Bloody Big Bad Benz is the Bloody Biggest Piece of Tosh

[Jim Bell]

£300 tnite.

[forddeliveryboy]

It's fixed. All systems functioning as they should. 

 

Spanner left on top of battery?

[Jim Bell]

It'll be the crazy fuses they have. Everything was intermittent on mine till I changed absolutely every fuse.

[Lacquer Peel]

£301 2nite. I've always wanted to try one of these and will fight WW for it.

[forddeliveryboy]

Wish it had been just the fuses on mine - old fashioned electrics are about the only thing which lets these cars down. Oh, and vacuum leaks - the fuel shutoff valve's a bit awkward to access, too. If the vacuum pump lets go, it can lunch the whole engine. PHAKT.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

I suspect an ignition switch glitch. 

 

Everything which suddenly failed (dipped beam, wiper, screen washer, indicators, radio*) needs the ignition on. Somehow the ignition was turned off without killing the engine. I drive home, and turn the ignition off, resetting it and 'fixing' everything. Everything is now fine. 

 

The ignition switch has been replaced recently. I re-installed the cosmetic surround (rolling about in the glovebox) just in case it shields it or something. 

[Lacquer Peel]

No you don't.

Buy a car instead.

WWJD?

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

I re-installed the missing bit in-between nothing working and everything working. 

 

I fixed it is what I did. 

[Junkman]

Do not fix* anything else, please.

[forddeliveryboy]

 

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Barrel alone. The old one is in the glovebox.

 

Do not fix* anything else, please.

 

I refer you to the head restraint collapsing GIF. 

[Junkman]

All is forgiven.

[hauserplenty]

You can also try (after disconnecting the battery first, obvs.) removing the screws from around the fuse box, then tightening up all the Phillips screws underneath. I was told by a Merc specialist that they used to do that to rule out electrical faults. It helped on mine, in fact I was quite surprised how many needed tightening. It's also good to pop the fuses out and file the contact area a bit, especially if you have aluminum fuses. Copper ones are recommended, CBA innit.

[Junkman]

The only really untoward fault right now is the heater problem.

Investigatage shall continue...

[forddeliveryboy]

Duovalve can be easily bodged, I've even seen one controlled by a rheostat when the electrics to it failed. Regarding the engine not switching off with the ignition off, there's a lever on the fuel pump, should it happen again. Possible to assemble manual control of this from the driver's seat if it gets any worse. The gearbox has a starter disabling switch which can fail, also easily bypassed. I found out mine didn't appreciate a trip through the ford everyday.

[hauserplenty]

Key off, engine on?

Soz, didn't capish that bit.

"It was like that when I got it" &c.

[Ghosty]

I suspect an ignition switch glitch. 

 

Everything which suddenly failed (dipped beam, wiper, screen washer, indicators, radio*) needs the ignition on. Somehow the ignition was turned off without killing the engine. I drive home, and turn the ignition off, resetting it and 'fixing' everything. Everything is now fine. 

 

The ignition switch has been replaced recently. I re-installed the cosmetic surround (rolling about in the glovebox) just in case it shields it or something. 

 

Dicky switch/barrel can happen, I remember Old Man's late model 190E did something similar and that warranted a new barrel.

 

Passed by an identical one of these in Manchester today, blue 300D on dinnerplates, beige inside, but  one or two plates newer. Less rusty, too. . .

[Junkman]

Weather permitting I'll have another look at the heater controls tomorrow.

[andrew e]

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

WHAT HAPPENS IN DONCASTER STAYS IN DONCASTER.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

I fixed it is what I did. 

 

...and maybe if everyone could ignore this post, that'd be gr8.

[Sigmund Fraud]

The "CBA" plate should have alerted you of the car's true intentions...

[Junkman]

Out of the entire fleet, which otherwise comprises haunted Rovers and shonky Peugeots,

this miserable piece of German Wertarbeit* turns out to be the unreliable one.

[Junkman]

Only when Mr Conelrad drives it, mind.

[forddeliveryboy]

Has it ftp or just a bit funny electrically? Could* be an easy fix. The worst bit is having to suffer the execrable superiority of some of those on the MB forums. 

[Junkman]

FTP.

But it's a bit elusive.

One time it just conked out with many electrical components failing. A restart solved the issue and it functioned well for a few days.

The second time, it lost power and Conrad managed to get off the M60 and underneath the bridge.

When I arrived, pretty much all electrics did work, including the four way flashers, but when trying to start, it only gave a click from the starter.

After attaching jump leads, it started up immediately and then ran flawlessly to a garage entrusted to investigate the issue.

Despite this trip taking merely minutes, it could be shut off and restarted, so the battery certainly wasn't empty.

I suspect a dodgy ignition switch.

 

The worst bit is having to suffer the execrable superiority of some of those on the MB forums.

If it harbours some gits only half as dumb and arrogant as the Classic Rover Forum, I'll steer well clear, thank you.

[chaseracer]

Fucking brilliant!

 

Nobody never broke one of these before.

 

You just made history!

 

I broke the 300E quite spectacularly...

[matty879]

at least its a proper merc,a 2004 clk I look after is badged Chrysler Daimler under the bonnet,the owners having none,even though its a gm 3.2 engine so I said basically its a Vauxhall,then he said its a Daimler,i explained the brand was bought by gm,so he then says must be british he says it says Daimler,no problem its their. its on the sticker under the bonnet,ok nigel 10 mins ago it was a german cabrio,now you agree its the same engine as the 3.2 chrysler crossfire,and the 2 headgaskets I just fitted work and fixed your unserviced/neglected car which is a Mercedes on your v5 with the gm engine,was he being a twat to get out of paying or a total mong?

[forddeliveryboy]

These don't need any volts to run. You could remove the battery and drive to China, if you left it running through the night on a drip feed of local cocunut oil. 

 

Electrics and ftp are quite unrelated, unless someone has fitted an electric fuel shut off, or the mechanical ip is fucked and someone's made it run with something from the 12v hoselock catalogue.

 

 

If it harbours some gits only half as dumb and arrogant as the Classic Rover Forum, I'll steer well clear, thank you.

 

 

Nah, ignore the saddos and make use of some pretty good experience on them. I view them with distant bemusement, if it was in the pub it could be very different.

[Junkman]

 

These don't need any volts to run. You could remove the battery and drive to China, if you left it running through the night on a drip feed of local cocunut oil. 

 

Electrics and ftp are quite unrelated, unless someone has fitted an electric fuel shut off, or the mechanical ip is fucked and someone's made it run with something from the 12v hoselock catalogue.

 

Isn't the fuel pump electric?

Also, isn't the fuel shut off when there is no electrickery?