Re: [MBZ] Melted fuse body

2006-01-27 Thread Peter Frederick
Buy only ceramic body fuses -- the plastic ones will often soften 
enough to do what your's did in the higher amperages.


Peter




Re: [MBZ] Melted fuse body

2006-01-27 Thread BillR
Thanks Jim.  I will do that.
BillR

Bill,
 
There was a bulletin issued to add an external in line fuse for  the blowers
on the 1981 and later 126 cars.  I think it was about 35  amps.  That should
solve your problem.  I think both the AC fan and  the aux ellectric radiator
fan run off the same fuse.
 
Funny thing is--Mercedes is still having the same problem, they issued a
bulletin for 98-2000 ML cars for the same thing.  Also, I just read that
the 05 cars have a bulletin to add an inline fuse.  Looks like the
engineers and the bean counters better get together more often!
 
Regards,  

Jim  Friesen
Phoenix AZ
79 300SD, 262 K miles
98 ML 320, 140 K  miles

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Re: [MBZ] Melted fuse body

2006-01-27 Thread JFreezn
 
In a message dated 1/27/2006 9:36:00 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

My AC  stopped working a few days ago - not such a problem in January.   I
checked the fuses and the metal was fine, but the 25A fuse body had  melted
enough to shorten the fuse and break contact.  Is this a  somewhat normal
event?  Haven't started the car yet, just wanted to  make sure nothing else
weird was going on.



Bill,
 
There was a bulletin issued to add an external in line fuse for  the blowers 
on the 1981 and later 126 cars.  I think it was about 35  amps.  That should 
solve your problem.  I think both the AC fan and  the aux ellectric radiator 
fan run off the same fuse.
 
Funny thing is--Mercedes is still having the same problem, they issued a  
bulletin for 98-2000 ML cars for the same thing.  Also, I just read that  the 
05 
cars have a bulletin to add an inline fuse.  Looks like the  engineers and the 
bean counters better get together more often!
 
Regards,  

Jim  Friesen
Phoenix AZ
79 300SD, 262 K miles 
98 ML 320, 140 K  miles