Wifes new whip! lol w168

[merc85]

Cheer's peeps, I cant believe how i've fallen for the blooming thing lol, Yes it has it's faults The door lock which will be sorted soon when the ebay replacement turns up and the rear tailgate struts are getting weak. But dam Soo much car for so little.

Put £15 worth of fuel today done 40 miles and err well i reckon there's still £14.50 in there haha

Id recommend one to anyone, Just make sure it's Manual and 2004 onwards imho.

 

[merc85]

LOL well what a horrible Job the lock is, Couldnt be bothered soooo.

And 30 mins later replacement "COMPLETE" with matching door card lol, Yep 30mins!!!

Abit of a Cut and Polish wiill get it near as dam good match haha and its all working again for £40, Da wife is very pleased she has her little run around back. Did i mention i love these little cars lol

 

[merc85]

Well 108,000 and little A's Mot due next month, Had 2x New shock absorber's and 2x Stab links fitted by one of our customer's today and Wow what a difference! Handles a goodun. Treated little A to a Mini Detail.

Wash with the faithful turtle wax followed by a G3 Super resin Machine Polish. Unfortunatly i didnt have time to seal it off with a Wax. Managed to do the bumpers with Megs Gel along with the rest of the black plastics and tyres.

 

[wu56Shoozz]

A new steering wheel is needed me think there Gav.. look to our Eastern European friends, over here a Vito Leather one fetches good money.. got one from Poland for.................



£45 notes!! A total steal...

 

[merc85]

Yes well worn and was thinking just that, I will have a word with the wife haha as it’s her car

 

[clk320x]

Yes well worn and was thinking just that, I will have a word with the wife haha as it’s her car

Get a leather interior swapped

They are quite cheap for the A class think £150 will buy you an entire interior!

 

[BIG_G_1979]

Well 108,000 and little A's Mot due next month, Had 2x New shock absorber's and 2x Stab links fitted by one of our customer's today and Wow what a difference! Handles a goodun. Treated little A to a Mini Detail.

Wash with the faithful turtle wax followed by a G3 Super resin Machine Polish. Unfortunatly i didnt have time to seal it off with a Wax. Managed to do the bumpers with Megs Gel along with the rest of the black plastics and tyres.

Looks well smart chum, the megs gel what is it? Meguiars? U recommend it? as my wife's mini coopers black trim is badly faded and ive tried a few things but all crap

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[merc85]

Hi Buddy, Its actually meant for tyres, But i use it on the Black trim too, Lasts ages.

 

[Flyinspanner]

Tailgate struts £13 with 3 yr warranty. Takes five mins to swap.
Got mine from here, so nice to not have to duck under it anymore!

2 x New Mercedes A Class W168 1998-2004 Tailgate Boot Struts Gas Lifters E591 | eBay

 

[merc85]

I'm covered for parts Sir as thats my trade, I own a small Motor Factors in Harwich Essex, Yes cheap enough im sure once the wife complains its hit her on the head i will have that task to complete lol

 

[BIG_G_1979]

Hi Buddy, Its actually meant for tyres, But i use it on the Black trim too, Lasts ages.

Excellent mate I have a bottle of this already its great stuff for tyres and it smells nice lol, do u find that if applied to plastics the dust etc is more proned to sticking to the gel?

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[merc85]

I usually put it on with a cloth do the car then wipe off any excess after so the dust etc doesn't stick to it.

 

[merc85]

Took little A to work today, MOT next week, Finally got around to do the Pollen filter, 8 screws that was all, Scuttle panel lifted up slid the old one out and New one back in Job done.

 

[merc85]

Little A passed it's Mot Yesterday, Advised on a Rear shock so Yep guess what i will be doing at the weekend

2x New Rear shocks going on

 

[brucemillar]

Have you had any issues with the rear door catches/latching?

I ask as my FIL passenger rear door does not want to latch without a giant body slam. I have tried re-aligning the striker and latch and greasing both. It feels like a rubber is holding it off. But I can’t find anything out of place. I note the latch etc have cross hair alignment marks. These are spot on.


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[area51]

Have you had any issues with the rear door catches/latching?

I ask as my FIL passenger rear door does not want to latch without a giant body slam. I have tried re-aligning the striker and latch and greasing both. It feels like a rubber is holding it off. But I can’t find anything out of place. I note the latch etc have cross hair alignment marks. These are spot on.


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When the car is locked is the passenger rear door actually locked? The lock button may be down but the door isn't locked.

The cable to the lock button may have snapped and be getting caught up in the latch mechanism. Assuming this is a W168...

 

[GLK]

I had an issue with the tailgate lock - really needed a hard push down, replaced the lock with a brand new one from MB, couple of years later the problem [gradually] came back, although nowhere near as bad ...

That's also on W168, 2001 Y-reg (not my current car).

 

[merc85]

When the car is locked is the passenger rear door actually locked? The lock button may be down but the door isn't locked.

The cable to the lock button may have snapped and be getting caught up in the latch mechanism. Assuming this is a W168...

Yep i've had exactly that!! also the Catch did need adjusting but i did this when i replaced the whole rear door as it was just as cheap and easier than the mech itself lol. About £40 i think haha

 

[brucemillar]

When the car is locked is the passenger rear door actually locked? The lock button may be down but the door isn't locked.

The cable to the lock button may have snapped and be getting caught up in the latch mechanism. Assuming this is a W168...

Let me ask him to test this out. Thank you for the suggestion. It would make sense as it feels like it has a rag stuck in the latch,?when it clearly does not. But it is that lack of latchiness (my word) that is the issue. Several slams and it will catch. But by then the car has moved three feet to the left.


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[GLK]

Wherever you got a door at that price, do they have facelift doors for a 169 coupe, by any chance?