first step: tighten the cables to the battery.
Chuck
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, Trish Dougherty <purrfectharmonyfarm@...> wrote:
>
> 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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