Also make sure you have a good ground attachment. I boosted my wife's car with my pickup a couple of weeks ago and initially it did not want to go. I moved the ground clamp on the pickup to a different spot and it cranked fine and went right away.
Randy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dave M. Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 12:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] 84 300SD Starter Question Alan, In my experience, jump-starting a diesel - whether it's a little VW diesel, or an MB diesel - is very different than your typical gas engine. To make a long story somewhat shorter, I finally learned that 6 gauge, or even 4 gauge, booster cables are nearly useless. 2 gauge is barely adequate, but it's hard to find anything larger unless you make them yourself from welding cable. The smaller cables make the engine turn over verrrrry slowly. Bigger cables, or doubling-up two pairs of smaller ones, made a HUGE difference even on my little VW diesel 4-banger. The best deal I know of is at AutoZone. They have a nice set of 2-gauge, 20-foot cables, made in USA, with beefy clamps for $39. I looked all over and that's the best deal I could find for seriously heavy-duty cables. While your 300SD *could* have some other electrical issues, my money is on the booster cables you were using. Try bigger ones, or simply get the battery fully charged - that will eliminate that possibility quickly. If a fully-charged Group 49 battery is having trouble spinning the engine, you either have wiring problems, or a starter going out. :-) -Dave M. > ------------------------------ > Date: 16 Jan 2006 20:25:21 -0000 > From: "Alan Duff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [MBZ] 84 300SD Starter Question > > I'm looking at a 1984 300SD with 231k miles. In attempting to start it > using booster cables, with a hot jump battery, the starter spings very > slowly. Never gets fast enough to start and he jumper cables get hot to > the touch. Is this a bad starter or some other problem in the electrical > system? > > Alan Duff > Knoxville, TN _______________________________________ http://www.striplin.net 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://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
