560SL - My Mercedes Will Not Start After Rebuild!

In this video, I diagnose why the engine will not run. I will share with you what methods I used to diagnose a no start situation of your Mercedes KE-Jectronics.
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Mercedes R107 Screwdriver:
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[@OB928]

Your patience and process is admirable. Many (probably me included) would’ve started with starting fluid, or turned screws unnecessarily. Hang in there!

[@matthewstephenbrown]

Hi Tony. I have a 560 and a 380. When I got the 380 the previous owner couldn't get it to start and the idle air screw assy was removed so I had to start from scratch. Before you rebuild the fuel distributor. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoCtnHWXp9p9jZI is a reference to get the idle air screw to a baseline so you can get the car started. Your go live it sputtered, but your mix is off and I'm guessing very lean. If you follow his instructions you will get it to a point where it will start then you can adjust the screw to where it idles smoothly. Yes you can do a lambda test, but I've had 5 R107's and eventually you can tune them by feel. PS I've rebuilt 3 R107 fuel distributors. It helps them, but I've experienced a break in period of about six months unless you start messing with individual metering which is a PITA; that being the case you're best buying a rebuilt one (Australia has some good shops) and sending them your core. But if you just want to get it running and see if it smooths out (I think it will), that video is a good reference. Following those instructions I had a 10 year neglected 380 running and idling smooth in 15 minutes. Then I Facetimed the previous owner. :)

[@TonyLiveTV]

@@matthewstephenbrown This video I discussed in detail here. I have been working with Ivica (Fix Your Mercedes) on this issue. I mention his video as well as Pierre and Mercedes R107’s videos on setting this up. They all do this differently as discussed in my video. I included links to these videos in the comments area if you are interested. My fuel distributor needs rebuild for sure. I was unable to get fuel to flow out of 4 ports. I even plugged 7 ports with plugs and tried to get one of the plugged ports to flow and had no success. It doesn’t make sense for me to have a rebuilt engine and new fuel pumps and strainer with a fuel distributor that has been sitting for 16 years. Once it is rebuilt I will fine tune everything via duty cycle. When I’m done it will be perfect.

[@danricci6996]

Great video ! One quick comment: shouldn't dismiss the "use a starter fluid" method, it's the fastest and easiest way to find out if the non-starting problem is electrical or fuel .

[@TonyLiveTV]

@@danricci6996 the problem in this case was very easy to diagnose. If you were to watch the livestream of the first start you can easily see that the engine was starving for fuel. And because everything was replaced in the fuel system except the fuel distributor, it didn’t make sense for me to throw starter fluid down the plenum. The best thing you can do is what I did and that is to investigate why. I am in no hurry. I personally will never force an engine to run. You are always better off investigating before forcing. What I did wrong here was not checking fuel flow first.

[@legendgarage4055]

Traduci il testo con la fotocamera hi, with the petrol pump on and the distributor control piston closed, should the petrol come out of the holes in the distributor injector pipes? If it doesn't have to come out, what part of the distributor would be defective?

[@TonyLiveTV]

@@legendgarage4055 I can not say what inside the fuel distributor is defective. You would need to open it to see. Diaphragm is a common issue, but there are o-rings inside that may have deteriorate and prevent fuel flow. This video shows what I did. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWHWq2Ssbb2jaZIsi=sOpEDiyrzc6MPv67

[@Like9-t]

Hi tony have ever reuse head bolts my head bolt are pre good conditions siz are ok what do u think about it can I or not thanks

[@TonyLiveTV]

@@Like9-t the head bolts can be reused. These are not stretched bolts and also do not require a retighten either. I decided to purchase new bolts only for my own peace of mind.

[@Like9-t]

@@TonyLiveTV thanks tony hv good time

[@MartinHennebry]

Welcome back Tony. Good diagnosis. Great to see you back. MH

[@MrBobby3340]

When you mentioned long ago that you were not rebuilding the fuel distributer, I thought that was a mistake. Don’t rebuild the distributor yourself unless you can test bench flow. To fine tune your car, you will need to adjust duty cycle when you get to that point.

[@TonyLiveTV]

@@MrBobby3340 I haven’t decided if I will rebuild the fuel distributor myself or not. If I do, I will certainly flow test. I have the tools for that and the tools needed to adjust the duty cycle as well. Having someone else rebuild it seems like hit or miss from what I’m hearing. I am not afraid of rebuilding the fuel distributor. I just don’t want to.

[@MrBobby3340]

@@TonyLiveTV I had mine rebuilt from an older gentleman that has a shop that specializes in rebuilding JetTronic systems. He is in Australia. Was recommended to me by Ken at Mercedes Source. Perfect rebuild. Reasonable as well. Try finding spare parts for the distributor - you can’t for the most part. This guy has inventory.

[@TonyLiveTV]

@@MrBobby3340 I’m listening MrBobby. How do I contact him?

[@MrBobby3340]

@@TonyLiveTV Info Sent.

[@danricci6996]

@@MrBobby3340 Only a few can contact the guy ? 🤔