Fessel
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- Your Mercedes
- 1983 W123 200E and 1987 W124 200T
Found a weird 'fault' on my old '87 200T yesterday. For the last few months its just been started weekly, run up to temp for a few minutes moved a few yards forward and back to stop brakes locking and then turned off again, Been getting a bit more difficult to start recently. The usual for those types is press accelerator pedal to floor and release it slowly. then turn key without touching accelerator pedal and always immediate start.
So decided to check over ignition system and found that the 2 push down and twist old type rods retaining the (original?) dizzy cap were not connected to anything and the cap was just sitting there. Sorted and replaced cap, rotor arm and plug leads as well....been meaning to do that for some time anyway. Question is, how did it even run in that condition and how long had it been like that? It's no the sort of thing you look for is it?
Just another of life's little mysteries I suppose.
So decided to check over ignition system and found that the 2 push down and twist old type rods retaining the (original?) dizzy cap were not connected to anything and the cap was just sitting there. Sorted and replaced cap, rotor arm and plug leads as well....been meaning to do that for some time anyway. Question is, how did it even run in that condition and how long had it been like that? It's no the sort of thing you look for is it?
Just another of life's little mysteries I suppose.