5 degrees this morning and my 1981 300SD did not start. And I did not plug it last night. So I plugged it in and put it on the charger and cranked and cranked to no avail. I then looked for help and found this site. I like it and thought some of you may like it as well. It is a simple, straight forward site with pictures that trouble shoots and explains the glow plug system in a 1986 Mercedes 300SDL. Its Mercedes OM603 6 cylinder diesel engine. The trouble shooting also applies to the 4cyl and 5cyl diesel with the pencil style glow plug.
I love easy stuff with pictures. http://dieselgiant.com/glowplugrepair.htm From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Feb 18 22:51:18 2006 Received: from web37404.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([209.191.87.57]) by server5.arterytc5.net with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FAav8-0004sL-JD for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Sat, 18 Feb 2006 22:51:18 +0000 Received: (qmail 81988 invoked by uid 60001); 18 Feb 2006 22:51:15 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=4Y2JRxUJF2ICFIA0TbxmzhHNqjigsjJTVo/oOHc+0X2DOQqUh3qNt17UR4WTdev8rN5GzuM1L4GypVk4bz6QGUFvDtGDe3E/XGt3dZW/zimryA6z+i00PIPuXlQB+os4ykJb80PMvvPpn+GIr65Ycwi35r6I2zZbZ93yEeeKa6g ; Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from [67.142.130.31] by web37404.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 18 Feb 2006 14:51:15 PST Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 14:51:15 -0800 (PST) From: Real Estate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.6 Subject: [MBZ] 124 wagon hydraulic suspension X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes_striplin.net.striplin.net> List-Unsubscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://striplin.net/pipermail/mercedes_striplin.net> List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 22:51:18 -0000 I am away working on the 300TE I bought. On the 88 300 TE i just got, there is no fluid in the suspension reservoir. THe rear struts have the boots pushed up. There is evidence that the hydraulic suspension has not worked for some time. Please send replies directly to [EMAIL PROTECTED] since I am away from home and it is easier to use on the road than my regular email account. 1. Any advice where to start? I have no febi fluid and can't get any for at least 2 days. Did anyone ever locate anything else that would be compatible enough for leak testing? I plan to order the febi, but I'd lke to figure out what needs fixing ASAP because I have 2 more days here that I can work on it. 2. I am assuming that the Dual pump is toasted on the suspension side. Someone rebuilt the dual pump. I think it was Hans N. Can anyone tell me about rebuilding the pump. Did you get the parts form Rusty? This car has a distributor at the front of the cam, not a suspension hydraulic pump. 3. Is there any way to test the rear struts without fluid or the pump working? I am guessing not, but anything I can do now to determine what I need to order will be helpful. I am guessing the struts are blown, or at least while everything is empty it would be a good time to rebuild them. Has anyone done this? are there any special tools needed? Thank you all for any collective wisdom you can impart. A little history: This is the Warrenton , VA car. WHen it got here it would not start. (Starter turned, but won't engage.) Supposedly it has a bad trans but everything else was ok. I took the starter out and found the bendix rusted tight. I took it apart and polished the shaft and put it back together with neversieze. I got the car running ant the engine seems ok . It appears to have been sitting for at least 6 months. THe PO has 10 different recent addresses. It looks like this wagon has been used for hauling. I wonder if it was used on a paper route. It is a pretty decent car, except that it won't start, and the hydraulic suspension is a mess and supposedly the trans is bad. So far the trans seems to shift ok. It looks like the biggest problems are with the suspension. On my test run the engine died. It has no spark, so now I am trying to track that down. Coil has 0.2 to 0.3 ohm across the primary terminals and about 88K ohms from either primary to the secondary. The rollback driver didn't tie it down cause we were only going about 1/4 mile and it slid forward and cracked the grill. Bummer! It is around zero so too cold to diagnose on the roadside. Loren Faeth verturing into the gasser world, tentatively --------------------------------- Brings words and photos together (easily) with PhotoMail - it's free and works with Yahoo! Mail. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Feb 18 23:16:12 2006 Received: from ms-smtp-02-lbl.southeast.rr.com ([24.25.9.101] helo=ms-smtp-02-eri0.southeast.rr.com) by server5.arterytc5.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FAbJD-0007QX-T0 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Sat, 18 Feb 2006 23:16:12 +0000 Received: from computer (cpe-065-190-173-189.nc.res.rr.com [65.190.173.189]) by ms-smtp-02-eri0.southeast.rr.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id k1INFhtY005016 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sat, 18 Feb 2006 18:16:09 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "wilton strickland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 17:59:03 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: [MBZ] Got my new 300D X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes_striplin.net.striplin.net> List-Unsubscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://striplin.net/pipermail/mercedes_striplin.net> List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 23:16:12 -0000 Toggle on cntr console adjusts rt, outside mirror. 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