your old one is 500W and the new cable you got is for the new 400W heater.
Chris '85 300SD 241K mi/'92 Dodge B-350 Ram Wagon/'75 240D/'80 300SD/'82 300SD/'83 240D/'84 300Dt/'85 300Dt Cali (parting out)/'87 190E 2.3 (parting out) --- On Sat, 2/28/09, Kaleb C. Striplin <ka...@striplin.net> wrote: > From: Kaleb C. Striplin <ka...@striplin.net> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Strange block heater > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Saturday, February 28, 2009, 4:33 PM > I have seen plenty of those, its just a different brand. > > Philip wrote: > > I got my box of parts from Rusty - included a new > block heater > > cord. > > > > When I reached in under the airfilter to unplug the > old one, > > the connector felt odd. > > > >> From underneath I could see it. Attached is a > picture of it. > > > > Not like any block heater I've seen before on > these cars. Anyone > > else seen one like this? I think the knurled ring is > what holds > > the connector to the heater. > > > > The outside end of the cable is wearing, and my meter > says > > there's not a low impedance path from chassis > ground to AC > > safety ground. > > > > Anyway, it's still functions and gets plugged into > a GFCI > > outlet - so for now I guess I'll leave it. > > > > -- Philip > > -------------- next part -------------- > > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > Name: block-heater_odd.jpg > > Type: image/jpeg > > Size: 29048 bytes > > Desc: not available > > URL: > <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090228/c190990b/attachment.jpg> > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives > http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.237 / Virus > Database: 270.11.4/1976 - Release Date: 02/27/09 13:27:00 > > > > -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK > 95 E300, 92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 300D, 91 300E, 89 > 560SEL, > 89 300E, 87 300SDL x2, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 85 190D, 84 190D > x2, > 84 300D euro manny, 81 240D, 80 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, > http://www.okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
