Aren't mercedes fun

[gothic_merc]

And that's said with a tint of sarcasm. This is not a plea for help just a chance to share experiences.

Well I have bagged myself a S210 E320 CDI for a measly £400ish I say that as much is being spent on her. And I absolutely love her. As far as I've driven her, which is about 4 miles and that was to her MOT failure. A few points.

Airbag light on, I've traced that to the passenger seat, no worries. that's the last thing I'll fix.

Deterioration of headlamp lens. Should have spotted that. My dad fixed that with a restoration kit. Looks much better

Excessive smoke, Yeah again should have noticed this but Only became apparent when driving to MOT station.

I have replaced both front springs, track rod ends and ball joints. she'd had a new gear selector after previous owner spilt coffee on it.

To cure the smoke issue I have completely cleaned the intake manifold and removed the port flaps, The motor has been replaced with a resistor.

Jobs still to do. Well get her started for one. at first she wouldn't crank then I remembered I'd not put the starter trigger back on so did that. Now she cranks but wont fire. Not the result I was expecting. I had a quick look around and couldn't see anything I had missed but light was failing, and it had started to rain. Wish I could have stayed longer and worked it out but needed to get the battery back into the c class, pack up tools and clean myself somewhat.

Its been an evening of thinking and guessing but in reality I need to be there to try things. The joys of having a car stored away I guess. Hopefully she'll be ready for Christmas. would be nice

I have enjoyed working and learning on this vehicle, applying the things I have been taught.

Just an added issue have noticed injector blow by on my c class so that's a priority now, see mercs are fun to live with, sometimes.

Jon

Jon

 

[BAZZER1]

We live and learn, thankfully

BAZZER1

 

[television]

The 210 was a very nice motor car, a lot of car for the money and spare parts are plenty full

 

[turbopete]

agreed. a good 210 is a great car.

 

[LostKiwi]

Had a few different brands of car over the years and have again come back to MB as being the car that suits me best with its blend of engineering, solidity, comfort and performance. They're also better than many to work on with some nicely thought out details.

 

[s5tuart]

Yup! I STILL miss my E320. A tad rusty, but had all the bells and whistles and pulled like a train.

 

[gothic_merc]

My 99 C class estate got me hooked on Mercs, that's when I started looking for an E class, with the massive boot they are perfect for lugging the Doberman about. Whole reason I got it. Injector seals arrived today at the same time as the rain so that's Saturdays job.

jon

 

[s5tuart]

My 99 C class estate got me hooked on Mercs, that's when I started looking for an E class, with the massive boot they are perfect for lugging the Doberman about. Whole reason I got it. Injector seals arrived today at the same time as the rain so that's Saturdays job.

jon

Be careful when you do that! Threads can strip easily!! Just a word of warning...

 

[gothic_merc]

yeah have done some before, my only worry is one of them was done 18 months ago buy a garage and seems like there might be issues in the long run with this one. bearing in mind the ones I did lasted longer. unfortunately I wasn't in a position to repair it at the time.

 

[silestanix]

Agreed with above. I've had many other cars, one and gone but my W202 has been the longest owned yet...

Could easily satisfy my craving of an E36 328i Sport, but, this car, it's just a gem. It's only on the odd occasion that I give her the beans that I remember how good a car she is...

Also as above, be careful with the Injector threads...