Go fast pedal fell off Froggy, as I mentioned last week. Airmatic pooped out on the W220. Fresh pump went in at the indy, but same errors, so off to the dealer for diagnosis, which came back as failed sensor on passenger side and rear. Stealership will give me 10% MBCA discount and do work Wednesday.
Go fast pedal issue on Froggy went to the indy to see if he was able to fix, as I had been warned not to mess with the car by myself, because he was no longer going to defornicate my "repairs". Turned out indy was not able to effectuate repairs due to rusting off of metal tongue that holds the base of the pedal to the floor. I was advised to contact a body shop to have repair to rusty floor area done. I know a good shop, just expensive, and the job is a bit small for them. I got Froggy back home, out of the rain, and took a bigger look at the pedal and floor. I cut some nice steel to make a flange and base L. The go pedal had failed historically, based on the set of screws holding the metal tab in the base of the pedal, instead of there being a plastic plug. This will make installation hard, but I can machine out a spot in the new base. Guess I will need to visit PnP to get a new clip/retainer/plug. I pulled up the carpet and sound proofing to get a better look at the flooring. Some prior work was done. Looks like another person had faked up a pedal base and attached it in place of the original. That bit of metal is what rusted away. There is a sandwich of metal I now need to figure out if I chisel it off and clean up the flooring, or just weld my solution on top. My POR 15 job on the floor is holding up well, with minimal rust coming through. I was pretty sure I had taken that down to metal when I painted the product on. Guess not as much as I had thought. Ice pick will come out to probe the depth of that problem. No rust through from the underside. May be that the undercoating it holding the floor together? At the moment I am baking the metal L base/flange after giving it some rust proof paint, then a good base primer, and a few coats of 040 black to protect the thing from rust. That should do well enough to out survive me. Shoe goo will no doubt hold the whole thing to the floor. Though I could rivet it, just for belt and suspenders. clay 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers _______________________________________ 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
