Glow Plug Relay 80 amp fuse- Nowhere to be found in GA! - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

w123fanman · #1 02-25-2014, 11:16 PM

So the GP relay fuse went out on my car so I thought they wouldn't have it at Advance, O'Reilly's, or Autozone (and I was right) but surely I would be able to find it somewhere.

My first idea was my mechanic. He said he doesn't keep in any stock because he doesn't work on as many older Mercedes diesels anymore.

So then my next idea was to check NAPA, none available at my store so I reserved some but then got a call today that they are in an out of state distribution center and I must go to the store to pay for them to ship it to the store (why can't this be done online?). The website says I cannot have it shipped to me directly because it is considered to be hazardous material (not sure how a fuse could be). Last time I needed to order a special order part from out of state, they also estimated a week or so for it to come in.

I assume the dealer could get them for me but as with recent orders from Mercedes, I haven't had any luck with diesel specific parts actually being in Georgia (and Mercedes takes their time with shipping), and I can't order the part through the Mercedes parts website, it shows up as being NLA. Also not being sure of if I have actually solved the issue of why it went (I'm guessing age, it looked bad before, but I misplaced my good multimeter to test stuff), I don't really want to be spending dealer price on a few, plus the closest dealer is 40 minutes away.

I can order it through Pelican but I don't really have anything else I need at the moment and I don't really want to do a small order and pay twice the cost of 5 fuses to have it shipped here.

I find it sorta funny that of all the things to keep my car stranded somewhere (thankfully at home) besides an incomplete job or me draining the battery, a simple fuse is the first thing to do it to me. Thankfully I have another car to drive but it isn't nearly as fuel efficient.