What Have You Done To Your Merc Today?

[Wighty]

Surprised you didn’t do the diff oil on it while you were there

Now now

 

[Wighty]

Surprised you didn’t do the diff oil on it while you were there

I got his local garage to do it last year , does that count .

 

[Frosty149]

I got his local garage to do it last year , does that count .

But you’ve got litres of the stuff stocked up!

 

[Wighty]

But you’ve got litres of the stuff stocked up!

Stalker Alert . Keep your hands off my diff oil stocks !!!

 

[Frosty149]

Stalker Alert . Keep your hands off my diff oil stocks !!!

“Wighty” the latest member of OPEC?
Wondered why the price of Brent Crude was up, analysts said an anonymous stockpile was the catalyst...

 

[nicholas15]

MOT, service (incl. brake fluid) and Pollen Filter for SL

 

[Cole@MBS]

MOT, service (incl. brake fluid) and Pollen Filter for SL

She ready to hit Germany in the next few weeks then Nick........

 

[John Laidlaw]

Decontaminate/cleanse/Swissvax/Gyeon view/Gyeon Q2M Iron remover....shiny clean car

 

[00slk]

Decontaminate/cleanse/Swissvax/Gyeon view/Gyeon Q2M Iron..........

Hmm, couldn't understand a word of that

 

[John Laidlaw]

Hmm, couldn't understand a word of that

I could pretend these are products I applied lovingly myself....

 

[00slk]

I could pretend these are products I applied lovingly myself....

Ha, now the hard work makes sense

 

[Chandelierman]

Got my R230 MOT’d today .....got my first refusal to issue certificate form ......nothing wrong with the car but he wouldn’t pass it because a had 3D font on my numbrplates!! .... I can find no reference to these being illegal but he said they were..... I had to go home and put my spare set on (not the best looking plates as they have lots of different holes in them)

 

[Frosty149]

Got my R230 MOT’d today .....got my first refusal to issue certificate form ......nothing wrong with the car but he wouldn’t pass it because a had 3D font on my numbrplates!! .... I can find no reference to these being illegal but he said they were..... I had to go home and put my spare set on (not the best looking plates as they have lots of different holes in them)

I had similar a couple of days ago, no plate manufacturers details and spacing too wide!
£20 for new plates, supplied but not fitted!

 

[Chandelierman]

I had similar a couple of days ago, no plate manufacturers details and spacing too wide!
£20 for new plates, supplied but not fitted!

I had proper size letters with spacing ...it was 3D carbon font ....plates had BSU stamp and makers postcode ....I googled it and could find no reference of it being illegal....... what ****ed me off was....the plate is the first thing they look at.... I took my bike for mot,he looked at the plate and shook his head ...said he wouldn’t pass it unless I changed it ..... if my car plate was wrong then that’s what the mot bloke should have said ...save wasting his time

 

[Rotorhead500]

All seems quite grey to me.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www..../blog/2015/12/3d-number-plates-legal.amp.html

I saw a thread on Pistonheads too where somebody got a fixed penalty for having them!

Had them myself up until a couple of years ago - nobody ever said anything!

 

[daveenty]

Got the 190 back with it's new sump fitted after discovering the crack on the old one.

I'd asked the guy to check it over whilst he had it and it came back with a glowing report really, no major problems. He did mention a couple of rust spots up at the front under the headlamps so I decided to address those before they got any worse. I'm happy that it's only surface rust and not real rot, so not gone through any panels. Basically a good rubbing down took it all back to shiny metal, a coat of rust preventative and a bit of top coat seems to have sorted it. I had to brush the top coat on as my air brush has died, and it's too small an area for a full size gun. Also, I didn't really have enough paint to spray, just using leftovers, and where it is it won't show anyway.



The shim/spacers and side mounting bolts were looking the worst for wear, though came up OK after a quick blasting and have now had a couple of coats of a decent quality rust treatment paint on them, so hopefully they'll last a while longer. They are badly pitted but they should do their job



The hardest bit, and the one I'm still doing this morning, is removing the front number plate as whoever stuck it on, with vast quantities of double sided tape, had no intention of it ever being removed again. I had to take it off as the ambient air temperature sensor was screwed on behind it.

No pictures of it finished yet as it was late last night, though I'll try to get some this morning

 

[Frosty149]

Got the 190 back with it's new sump fitted after discovering the crack on the old one.

I'd asked the guy to check it over whilst he had it and it came back with a glowing report really, no major problems. He did mention a couple of rust spots up at the front under the headlamps so I decided to address those before they got any worse. I'm happy that it's only surface rust and not real rot, so not gone through any panels. Basically a good rubbing down took it all back to shiny metal, a coat of rust preventative and a bit of top coat seems to have sorted it. I had to brush the top coat on as my air brush has died, and it's too small an area for a full size gun. Also, I didn't really have enough paint to spray, just using leftovers, and where it is it won't show anyway.

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The shim/spacers and side mounting bolts were looking the worst for wear, though came up OK after a quick blasting and have now had a couple of coats of a decent quality rust treatment paint on them, so hopefully they'll last a while longer. They are badly pitted but they should do their job

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The hardest bit, and the one I'm still doing this morning, is removing the front number plate as whoever stuck it on, with vast quantities of double sided tape, had no intention of it ever being removed again. I had to take it off as the ambient air temperature sensor was screwed on behind it.

No pictures of it finished yet as it was late last night, though I'll try to get some this morning

Respecting the early start

 

[John Laidlaw]

Dave’s on a roll !

 

[daveenty]

Respecting the early start

Some of this "may" have been done yesterday...

 

[daibevan]

Hmm, couldn't understand a word of that

Fibber