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I sold my 560SEC some time ago, but I keep finding various MB bits and pieces.... I recently discovered on a wardrobe shelf a brand-new still-packaged MB shirt which I bought somewhere and then never wore. It's a black short-sleeved shirt with embroidered Mercedes, Brabus, Siemens and Mobil 1...

Having sold my 560SEC a few years ago, I've been sorting through the stuff in my garage, and have unearthed one of those circular jerry-cans made by MB (as an accessory) which fits inside the spare wheel and hold 7 litres of fuel. They do seem to be quite rare. I don't need mine any more...

I've already put up a post in the Parts & Servicing forum offering a set of mudflaps for sale, and I can't see how to delete or edit it - so perhaps the forum moderators can do so? I think I really should have posted the details in this Classified - For Sale forum instead, and I don't want to...

I haven't posted on this forum for a LONG time..... mainly because I no longer have my 1990 560 SEC coupe. I wasn't using it enough to justify keeping it (or paying the tax, insurance and maintenance!). So it has gone to a new home. However.... I do have some assorted spare parts stashed away...

I have a collection of past issues of the Mercedes Benz Club Gazette - from about 2003 to 2009. Some (I'm embarrassed to admit!) still in unopened plastic wrappers. I have now sold my SEC and I need to clear some space on the shelves. I'm reluctant to put the magazines in a skip or a...

I bought this number plate C 560 SEC on a whim, intending to put it on my W126 560 SEC..... which is a 1990 (G) vehicle, and left-hand drive. I have however not yet re-registered my car and 'assigned' the new number as I am thinking of selling the car. Since it is LHD I may end up selling it...

There's one famous advert about "probably the best beer....", and another about "refreshing the parts that others don't reach...". Both of these apply to Merparts (Paul and Steff Mazzoni) in Port Glasgow. I have just had an outstandingly good experience with them, and it's only right that I...

I suppose door-mirror damage happens to most of us sooner or later... but the mirrors on each model vary so much that it is hard to find specific how-to help. I have an LHD Euro-spec 1990 W126 coupe (560 SEC), and last week on a country road the passenger door mirror (ie the offside) got...

I have a 1990 W126 coupe with electric tilt-and-slide sunroof, but I think this question applies to all MB sunroofs. To avoid expensive problems when the roof jams, it is said that regular lubrication is vital. But it's often overlooked. What lubricant should be used? Browsing the forums (esp...

The aircon system in my 1990 560 SEC has a tiny leak. A dye test confirms that it isn't anywhere in the engine bay. A sniffer test suggests the leak is somewhere in the circuits below/behind the dash panel, in the driver's side footwell (NB the left side - I have an LHD euro-spec car)...

I posted earlier about aircon troubleshooting, but thought I ought to start a new thread on this question... Can anyone suggest or recommend a specialist to convert the aircon system of my 1990 560SEC from its original R12 to run on R134a? I have to bite the bullet and do this, as my system is...

I have a 1990 560SEC, with - original - R12 aircon system. It has the rotary dial controls, not the pushbutton ones. Until recently the aircon worked fine, but the car has been garaged over the winter. I've just started running it again, and the aircon doesn't work. The compressor clutch...

I have just been on a 3 week trip in France in my 1990 W126 560SEC, and noticed a curious problem which oddly, seems to have almost disappeared since I got back. I've scanned the forum for clues, but don't quite know where to start with troubleshooting. The symptoms were: a) a slight...

I have a 1990 W126 560 SEC, and I need help in diagnosing a problem with the heating/ventilation/aircon controls. The car has the system with two rotary temperature controls, one for each side of the car, and rocker switches for the aircon and for "recirculation" (ie it does not have the...

Yes.... every actual or prospective SEC owner knows about this one. Sooner or later rust inevitably gets a hold along a panel seam below the rear window seal. Eventual result - damp patches in the boot, crumbly metal below the window, and large bills for removing/replacing glass and doing some...

Has anyone else got an SEC with a sagging interior headliner... and if so any advice on DIY fixing, or recommendations for an expert in retrimming who can do it? I think a proper repair means taking the entire lining panel out. Not easy, especially as it means messing with the sunroof too...

Apart from a TJ Neill near Glasgow and the Deutsche place near Edinburgh there seem to be virtually no listings of independent MB specialists in Scotland. I'm 200 miles further north and I'd like to find someone in the northern half of the country who can work on older MBs (mine's a 1990 560...

My W126 560 SEC has a tilt and slide sunroof. The wind deflector along the front edge doesn't flip up when the sunroof is opened. I'm not sure if the springs themselves have got feeble (or come out of their fittings) or whether their mountings have broken. The whole sunroof slide mechanism is...

I have three pre-1992 cars - including my W126 560 SEC - with a/c systems running on R12. I'm hoping that as long as I run the a/c periodically to keep the circulation going and the seals lubricated, things will be OK. But I fear it's inevitable that re-gassing will be necessary at some point...

First post on this forum... so this is just to say hello, and I hope to learn lots, and maybe contribute a little. I have returned to UK - and live now near Inverness in Scotland - after years of working overseas (mostly in the Middle East), and I have only recently discovered the value of...