Recent content by Locky

Yeah to be honest I did wonder about that. The trans fluid came out red and oily, not contaminated looking. Cant rule it out though. Coolant tank still appears topped up.

Just following on from before.... I drained nearly 1.5 litres of fluid out of this transmission tonight to get it to the correct level. Took it for a drive and it's transformed the car. This car has always felt underpowered and I've replaced lots of things to try to sort it. It looks like it was...

Hi All, The wife has a W168 auto which I had a refurbished transmission fitted to about 6 years ago by a trans specialist in London. Original trans had a blown clutch drum. Well the trans has started acting up again. Thumping when coming to a stop and flaring 2 to 3rd gear change. I though I...

Hi all.... it's been a long time since i've been on this forum. I now have another mecedes with a question. I'm repairing leaking injector seals. I bought a couple of new clamps and stretch bolts from MB but mine seems to have studs and nuts to secure the clamps. Does this sound correct or has...

Hi all, I went for a run down to portsmouth and back the other day. After I came off the the A31 duel carriageway I had to stop at the roundabout. From idle it surged. I almost thought I had been nudged from behind. I carried on, but now it happens once every couple of days. Does...

Just a side note on the locking valve caps. I've heard of the whole valve being ripped out in frustration due to these being fitted.

I phoned up sky and told them that I wanted to cancel my contract because I keep missing my programming. After a bit of a chat with them they offered me a sky+ system for £60 (if i remember correctly) fitted. A lot cheaper than buying a £200 box. Not sure if they still do this though.

Yeah I just went out in the car earlier and it does seem to know the correct speed somehow. Things seem to have got messed up since I had the dash cluster enabled. Tony Purslow told me they wanted 2.5 hours to enable the dash and sort out comand as the steering wheel wasn't working etc. I told...

Hi all. A funny thing happened earlier today. My comand just shut off and wouldn't turn back on. After a minuit or 2 it turned on. So I checked the error codes and it had the following. B1767/0 Navigation parameter missing – number of teeth of ABS pulse rotor not configured ...

Well I went down to Tony Purslows today to get my Dash cluster enabled for my comand retro fit. I printed out the procedures for it from this site and handed them over to the service manager. They were a little confused at first as they had my down for a Garmin sat nav programming?!?. After...

I would love to own that. I used to have a 1972 Buick Skylark with a 7 litre V8.It was matt black with flames up the front. I had to sell it to buy a house :-(

by the way what on earth do those white nylon straps do behind the glovebox? they are wrapped around the tubular support for the dash, are they something to do with the airbag?

Hi thanks for the replys everyone. I found the three lose wires and the green/black wire seems to work fine. It's quite alarming how much of the car you have to take appart to get that reinforcing plastic frame out of the dash. Took about 3 hours in total to fit. Inc running the gps antenna to...

Hi all... can anyone tell me where to find the speed pulse wire on my W210 year 2000. I'm fitting comand at the mo and cannot identify the correct wire

Thanks Richard thats a great help. I will order the pins today. The other plug that came was only a few pennies so all is well. I did think about cutting the wires flyer but I thought that if I ever want to remove the glove box again it might be handy to have the plug there.