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    Happy Birthday, toolman1954

    Thanks for my 70th birthday good wishes. To celebrate becoming a septuagenarian, I enjoyed an evening with a bottle of Kraken, Black Cherry and vanilla rum. (as reviewed by Fat Andy on his you tube channel, who rated this highly. He was not wrong ) Drive safely one and all. Regards...
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    Bilstein Air Suspension Front Right For E211 2003 -->

    Hi, I bought a pair of these Bilstein Suspension legs off of a chap in Portugal, they were almost new and in excellent condition. I fitted one, which worked fine, and never got around to fitting the other, I just kept it as a spare. Having sold my E320 with the air suspension, I have...
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    Leaking rear washer tube

    Hi, Just as a start, welcome to the forum, I hope you will find it interesting and useful. To start the ball rolling, we need a little more information from you. The year of your car, and whether it is an Estate or a Saloon. If it is an Estate, then a common leakage point will be...
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    Happy Birthday, toolman1954

    Hi, Thanks very much for your Birthday greetings, it is very thoughtful. It is my faithful and loving companions birthday next week, and Jack will be 12. Slowing down a bit these days, not unsurprising, but occasionally still acts like a puppy. I hope I can get a few more years out of...
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    Bass guitars.

    Hi. I suppose someone has to put up their hand and and suffer some ridicule and humiliation. I Last played bass in a band front of people at a Queens Silver Jubilee party ...yes that long time ago. I was not very good at playing, nor was the rest of us in the band, just 12 bar...
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    Airmatic related parts

    Hi, when I had my E320 with Airmatic, which was some long time ago now, and I rebuilt my air pump , I used a repair kit from Ebay seller "Bagpipingandy " They are not the cheapest parts, you can buy Chinese cheaper... but the repair kit worked well and gave the pump a whole new...
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    Even more new jokes... (No UK Politics please)

    Three friends married women from different parts of the world. ..The first man married a Greek girl . He told her that she was to do the dishes and house cleaning. It took a couple of days, but on the third day he came home to see a clean house and dishes washed and put away. The second man...
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    2006 E320 ESTATE TAILGATE TOP RUBBER SEAL

    Greetings, when I bought my car over a year ago, it had been standing for some time, and in consequence some external rubber parts had perished. I am now trying to replace the rubber seal at the top of the tailgate hatch. One piece of this has now broken away and the rest of...
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    Cordless impact wrenches

    I bought a cheapie Chinese one of these for circa £25. The reason for buying this particular one was that it ran off of Makita 18 Volt lxt batteries, and I have a Makita cordless drill that uses these batteries. In use, really tight bolts need a breaker bar to crack them, but then the Impact...
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    Folding Door Mirror Fault

    Hi, I think I would begin by removing the mirror shell off of the mirror body. You need to jam a screwdriver through the back flick up the catch. There are You tube vids to explain this. Once the cover is off you can see what is, and what is not happening. Depending on how broken the...
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    HOW DO I DOWN-LOAD AND SAVE A "HOW-TO" VIDEO FROM U-TUBE TO MY PC ?

    Good Morning, Did you ever get around to doing your door lock?. .........I had this problem some long time ago on my old 03 E320, and like you, I bought the repair kit with good intentions, studied the video, and then found the " Electrical tape fix ". Rather than all...
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    2003 E320 W211 CDI - lights all over the place

    Hi, with the light switch in the off position then there should be no lights on. If they are on, then either you have a defective switch, or someone has tampered with the wiring, or you have had some rodent chewing away at the wiring causing a short. Were the drains blocked with any...
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    obd2 scanner wont communicate

    Hi, I would begin by checking the fuse ....looks like a 55 or 58. ...data link?? here is a fusebox guide ...... Mercedes-Benz ML-Class (W164) (2005-2011) Fuse Diagram • FuseCheck.com ECU location ...try below...
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    Happy Birthday, toolman1954

    Thanks very much for all your kind Birthday Wishes, it is very thoughtful of you. It is also my Collies 11th Birthday in a few days time, what a faithful and wonderful pal he has been over the last 9 years we have been together. Happy Birthday Jack...
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    Even more new jokes... (No UK Politics please)

    Had a really lovely fathers day card and large bottle of malt whisky delivered today. Unfortunately when I opened the card it wasn't signed. The whiskey turned out to be a bottle of P*** Wonder how the B*****d found out my address. A Very Merry Christmas to one and...
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