Complete Shutdown

[ricoled]

Just in time for Halloween, my 280 went totally dead this afternoon! While in the process of tightening the distributor bolt, the wrench swiped the positive terminal of my battery, causing a brief spark.  Everything shut down afterwards.  The battery has lots of power and all the fuses are intact.  Is there a main circuit breaker / thermal breaker installed in our 113s?  If yes, where is it usually located?

[Cees Klumper]

Just a thought, but have you checked whether the battery cables are making good contact? Other earth cables to the chassis and the engine? AFAIK there is no main circuit breaker but I could be mistaken.

(BTW "I am always right - only one time I thought I was wrong and even then I was mistaken")

[Bob G]

Below the engine by the oil pan is a junction box. this has the main camble from the starter and the alternator connected by one screw. Check to see if this screw is tight. Also check the coil, I had a simular problem years ago when the coil had an intermitten failure and the engine would die with no electic energy going any where. Booth are easy fixs.

Good Luck and Happy motoring.
Bob Geco

[ricoled]

Problem solved!  Tightened connection in junction box where the positive cable is attached to.  At the same time, I cleaned out the grounding of the negative cable to the chassis.  Got power back upon battery reconnection.   Thanks Cees and Bob!

Martin