Recent content by thephatmaster

Tldr; where do I stick the gaffer tape? I'm heading to France in the 'ol rust-bucket, but am struggling to find how to "convert" my halogen headlamps to continental-mode The car's manual has been no help. With previous cars there has been has been a diagram online showing where on the lens...

Hi all, I need to get my plastic blower motor cage off but can't see how. There are tutorials online but they are for other Marques and feature circlips and things my motor / cage combo doesn't have! I ask because: * My w202's cabin blower is on the blink. Needs new brushes (on order). * The...

Hi there, I have an old '99 C200 I saved from being scrap metal with copious amounts of welding. M111 engine despite this threads title (which I can't edit) It's not a tidy car, but it's been reliable and gets serviced accordingly. Just finished a service today (with the car fully warmed up...

Its on a driveway in full sun usually, and has dark blue interior. Not a bad idea checking the cabin filter. I usually do it every 2yrs, but can't see from my records when that was last done

Hi there, My trusty rusty 202 is the only car in the family with working aircon (not climate) to keep the toddler cool in the current 30° heat. I know it's 20 year old tech, with 20 year old components, but I seem to need to max it out to get much cooling. I wonder if I have the settings...

So my car just passed its MOT, and promptly died (embarrassingly at the MOT station) Turned the key to start and then all the electrics went dead. I'm hoping the (new-ish) battery has lunched itself. Key doesn't work in boot lock. Putting a 12v pack on the underbonnet connections does nothing...

Hi MBfans, My 202 (which has sat mot of the year due to lockdown) is having similar issues to This Guy. The os rear door wouldn't open from the outside. I've drenched the mechanism in GT85 and it now opens, but only if the handle is pulled very gently. If the handle is pulled 'normally the...

Thanks: That's a shame because the entire drag link is very expensive, and looks to involve more spannering than just a track rod

Morning all, I have an MOT coming up and some slight play on my track rod inner joint - not the track rod end - It looks like the rod itself unbolts from the centre part (drag link?) so I can just replace it Perhaps i'm getting the terminology wrong, I'm having trouble finding a track rod via...

I'm so happy you got yours sorted - I'll give that a go - presumably you're talking about the exposed CV links on the propshaft itself? Thanks @wongl for helping a brother out by reading the thread - fingers crossed

That's 1/3 or so right, it started after: - removal of R subframe, fuel tank and propshaft for a welding job - trans oil change - diff oil change - propshaft centre brearing replacement Lots of stuff was disturbed during that job. The oil was extensively researched in the other thread. It...

I'll take a look next time I'm under there I believe the VSS signal comes from the ABS sensor, so no. @wongl - for me, that information is in the OP (My manual transmission has the part number 717417 07 652708, and I used the oil kindly recommended in this thread.) I've recorded some video...

I've now collected more data on the whining / singing noise by logging it and other variables (temperatures, speeds, length of car standing, fuel level etc) on a spreadsheet: It can be "cured" - e.g no noise at any road speed, for around 3-4 miles by spending over 20 seconds at 50+mph - this...

Thanks bt that link shows the earler propshaft. I have the facelift model with the press-on sealed centre bearing assembly which bolts to the body wit two bolts. It was that which which I changed (for a new one). When you say play, what do you mean? The mounting holes to the body are...

Thanks for the idea @MercedesDriver. Took some faff as it was an audio only file, but please see the video here