Does the alternator have to come out for this repair? Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 4, 2013, at 2:15 PM, "Greg Fiorentino" <gf...@dslnorthwest.net> wrote: > IME in almost every case it is the voltage regulator/brushes module that is > bad. At $20-30 and about 15 minutes of work it is a piece of cake. Out of > all the times I have gone through this with my 123s and 126s, only once did > I have to put in a new (used) alternator. > > Greg > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > dsereta...@yahoo.com > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 3:22 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: [MBZ] Should have known better- alternator woes. > > For the past month or so my battery hasn't been holding a charge very well. > It's 8 plus years old so I figured it was failing plus I had to use a > booster pack to start it up yesterday. So anyway, I bought a new battery and > installed it today. I then drove up to Maine from Boston and at the end of > the trip noticed that the instrument cluster lights were dim. I then noticed > that the headlights were also dim. Duh, it's a failed alternator. My old > battery was probably just fine! Shoulda performed a load test! Time to call > the Q. > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________ > 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://mail.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://mail.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://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
