It's to annoying to get a car in that has had all sorts of short cuts done that would have been simple to fix the right way. I have run into that with the latest e300 I picked up.
Sent from my iPhone > On May 13, 2017, at 10:21 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > I noticed that yesterday. However, what I can see appears to be stock and > unaltered, although as I go through the car in more detail I definitely am > finding things that would indicated someone in the past liked to second guess > the engineers and cut corners. > > For instance: > > Figured I would replace the cabin air filters, since this car has them - or > does it? > > I pulled all of the plenum pieces out to get at the filters, and guess what? > They’re not there. As in someone removed them and never put replacements in. > Yup, a gaping hole from the plenum straight into the > airbox/evaporator/heater core. Lovely. > > So with the plenum pulled apart and all of the seals removed, I vacuumed the > detritus from AZ out, mostly pine needles as one would expect and then > installed fresh cabin air filters. > > While I was in the neighborhood I pulled the cover off of the monowiper and > greased everything in sight with Mobil 1 grease. That area looked pretty > good. > > In anticipation of future troubleshooting of the AC system, specifically the > auxiliary fans, I reconnected the disconnected wires from the high > temperature refrigerant switch on the receiver/dryer. I’ll be looking into > aux fan operation later today, I suspect. > > I also noticed that the tube from the exhaust manifold going to the air > intake valve (EGR I expect) has been pinched off. That is, someone appears > to have cut the tube off just above the clamp at the manifold and then > smashed the stub of the tube flat to seal it. The connection at the intake > tube appears to have been left open to outside air. There is no cap or plug. > <face palm> > > At this point I’m going to do some interior cleaning and get that sorted > before I get under the car and poke around. > > -D > > > >> On May 13, 2017, at 10:16 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> There are a ton of vacuum lines under the manifold that you can't really see >> unless the manifold is off, or maybe from under the car. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On May 13, 2017, at 7:15 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Clay bar’ed and waxed the car this morning. No need for polishing as the >>> finish is good and I don’t want to take any of the clear coat off. >>> >>> The car has definitely been repainted at some point in its past. Not a bad >>> thing, just something I noticed as I worked on the exterior. >>> >>> Now that I have the exterior pretty much in order, I’ll move to the >>> interior and get the carpets clean and clean the interior thoroughly. For >>> the most part it’s not bad, the headliner is a little dirty, but otherwise >>> this should be a fairly easy job. Looking forward to seeing what under the >>> rear seat cushion yields. The PO did leave about $5 of change in the ash >>> tray. Nice! >>> >>> After the interior is done I’ll get the car in the air and do some work >>> underneath. I’ll probably flush the brakes, as the fluid is almost black. >>> I need to check the transmission vacuum modulator, as I suspect that’s the >>> source of the hard shift issue since all of the vacuum lines topside look >>> OK and to be in the proper positions. >>> >>> In my down time I’ll start getting a parts list together to sort out the >>> breather tubing on the intake. I have GOT to sort that out, as it’s making >>> me crazy looking at it. Antenna doesn’t work, either, so I need to pop the >>> aftermarket head unit and see if it’s connected properly before I tear into >>> the antenna. >>> >>> -D >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
