Started the car yesterday and the alternator light came on and stayed on. Also had no gauges or turn signals. Stopped the car a few minutes later and when restarted everything was fine. It is a little disconcerting to ride down the road with your oil pressure gauge on zero! Now everything seems to be fine, car has a new battery. Is my alternator getting ready to go?

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Muleears
'07 E320 Bluetec 133K my DD
'04 Jaguar XJ8 VDP, 34K
'10 Hyundai Accent 60K Grocery Getter
'02 VW Golf soon to be on the road again
'97 E300 Diesel Son's DD
'61 VERY tolerant wife

Hampton Roads, VA USA

Gone but not forgotten:
'67 250S 95K
'86 300SDL
'87 300D Turbo, 364K! R.I.P.
'98 E300 Turbodiesel, 213K
'02 S420, 164K
'01 Prius 138K

Check your alternator brushes. They are easy to replace and not very expensive.

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Jim

Also, check your grounding straps. Especially the engine-chassis strap down by the starter.

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Sam

84 300SD 350K+ miles ( Blue Belle )

Same thing happened to me.

Being the mechanical genius that I am, I opted to replace the alt instead of replacing brushes. Got one from ebay for like $70, bolted it up and no problem for the last 30K.

Cheers,

Bill

Try replacing this:

http://catalog.eautopartscatalog.com/mercedesshop/sophio/wizard.jsp?partner=mercedesshop&clientid=catalog.mercedesshop&baseurl=http://catalog.peachparts.com/&cookieid=1W316OSUV1W316OXRI&year=1987&make=MB&model=300-DT-002&category=F&part=Voltage+Regulator

Takes all of 5 minutes to replace.

Danny

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1984 300SD Turbo Diesel 150,000 miles

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