Thought I'd reluctantly join the blogging world!
Please
only post if you are interested and have some social grace, otherwise
you will only be wasting your time when I report and delete unwanted
posts...
My blog is about a car I recently purchased AKA Goldie. She is a Mercedes Benz 1991 420SEL.
This blog is about my time working through some if the issues she has, being 21 years old and "engineered like no other" :P
So
Goldie has been my daily drive for past few days to work and back, but
my real intention is for her to to be an occasional drive...
I
have neither owned nor driven a MB until now (and I'm more than twice
Goldie's age). It has however been a dream to have one in my garage
since I was a schoolboy. My special interest in cars remains and I am
lucky enough to work in the Australian auto industry.
Back
to Goldie... So far a number of items have shown up, as you can imagine
a grand old lady even as well looked after she has been. As you can
imagine this car has all bells and whistle's (central locking, power
windows, cruise etc) back in circa 1991 (analogue car phone LOL)... and
things which can go wrong over time or with lack or attention. Most of
these features are now found on even the basic of cars these days.
So
a growing list of items needing work and what I did to fix them, where I
got parts, who I contacted etc, in case you are doing the same and need
help (please take note I am no expert and cannot be responsible if you
followed something I did and it didn't work for you too, this Blog is
purely for information sharing)...
Cruise Control - not disengaging with brake application
Rear seat creaking
Ashtray wood trim (it's real wood too) detached
Windshield trim alignment is off
Lube Doors Hinges and openers, mostly OK except for drivers door being slightly noisy.
Lube Bonnet Hinge and latches, OK but won't hurt.
hmm, this list is getting long...er. ;)
Adjust Bonnet height on LHS... looks off to the front fender.
Electric aerial not fully closing, clunk, clunk, clunk...
Corrosion near battery - minor surface on hood under and strut tower/firewall.
Aircond - thought it was working the other day but not cooling at moment on a warm day.
But wait there could (will) be more....
My saviors are here:
http://ozbenz.net/
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