Nice! I need to get off my rear end and fix the no-start problem on my '95 wagon.
Warm air quickly: I plug in the block heater on a timer, so it starts heating the coolant at least 30 minutes before I start driving. Nice toasty air within a few minutes if not instantly. Max Dillon Charleston SC Nov 29, 2020 6:34:58 PM Peter Frederick via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>: > 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 _______________________________________ 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
