Repair-It

Some shots from today.

Removed battery to fix some stuff, like clean out the right cowl downspout with compressed air. It was pretty blocked. I tried to align the downspout but it somehow doesn't quite reach properly. I have it sort of stretched into place but I don't know if it will stay. The cowl seems to be in the corr...

Get it up to 80 and stand on the brakes. Not really joking.

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. Not a full inspection as I couldn't get an angle to look under the centrifuge nor could ...

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...