portzy
MB Enthusiast
- Joined
- Apr 10, 2004
- Messages
- 1,580
- Location
- Ulrome, Driffield, East Yorkshire.
- Car
- An SLK R171 with lots of toys and a Golf Plus for fishing.
Well, five weeks in and I'm loving her to bits but I need to share with you the fact that I am having a couple of minor, shall we say, irritations?.
Three things which are not quite right one of which my dealer knows about which he was scheduled to do this week but now a family situation has meant putting it on hold:-
A couple of the rear parking sensors are not fitted right (not concentric) within their holders therfore you see some black rubber, O ring?, against the silver coloured bumper. (this is the one they know about).
The off side rear light cluster is mounted lower, about 1.5mm to 2mm, than the near side one giving an impression of a poor shut or fit line, i.e a gap. when the boot is closed. (noticed this at the weekend).
I definately do have slight water ingress into the boot. As some of you will know, or imagine, the seal arrangement is quite intricate and there are a couple of drain tubes at either side. Well, just above the offside one is a socket which collects exess water and takes it through the drain tube, above this the seal is, on purpose, split and overlayed in several places and I believe this is to facilite the folding of the roof. After delicate washing I have noticed that there is about an egg cup full of water on the boot divider, not much but enough to mean that water is getting in. I have had a good look at the seal and socket and it seems to me that all the folds and overlays follow logic also I have noticed a small rectangular rubber plug sits into and underneath where all this arrangement is. The plug on the nearside is completetly bonded in, the offside (leaky side) isnt and is very loose and nearly coming out. For the time being I have given all the seal that contacts the boot lid a good coating of vaseline so the next time she is washed I should be able to rule out water getting under the boot and over the seals. If there is still water ingress I will try removing and re cementing the potentially faulty rubber plug. Luckily she lives under a car port and the times she has been out it hasnt rained. I also use a rather fine hose spray attachment rather than a jet.
In a way the fact that I cannot take her in this week may be a good thing with the new problems croping up because, to cure the sensors needs the whole rear bumper to come off along with the boot lining so the light cluster, which will now be exposed, can be realigned.
Half of me wants to let her go in and have everything dont at once and the other half of me wants to leave things until the Spring and then do them myself, assuming the boot seal is maybe and hopefully just the rubber plug.
As I said, I need some reasurrance, the irritations are not taking over they are just that, irritations.
Dave P
Three things which are not quite right one of which my dealer knows about which he was scheduled to do this week but now a family situation has meant putting it on hold:-
A couple of the rear parking sensors are not fitted right (not concentric) within their holders therfore you see some black rubber, O ring?, against the silver coloured bumper. (this is the one they know about).
The off side rear light cluster is mounted lower, about 1.5mm to 2mm, than the near side one giving an impression of a poor shut or fit line, i.e a gap. when the boot is closed. (noticed this at the weekend).
I definately do have slight water ingress into the boot. As some of you will know, or imagine, the seal arrangement is quite intricate and there are a couple of drain tubes at either side. Well, just above the offside one is a socket which collects exess water and takes it through the drain tube, above this the seal is, on purpose, split and overlayed in several places and I believe this is to facilite the folding of the roof. After delicate washing I have noticed that there is about an egg cup full of water on the boot divider, not much but enough to mean that water is getting in. I have had a good look at the seal and socket and it seems to me that all the folds and overlays follow logic also I have noticed a small rectangular rubber plug sits into and underneath where all this arrangement is. The plug on the nearside is completetly bonded in, the offside (leaky side) isnt and is very loose and nearly coming out. For the time being I have given all the seal that contacts the boot lid a good coating of vaseline so the next time she is washed I should be able to rule out water getting under the boot and over the seals. If there is still water ingress I will try removing and re cementing the potentially faulty rubber plug. Luckily she lives under a car port and the times she has been out it hasnt rained. I also use a rather fine hose spray attachment rather than a jet.
In a way the fact that I cannot take her in this week may be a good thing with the new problems croping up because, to cure the sensors needs the whole rear bumper to come off along with the boot lining so the light cluster, which will now be exposed, can be realigned.
Half of me wants to let her go in and have everything dont at once and the other half of me wants to leave things until the Spring and then do them myself, assuming the boot seal is maybe and hopefully just the rubber plug.
As I said, I need some reasurrance, the irritations are not taking over they are just that, irritations.
Dave P
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