Re: [MBZ] 190D status (glow plugs today)

2006-04-11 Thread John Berryman
On Apr 10, 2006, at 3:54 PM, Jim Cathey wrote: Maybe I should put it up on eBay! -- Jim If it looks like Christ or Barney or ... some collector would pay sick money for it. Johnny B. I Mac Therefore I am

[MBZ] 190D status (glow plugs today)

2006-04-10 Thread Jim Cathey
Replaced the bad #2 glow plug. I'd bought the replacement a long time ago, the old plug measured some 30+ ohms, versus the 0.6 ohms it ought to. Fortunately for me #2 is the one you can reach without taking off the intake manifold, so it was fairly easy (a relative term!) to replace. I almost

Re: [MBZ] 190D status (glow plugs today)

2006-04-10 Thread Sunil Hari
When my dash light wasn't lighting, I just replaced all 5 GPs at once and saved the headache of diagnosis entirely. Never had a problem again. On 4/10/06, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Replaced the bad #2 glow plug. I'd bought the replacement a long time ago, the old plug measured some

Re: [MBZ] 190D status (glow plugs today)

2006-04-10 Thread Harry Watkins
List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 11:10 AM Subject: [MBZ] 190D status (glow plugs today) Replaced the bad #2 glow plug. I'd bought the replacement a long time ago, the old plug measured some 30+ ohms, versus the 0.6 ohms it ought to. Fortunately for me #2 is the one you can

Re: [MBZ] 190D status (glow plugs today)

2006-04-10 Thread Marshall Booth
A shorted (low resistance) plug is VERY unusual, but you've obviously found one. Usually a short will blow the fuse (or if it's internal to the glow plug, the plug shortly will fail). All the dash light NOT illuminating means is that the system needs to be serviced. Usually it's an open plug,

Re: [MBZ] 190D status (glow plugs today)

2006-04-10 Thread Jim Cathey
If you were here, I'd pay you $4 an hour to work on the golf course, you could quit when you got rich. Nah, I've got this little, umm, _problem_ with gophers... A shorted (low resistance) plug is VERY unusual, but you've obviously found one. Usually a short will blow the fuse (or if it's