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Diesel starting problems - cont.

My daughter has her 1985 300D at school in upstate NY, I'm in Missouri. She can't get her car started. I changed the pre-glow relay just befor she drove to NY, for the first time, in March. The initial problem was that the glow light never went off, the relay fixed that. A couple of weeks after she got to school she mentioned that the glow light stayed on after she started the car. Ignition on, light on, light off, start car, light back on always. This is different than the original problem when the light never went off during the pre-glow phase.

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W123

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123 Sedan Sunroof cable length

I've got a 1983 240D sedan with electric sunroof. I've cleaned/lubed slides and cable. Sunroof goes all the way back without cable attached (by hand) but only 2/3rds back with cable attached. Could someone have put in a wagon cable? Are there different lengths between sedan and wagon cables? The reason I ask is that there's a wagon fuel sender in the tank so maybe PO had an old wagon and used parts for this sedan. Or is there something else stopping the travel?

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W123

Control Arm Bushing difficulties

I am in the process of replacing the bushings and ball joints on the lower front control arms of my 82 123. While attempting to remove the smaller bushing (connected to the steering rod?) I ran into a wall. Actually, the bolt, which needs to go up, butted in to the spring cup. How do I remove this bolt? Do I need to remove the springs and cup? If so are there any tricks? HELP!

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W123

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