Recent content by Jpowell79

I personally didn't try that when the car was with me, but I would've thought the garage would have carried out basic checks like that. They are quite a well known garage in the local area with good reviews and they already swapped out my aux belt a year ago without issue so up until now I...

Update on the nightmare I've had with the car. Couldn't get the CPS out for love nor money. After spending the best part of a week trying different things I finally gave up and had the car towed to a garage. They had to drop the transmission to knock it out and put the new one in, however that...

Well I committed to changing the CPS and what a nightmare it’s turning out to be to swap it out! First of all, as I’m sure many of you know, it’s a nightmare to get at. I found a “how to” that suggested using a 1/4 12in extension bar but for the life of me I cannot see how this would be...

thanks, I've heard that generally speaking when they fail, they will still allow you to start the motor once they cool down (after say an hour) but even after 3 hours it still won't start. Was that the case for yours? I.e. it wouldn't start regardless of whether it was hot or cold? If so, I...

thanks yeah that matches up with the fault code description on my iPhone App so it's good that it's showing the correct info for the car. Reluctant to tow to my local MB "specialist" ..... They wanted to charge me £495 to replace the aux belt when it snapped a few months back, as opposed to a...

Strange issue with my CLK today. Headed off to work and car started fine, then 2 minutes up the road, I remembered that I'd forgotten something so headed back home. Pulled up outside and ran in the house to grab what I needed (was in the house all of 2 minutes) and then came back out, jumped in...

Got it booked in with you guys (WIM) this weekend so hopefully can get it sorted :-)

nope the car drove perfectly straight before they were fitted. I think other bits were fitted as well as the guy said he fitted a new "suspension kit"......think he fitted a new vertical bar on the passenger side as well, as it looks newer than the drivers side one....am guessing its the...

so does that mean the problem could be something else then? bearing in mind the hunter alignment appears to be within tolerance, and the parts are ok......yet it pulls to the left significantly, yet it drove as straight as an arrow before the new control arms and bushes were fitted?

Just been told they were TRW parts, supplied by GSF Car Parts

the control arms were actually swapped out on both sides....the garage didn't mention anything about offset bolts! - all they said was that the car is setup as per Mercedes spec and that they had no idea why it should still be drifting off to the left

couldn't see anything obvious on the control arms to tell who makes them...any ideas how I could tell? here is the printout from the hunter machine

Will try and get under and have a proper look this evening when I get home....will also poster the hunter numbers. thanks guys

not sure what parts they were as the mechanic ordered them, but he said they come out of the same factory as the official merc parts. can they really have that dramatic an effect? I could understand how they might have a "subtle" difference.....e.g. pulling to the left over 500m instead of...

Hi guys, I had my lower control arms and a couple of bushes changed last weekend. The car is now pulling to the left quite considerably (as in, if I let go of the steering wheel, I would be up on the kerb within 10 seconds) When the guys fitted the control arms and bushes they told me the...