Looks like the car is equipped with ABS. Max Dillon Charleston SC
Aug 7, 2021 5:44:44 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>: > Success!!!! > > I decided to fool with this thing a bit this afternoon. I got it for $300 a > few months ago and it has been sitting. When I picked it up the guy who had > it had been trying to start it without success from a jug of fuel. > > I charged up the battery a coupla days ago (nice Bosch battery) and gave it a > go today. I could hear the glow plug relay clicking so it was working. > Electrons were going to the glow plugs so that was good. I tried a few times > to start it, nothing. So I disconnected the fuel line, which is going to a > big in-line filter, and stuck it in a liter bottle of fuel. I pumped the > primer and it seemed to be pulling fuel but it wasn’t before when the line > was hooked to the tank. > > Glowed 3X then started cranking. After about 30seconds it lit right off!!! > Yay me!!! And it ran quite nicely and the rear end even pumped up. It ran > fine for a few minutes until the fuel in the bottle ran out. > > I hooked the line back to the tank line and tried starting no luck. The fuel > gauge said the tank was full but who knows. I opened the tank cap and it was > full right to the top. Hmmmm. But it smells like paint thinner so who knows > what it is. I tried the primer pump again but it seems like it is sucking > air. Maybe I need to get some fuel in the line and see if I can start it > again and then try to move it. > > Anyway, mostly successful! I’m excited. Now it becomes somewhat saleable > maybe. > > > --FT > Sent from 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 _______________________________________ 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
