[diesel_mercedes] '81 300 SD. Not the battery, but a vacuum line...any effect on shifting?

 

YEA!  She starts and turns off!

For the last couple of weeks my battery light has blinked on/off.  I thought it was just more of the electrical gremlins these cars tend to have.  Then a couple of times it wouldn't start. I'd switch it off, then on again and she started right up. 

The other day I was getting ready for a job interview, I opened the windows to air it out, heard the CD playing too.  I got ready to leave, nothing. Not even a click. I did the key jiggle thing. I took it out. I turned it off and on.  Nothing. 

Also over the last few times I've driven I've noticed that I kind of have to encourage the shifter into place.  It used to work smooth and perfect.

I don't know if the two are related.

I had a feeling it was a vacuum line.  We dinked with the car for a while, Kevin got it to start, but it wouldn't turn off even with the key removed.  He finally found an electrical taped mess of a line that had a slit.  He repaired it and the car starts and turns off now!

Too hot to work on it any longer.  The only way to know if it had anything to do with the shifter is to drive it. Now it's time for a/c, a snack, some old movies and maybe a nap.



'81 300 SD frakencar
Trish Dougherty
PurrFect Harmony Farm
Ennis, TX
http:/purrfectharmonyfarm.intuitwebsites.com

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