Replaced Starter Now No Power at All
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1984 Mercedes 300D Turbo
Replaced Starter Now No Power at All
Gentleman (and ladies),
Replaced a starter on my 1984 Mercedes 300D Turbo (along with valve job and glow plugs). I had power through the valve job and glow plug replacement. We did a test fire and all is good. A failing intermittent solenoid caused us to replace the starter motor.
Zipped everything back together and no power anywhere. Not the dome light, head light, glow plug or radio. Notta zip zilch. Battery tests fine (local auto parts store) and has a kick when we took a chance to try and jump start the car. Nothing even after cables hook up.
No I have not pulled the starter to see if I cross wired something. Only electrical line not plugged back in is to the block heater (which I'm searching to see where that plugs in). Ground next to battery on passenger side tire looks good but I'll pull that and clean it tomorrow.
So as not to leave any doubt to anyone responding .... there is no power anywhere even the trunk light.
Questions, comments, concerns? Thanks in advance.
Replaced a starter on my 1984 Mercedes 300D Turbo (along with valve job and glow plugs). I had power through the valve job and glow plug replacement. We did a test fire and all is good. A failing intermittent solenoid caused us to replace the starter motor.
Zipped everything back together and no power anywhere. Not the dome light, head light, glow plug or radio. Notta zip zilch. Battery tests fine (local auto parts store) and has a kick when we took a chance to try and jump start the car. Nothing even after cables hook up.
No I have not pulled the starter to see if I cross wired something. Only electrical line not plugged back in is to the block heater (which I'm searching to see where that plugs in). Ground next to battery on passenger side tire looks good but I'll pull that and clean it tomorrow.
So as not to leave any doubt to anyone responding .... there is no power anywhere even the trunk light.
Questions, comments, concerns? Thanks in advance.
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test it that's the only advice I can give you disconnect the battery and measure all the cables start with the mass cable if you don't have power its likely a bad connection at one of your terminals or close to it.
