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    Which Brake Fluid

    I recently changed the brake fluid on my ML using Castrol Response Super Dot 4 (meets specs FMVSS 116 DOT3, DOT4, and DOT5.1), which has a specification superior to that used by MB. Wet and Dry boiling points are higher and its fully synthetic. MB quote Super Dot 4 (to a specific sheet number, I...
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    New ML owner

    The Llamella roof's are brilliant if you like cabriolet type driving. I dont make many journeys without my Llamella roof being open. As BlackC55 indicates its a pig of a job, it would be as wise to seek out a Sunroof specialist, rather than a dealer or Indie, someone who regularly works on...
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    ML (W163) folded rear seats puzzling me

    My method... 1) Pull the large lever at the base of the seat outwards, put hand underneath the seat and pull up and backwards. This brings the seat to upright position 1. 2) Pull on the angular lever at the back of the seat near the door to move the seat into its most backward position 2. 3) To...
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    Full Sunroof on an W163 ML could this be fitted?

    Count yourself lucky, my first car was a 2CV :) .... great cabrio roof, ended up down the motorway if you unclicked it at speed :cool:
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    Full Sunroof on an W163 ML could this be fitted?

    Was this in a road accident? I ask because the louvres are solid metal on mine with an upholstery lower cover - factory fitted. I could understand a rollover accident being an issue as I always have seen this roof as a danger in that way compared with standard ML's (albeit all cabrio's have...
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    Full Sunroof on an W163 ML could this be fitted?

    Here's a link to Webasto and they have a list of fitting agents. http://www.webasto.co.uk/am/en/am_automobile_3016.html Had mine since new, no problems AT ALL. One of the reason I keep my car, the sunroof makes it. There will always be the bad batch and like the ML's themselves, come in for...
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    Just how quiet?...for an oil burner...

    Our C220 from New has had a boom effect around 80mph, a few mph either side and it disappears. Either going below or well above that speed, so never really let it bother me.
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    Do you put the car in neutral (automatics) when at traffic lights etc?

    Does no one place the lever in "P" Park? Confuses the hell out of followers and has the plus that you dont need to keep pressing the foot brake!
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    Viewing ipod videos on Command?

    SORRY Richard.... I misquoted your surname.... Good that someones awake, thanks Alfie! Should I press the Thanks button here ... or not... debate going on in other thread! German's from my experience are reliable and trustworthy. They send me goods Cash On Delivery or by invoice (pay later) at...
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    Viewing ipod videos on Command?

    Germany is MUCH cheaper, even though theyve gone up 3% on the Mehrwertsteuer (VAT) since Jan 2007! (they cheated, actually raising across board prices last year and when the new year came in, dropped the prices and updated the VAT)!! I paid EUR419 (280pounds) for the Dension, but with Merc...
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    Mercedes EPC (parts catalogue) on-line - proper version !

    Thanks, not sure if I can print this, but Email-Adresse [email protected] Telefonnummer +44-1908245-570 Faxnummer +44-1908245-838 Ill contact Julie and get a price then post it up.
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    Viewing ipod videos on Command?

    Try Richard Almeira's excellent site: http://www.mercupgrades.com/comand/COMAND-APS-Retrofit.htm His site, and Wolfgangs (if your a dreaded 4x4 owner) are both gems.
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    Viewing ipod videos on Command?

    It was a confuscious.... D2B has been around a long time so I wasnt quite sure wether you were not D2B aware or you were referring to current production models. COBOL is over 50 years old and still earning many people a pretty packet. Mercedes have sold millions of vehicles, many with COMAND...
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    Viewing ipod videos on Command?

    Im waiting for my Dension Gateway, will provide hands-on feedback as to the way which seemed best to me once installed (ie. for Video playback).
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    Viewing ipod videos on Command?

    Your talking current in production can buy brand new tomorrow cars, right? Not cars pre 2004? My ML and C are both D2B, for example, an output from CarSoft v8.0 on the ML: Single Diagnosis D2B - Status: ERROR ! B1112 B1779 CAN between D2B and TV Tuner B1780 CAN between D2B and Instrument Cluster
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    Mercedes EPC (parts catalogue) on-line - proper version !

    The link 'this page' has expired :eek: !! But thank-you very much for the info. Richard, if your Richard from http://www.mercupgrades.com/ then thank-you very very much for a great site! I used it to install COMAND but then decided I needed UHI so I let Steve (MBenzNL) finish it off. The...
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    Viewing ipod videos on Command?

    From what Ive studied, feel free to correct, For a Video Ipod with COMAND, options are: 1) Multimedia or TV interface connected to COMAND. Ipod with Audio/Video lead is connected to Multimedia/TV Interface. Ipod is viewed or listened to by selecting TV. Selection of tunes/videos is directly on...
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    SO..anyone going to buy a Chinese "Rover"?

    About to go home (20 minutes), feierabend time.... got to walk the gauntlet of tut tuts by my German peers who think I am going home early! I remember this attitude from London circa 15 years ago! Home is where you go for a leak, work is where you live :eek:
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    SO..anyone going to buy a Chinese "Rover"?

    Tsssk! Tssssk! Nice car for its year and when it worked! Big Engines (ie. standard 3.5 to 3.9 and twin turbo), went like s off a shovel....but you worked in miles per breakdown, not per gallon!
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    SO..anyone going to buy a Chinese "Rover"?

    Can mostly agree with you Bonzo, except in the last 12 years I have seen my industry go from the style you indicate to the AngloAmerican ethos of late working, long hours, poor lunch breaks. Its sad to see a pretty German lady coming in at 8am working till 11pm, not married (has no time)...
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