Re: [MBZ] Drats! W115 Neutral start interlock failed

2007-07-16 Thread Mitch Haley
Jim Cathey wrote: There was one year or two where the draconian USDOT laws Every 1975 model I've ever driven (no 1974-75 mbz experience) was set up from the factory to not start unless the driver's seat belt was latched. On the plus side, they all had a manual underhood start switch, so

Re: [MBZ] Drats! W115 Neutral start interlock failed

2007-07-16 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin, work
Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 5:33 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Drats! W115 Neutral start interlock failed Jim Cathey wrote: There was one year or two where the draconian USDOT laws Every 1975 model I've ever driven (no 1974-75 mbz experience) was set up from

Re: [MBZ] Drats! W115 Neutral start interlock failed

2007-07-16 Thread Mitch Haley
Kaleb C. Striplin, work wrote: There was a recall on those that removed the seatbelt lockout feature. Never heard of the underhood switch and I have been working on them for years. My '75 Civic had it, the one in my sister's '75 Olds Omega looked the same. I'll have to take a look at my

[MBZ] Drats! W115 Neutral start interlock failed

2007-07-15 Thread B Dike
Hi all, I'm still here, and the neutral start interlock relay on the 74 2040D 4-speed is misbehaving and the starter can't be engaged. There is no audible click when neutral is selected like there should be. The switch mechanism on the shifter appears to be ok, that's why I think it's the

Re: [MBZ] Drats! W115 Neutral start interlock failed

2007-07-15 Thread JFreezn
In a message dated 7/15/2007 12:28:50 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi all, I'm still here, and the neutral start interlock relay on the 74 2040D 4-speed is misbehaving and the starter can't be engaged. There is no audible click when neutral is selected

Re: [MBZ] Drats! W115 Neutral start interlock failed

2007-07-15 Thread Jim Cathey
I'm still here, and the neutral start interlock relay on the 74 2040D 4-speed is misbehaving and the starter can't be engaged. There was one year or two where the draconian USDOT laws required some really heinous hand-holding, such as an engine that couldn't run with the hood up, etc. (Or was