If you only knew what I’m dealing with on my mom’s 2005 G500. I don’t think I’ll ever buy a post early nineties Mercedes.
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 25, 2023, at 11:45 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > We like the simple fixes, but are still pondering why that connection in the > fusebox is bad. Hmm. > > -D > >> On Mar 25, 2023, at 11:19 AM, Kevin Kraly via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Attaboy!! >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>>> On Mar 25, 2023, at 11:16 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes >>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> So the major issue with the CL600 when I got it was that the right door >>> was dead. These cars have a reputation for the harnesses to break down in >>> the door hinge, as it’s a weird articulated setup that allows the door to >>> move “out” while pivoting. I was assuming that the harness had broken, easy >>> fix. >>> >>> Not so. >>> >>> So when I started investigating this morning, I found that the right door >>> fuse (39) had no power to it in the fusebox. Hmm. The fuses are in a two >>> fuse block that plugs into the bus on the fuse block in the right front >>> fusebox. I had no power to either fuse when the ignition was turned on. >>> >>> I removed the fuse block containing the two fuses, one of which was the >>> fuse powering the door. The way these are set up is that they have two >>> plugs that go into the fusebox, but only one of these plugs has a >>> connection. The same connector that makes a connection with the fuse box >>> has a jumper of sorts inside the fuse block that connects the hot side of >>> the two fuses together. >>> >>> With the fuse block removed from the fuse box, I checked for power on the >>> two pins that were below the fuse block. Remember that only one of these is >>> actually connected to the fuses when the fuse block is plugged into the >>> fuse box. >>> >>> The pin that would have made contact with the fuse block was dead. That’s >>> the reason why I had no power to the right door. The other pin, under fuse >>> #38, which was not connected to the fuse block, had power. Looking at the >>> wiring diagram for the fuse box, these two pins are common to each other, >>> so it makes no difference which one was suppling power to the fuse block. >>> >>> I was able to disassemble the fuse block and with some tedious but careful >>> work using a cut off coping saw blade, dental picks and an Xacto knife, I >>> was able to cut out the parts of the fuse block that were molded in to >>> prevent reversing of the internal connector piece. Once that was done I >>> could reverse it so that it would contact the other pin when the fuse block >>> was installed. >>> >>> Power to the right door and all functions have been restored. Yay!! >>> >>> Now I need to find out why the signal from the right rear ABS sensor isn’t >>> getting to the ESP module and I should have everything resolved. >>> >>> -D >>> _______________________________________ >>> 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
