OK, but please clarify. Is there a ground strap there now? And if so, why wouldn't I reconnect it?
Randy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Wonko the Sane Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 11:54 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] 115 300D won't start Easy to install. Take out the old glow plugs and toaster wires, put in the new plugs, wire them in series, and do NOT hook up the ground strap at the front side. On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 12:37 PM, R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know this has been covered lots of times but if someone out there > wouldn't mind, I would like to be reminded of > the procedure for checking the old style series glow plugs. > > My car would not start this morning and it was in the garage and it is not > cold out. The orange light came on as > normal and went out as normal and it cranked pretty good but never started. > It blew clouds of grey-black smoke out > the back. I am guessing that I may have had at least one questionable glow > plug for a while and have now perhaps > lost another. It tried to start but I could not get it to catch > notwithstanding that I tried a number of times and > ran the battery down to where I finally decided it was best to just leave > it alone. I put the charger on the > battery for the morning and left it in the garage. I say I may have had a > glow plug or two bad because it has not > been starting all that strongly lately. It would start a bit rough and blow > smoke until it evened out. I know that > I need to adjust the valves too as I have never done it and I have put > about 9K miles on it. Don't know when it > might have had that done last before I got it. > > I have a whole set of new glow plugs that I got from Rusty a year or more > back and have never installed. I suppose > I should throw the whole set of new ones in and save any existing good ones > for spares. > > Anything special I should know about changing them out? What is the process > for checking to see which might be bad? > > Maybe the car just does not like November! I have not run it past Halloween > in previous years as my insurance > normally runs out on the last day of October. I usually just switch to > storage insurance and leave it in the garage > for the winter. However, I needed the car on Saturday as I had to go out of > town and my elder son did too. He used > my Supercrew and I kept the insurance on the MB for a few more days. The > weather is really nice here today so I was > going to drive it to work. I need to pick up some oil and do the change > before it goes into storage for the winter > too. > > Randy > > > _______________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________ 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
