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had vibration coming through the dashboard when accelerating and de accelerating mainly at low speeds, i only found the fault by accident when i had one of the wheels jacked up and engine running it was then i could hear and feel this loud vibration more clearly from the wing, on touching...

light was down by 30% on one dipped headlight bulb at motc test but still past its mot, it gave up today Stealers do not have the xenon bulbs in stock, 60 quid each plus vat with bit of discount off, up to three days to come into stock local motor factors could get them next day but at...

could it be the "warning triange" in the boot that is loose, broken clip or not sat in right, just a thought

i have changed my ball joints, the problem has gone away, took a few minutes to replace the ball joints, easy peasy, once i got the car jacked up and the wheels off, a 22mm spannner and a hammer thats all you need

There is a mod kit, not exactly sure what it called, basicly its a bolt, they are supplied by Mercedes, one for each side and stops inner shoulder tyre wear by altering the camber angle, a friend of mine was advised by an independant tyre company who knew his stuff re Mercs, that this bolt kit...

i was in a fuel station when i bumped into a mate, i mentioned my problem with the power steering great, found out he had had the same problem and was cured by replacing the ball joint, a dry ball joint who needs Merc fitters when a man on the street knows the answer

on starting and driving my car from cold i notice that right hand lock is a little stiff till it gives and then works, it seems its on and off for a few miles till it all warms up had a friend, a merc very experienced engineer, look at it, he called it a bit "knotchy", he said he has never...

Found in a Barn in Portugal after they bought the property, the property had been empty for 15 years, with the barn doors welded shut http://www.intuh.net/barnfinds/afa70.htm

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Why not try Yorkshire Airlines, hey up http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-63711994125288566&q=yorkshire+airlines

Thanks for that, it seems as we turn the page on these faults things get frightening, this is something we can all expect at sometime or another, credit card will do nicely sir.

Only to be told that the gearbox control unit is contaminted by oil.

when you say gearbox control unit you mean the "electric plate" as some mercedes garages call it, well mine cost £110 plus vat, the stuff they used on mine to clean up is "brake cleaner", now I wasn't to know if the electric plate had failed or was it just oil seal failure, but they bunged in...

Take em, stick em in your wine cellar, auction them in 20 years time, like money in the bank

I have not done mine as yet, they last a long time, but here is what I remember. To change the serpentine belt, unclip the fan cowling, unclip either side top radiator plastic cowling,remove, note how the cowling fits around the radiator, twist, think anti clockwise, and lower, fit small...

I bet the other Mercs stood there were the 124 series with big high mileage. Mmm, what is the Indy guy on about, there is no clutch plate in the torque convertor, or does he mean the drive plate which connects the Torque Convertor to the flywheel, if the plate has started to break up, you...

Have you checked the donut coupling where the gearbox output flange joins to the propshaft, see it just above the rear gearbox mounting,got to remove belly plate under covers first tho, one at both ends of the propshaft, a bit low mileage for that to go but worth checking, looks like this...

First of all stop worrying, it won't be as bad as you think afraid I had this at 90 thou miles,I thought the world had come to an end, frigging heck, wot will this cost, was the thoughts at the time, you will have to have it hooked up to the computer to check out the fault code, drives at...

Whatever you got, I also get the same probs at times, in the evening time, suppose its to do with the temp. adjust settings.