, August 07, 2013 11:50 PM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] 300SD battery/alternator problem
Kinda funny, there is one like 2 doors down from her new apartment. I might
send her there.
She had this guy do the alternator a coupla weeks ago before she moved so
that is why I told her
of the car.
Scott
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] 300SD battery/alternator problem
Kinda funny
, 2013 10:12 AM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] 300SD battery/alternator problem
Well now the mech tells her that he has poked around and it has
confounded him. He found that the glow plug relay stays on for some
period after the car starts, which he somehow thinks is causing
I had the glow plug relay in my Volvo TD stick, and it would run the
battery down while driving with the headlights on! They draw 80 amps,
as a rule, and that's a BIG drain on the alternator.
Benz shop is the place to take it.
Peter
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] 300SD battery/alternator problem
Kinda funny, there is one like 2 doors down from her new apartment. I might
send her there.
She had this guy do the alternator a coupla weeks ago before she moved so
that is why I told her to go back there. I'm thinking
The daughter unit is using the Mamabenz for awhile. A coupla weeks ago
the battery went dead. She gets it to the shop she uses, he says the
alternator is bad, sends it to the alternator shop. I told them to just
replace the regulator, which they did, A-OK. They also swapped in a new
I found the wiring diagrams hidden in ETM (an incredibly intuitive
location) named 126td83-85.pdf which might or might not assist.
I am not sure what the guy meant by 4 wires coming from a box, it must
not be the alternator circuit as there are only 3 wires shown.
--R
On 8/7/13 4:59 PM,
You need for her to find a real mechanic, this isn't rocket science,
but it's obviously out of the current mechanic's area of expertise.
Look for an independent Benz mechanic.
Peter
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Kinda funny, there is one like 2 doors down from her new apartment. I might
send her there.
She had this guy do the alternator a coupla weeks ago before she moved so that
is why I told her to go back there. I'm thinking that might not have been the
actual problem, maybe a bad wire or
