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    Clicking noise in dash

    With our W209 it was diagnosed as stripped cogs on the air distribution flaps inside the heater. These are apparently a weak point and the replacements from MB have been redesigned to be stronger. Now the bad news - the whole dash comes out to replace them! Over £1000 at an MB dealer... Go...
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    98 SL60 Special Edition

    Try 1993 - 1995 Mercedes-Benz SL 60 AMG - Images, Specifications and Information or BenzWorld Image Gallery - SL60 ///AMG These were the AMG SL60 - perhaps yours is a version of that?
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    C55? Are they any good and would it be a foolish private buy?

    C55 has 510 Nm of torque. How much does a remapped ST have? Must be an impressive tuning job as the standard ST looks to have 320 Nm... I bet the front wheels light up easily :devil:
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    Looking for a C43

    Could well have been the colour you say - makes sense with the green constituent. Didn't look very green though, hints of blue I thought. Hard to say now, as the car has gone and I never had the paint code written down. But I kid you not about the stereo! This was the time when all M-B fitted...
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    Looking for a C43

    Our C43 estate was the 'blue/black' colour - which actually had quite a lot of green in the mix, if you talk to the paint shop guy who's rectifying the rusty door edges... I had a sales brochure for 1999 (went with the car when we sold it) that showed Xenons as extra, but the seats as...
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    Alfa Romeo paintjob @ £15,225

    Crazy maybe - but the colour was gourgeous!!!! As good a finish as you will see on any hand restored classic (which is better than nearly all factory finishes...).
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    Alfa Romeo paintjob @ £15,225

    We went on the Alfa stand at the Goodwood Festival of Speed - all the cars were in 8C red. It looked absolutely stunning to our eyes! So much so that we asked about the colour - and yes it costs £15K extra! The reason why? They take a finished car from the end of the production line, strip it...
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    Oil changing on a 2003 CLK55AMG

    Hand book is not much help then! Thanks for your advice.
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    Oil changing on a 2003 CLK55AMG

    Thanks for that. The handbook clearly shows 8.5 litres - which is what we were going by (I've got a scan of the page at home - I'll attach it later). Are you saying 7.6 because of not getting it all drained (as per C240Sport97's post)? I have seen posts that say some AMG engines have 2 drain...
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    Oil changing on a 2003 CLK55AMG

    Bump!
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    Oil changing on a 2003 CLK55AMG

    I recently had my neighbouring garage change the oil on our CLK55AMG. They are a non-specialised garage, but they work on all sorts of cars including the owner's family's AMG's etc. They thought they had completely drained the oil, going to some lengths to ensure it was all out - making sure...
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    Electric headrest problem

    This turned out to need a new headrest motor. MB Tonbridge diagnosed and repaired it quickly - about £140 invluding VAT.
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    Its not just Mercedes that rust!

    I suspect that the Audi must have been damaged at some point, as they have been galvanised for many years...
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    Electric headrest problem

    Tried the 'normalising' procedure recommended in another post on here (moving seat back 5secs / forward 5secs). Nothing seemed to change. Then after trying the headrest a few times it motored upwards. Only trouble is, it wouldn't come down again - and also didn't retract when the seat was tipped...
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    Electric headrest problem

    We have the same problem. With ours we took it back to the supplying independant dealer - he tried it and the headrest moved! When we got the car back, the next time the seat was tipped forward to let someone in the back, the headrest automatically retracted and now it refuses to move again...
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    C43 exhaust note

    Our C43 used to ground very easily with standard springs. The centre box on the exhaust was polished shiny ;) Be very careful how you drive if you lower it!
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    comand unit install

    I have been reading up about Comand with a view to getting fitted in my W209 (2003). I hadn't realised that using the Navigation tied up the CD slot completely...
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    climate control digital display

    I thinks there's more involved than just the display! All the auto air distribution features etc. would probably necessitate changing some of the internals as well.....
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    Steering Damper replacement query ?

    Ours made a quiet 'moaning' noise when it was on the way out. Took a while to trace it!
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    'Gritty' steering

    We had a steering damper go west - the first symptom was a quiet 'moaning' noise when turned through a quarter of a turn on the steering wheel. By the time we found the cause, the damper was completely shot - no oil left in it at all. The steering was somewhat better when it was replaced!
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