[W126 Coupe] SEC Starting Failure After a Massive Downpour

[a figment of the imagination]

Bellamy,

Nice logic.  Perhaps, I, too, need to take a vacation
from this, eh?

To answer some questions, the salvage yard owner told
me that the coil off the 560 SEC should work fine. 
Despite having hundreds of benz's in the yard, he only
has one SEC.  I was thinking of pulling the coil off a
'85 380SE but the coil was really hard to take off
given the front end smash-up.  I'll give it another
shot today.  By the way, I got all of these parts for
free and I haven't installed anything yet, so it's no
loss.

In general, again grossly speaking, the 560 SEC and
380 SEC are the same car except for the guts of the
engine. Remember the 380 SEC is the predecessor of the
500 and 560 series.   The engine accessories should
all be theoretically interchangeable, as the basic
input/output parameters are the same or similar.  I'll
verify this information about the coil by calling the
local dealer today.  Hopefully this smaller coil will
be a nice "upgrade" to the later model series, if you
will.  It's definitely smaller and seems to be the new
coil design on all MBZ after 1989 or so...

Sir, I'm gonna have to disagree with ya, comparing a
350 chevy with a 380 benz: it's like lemons to
Macintosh apples, I say.  Besides, the next number in
the series is an "8" and not a "5", so I gotcha beat
on that one, eh?!  ;)

I'll write back and tell ya what the MBZ dealer tells
me, okies?

-figment of my own twisted mind.

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