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Hi, the central locking on my 4-door w140 works, but the front passenger lock is starting to get temperamental. It rarely locks when I lock the other doors. It sometimes opens with the others. Where should I look first? Many thanks for all of your ideas Kieron

Hi - should be simple to answer this, but I am paranoid about ruining my wheels so which cleaner should I use? I have the standard wheels fitted to a W140. They don't seem to be laquered, just some sort of alloy. I have black deposits from the brake dust that I want to clean up. Any...

Hi - latest issue on my w140 is this. For several thousand miles now, I've had this low speed grinding noise coming from the rear of the car. It's hard to tell whether it's left or right. So far what I have done is 1. had the brakes checked 2. topped up differential oil 3. changed rear wheel...

Hi. the rear window demister does not work on my w140 (1993). Last summer I had the window replaced in Germany because the window was delaminating at the corners and the hrw was not working. I have checked the connections behind the covers in the c pillars and they are fine. However, there is...

Hi, my s500 has a few problems and I need some pointers to get me started. 1. Starts fine from cold/hot but tickover is quite erratic - rising, falling, steady for a bit then dropping, rising in a kind of random fashion. Some days it's worse than others. 2. If I drive it for a couple of miles...

Hi, thought I'd share with you my very recent trip through Europe down to Bulgaria in my 1993 S500. I had a conversion to lpg before the trip as I reckon this saved me about £500 for the return journey. It's about 1800 miles one way, through France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Serbia and...

Hi - crawled under my 1993 500SE W140 today to top up the diff oil. The drain plug is clearly there but I cannot see (or feel) the top up plug. Can anyone help? Cheers Kieron

Hi all, has anyone had any experience of this? What might I be expected to pay? My 1993 rear window is delaminating and needs replacing. Option 1 - accidentally break it and claim for a new one - problem - it's illegal and I am not prepared to consider it, even though I was advised to do this...

Hi, have spent the past three days making a new wiring loom for my 1993 w140 500SE - big job but save a ton of money! It's almost done now but I have not labelled every wire and come to a halt. What I need is more info on the ECU connector wiring. All I really need is the colours of the wires...

Hi - it's just loose behind the wooden trim in my W140. Looks important

Hi - I am in Cheltenham and looking for a place nearby that might be able to help. My wife was driving today and the bonnet flew up and bent. I think it's also bent the hinges as the bonnet is all misaligned and won't close. The bonnet is bent beyond repair so I'm going to need to locate a...

On my way to see my mum, the bonnet on my 1993 s class flew up and nearly wrenched itself off the hinges. The wife was driving at the time. Scary stuff. The bonnet is now bent and it looks like the hinges have been bent. I guess it could have been worse - no damage to the windscreen or other...

Hi I have just bought an old S500 and the back light that lights the driver's side temperature indicator and dial is not working. Is this easy to replace?

I was travelling up the A34 yesterday in the inside lane. There was a guy in the outside lane catching me up by about 10 mph. I suddenly noticed a broken down car in the inside lane ahead with his hazards on and signalled to move out as he was in a bloody dangerous position and I could see two...

Hi - I hope I can pick someone's brain. Went to look at a 2001 S500 for sale today. It has just over 100k on the engine. When I had a look at the oil filler cap, there was a faint hint of yellowish/white on the inside of the cap. I've seen much worse in the past on other cars. This was just...

Hi, I am seriously toying with the idea of an old S-Class (not a coupe). I have about a £5k budget. Ebay seems to have plenty, as does Auto Trader. I'm thinking under 100k miles + FSH, not too fussed about expensive gadgets (that go wrong?) but would quite like to 'go large' on the engine. I...

Hi - I have recently bought a 1990 W124 200TE estate. It's green and I took it for an MOT last week. The guy could not believe it was 20 years old! Needless to say it passed with flying colours. It is a solid beast and has coped well with all of the recent snow (Xmas trip to Lake District)...

Hi - my first post! I have recently bought a 200TE (no air con) and it's great apart from one thing - very little heat from the heater. The fan is working fine but the air comes out cold on the passenger side and just slightly warm on the driver's side but not enough to warm up the car. It...