Repair-It

I need to inspect the 3 cam covers on the back of the heads. They are plastic and cheap and known to leak. The 4th cam cover is the oil centrifuge and is not a bad idea to do preventatively as I did on my S550.

https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/mercedes-oil-cooler-replacement-kit-nissens-2721880001-kit-2721880001kt This is reasonably priced. May want to just do this because it's a thing anyway. Or skip the coolant (order the other P/Ns) and just source a few gallons of G48 for the job. I get mine at O'Reill...

Random things Corrosion level looks non-existent from what I have inspected so far. Has male MMI in glovebox. Has BT already for phone (will not do music). This might be the same as my S550 to get an idea of compatibility. I think I linked to it above for music (iPod adapter that does BT modern code...

Couldn't wait so I played with DAS for a while. Generally you can ignore anything that just says stored. Typical way forward is to clear all codes and drive the car a little bit to see what comes back. Generally what comes back would only be the stuff in this list that says stored but it's always go...

I am not sure how useful this is: https://mbworld.org/forums/vindecoder.p ... B7JA386429

Random shot of the passenger side hood area (kind of in line with the front right tire area). 20240520_080956.jpg I'm not sure how well this shows up in photos. How convenient. It is possible that wet sanding and following up with a 2K clear (kind of on a per panel basis) could be a path. And wet sa...

Fun fact: the wider rear wheels (255 tires) actually put the spokes more inboard than the fronts (225 tires). 20240520_081046.jpg 20240520_081054.jpg Inspected tires more closely. The front PS2s are date code 2019, and they are starting to look long in the tooth. I didn't realize they made them for ...

By some parts bin magic, your CLK takes the identical TPMS sensors that I just bought for my E63. https://www.tpms.com/Huf-IntelliSens-20213-28214-TPMS-Sensor-p/h0036set-mercedes.htm On sale for $99 for a set of 4 (even cheaper than Rockauto - they are BH Sens which is the same thing), and as far as...

Some may postulate this was "part of his plan all along", but I doubt that, as it would have been much less work on his part to just quote a higher shipping cost up front rather than go though all this trouble for only another $250. Regardless, this only brought the shipping cost up to ab...

It has two keys. I backed it up to my driveway but the next thing I did was take the key out and try the Keyless Go (button on shifter to start it, just like my E55). It worked! Good start (get it?). It is getting late but I did take it on a couple of neighborhood test drives. I already have some de...