Attaboy!! Sent from my iPhone
> On Jul 16, 2022, at 6:51 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I spent the afternoon fooling around with the car. Someone had not put the > center radio stack back in right when I think an AC controller was replaced. > Actually not a hard job but I had to do it twice because I forgot to put the > cup holder holder back in before putting the wood in. I found a bare wires > pair, capped them off, no idea what it went to. I’ll have to investigate > more. Some of the plastic screw places are busted but it seemed to be holding > together mostly. Old cars, cheap plastic… > > Cleaned the leather and trim, it’s mostly in really good shape so not a lot > of effort there. Driver seat has one tear all the other seats look really > good. > > Got the windows all working. When you open a door the glass on that side > drops down then goes back up when you close the door. Driver side was not > going back up. Did a reset on them all and that cured it. > > There are some other electrical annoyances but just annoyances. The IC is > still telling me the ABC is unhappy but it seems to be working fine so that > is a later effort too. It is holding positions, has not slammed and seems to > do what it’s supposed to do. > > Trunk release button was working the other day now it’s not. Unclear why. > With the boot lid up the red light on the switch comes on so it must be > getting power. Maybe the release solenoid isn’t working now but the wires > were connected. PITA to use the blade key and the fob doesn’t lock/unlock. I > think I had that working before when I looked at it first time and I did put > new batteries in it, maybe I should do that again. The light on the fob > blinks so must be something in the car if it’s actually powered enough. > > Then I got out a double action polisher I got a couple months ago. Got pads > and 3-stage polishing kit for it. Started on the bonnet. Now the car has hail > dimples so it’s not going to look new but I figured I‘d see how it works to > get the paint buffed up. Did all 3 compounds on 3 different pads which I > think I got right. Anyway, a final hand buff with wax and the paint looks > pretty good. The black has a lot deeper look to it. I went to U Tube U so > never done it before but it looks pretty good for a 20yo car. I’ll have to do > the rest of the car soon. > > I’m liking this car! 104kmi on a 20yo car, not too shabby even with the hail > damage. I’ll see if I can get to the DMV this week and get the title > transferred and a plate and put it in the rotation. Do an oil change with the > $2 sucker, probably do the trans fluid soon too. 722.6 so that’s fairly easy. > > Fun times! It’s a very cool car. > > --FT > Sent from iFōn > _______________________________________ > 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
