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Thanks to the very kind donation of a Linksys wireless router form Mozzer, we are now trying to set it up. Unfortunatly, the instructions to do this do not seem to work on my computer, it does not recognise the router?? The model number is WAG54G. When I connect the phone line and the...

Hi all. I've been a long time reader here. I never had the need to ask a question before, found just about everything I wanted to know by reading. Today is different:( The wife's car, a 2001 C220 CDI Elegance auto, started as usual this morning for the school run, but after less than 5...

Hi, is anybody else having trouble sending email with Outlook to their gmail account? It is OK collecting the mail, but will not send it, get error message: 0x800ccc0e any ideas please, was working fine up until about 5.00pm this evening? cheers,

I crashed my car last night and insurance co official repairer have said its a total loss. I need some info if possible on what I should expect to be paid by them for the car. Car details - 1996 C36 AMG, silver, Climate, leather, rear spoiler with brake light, 140,000 Miles, fsh,Good...

Daughters 9th birthday tomorrow, and have ripped a load of tracks from CD's into media player. Now trying to burn them to a DVD (as there are too many for one CD) and media player keeps asking for a writeable CD. Can anybody explain what I am doing wrong?? Want to put them on a...

I need any advice that you may be able to give. This morning after just pulling on to a roundabout I had no throttle response and the car coasted to a stop. The engine ran for a while and then died with the throttle fully down. Then latter this evening on two separate occasions the car lost...

Hi everybody, Just joined the forum and hoping for a bit of advice please. My dad has just bought and collected a 51 plate CLK 230k Coupe. All seems ok apart from a bit of a wierdy on the clutch. I test drove it for him at weekend and all was fine. Today he tells me that after driving...

guys the brushes are going in the alternator on my 1999 E220 CDI how do i replace them??? do i remove the alternator some say you can slip in the brushes without displacing the alternator??? cheers for any help john

Went to fill up with Petrol again today, so pulled into the petrol station, stopped, pressed the keyless go button on the gear stick, got out and filled up. Walked into the shop to pay I noticed the headlights on, thought that was a bit strange, but I did leave the drivers window and sun roof...

Hi All! I've been searching through the threads on this forum for indicators of what might be wrong with my car. Have got a few pointers - thought I'll get some more suggestions from the guys in the know (you lot!). I have a 1998 E240 Elegance petrol - 95k miles on it. When I start my car...

best to check your in drive first,, before putting your foot down,,,

If ABS indicator is on what could be the reasons? If ABS doesnt function Is it trouble? Can a car run without ABS working? mine is a WDB 124 1990 carburettor model! Responses would be appreciated Brad!

hi, can anyone guide me.... my s500 coupe w140 has had its engine wiring harness replaced as it wouldnt start... with this replaced it still wont start.. it is getting fuel and spark.. the crankshaft sensor has also been replaced... fault code is as follows..... 24,injector circuit short or...

Hi, Anyone know where the THROTTLE PEDAL POSITION B SWITCH SENSOR is located. The thottle pedal sometimes does not respond and when it does it will only rev upto 2000 rpm + I have changed the complete pedal system with no joy? The problem does not happen all the time and when it does if...

Hi Guys I am having a nightmare with my 92 300sl 24v recently. About a month ago one of the coolant pipes ruptured which I linked to a faulty thermostat which I replaced and hey presto everything working ok. However after a few weeks my heater blower started to work intermittantly making a...

I've got a dark blue late '80s W126 saloon. It's got a grey velour interior/carpets etc which is perfectly fine. I'd like to change it to a leather interior if I can find a good one at a reasonable price on ebay or ...???? The question is, how big a job is it? What colours would be acceptable...

Brabus UK at guildford are "no longer there" and the phone is unobtainable. Brabus Kent are now down to 1 member of "Brabus staff" the rest now do Alfas and used Mercedes. I wonder..............................

I have recently bought a new (to me) PC. P4 1.8ghz and I have added a Seagate 160gb HD to it. All was well until the other day it stopped reading ether at the boot screen: 'Deteching primary & secondary..........none' etc etc. When I connect them to the PC, the PC stopps reading...

Oh lucky me... a spider has decided to crawl into my instrument cluster and pop it's clogs just under my odometer :crazy: I've given the cluster a few good knocks to see if I can raise him but he's definitely gone... bless!!! In an attempt to lay the wee chap to rest properly I've searched...

Last night, booted up my PC, and just after the BIOS screen it came up with a blue screen saying: 'WINDOWS PROTECTION ERROR, PLEASE RESTART' Did that, got the same. so turned it off and tried again, got into safe mode and did a system restort to 3 days ago. Now it loads up fine, except...