Good progress! --FT Sent from iFōn
> On Mar 13, 2023, at 9:36 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Since I had to work today (hey, someone has to pay the bills!) my time was > limited, but between lunch and time after work I compounded and then polished > the finish and washed the car afterwards. It had a lot of scratches, a few > that were through to the primer, but all the rest I was able to get out for > the most part. I’ll go back at some point in the future and fix the deep ones > when I have more time. > > I’m going to try a DIY ceramic coating on it tomorrow. I’ve got a couple > places I want to attend to in order to see if I can get them in better shape, > then once that’s done I’ll commence with the ceramic coating. > > One of the complaints the PO had was that the car was throwing all sorts of > errors whenever you fired it up, but it was still drivable but the steering > was sluggish at low speeds. I’ve cleared all the codes and none are coming > back, but sure enough, when you fire it up you get errors for ABC, ABS and > BAS. I did some research today on BanzWhirled and found that this is all the > result of a failed right rear ABS sensor, or so it sounds. I’ve got to go > back and look at the codes, but I seem to recall this coming up in BAS, that > the sensor was “implausible” or needed to be recalibrated. Wha’s weird is > that you get all these warnings in the instrument cluster display, then when > you shut the engine off and try to go through the malfunction menu it tells > you there are none. > > I’m hoping to get it up in the air after I do the ceramic coating, at which > time I’ll get the belly pans installed and take a look at the ABS sensor to > see if it’s dirty. If not, it’s a whopping $40 or so to replace. > > -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
