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Job done!

Sold!

About to p/x for £13,500. Not my preferred route, but have my heart set on his C4S. Any better offers from a genuine enthusiast?

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Full page advert with photos: Mercedes SL500 Silver Arrow Excerpt: Without doubt one of the finest and best loved examples on the road today. Only 78,000 miles since 2001 (Y), three previous owners with a fully documented Main Dealer service history. New tyres, brake pads, wheel refurb and...

Today I went from a £100 bulb replacement to a "something is broken sir" quote for £1,000. My independent garage can't isolate the fault and so recommends a complete headlamp unit at £750 plus labour plus VAT. The main dealer won't run a diagnostics check for less than their minimum 1hr labour...

Thanks everyone for the rapid replies! The car is due for a service in a couple of months so I think I will dabble with the more frequent application of WD40 or Meths and then if I'm not satisfied with the result I will 'treat' her to a new masthead. Cheers, Martin

What do you do when the aerial gets gunked-up and won't extend fully? I've tried the obvious from a moist paper towel to using a degreasing agent but after a couple of weeks the unit starts jamming-up again. Is this just a sign that, after 7 years, it's time for a replacement - or is there a...

Andrew, Let me know when you are up and running and I'll bring the Arrow back for a little TLC :bannana: Haven't been on the forum for a [long] while and just noticed your post about Le Mans. Shame I didn't see it before as I was down there with my crew this year and it was a first for...

Well, the final chapter in this saga is a satisfactory but mysterious ending! After a quick visit to MB Stevenage (who had ordered in an oil sensor just in case) they diagnosed the fault as: too much oil in the engine !!! How is this possible after driving for 6 months since the last B service...

Just to close this thread off cleanly, my local MB Shop agrees that the problem sounds like a faulty oil sensor and has ordered one. I am dropping her in next week and will post the final conclusion for future reference. Martin

Oil sensors with number production dates up to 00W51 can cause implausible overfill warnings when the temp reaches 60-70c That sounds like a strong candidate because it's always exactly that temperature range when the warning first occurs. I originally checked the oil level with the...

Hi guys, Thanks for the clarification. Andrew - good result last night. Perhaps I'll bump into you at the Carling Cup final :D Malcolm - thanks for the welcome. In case you were wondering why Stats is being so familiar with a newbie, I am the new proud owner of his Silver Arrow. It's...

This has just started happening with regularity on my SL500 R129. Until recently this warning message - oil can with the blinking letters HI - had only occurred once and that was after working the engine very hard (if you catch my drift) for several minutes. I am assuming that this warning is...