[R129 SL] an electrical bugaboo!

[Jonathan Whitehead]

Hi Greg!
>From Concord, New Hampshire, I own a '93 300SL second owner about 68k and counting.  I have had the same thing happen several times before.  It seems to have a lot to do with water, condensation, and false readings caused grung build up on the contact points on the fuses.  I finally replaced all fuses bow to stern, sprayed all of it down with a light spray of WD-40, and have not experienced that problem again.  
Jonathan Whitehead 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: gregorio at weststargroup.net<mailto:gregorio at weststargroup.net> 
  To: SL Mailing List<mailto:r129list at mbcoupes.com> 
  Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 5:27 PM
  Subject: Re: [R129 SL] an electrical bugaboo!


  Hello to all!   Greetings from sunny So. Cal. here!  I have a little 
  electrical glitch that I thought I would see if anyone had a similar 
  situation...

  I have a 91 500 SL with about 42K miles on it.  Wonderful car, fantastic 
  condition. However, when  I started it up the other day, it started right 
  up, then all the lights in the dash went on for a split second, then the car 
  died.   I started it right back up, and it worked fine.  A couple of days 
  later, it did it again.  One more time, I started it right back up and I was 
  on my way.

  Anything electrical seems expensive to me, but I'd be interested in hearing 
  any similar stories. Thanks to all for your past help!

  Cheers,

  Greg Conte
  West Hills, CA

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "mooncusser" <moon.cusser at verizon.net<mailto:moon.cusser at verizon.net>>
  To: "SL Mailing List" <r129list at mbcoupes.com<mailto:r129list at mbcoupes.com>>
  Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 10:53 AM
  Subject: Re: [R129 SL] Oh, Joy! (was: soft top not raising)


  Yea!!!! great news...hope the sun shines bright on your weekend...
  enjoy...
  BFR
  On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 10:01:24 -0700, you wrote:

  >On Jun 7, 2006, at 9:23 AM, Paul Samarin wrote:
  >
  >> Not sure I'm making progress, but I'm taking baby steps at least.  I
  >> think I may have more than one problem with the thing.
  >>
  >Having replaced not one thing, the top now operates exactly as it
  >should!  Many, many thanks to Anil Seunath and "mooncusser" for your
  >help and encouragement.  Can you imagine how much it would have cost to
  >have the Dealership throwing expensive parts at the thing for days?
  >
  >Ultimately, I think the problem was simply that it hadn't been operated
  >for years, and was just a bit creaky or cramped--not unlike its new 50
  >y.o. owner--and needed some coaxing.  With help from my brother's
  >mechanic and this list, I opened it manually a couple of times but was
  >unable to get it to lock at the rear.  Nevertheless, with each attempt,
  >it seemed to be willing and able to go another step further,
  >electronically.
  >
  >So, I persevered.  Anil sent pix and mooncusser suggested some switches
  >to look at and so I tried again this am.  First time through it
  >operated properly all the way through to locking itself at the
  >windshield then stopped.  I reversed the switch to operate it all the
  >way through to close and that went properly.  So, I just took the leap
  >of faith and tried again to raise it, and lo and behold, the thing
  >completed the cycle perfectly.
  >
  >Now I get to go topless!
  >
  >Thanks,
  >
  >Paul
  >90 500 SL
  >
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