The top will make some pretty nasty sounding sounds, especially the locks that are in the top of the windshield frame. All perfectly normal but takes some getting used to.
Kudos on the t-stat. Must be a lot easier to do on the V12 as compared to the V8. It’s a real pig to do on the M119. What’s worse is that it looks really, really easy. -D > On Dec 19, 2018, at 5:36 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > New tstat arrived this afternoon. Went and put it on, 10min job. Took longer > to go find some coolant to fill the tank. Test drive showed it right about 85 > so I guess that was it. That is comforting. > > I noticed the PS fluid reservoir was low, as in almost empty, so I need to > order some of the special sauce. It hides under a plastic cover right behind > the tstat. Glad I discovered its whereabouts. > > I cycled the hard top, released it and with some fairly loud machinations it > popped up front and back, so that part seemed to work. Reversed the process, > it pulled down and latched tight front and back so that worked too. The > switch is still red and blinking, I found the code sheet and process for > reading the top signal to determine what the code is (put an LED in > particular socket hole on the diagnostic plug and count the blinks) so I > guess I will do that at some point. In any case it doesn’t look like it will > fly off. > > Gotta get those spheres on but gonna rain next coupla days. Bah. > > --R > Sent from iPhone > _______________________________________ > 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
