with what ended up being a short in my GP Wiring Harness. I don't recall where the story left off, but the Indy who said

Re: [MBZ] My 91 300D with the Shorted GP Harness

2017-10-08 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Larry, the solder would not melt from the electricity, but might melt from the heat of the glow plugs. I doubt the plugs get that hot at the connection end, but I think those connections are crimped. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 ___ http://w

Re: [MBZ] My 91 300D with the Shorted GP Harness

2017-10-08 Thread Larry Turner via Mercedes
    Yep, spending almost $200 really left a sour taste for sure, especially for what little they did.  I only went to them because of my health and once we got it home and took it apart it appeared they did even less than they claimed.  At the time, there was no way to know for sure, but it's b

Re: [MBZ] My 91 300D with the Shorted GP Harness

2017-10-08 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
ATTA Girl !!! Well done. [Taking artistic license with Wilton's signature post] On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 9:23 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Well done, I find a repair with herself's help to be quite rewarding. > Curt > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > > On S

Re: [MBZ] My 91 300D with the Shorted GP Harness

2017-10-08 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Well done, I find a repair with herself's help to be quite rewarding. Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 7:01 PM, Larry Turner via Mercedes wrote: Hi All, You may remember my recent problem with what ended up being a short in my GP Wiring Harness.  I don't recall

Re: [MBZ] My 91 300D with the Shorted GP Harness

2017-10-07 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Ah, we love a happy ending! On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 10:49 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Attaboy/attagirl. > > Leaves you wondering just what you were paying the Indy for, doesn't it? > > Mitch. > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] My 91 300D with the Shorted GP Harness

2017-10-07 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Attaboy/attagirl. Leaves you wondering just what you were paying the Indy for, doesn't it? Mitch. ___ 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/

Re: [MBZ] My 91 300D with the Shorted GP Harness

2017-10-07 Thread Larry Turner via Mercedes
;-) On 10/07/2017 8:22 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: Bravo! I always said that a Lovely Assistant would come in handy! ;) ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery option

Re: [MBZ] My 91 300D with the Shorted GP Harness

2017-10-07 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Bravo! I always said that a Lovely Assistant would come in handy! ;) -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http:/

Re: [MBZ] My 91 300D with the Shorted GP Harness

2017-10-07 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Kudos,Larry Dwight Giles Jr. 1982 300CD 2005 E320 4 matic. Wickford RI On Oct 7, 2017 7:01 PM, "Larry Turner via Mercedes" wrote: > Hi All, > > You may remember my recent problem with what ended up being a short in my > GP Wiring Harness. I don't recall where the story left off, but the Indy

[MBZ] My 91 300D with the Shorted GP Harness

2017-10-07 Thread Larry Turner via Mercedes
Hi All, You may remember my recent problem with what ended up being a short in my GP Wiring Harness.  I don't recall where the story left off, but the Indy who said they could work on it but ended up not being able to fix it even though I was telling them what to do.  Anyway, my wife & I went