We all learn that lesson the hard way. BTDT. Smart Dieselvolk on
the list will take note and remember, thus saving much frustration
when the time comes. Carry big cables, or don't bother. 4 is on the
small side, but a good compromise for portability. 0 Ga is good, but
awkward to use and move!
At 02:06 PM 11/18/2008, you wrote:
Yes we all know how Marshall used to speak of the need for
hefty cables in the jump starting of diesels. I offer a recent
experience on that subject.
My 83 300SD would not start after being shut off for only 15
minutes while I was in voting. No click, no lights, no
nothing. My first thought was I voted wrong. About the only thing
unusual was I had parked in a place with the driver's side of the
car tilted up. Thinking maybe the battery had shifted and
something was not making contact, I satisfied myself that all was
right. (It turned out the battery, which was seven years old, had
failed internally.) A fellow citizen offered to jump start
me. He was equipped with cables, he explained, because he often
had to jump start the little SUV he was driving. I noticed his
cables were flimsy but he was helpful and I knew that all I needed
was to get my MB engine just half turned over and it would
fire. We connected the cables and he sped up his engine. I had
dash instruments! But that was about all. No movement from the
starter. We shut off, banged on the starter, connected, let his
engine run five minutes, still no luck. By now I'm thinking it
must be the starter at fault. I return with tools, tow chain,
wife and her little SUV.. My plan is to pull the MB out of the
place I had parked it and try coast starting it. However I will
first try to jump start it again with my cables which are 4
gauge. It starts like a shot! I had thought the small cables
would have at least given the starter enough juice to groan it over
slowly. But it doesn't seem to work that way. In my case the
heavy duty cables were necessary to get any action at all. I now
carry a set in the car.
Dave Gilmore, Cameron WV
They said they would rather be outlaws a year in Sherwood
Forest than President of the United States forever.
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