Recent content by alf1956

Hello fellow members. I have a 2005 CLK 2.7 Cdi automatic with 150k on the clock and yesterday the car went sluggish, it drives through gears okay but the build up of speed is very slow and there is no kick down power when you floor the pedal and i was guessing a turbo problem so i put my cheap...

They were always on before the fault started and now they are off till the button is pressed.

Hello Members I have a Clk 270 cdi 55 reg. The front and rear parking sensors will not work, they are never on and when i turn them on with the switch on the dash it beeps then turns on and they just have 2 x red lights on them but don't sensor anything and then after 15 seconds or so the...

Anybody got any info on what kind of job it is to change the oil cooler please?

I have a Merc Clk 270cdi 2005 reg which has been parked up for a 12 month period as it has a gearbox fault which i am eventually going to get fixed & i occasionally run it around the estate where i live & start it up to keep the battery charged up & today i started the car up & let it tick over...

Thank you for the reply, if it had thrown the belt what damage would it have caused ? My belt threw off on tick over outside my house.

Hello fellow ,members the deflector pulley on my Clk 270 cdi has lost the last 2 V grooves on the belt pulley deflector which has just shredded the belt I am wondering if it is a straight forward swap job? The bearing seems fine with no play so I am planning on just swapping the pulley itself &...

I read a post somewhere on here where somebody posting something about a company selling original 722.6 conductor plates but the original Merc logo was scratched off but they were original conductor plates. Anybody remember this or can point me to it please?

It has had a new gearbox filter along with new atf fluid less than 100 miles ago which was done to see if that was the problem, drove it this morning for around 3 miles & it was sweet as a nut changing gear lovely !

Hello fellow members, I took my Clk 270 cdi to Europa cars an Indie garage in Sheffield where I am from as my Grandson works there & he put it on the Star diagnostic computer & he cleared lots of faults but it still showed up a gearbox fault so I drove off on my way home & a soon as I hit the...

Hello fellow members I am wondering if the auto gearbox from a 211E C 2.2 diesel class will fit in a Clk 270 cdi they both have the same number 722.6 ?

Hello fellow members, I have had my car on a diagnostic machine & was told it is fault code P2206 which is probably the plate in the bottom of the gearbox & I was quoted £600 to do this so I am thinking of taking the gamble on a 2nd box at £250+fitting which I have been told is approx. 2 hours...

Thank you very much for your advice I will be on the job tomorrow after work when its light.

Hello Trickythemerc, when the 2 x screws underneath near the handbrake lever are taken out will the unit come straight out or do the 2 x silver steel clips hold it in ? Thank you for your reply

Hello fellow members I am trying to take out the headlight switch panel which also houses the headlight washer switch as the switch is sticking, I have taken of the end cover where the fuses are & I can see 2 x silver steel clips that look like they hold the panel I cannot see how to remove the...