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After I got the heater blower fan to work (fuse)last night I found that the fog lights, turn signals and low beams not working this morning. Do these items have any thing in common? Parking, high beams, brake lights are OK.
AndrewG
I am now the second owner of a beautifully maintained 1985 300SD. However, I would like to change out the 14" Bundt Alloys with a 15" Mercedes wheel. I prefer the 8 slot chrome wheels I see on 190s and w201s. The problem is this, I cannot find a straight answer on the Benz forums if there are any stock 15" Mercedes that will "bolt" on correctly in relation to offset size.
Any insight would be appreciated.
Mark L
Dallas, TX
The odometer sticks at xx9.9...eventually turning again but sticking long enough to make the trip meter useless. It must have been going on for a long time...total miles are under 80K. Something needs some grease?
When the body shop repaired my 300SD, they nor I knew about the hood cable adjustment. It was FULL TIGHT and just snapped the other day. I got hold of the cable by reaching into the slot above the driver side headlight...the cable is disconnected from the release "latch" on that side. I can easily pull it and release the passenger side latch, but that does NOTHING for the driver side hood latch. How can I get to the hood latch on the driver's side? What do I have to do to release it? The front end is pretty much all new, but not everything is a real factory fit.
Anyone ever experience this: "Old Yella" runs great as I have been retired a little over 2 years now and the car has become a hobby to me as well as my daily driver. With the help of this site I have got the vehicle pretty much re-born. There is one thing that I haven't been able to remedy. The car's water temp guage reads right where Mercedessource states it should 99% of the time,(a picture of the guage reading is on this site or in one of the manuals) just around the 80 degree celsius mark.
I recently converted my a/c on my 85 300TD to R134. The system had a huge leak in the suction hose, which was replaced. The system was evacuated and I added three 11-ounce cans of refrigerant, but the compressor will not turn on. It was working fine before, so I was wondering if there was a switch or something that is not functioning properly, or if more R134 needs to be added.
Repainted my 300SD wheels with the kit from Mercedes Source
(Does a great job). Do I need to have the wheels balanced after this?
Removed several years worth of brake residue(on the backside of wheel) and was wondering if this would have any influence on balance.
Thanks,
JMD
how do you remove the battery tray from this vehicle? I can't locate any bolts.
I have a 1982 300Sd that I am repairing for my kids to drive. I can hear the wiper motor running but the arms do not move? I know I have read somewhere about a Bakelite piece or something that wears out and it controls the arm movement. IS there a simple modification repair that can be done...AND how do I get to it, and how do I make the repairs.
thnaks
if ive narrowed down vac leak at vacume switch on ignition lock will your manual on removal of ignition lock be the right thing,do i need to remove it or can it rotate to get at vac switch screws? this is an 85 300d