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    Steering wheel horn pad coming loose.

    Hey all, Last night on my way home from work the steering wheel horn pad appeared to have shaken loose some of the anchor bolts for the horn pad. It is currently sitting slightly off and only appears to be held in by one or two of the bolts. See link for pic...
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    Battery light remaining illuminated when key Is off and removed.

    Background: About three weeks ago I stopped to put some fuel into my car (1981 300sd om617) when I hopped back in and drove home (around the corner). When I got back home I killed the engine and alas the battery light was lit up. I was in a hurry and had another place to be, so I popped the hood...
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    Trouble Starting (proably GP)

    Hello all, its been a while since i have posted. But starting yesterday my car has been a bear to start after sitting for more than 8 hrs or so. Here is what happened, I was getting ready to run to work and i turn the key to preignite and no GP lights came on. So i said ok well maybe we'll try...
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    99' Crysler concorde not starting intermittanly

    So we own a 99' crysler concord and the thing likes to start and run just fine, but then randomly likes to not start at all. The engine cranks but no fire, I am suspect of something electrical. My guess is that it is more specifically the ignition coil or some piece close to that. so any...
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    Another problem on a different car

    Well since my main vehicle helga is down for the cocunt untill i can get her a new radiatior i was driving my brothers benz which is a NA om 617 in a euro model w123. Manual everything. The problem is electrical but i don't know where to look. For one thing the alternator is going out if not...
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    Alot of cooling system problems...

    Well to start i will go with some history on what has occured thus far. About a month ago my SD started to act up on the heat end she was getting up to about 100-110C on the stock temp gauge and with that i discovered that the waterpump was dead and also that the thermostat was stuck closed. So...
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    Got some money to put in the old girl.

    So I got my insurance settlement check from the insurance of the lady that backed into my car -cuss -cuss and I decided I am going to sink some money into Helga. She is almost at 300 thousand miles so its about time for her overhaul. I am going to put around $500 into her over all thats the max...
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    2007 Mercedes Diesels

    Any Glad that diesel passenger vehicles are comeing back to California? I like the R320 CDI.
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    Smoke from under the hood?

    When I am stopped for a long period of time or not moving very fast such as traffic I get wisps of smoke comeing out from under the hood from there the windshield wipers are hidden under the edge of the hood there. Any ideas of what that may be?? It almost appears to be blow by but I don't know...
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    Filled up my Benz at the big boy pumps

    This past weekend I filled my SD with number two from the big rig pumps:hail . Its possible but you have to hold the nozzle which is ok because the fueling time is cut down because of the high volume nozzle. A rig pulled in as I was finishing pumping and he says "That thing runs on diesel!?!". I...
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    Tune-ups do wonders

    Just tuned up the old girl and what a difference it made in acceleration. She is running alot better and seems alot happier. I think timing set did alot too for the idle, I also had a few things tweaked which helped on the quickness of it. Overall good things, now all I have to do is plop...
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    resinator removel project.

    In attempts to redeem myself from my first post i want to share about the project i will be working on. I will be removing the resinators off of my 81 sd. Hopefully the desired effects will be a nice more rumbly diesel. here's how i plan on working this out: When...
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    BHD Banned!!??!!

    For those of you who visit mercedesshop.com a well know figure going by the name Bone Head Doctor was banned last night for thirty days. I found this to be quite funny. So it will be nice not to have someone spewing political propoganda at everyone.

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