What Have You Done To Your Merc Today?

[Oldspanners]

Changed the CLK gearbox oil and filter (5g) . Probably took about 3 hours with a bit of tool prep either side . I had bourght a Mann filter and gasket kit for about £12 and some Fuchs ATF 4L for £28 , so a cheap job .
I was about a year early in doing it , about 28k since the last filter change , but lockdown rules apply so more stuff gets done early
Used my icarsoft for the 80degree gearbox temp to get the level right a la @Oldspanners .
Quick test drive after and I’ve put the battery on charge using yesterday’s fitted charging fly lead .
Boom !

Your car must be as clean inside the engine and box as outside by now
I've been on gardening duties for the last week or more so I'm hoping the parts I've ordered arrive soon to get on to some pre-emptive necessary maintenance done and leave the garden to grow by itself.

 

[bembo449]

Bought this

 

[Wighty]

Bought this

Better start a new thread buddy (with better pics , that one sucks ) . Looking forward to hearing more

 

[LostKiwi]

Bought this

Welcome to ABC....

 

[Rotorhead500]

Welcome to ABC....

Is it easy as...???

 

[bembo449]

Thanks guys , pics will get sorted asap , the ABC had 6k spent on it recently and it performed faultless on my drive home , also plugged in to check codes for all the important stuff

 

[davidsl500]

Bought this

Does it have launch control?

 

[bembo449]

Neah but it has seats and everything

 

[flowrider]

Thanks guys , pics will get sorted asap , the ABC had 6k spent on it recently and it performed faultless on my drive home , also plugged in to check codes for all the important stuff

Nice car. Was the 6k spend in GBP? For that money the whole system could be replaced.

 

[bembo449]

Its a total of all the repair to the ABC its had , largest one was over 3k fir both rear struts , new pump etc , its had thousands spent on it pal

 

[davidsl500]

Shopping trip for essentials.. 5 supermarkets but 3 had queues so went in to 2 only and 1 semi-supermarket type thingy. They were in different towns but still precious little miles to the norm. Lovely day but too much in the boot to get the separator shut so the roof stayed up....

Still got to polish and wax it and get the wheels off for a good clean.. Oh and the dash tells me there are 14 days to go until its service - typical!

 

[flowrider]

Its a total of all the repair to the ABC its had , largest one was over 3k fir both rear struts , new pump etc , its had thousands spent on it pal

My SL had a new pump 4 odd years ago (about 5k miles) but I think all the struts, valves and pulsation dampers are original, the cars only covered 54k miles though. I think if I was presented with a big bill for the ABC I would do a coilover conversion instead.

In case you haven't seen this site, it's worth bookmarking....

http://mercedes-abc-drive-carefully.blogspot.com/

 

[00slk]

Bought this

You have impeccable taste sir ........Lousy photographer though

 

[bembo449]

Agreed, last nights pink moon pal

 

[00slk]

SLK booked in next week for service at my local Indy

 

[00slk]

Agreed, last nights pink moon pal

Not bad, but still no David Bailey

 

[Bogus]

Polished it.

 

[rorywquin]

I finally got the spoiler installed - I'm pleased with the look.

 

[bembo449]

Like that alot , glad you avoided the ironing board option pal

 

[bembo449]

Oil service on the 215 after doing gearbox oil on a 211