My buddy pulled the electrical plug out of the back of the alternator to install another turbo on my 85 617. Now I just can't get that plug to go back in all the way and stay there. What goes?

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1983 Mercedes W123 240D 4 Speed 285,000 on the road with a 617 turbo, beautiful butter yellow, license plate # 83 240D INDIANA

2003 Jaguar Type X, AWD. beautiful, good mileage,
Mom's car, but I won't let her drive it!

OK, I can get the plug in, but it is pretty loose and I think it could fall out. I have another 617 in the garage, and that plug is held in with a wire bail going over the plug. I am going to the P&P and perhaps I can get the answer there. It just seems like such a sloppy fit and nothing to hold the plug into the alternator.

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Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important. C.S. Lewis



1983 Mercedes W123 240D 4 Speed 285,000 on the road with a 617 turbo, beautiful butter yellow, license plate # 83 240D INDIANA

2003 Jaguar Type X, AWD. beautiful, good mileage,
Mom's car, but I won't let her drive it!

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1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

You need the Wire Bail.

I suppose that on top of that something could have gotten buggered up on either the Connector or the Alternator end.

Tell Your Buddy He owes you a good used Alternator.

Mercedes has part numbers for all of the Parts. I don't know if that means they are stocked.
Other Companies sell non-Mercedes Generic versions of the Connector.

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The same thing happened to me with the fuel pressure regulator of my HP fuel pump and it still bugles my mind.
After rebuilding and reinstalling the pump, the plug wouldn't go in the conector all the way... comes to think of it it is still like that. I need to get tha fixed tomorrow

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