[MBZ] No Glow, No Start, Car Far from Home

[Tom Hargrave]

Bob,

Noke plant, huh? I used to work at Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant.
Interesting place......


Sounds like a bad battery or possibly a dirty battery post or possibly a
loose alternator belt. Regardless, a jump start from another car with a good
alternator should get you home where you can find out what's really going
on.

You can call me tonight at 256-656-1924. 


Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
256-656-1924
www.kegkits.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Mercedes-bounces at striplin.net [mailto:Mercedes-bounces at striplin.net]
On Behalf Of Bob Rentfro
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 12:24 AM
To: Mercedes mailing list
Subject: [MBZ] No Glow, No Start, Car Far from Home

I came out to my car tonight after having worked my 6th 12 hour shift in a
row at the old nuke plant...wanting nothing more than to get home, clean up
and have a cocktail...and the old girl wouldn't start. I turned the key, got
about a 0.5 second glow light then a faint buzz from beneath the dash
somewhere (my seatbely alarm has never worked btw). Turn the key...nada. I
checked the silver relays under the black cover on the wheelwell by the
cruise control and they were seated well in their place, but the red wire
going to the most forward one had come out of its connector. Those relays
look identical. Is one the glow plug relay?
 
Remember...my car is 45 miles from my home. 
So...
If you were going to go and rescue it tomorrow, what would you take to be
successful?  I'm thinking a new battery (I'm due...it had shown a little
weakening lately) at least. What about those relays? I had no precursors of
trouble at all. 

Any ideas? I get one whole day off to get 'er going again before I get to do
a 5 days on, 1 day off, 4 nights on, one night off, 4 nights on stretch.

Thanks smart friends...

Bob Rentfro
'77 300D 152K
Litchfield Park, AZ      
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