This sounds like quite an advanced project or, as my Greek-heritage math prof would have said, "thees ees non treevial".
On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 3:20 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Started out adjusting the trunk snubbers I put on the other night so you > don’t have to slam the trunk lid to get it to latch. Works nice now. > > Adjusted the throttle linkage per spec to make sure all of that was in > order. > > Put a new mast on the antenna, although I’m a bit befuddled about the > antenna. As long as it’s hooked up to the radio, it’s up regardless of > what the radio is doing or if the key or radio is on or not. The only > thing that makes it retract is if you disconnect it at the radio, not the > antenna. Weird. If anyone has any insight into what this might be, I’m > all ears. > > Ran a scan with the HHT emulator in the C3 and found the same codes, > nothing new. Noticed something that might be important, however. After > running several tests I started to lose connectivity with the various > modules. I checked battery voltage and it was below 12V. Hmm. The > battery that’s in the car has full cells, but it’s marked as a “second” > with no other identifying markings. No manufacturer, date, nothing. > > I keep a spare Group 49 MB battery on the tender at all times, so I took > it off the tender and put the charger to it. Within a couple of minutes it > was above 14V. I’m going to drop it in later today and see what happens. > This could be interesting, as so many things in these cars can go haywire > with low voltage. If the battery is kaput it could be dragging the > alternator down as well. > > Got the @#$% O2 sensor out. Guess three days of Kroil soaking did the > job. That and a ratchet with a three foot cheater bar on it. I dropped > the exhaust as far as I could by pulling all of the “O” rubbers off and let > it sit on a jackstand so it wouldn’t stress the pipes upstream. That gave > me a lot more clearance to get at the sensor, not to mention I had a six > point socket that I could get on it with enough clearance to get a ratchet > on. > > Break time now and after I’m done I’ll go out and put the new O2 sensor in > and drop in the spare battery. > > Wouldn’t it be a hoot if the only problem the car had was a bum battery? > I would be pleased. > > -D > > _______________________________________ > http://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 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
