Exactly! If you want to get fancy, close the points with your finger and check the resistance with a meter across them. Should be 0 or nearly 0. If it's higher, from a few ohms up to no connection, that's your issue. Check again after cleaning.
Jaime On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 10:42 PM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes < [email protected]> wrote: > Is this like points or something? Forgive me for my ignorance! > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Aug 2, 2021, at 9:11 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Pry the relay open and clean the contacts with emery cloth and deoxit. > > Thats most likely the issue. > > > > Jaime > > > > > >> On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 2:31 PM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes < > >> [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> My brother’s 78 240D with series type plugs doesn’t start without > >> excessive cranking. The strip fuse appears intact, the plugs as well > but we > >> replaced them for good measure. Turns out there appears to be no power > to > >> the strip fuse so I’m guessing the relay is bad? I don’t want to just > throw > >> expensive parts at the car. The relay is around $200. Is it reasonable > to > >> assume it’s bad at this point? Can it be tested? > >> > >> 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 > >> > >> > > > > -- > > Jaime Kopchinski > > http://www.jaimekop.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 > > -- Jaime Kopchinski http://www.jaimekop.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
