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The 420SEL pooped out on the old lady the other day whislt
she was waiting on the gate to open. She noted the tach was going all wonky just prior to the konk out.
Of course it starts for me when I get home.
Checked the battery. 11.4 volts ain't good. Will not take a charge.
New battery. Now it will not crank. Spin like a demon but will not fire.
Check revealed no gas. Meter shows no juice to fuel pumps.
Buy new fuse pump relay. No start. WTF. Still no juice to fuel pump. Grrrrrrr
Now the brittle plastic tale:
Seems the plastic was so brittle on the plug-in for the relay
the holds had snapped when I tried to plug the new relay in.
That's the bad. No way to get the thing plugged in.
No way to unbolt the plastic bracket holding the plug-in without taking the dash off.
Large screwdriver just snapped the sucker right off the firewall. Now I can hold the frigging thing to plug the relay in. Wedged it back into it's little cubby hole where it's going nowhere anyway.
That's the good.
Varoooom!
It was one of those two unrelated failures at the same time.
Go figure.
Wife is happy. I'm still her hero.
she was waiting on the gate to open. She noted the tach was going all wonky just prior to the konk out.
Of course it starts for me when I get home.

Checked the battery. 11.4 volts ain't good. Will not take a charge.
New battery. Now it will not crank. Spin like a demon but will not fire.
Check revealed no gas. Meter shows no juice to fuel pumps.
Buy new fuse pump relay. No start. WTF. Still no juice to fuel pump. Grrrrrrr
Now the brittle plastic tale:
Seems the plastic was so brittle on the plug-in for the relay
the holds had snapped when I tried to plug the new relay in.
That's the bad. No way to get the thing plugged in.
No way to unbolt the plastic bracket holding the plug-in without taking the dash off.
Large screwdriver just snapped the sucker right off the firewall. Now I can hold the frigging thing to plug the relay in. Wedged it back into it's little cubby hole where it's going nowhere anyway.
That's the good.
Varoooom!
It was one of those two unrelated failures at the same time.
Go figure.
Wife is happy. I'm still her hero.
