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Thanks to all. I checked the alternator, and the belt and the (pulley?)the wheel the belt turns on the alternator was turning. The repair shop hooked up a tester and it showed the battery good, but the alternator zero. So I bit the bullet and had a new alternator put in.
I think I am going to stock one of those Bosch voltage regulators, for the next time the battery stops charging. And I am going to look for that tester. I already have a battery charger, which is how I got to work in the AM, but needed a jump to get home. And before I made it home, the radio, fan, and dashboard lights, gauges, brake lights headlights and speedo stopped working. so the next morning I took it in, for the test and work.
Thanks to all.
Chuck
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "vwnate1" <vwnate1@...> wrote:
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> > I replaced the left front headlight last Thursday, on Saturday the battery was dead. Charged and was fine Sunday and Monday. car died in the drive thru this am. Jumped it and will probably have to jump it to get home tonight. I put in a sylvania super bright twice the price bulb. $19 vs $9 for the cheap one.
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I was told I had diabetes in 2008, lost a bunch of weight, changed my diet and started to exercise. With all the exercise I really got things under control -- over a year with no medication -- but all the exercise also aggravated a problem I have had for 20 years the past year, exercise induced compartment syndrome. I had surgery last Thursday on my lower left leg. Six inch entry incision and then the surgeon cut the fascia around my muscles in the four compartments of my lower left leg, meaning 4 more internal incisions from my ankle to knee.
The good news is that it only hurts when I move.
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> Fascinating. So... Does owning old Mercedes diesels cause diabetes, or is it diesels generally...?
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> Subject: Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: W123 240D Vacuum leak, then no vacuum at all.
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> Well you asked for it! Diabetic type 2 since 20 years, off my insulin pump since 5 years now because of LCHF a diet which has now given me gout in my left wrist. My heating broke down just before Christmas last so I spent 3 months wrapped up watching the idiot box all day long in zero temperatures - this brought a blood clot to my leg and oh yeah, what's left of my teeth give me jipp on a regular basis. However, still going strong on wvo and now putting an OM 617 into a Range Rover. Ooh, ouch, grunt, groan, curse........
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> One of the reasons I like this group is that our bodies are falling apart. Not our car bodies, our real flesh and blood bodies. I let my blood sugar run wild last month (type 2 diabetes) and my kidney back ache meant I was not going to crawl under the cars for any reason. But today, ah that is another story. Today I put the rear end into the air and replace my 4 rubber donuts on the muffler. I also tie a snippet from a coat hanger on one or two of the hangers as a safety measure because rubber donuts do not live forever (I know about the bicycle chain donut, my way is easier and cheaper). Then I will scootch around and see how good my steam cleaning was - might even decide to eat lunch if it is clean enough.
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> you to chime in as to what makes you special in the world of achy breaky benzes.
> Â brian from la verne, ca
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> Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re: W123 240D Vacuum leak, then no vacuum at all.
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> Thanks everybody for the ideas. Once my leg is better, I will have to start doing some testing and replacing some vacuum tubing!
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> --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "Nate" <vwnate1@> wrote:
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> > > Reporting in with an interesting problem. I have a 1977 240D. Recently I noticed a hissing sound coming from the black rubber conduit that runs between the driver's door and the front fender.
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> > > I drove for a couple of week, the car would loose some vacuum sitting, say at work, but after driving a few miles it would build vacuum up again. Since then, the car has sat several weeks because I had a surgery on my leg. When I went out last Wednesday and today, the car start as normal but I noticed, after about ten minutes, the locks would not work and the ignition key would not stop the engine.
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The 300SDL is a fabulous car. Compared to the earlier, 5-cylinder engine, the 6-popper is more powerful and more fuel efficient.
Drawbacks are that it is less tolerant of fuel type and quality, and more susceptible to warped heads and blown head gaskets. (A hot re-torque of the head bolts would probably solve the head/head gasket problems.)
New parts are <maybe> more difficult to come by, but not anymore so's you'd notice. Used engine parts are definitely rarer, body parts are, of course, shared with the other W126-chassis cars. Parts prices are no higher.
If you find a well-cared for one at a good price, consider it. (Same advise applies to the 5-cylinder cars.)
Mark in Lakewood, CO
Not really more expensive.It the SDL#14 head that can be trouble if you overheat it.Ask if head was replaced with newer head. --- On Tue, 5/31/11, rkitt2002 <rkitt@netscape.com> wrote:
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