Re: [MBZ] [Daveslist] 140 diesel fire
Go out and buy 1,000 lottery tickets. You're on a lucky streak. On Sat, Sep 9, 2017 at 6:15 PM, WILTON via Mercedes wrote: > Lucky, lucky, lucky. ATTABOY! > > W > > - Original Message - From: "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: ; > Cc: "Kaleb C. Striplin" > Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2017 4:00 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] [Daveslist] 140 diesel fire > > > > As it turned out, the harness connection was not melted at all, it was >> just coated with melted plastic from the cover that was above it. I chipped >> it off with a screw driver and it's fine. Car is back together and seems >> unscathed. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Sep 9, 2017, at 2:07 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: >>> >>> So you all remember by car that the wife was driving that caught fire. I >>> finally pulled it into the shop to have a real good look and start taking >>> it apart. Other that the airbox needing to be replaced, the heat melted the >>> connector for the main engine harness, and also melted off the outer wire >>> loom but the actual wires themselves seem fine. It looks like hell and I >>> would like to try and clean it up as Best I can if anybody has any ideas. >>> Other than that I would have to replace the engine harness side and splice >>> in part of the harness on the car side. Got to replace some melted vacuum >>> likes in the area also. I will probably just leave the wiring as is right >>> now unless something else presents itself later. The car does start and run >>> fine as if nothing happened. Here are some photo. I also shot a video I >>> will be uploading soon that was intended to explain to all the morons who >>> commented on the news story about how something like this is simply >>> impossible. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> ___ >>> Daveslist mailing list >>> davesl...@okiebenz.com >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/daveslist_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
Re: [MBZ] [Daveslist] 140 diesel fire
Lucky, lucky, lucky. ATTABOY! W - Original Message - From: "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" To: ; Cc: "Kaleb C. Striplin" Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2017 4:00 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] [Daveslist] 140 diesel fire As it turned out, the harness connection was not melted at all, it was just coated with melted plastic from the cover that was above it. I chipped it off with a screw driver and it's fine. Car is back together and seems unscathed. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 9, 2017, at 2:07 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: So you all remember by car that the wife was driving that caught fire. I finally pulled it into the shop to have a real good look and start taking it apart. Other that the airbox needing to be replaced, the heat melted the connector for the main engine harness, and also melted off the outer wire loom but the actual wires themselves seem fine. It looks like hell and I would like to try and clean it up as Best I can if anybody has any ideas. Other than that I would have to replace the engine harness side and splice in part of the harness on the car side. Got to replace some melted vacuum likes in the area also. I will probably just leave the wiring as is right now unless something else presents itself later. The car does start and run fine as if nothing happened. Here are some photo. I also shot a video I will be uploading soon that was intended to explain to all the morons who commented on the news story about how something like this is simply impossible. Sent from my iPhone ___ Daveslist mailing list davesl...@okiebenz.com http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/daveslist_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
Re: [MBZ] [Daveslist] 140 diesel fire
As it turned out, the harness connection was not melted at all, it was just coated with melted plastic from the cover that was above it. I chipped it off with a screw driver and it's fine. Car is back together and seems unscathed. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 9, 2017, at 2:07 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: > > So you all remember by car that the wife was driving that caught fire. I > finally pulled it into the shop to have a real good look and start taking it > apart. Other that the airbox needing to be replaced, the heat melted the > connector for the main engine harness, and also melted off the outer wire > loom but the actual wires themselves seem fine. It looks like hell and I > would like to try and clean it up as Best I can if anybody has any ideas. > Other than that I would have to replace the engine harness side and splice in > part of the harness on the car side. Got to replace some melted vacuum likes > in the area also. I will probably just leave the wiring as is right now > unless something else presents itself later. The car does start and run fine > as if nothing happened. Here are some photo. I also shot a video I will be > uploading soon that was intended to explain to all the morons who commented > on the news story about how something like this is simply impossible. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > ___ > Daveslist mailing list > davesl...@okiebenz.com > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/daveslist_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
