The starter motor in my 1983 300TD wagon is going down the tubes. This
morning it wouldn't budge until after I had plugged in the block heater for
10 minutes. At all times it pauses when I engage the ignition key, and
then screetches the first couple of seconds upon startup.
Clearly I need to
Buy a Bosch reman. Can't trust used.
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On Nov 18, 2014, at 1:43 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
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The starter motor in my 1983 300TD wagon is going down the tubes. This
morning it wouldn't budge until after I had plugged in the block
: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1983 300TD W123 Balky Starter
Buy a Bosch reman. Can't trust used.
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On Nov 18, 2014, at 1:43 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
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The starter motor in my 1983 300TD wagon is going down
: dseretakis--- via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
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Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1983 300TD W123 Balky Starter
Buy a Bosch reman. Can't trust used.
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Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1983 300TD W123 Balky Starter
He has practical knowledge of 00s of cars, unlike you.
On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Curt Raymond via
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Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1983 300TD W123 Balky Starter
That's the symbol for hundreds. In any case, the quality of a reman starter
would depend on the expertise of the company doing the rebuild. Here's a cheap
one from Suncoast
Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1983 300TD W123 Balky Starter
That's the symbol for hundreds. In any case, the quality of a reman starter would depend on the expertise of the company doing the rebuild. Here's a cheap one from
that to be true
with alternators. Dr. Fatty wants 3x as much the one you posted. I'd
trust his.
-Curt
From: Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com
To: Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1983 300TD W123 Balky Starter
That's
Are there no places out there anymore that rebuild your starter?
That used to be better than buying rebuilt ones at one time.
I know little about MB starters but the old north american stuff was
pretty straight forward and easy enough to fix.
RB
I'd guess somewhere between where Andrew
I'm leaning toward a used starter off a 60,000 mile 240 D with a 6 month
warranty from PG Auto. Unless someone can personally recommend a good
brand of remann'ed starters.
On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Are there no places out there
How do you know that starter is not a reman? Can u trust the miles? How many
240D that you know of have 60K miles?
Buy new. Labor to R/R must be considered if you have to replace in 6 months.
And yes who cares about noisy starters?
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On Nov 18, 2014, at 4:10 PM, Andrew
Andrew also said it seemed hesitant.
Are the cables good?
Are the connections clean?
On 18/11/2014 4:02 PM, dseretakis--- via Mercedes wrote:
How do you know that starter is not a reman? Can u trust the miles? How many
240D that you know of have 60K miles?
Buy new. Labor to R/R must be
Why don't u replace it? You can handle the job, after all you can do front end
rebuilds;)
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On Nov 18, 2014, at 4:10 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
I'm leaning toward a used starter off a 60,000 mile 240 D with a 6 month
warranty from PG
And carry rear ends and treadmills down and up multiple flights of stairs!
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On Nov 18, 2014, at 5:24 PM, dseretakis--- via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Why don't u replace it? You can handle the job, after all you can do front
end rebuilds;)
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Or ask the French man to do it. Should take him all of five minutes!
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On Nov 18, 2014, at 5:24 PM, dseretakis--- via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Why don't u replace it? You can handle the job, after all you can do front
end rebuilds;)
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How do you know that starter is not a reman? Can u trust the miles?
How many 240D that you know of have 60K miles?
Buy new. Labor to R/R must be considered if you have to replace in 6 months.
And yes who cares about noisy starters?
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All starters make noise. even the rope
Bosch factory reman is the only way to go. I've tried them all over the
years, and the Bosch factory remans were the only ones that were rock
solid, never worry about it again.
On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 3:10 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
I'm leaning toward a
The problem with the diesel starters is that usually the coil windings
have acquired too much resistance, and if you don't replace the
armature, you will still have a weak, high current draw starter. New
bushing and turning the commutator will do very little to fix it.
So far as I know,
, November 18, 2014 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1983 300TD W123 Balky Starter
How do you know that starter is not a reman? Can u trust the miles? How
many 240D that you know of have 60K miles?
Buy new. Labor to R/R must be considered if you have to replace in 6
months.
And yes who cares about
Send me a link so I can at least price it.
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Tuesday, 18 November 2014, 06:39PM -0500 from Peter Frederick via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com:
The problem with the diesel starters is that usually the coil windings
have acquired too much resistance, and if you
Andrew wrote:
I'm leaning toward a used starter off a 60,000 mile 240 D with a
6 month warranty from PG Auto. Unless someone can personally
recommend a good brand of remann'ed starters.
The original OM616 starters don't spin fast enough for a OM617.
They physically interchange, so Q told
Andrew wrote:
I'm leaning toward a used starter off a 60,000 mile 240 D with a
6 month warranty from PG Auto. Unless someone can personally
recommend a good brand of remann'ed starters.
Do what you want - but years ago Q told me the OM616 starters
weren't quite as powerful as the OM617
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