Recent content by Davo

Don't be too hasty to give it up as a bad job - when I tried the site, nothing seemed to have happened and there was some bad English about a slow server. Luckily I didn't click away in disgust as I was busy with something else. Then suddenly, after a minute or so - 'shazzan!' - there was my...

A quick anecdote break - Many years ago, car locks aren't what they are now, and if you had a Ford key, with patience and a bit of jiggling you could get into any other Ford, even if you couldn't get the steering lock off. (Worn BL locks you could open with a lolly stick). I came back to my...

Really good info on the printout, thankyou. I got a build card withe the car, but it just had all the codes, whereas this printout interprets them as options.

Yes but then there's the metal swarf that goes round the ABC system and screws everything else up, then it all has to be reset on a RODEO as I understand, I was told by a specialist about £3.7K in all, I'm sure there'll be threads on here about it. Lovely car though, it wafted about silently...

I had one, I didn't care much about the ordinary running costs, as I work from home and could use the wife's car as well, but I lived in fear of the ABC light coming on and practically writing the car off. The soft close air pump lunched itself in icy weather, causing the car to stay awake at...

I've been a few times to the F1 and the MotoGP. Ive watched almost everywhere over the years, my favourite, and where I'm booked for this year, is the grandstand at Beckett's. You have a fast wiggle, followed by a very important fast left onto the Hangar Straight, a big TV, and then a second...

@ Meldrew 2, will the MB dealer, or at least the lad who served me have my CC number along with my Pin number - I was given both slips for the Voided transaction at the time? If so I may go out to an ATM to change it before he tries to buy a C63 or something.

:mad::doh::wallbash: Thanks Meldrew, I edited it out, rather than change my PIN.

This has already been mentioned on a 'replace your thermostat' thread but I thought I'd share it here... On Saturday I went to my local dealer for a fuel pipe for my W203 C270, and was given the little card reader to put my Visa card in the slot and key my PIN number in. I have the slip in...

Just done this job on my 2002 C270, using a genuine thermostat and MB coolant (only need about 2L of mix to replace what came out) following the instructions here, thank you. The car now runs at between 80 and 90 degreees, before it took an age to get to 60 and never higher. I did need to buy an...

Mine too, I also get a whiff of diesel smoke smell when she starts, though this may be normal. Starting is straight away, though even in this cold weather, so I'm minded to ignore the light for now and 'let it develop' as they say.

Yes, worth a try I thought, just because MB think there is a leak doesn't make it so. If there had just been a gradual loss over the years I'm not convinced that would stop them charging megabucks to strip the system anyway. Of course when the sealant goes everywhere behind the dash and all...

In the same boat here, I learned a lesson on Saturday - I bought a W203 when it was 0 degrees outside and convinced myself that the aircon was just fine when an icy blast came from the vents! Now looking through the service history I find a quote from MB at the last service offering to strip...

A young man at Admiral's call centre warned me when I changed my car that I would get an insane renewal quote, but to beat it on the net and then ring in with the best quote. The renewal quote was £650, the best quote Kwikfit could get was an insane £1400+, but LV via the meerkats was £400. I...

If so I'll feel guilty, because I was being a bit too rough on the throttle after miles of 50mph frustration. See, it's their fault! Maybe if I stop driving it like I stole it and treat the box as 'slightly suspect', it may not be a problem. It's when it does it again that it becomes one.