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

[Bob Rentfro]

I've thought of the fast glow plugs...I may do that next set of days off. I 
did think to try to start 'er with the shifter in N yesterday...I've been 
made look foolish by the nuteral safety switch before.

Thanks Larry.

Bob Rentfro


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <l02turner at comcast.net>
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Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 8:02 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] No Glow, No Start, Car Far from Home


> Hi Bob,
> Just to be safe, I'd take a strip fuse (mine's on the firewall - 78 240D)
> and the glow relay is under the dash next to the steering column on my 
> W123
> car.  Check the GP's to see is all 4 are getting voltage.  If you havent
> already changed the wiring to fst glow plugs  - I know - times a problem -
> get the Fast Glow kit from Rusty.  you won;t believe the huge improvement.
>
> Also - try starting in N as well as drive - the bushings in the linkage 
> may
> be bad anf the neutral start switch is stopping power to the starter -
> hth
> Sincerely,
> Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 91 300D Turbo)
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob Rentfro" <rrentfro at cox.net>
> To: "Mercedes mailing list" <Mercedes at striplin.net>
> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 1:23 AM
> 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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