What Have You Done To Your Merc Today?

[bembo449]

Applied some ceramic grease to my boot hinges supple

 

[Blobcat]

Applied some ceramic grease to my boot hinges supple

Did you do lubricate the emergency key locks at the same time?

 

[bembo449]

Haven't as yet BC , on purchase the boot lid needed adjustment and lubrication helped the situation massively as the hinges were very stiff so i thought it prudent to keep on top of it

 

[Wighty]

Had a quote today from a local garage to replace the AC condenser and dryer on my SL500.......just over £600 including the regas. Still waiting for the quote from my local MB indie, it's taken 6 weeks so far for some reason

Maybe they have been shut for Covid
Or they have forgotten

 

[flowrider]

Maybe they have been shut for Covid
Or they have forgotten

I can't explain it, the Indy is open and I have been in regular contact.

I've started a thread here.....

https://forums.mercedesclub.org.uk/index.php?threads/r230-sl500-ac-issues.182190/#post-1825119

 

[bembo449]

got a bit over confident with the electric polisher , think I will need to spend a few quid on the old girl and get both rear quarters done and the NS door below the rubbing strip and may even stretch to a wheel refurb

 

[Blobcat]

I found a new boxed Mercedes branded H7 bulb so thought I’d put it in my spares kit under the boot floor.

That done (busy day here...) and I remember a tick tick tick I heard driving home Tuesday night from pax side rear. Thought I’d take a look...



Yes that is my very new <750 miles rear tyre



No bubbles after removing it so I think I’ve been (very) lucky .
I always listen out for stone / nail / screw in tyre noises and if you get it out soon enough you can be lucky

 

[A.J.]

That's fine unless it has affected the integrity of the tyre.

 

[Blobcat]

That's fine unless it has affected the integrity of the tyre.

Well yes

 

[Ben Smith]

I think it was needed

 

[Avnt]

Ordered 2 goodyears for the rear 24k out of the last pair so cant complain


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[LostKiwi]

I found a new boxed Mercedes branded H7 bulb so thought I’d put it in my spares kit under the boot floor.

That done (busy day here...) and I remember a tick tick tick I heard driving home Tuesday night from pax side rear. Thought I’d take a look...

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Yes that is my very new <750 miles rear tyre

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No bubbles after removing it so I think I’ve been (very) lucky .
I always listen out for stone / nail / screw in tyre noises and if you get it out soon enough you can be lucky

You may find it leaks in use as the tread deflects whilst driving.

 

[Blobcat]

You may find it leaks in use as the tread deflects whilst driving.

Possibly but the only airtight bit is the inside. If the screw didn’t penetrate that inner layer then it should remain airtight. It’s stayed inflated and correct pressure so far

 

[s5tuart]

You may find it leaks in use as the tread deflects whilst driving.

I have that problem on a Michelin Allweather. Loses .5 bar every two weeks or so when driving it.
I did wonder about pumping some of that repair goo in it but have so far chickened out!

 

[John Laidlaw]

I had a nail in the rear offside on the XC90 which was leaking some air gradually - it was in the tread too. Bit the bullet last Monday and had it repaired at my local Kwikfit...they wouldn’t accept payment

 

[A.J.]

I had a nail in the rear offside on the XC90 which was leaking some air gradually - it was in the tread too. Bit the bullet last Monday and had it repaired at my local Kwikfit...they wouldn’t accept payment

You were lucky, Kwik-Fit charged me £28 for the same thing

 

[00slk]

I found a new boxed Mercedes branded H7 bulb so thought I’d put it in my spares kit under the boot floor.

That done (busy day here...) and I remember a tick tick tick I heard driving home Tuesday night from pax side rear. Thought I’d take a look...

View attachment 58957 View attachment 58958

Yes that is my very new <750 miles rear tyre

View attachment 58959

No bubbles after removing it so I think I’ve been (very) lucky .
I always listen out for stone / nail / screw in tyre noises and if you get it out soon enough you can be lucky

The only time a tyre can get screwed and come out smelling of roses
This is the thickest part of the tyre so you can smile all the while Blobcat......

 

[John Laidlaw]

You were lucky, Kwik-Fit charged me £28 for the same thing

I was expecting to be charged to be honest Andy and that price doesn’t surprise me, but they were short staffed just getting hands on jobs so I think raising a charge for £28 just didn’t make sense ! I was lucky , I’ll drop in a box of beer later for them

 

[bembo449]

Trip to the supermarket fir the 215 this morning, treated the better half to a bottle of preseco , a reminder of how big the doors are after another shopper parked closer than polite

 

[V6Matty]

Not what I’ve done but what I’ve been told about my car.
So after some changes at work I’ve been placed back into our car allowance scheme. The email I’ve been dreading arrived earlier today, your car doesn’t meet the scheme criteria and I will either have to forfeit the allowance, change the car or take a company Mondeo (not practical for me to have a company car as I work from home anyway and my business mileage is tiny). So I’m hoping that I can turn around and say I won’t change and you can’t reduce my allowance as it was an existing car rather than being bought while under the scheme.
However I am never normally lucky so I may unfortunately be on the hunt for a new car, it must be under 10 years old, do at least 40mpg combined, have Co2 under 160g/km and cannot be a sports car (so saloon, 4x4 or Estate).