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Will try and make this brief.... Stepfather has a 2004 C270 CDI Estate that he's had for about 6 months now, which he really likes; no major problems or niggles really until the other day...... Warning light on dash came on saying number plate illumination bulb had gone so he had a look and...

Hi, having a right mare with my duff ignition barrel. Tried to remove with 2mm wire etc no luck, took the car to a local merc specialist but their special tool didn't work (first time ever apparently) and was quoted £3-400 to drill it out :( On the plus side the key still does go round so I can...

Hi guys, new here so I'll try keep this short and sweet :thumb: Picked up a W124 E230 and the previous owner had removed his headunit - no issue there? Wrong :( Before him the previous owner had gotton Halfrauds to install some horrible Ripspeed jobby and they've not used a simple plug 'n'...

My mate has a E270 W211 diesel and has had no end of trouble with the dashboard. If anyone can help it would be appreciated. He bought an instrument cluster from eBay (reasons for swapping it below) but it gives 2 issues; 1) The cruise control illumination for the selected speed doesn't light...

Hello from Keith in Newcastle. I have bought a 1989 W126 300E described by the seller on Car and Classic in 'as new' condition. He is in Northern Ireland and the car is anything but as new. I paid £2k and suspect I have overpaid by some margin given the various defects. I will post other threads...

Folks I'd like to pick your collective brains if I may. The gearbox (4-apeed auto, hydraulic box) in the '93 600SEC changes smoothly enough throughout the gears, but it doesn't seem to want to change up into 4th without encouragement. By "encouragement" I mean taking my foot off the gas...

Bought a Buffalo Linkstation NAS a few weeks ago. Attached to network & software installed on main pc. Due to struggling with windows back-up scheduling, used the system within the Buffalo software and it seems to work - each day it kicks into life, chugs away & reports back-up complete. Have...

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I hate to fire into my first post with a problem, but someone may be able to help. I have a 2001 E320CDI estate which has covered 152k. I bought it about 3 months ago and due to my work it can spend a couple of weeks at a time without use. When the cold snap occured, I left the side lights on...

So I changed all the flexible fuel pipes on the car about 2 weeks ago, and hey presto, its been starting great (apart from the drain on the battery, but thats a different problem :rolleyes: ) Today, however, it was a night mare to start. Flattened the battery that was in it, and almost...

I have a problem with my indicators. Sometimes they stop working altogether and I'm not sure why. Occasionally slamming the drivers door will get them working again along with turning the heater down. Any ideas as to how I can fix this?

My W210 E55 has just started to show a little bit of rust and I am unsure of the best way forward. Is this the sort of thing suitable for a "smart repair" or do I need to use a body shop. A local "Accident Repair Specialist" has quoted me £275 to do it. Is this reasonable? Is this something I...

Hi, I have just downgraded my GFs HP Pavilion a6421.uk desktop from Vista back to XP. Now its all installed I am unable to get it online due to the Ethernet port not being recognised. I have searched across the net, on HPs site (that does not even recognise the model!?!) to no avail...

Well one day into our trip - driving along the autoroute and suddenly no pull up the hill....Sacre Blue I'm being pazzed by zee little renault and I can do nozing abut it..mon dieu. Hmmm - changing down gears manually doesn't help - so I pull into a service area. Engine Management light comes...

Yesterday, I took the Merc out for a pleasent jolly along a Norfolk A-Road. The weather was perfect, all windows were dropped and the traffic was light. That is unit, while I'm plodding a long, a bird flies out in front of me and disappears out of sight. No feathers behind me, so I carry on...

Hi all Recently had my gbox oil and torque converter fluid changed. The car before this had an occassional judder when cold. I was advised best course of action was to wait and see if the change cured this as the judder is indicative of a torque converter on the way out.... It only judders...

Hi Guys I'm new to this forum and thought you might like to know of another potential problem other than injectors on the new C250CDI - MB of Stafford have had my car now for 7 weeks after going in for its first 16,000 mile service after getting it 5 months previously. I had noticed a puff of...

Greetings all, Looking 4 a bit of advice. the A/C has packed up on my 1995 C200. Had a nose around MBworld and other associated sites and found out that the compressor clutch is not engaging. Had a look around MBclubuk and found info about the sight glass to check for refrigerant flow...

I just serviced my car (1984 230E 4spd manual). First time in 10 years I did the DIY thing(!) :bannana: Some of the problems the car had before the service is now sorted: Oil pressure is now much higher after I drained the brown sludge that masqueraded as oil out of the sump (close to 5L of the...

as I'm sure one or two of your are aware, I've been crazy enough to order a new C63 AMG to replace what was my old 9-month old example....just to get a different colour, the new PP+ and a leather dash! I also ordered this pretty much last minute but did secure the last one allocated for the UK...