You don't have a primer pump to leak, and MB saved a dollar or two. On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 1:44 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < [email protected]> wrote:
> How is this a refinement of the discarded primer pump? > > On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 2:38 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > What they all said. Be prepared to crank the piss out of it, maybe for a > > minute or more. Be patient, it will light up eventually. > > > > -D > > > > > On Jan 1, 2021, at 2:31 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Those are the two tricks. Plug in the block heater to warm up the > > block? That will help in general. Have another car ready to provide a > > jump if your battery isn't up to the task. Hold the accelerator pedal > down > > and crack for 30 seconds, check for fuel at the injectors them tighten up > > the lines at the injectors once you see fuel. > > > > > > Max Dillon > > > Charleston SC > > > > > > > > > Jan 1, 2021 2:26:53 PM OK Don via Mercedes <[email protected]>: > > > > > >> What Bob said - fill the fuel filter with Diesel, then I cracked loose > > the > > >> injector lines at the injectors - crank till fuel comes out at the > > lines, > > >> tighten them up and it should run. YMMV ... > > >> > > >> On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 1:20 PM Bob Rentfro via Mercedes < > > >> [email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > >>> Just so we are clear, I did fill the fresh filter with clean, fresh > > diesel > > >>> fuel before I put it back on. > > >>> > > >>> Sent from my iPhone > > >>> > > >>>> On Jan 1, 2021, at 12:15 PM, Bob Rentfro <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>> So I changed the spin on fuel filter in my W124 today. I’m showing > > the > > >>> old girl a little bit of love after sitting for pretty much a year. I > > have > > >>> to start driving it back out to the old nuke plant next week. I > > changed the > > >>> spin on fuel filter and I suddenly realize there’s no priming pump > > like on > > >>> W123s So I tried to start it after topping off the oil and tightening > > >>> everything up, ran for about three seconds and died. And then I > > remembered > > >>> I change the fuel filter. So what’s the trick? I’ve never done this > on > > a > > >>> W124 before. > > >>>> > > >>>> Bob R > > >>>> > > >>>> Sent from my iPhone > > >>> > > >>> _______________________________________ > > >>> 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________ > 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
