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General Discussion / Re: Door bolts

« Last post by john.mancini on Today at 18:52:11 »

I do believe that they left the factory painted body color.

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Electrical and Instruments / Re: Turn Signal Relay Buzzing?

« Last post by BobH on Today at 18:21:47 »

...So when I connect the battery Fuse one goes Hot.    The are 2 Bunches of wires to on the Front and 1 on the back.  So I disconnected the battery and removed all wires from Fuse 2.  The front 2 of the fuse had 2 sets of wires attached.Set 1 had 2 Wires, set 2 had 3 Wires.  My guess was the 2 Wires were Horn and Cigarette Lighter.  The other set of 3 was Washer Relay/Motor and Pump.  I grabbed my power inverter and connected the set with 2 Wires.  Lighter light up.  I dont have horns so could not test the horn.  When I put power to the other 3, I got power reading out of the Washer Relay but not the Motor or the Pump.  My hope was sending power thru these wires I should have gotten 12v on one of the pins on the connector but I did not.

I did the same thing with Fuse 1.  Things worked that should with power, like the Entrance light, map light , clock...
But no power to any pin in the Connector?

Also shouldn't Fuse 2 go Hot when I turn the ignition to the 2nd Position?  It did not?  ...

https://www.sl113.org/wiki/Electrical/Fuses

Fuse 1 powered at all times
Fuses 2 to 6 are linked together, all get power when the ignition switch is turned to position 1

So you'll need to investigate why fuse 2 is not getting power, i think you said you'd never removed the ignition switch, perhaps time to bite the bullet!

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Electrical and Instruments / Re: Turn Signal Relay Buzzing?

« Last post by acbrock on Today at 17:51:27 »

Interesting.  Yes I think that wire that is folded back is the color you mentioned.  I am going to go return these multimeters and get a new one and different brand today.   I will do a few tests that I have been able to confirm and then I am going to peel back some of the wrap at the appliances and at the switch.  Hopefully at the appliances the colors will be correct and then I can peel back the wrap on the connector and hopefully get to where these wires were spliced in.... or find that these new blue colors go all the way which would help too.

Today is the day!!!

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General Discussion / Re: Door bolts

« Last post by zoegrlh on Today at 17:40:16 »

I replaced mine with stainless steel German manufactured bolts.

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Drive train, fuel, suspension, steering & brakes / Re: Injectors

« Last post by dirkbalter on Today at 17:22:11 »

I am sort of curious about the cleaning process (I have a bunch of injectors acquired over the years) so I looked at the link posted for mercedes source. The list of applicable cars does not include the 113s.

Is there an adaptor to use for these (the 113 units)? Or is it just not mentioned, and it does work with those? And I am assuming the 111 -112 etc.

https://mercedessource.com/store/bosch-mechanical-fuel-injector-mfi-tester-and-cleaning-kit

Jon, I have one of these test kits. It's more for testing rather than cleaning. For me an ultrasonic bath together with soaking and scraping... worked on some of the injectors.
You can use it if you want to get into it.

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Drive train, fuel, suspension, steering & brakes / Re: Injectors

« Last post by mdsalemi on Today at 17:20:02 »

JonnyB, Jim Villers had his setup at the Charlottesville PUB in 2017. He cleaned and tested many injectors, and I remember helping at least one member removed them from his car and replace them. It looked pretty identical to the one shown from Mercedessource, basically some connectors, hardware, a supply of cleaning fluid, and a gauge/pressure pump.

I don't have any to check but if YOU do it might be worthwhile to build one.

The cleaning process basically puts a little to a lot more pressure on the injector than it gets from the FI pump. This can "free up" any stuck parts, but not 100% of the time. I remember watching as we pumped and finally a stuck injector "popped" and began to spray. Then continued spraying and pumping allowed the fluid to clean the injectors.

This is a great PUB topic and I think we'll do it again for 2025 if we have a PUB tech session...

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Drive train, fuel, suspension, steering & brakes / Re: Injectors

« Last post by yves on Today at 17:18:03 »

I used the mercedessource kit with succes. The pattern of the spray was good after +- 20 press actions
Now the kit is waiting .... for a use in 2040....

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Drive train, fuel, suspension, steering & brakes / Re: Local (Southern Connecticut) Expert Mechanic Needed

« Last post by Rothko on Today at 16:28:50 »

My sister-in-law is having her 280 worked on by Innovative Restorations in Wallingford.  She says they are really on the ball and professional. 

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Drive train, fuel, suspension, steering & brakes / Re: Injectors

« Last post by Jonny B on Today at 16:20:52 »

I am sort of curious about the cleaning process (I have a bunch of injectors acquired over the years) so I looked at the link posted for mercedes source. The list of applicable cars does not include the 113s.

Is there an adaptor to use for these (the 113 units)? Or is it just not mentioned, and it does work with those? And I am assuming the 111 -112 etc.

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Electrical and Instruments / Re: Turn Signal Relay Buzzing?

« Last post by BobH on Today at 16:05:35 »

I haven't really investigated the wiring loom on my car, luckily i haven't needed to.  Presumably the wiring loom from the 12 way connector, which we've established has been replaced, due to the change of colours, joins to some of the original coloured wires, such as the turn signal wires.  Where does this join occur, is it a connector, or is it on the actual appliance, ie the front lights, rear lights, where do we think, has this been investigated?  Or do the new colours make the whole journey from the 12 way connector to destination, was the whole car rewired at some point?