Congrats - sounds like productive day. On Sun, Nov 29, 2020 at 5:34 PM Peter Frederick via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> At long last I replaced the coil in the TE, wanted to some time back but > my friend Hans talked me out of it, he suspected fuel injectors instead to > account for the rough idle and other assorted ills, including difficulty > setting the mixture on the KE-Jet. > > Popped it in, charged the battery (with Mom getting more and more frail > I've not been driving either Benz lately) and fired it up. Took right off, > runs like a top. No more stalling after starting, no long cranking, very > little stumble off a stop. > > Most important it doesn't fall on it's face as soon as it warms up now. > Ran out of time to finish the job, was about to get the volt meter out and > set the mixture when my brother called to help him install a new alternator > in his wife's car. Hae had carpal tunnel surgery a week and a half ago and > isn't supposed to be using it. > > Not bad, although the bolts won't slide out of the bushings, they have to > be screwed out. At least that 2005 240 has a spring tensioner, not the > self destructing one in the TE. > > A good day -- I prefer to drive the Benz in the winter, the Golf almost > never gets warm and I'm getting old enough for that to matter. > _______________________________________ > 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 > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ 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
