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What Have You Done To Your Merc Today?

Sworn at it - the S204 shopping trolley. Not used it for 13 days, went to use it for a trip to the garden centre for plants for our hanging baskets etc, starter did about 1/4 of a turn and died, battery dead. Oh well, drag the extension lead and charger out again - had given the battery a full slow charge just before last time we used the car, so it had 2 x 8 mile runs (supermarket run and fuel up, so 3 starts) and been parked on the driveway since. Battery is only about 1 year old, 100Ah proper job.
 
Sorned the W211 E220, lad has got a new car as the Merc. is too big for his partner.

Decision of the day now is sell the E220 or keep it, I'm for selling it I think as I have too many cars just now.
 
Just cleaned the flys off and cleaned the wheels after yesterday at a show 😄
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I put some petrol in today and cleaned the wheels. Fronts need more cleaning at the back, the rears are nearly there. I marked them slightly which is always annoying, will touch them up if I can!

Had the windows down which is always good.
 

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Fixed the rear light earth wire burning out issue on my W204 (both sides) and discovered the tail light and brake light use the same single filament bulb. I guess its a lower voltage on the lights then the full 12v for the brake light. Either that or i have a bigger problem :oops:😆
 
The voltage is the same for tail and brake lights 12v The wattage is different 21w for brake lights and 4/5 w for tail lights depending on the bulb, single filament is 5w twin is 4w So you may have a problem ............... :dk:
 
Fixed the rear light earth wire burning out issue on my W204 (both sides) and discovered the tail light and brake light use the same single filament bulb. I guess its a lower voltage on the lights then the full 12v for the brake light. Either that or i have a bigger problem :oops:😆
The sprinter vans use a single filament bulb that does tail and stop. The canbus adjusts the voltage to the bulb if brakes are applied.
 
Purchased 20mm rear & 10mm front spacers, should arrive tomorrow, will post some before & after photos.. Booked in to get the seat bolster adjustments fixed
 

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