Attaboy! I’ve got a busy weekend ahead of me, too, with a bunch of goodies to be picked up at the stealership early tomorrow morning. After that, the ML550 gets dropped off at the tint guy so he can tint the front windows, as the car lived in NY, which doesn’t allow front windows to be tinted. I didn’t think it would be that big of a deal until I was driving it this morning around 8:30 and the sun was already heating up my arm. Fuggedabout it!
On the E320: Plastic trim surround on front seat - damaged by previous owner/wear and tear, I presume. Also includes a new storage “door” on the lower front of the seat, as the pivot is part of the surround piece. New (spare) tire is at the tire place. I’ve got a valve for it (the spare tire valve is unique and not a common valve) I’ve got to drop off and they’ll mount the new tire. New “zoom tubes” for the engine (plastic tubes from the radiator support to the air cleaner.) Both were brittle and cracked and needed replacement. New air cleaner/MAF sealing ring on bottom of air cleaner. Important part that turns to stone as it ages from engine heat. Updated oil filler cap with the taller “handle” that makes it much easier to turn. I retrofit these to all my cars (000 010 13 85 64) so I can get the oil filler off without using a slip joint pliers. New Bosch wiper blades. Can’t stomach $50/set my cost from the stealer. There’s a limit to my willingness to buy OE parts I can get in the aftermarket. On the ML550: New air cleaner/MAF seal. Really didn’t need one as someone has been caring for the one on the car, but it never hurts to have a spare New LED strip for the driver’s mirror turn signal. The lens is missing from the one on the car, a pretty common occurrence. New “puddle lamp” bulb for the driver’s side mirror. Gonna be in there, might as well replace it. New center console latch. Existing one has a broken hook. Right hand “zoom tube” - original one is cracked. Lever and retaining ring for lumbar adjustment on driver’s seat. Missing. New left side telematics buttons for steering wheel. Originals have worn off icons. New lower steering wheel spoke trim. Originals are cracked and the “chrome” is peeling. Emergency response QR code label - these are $0.15 and I make sure they’re on every one of my cars. They go on the inside of the gas filler door and allow EMTs to scan to get diagrams of where to cut the vehicle open for extractions as well as the locations of fuel tank and batteries. Mercedes makes them for everything from the W210 up. They used to be free for the asking... Screwdriver bit 126 589 00 10 00 - the #27 Torx driver used to unscrew the screws that secure the airbag. It fits all airbag-equipped cars and makes it a lot easier than using a regular Torx driver. Been meaning to buy one of these for a long time… I’ve got the new spare tire and wheel coming in, but they’ve got to mount the tire and that won’t happen until Wednesday of next week. I’m sure I’ll need some additional items by then. On top of all this I’ve got some detailing supplies coming in for refreshing the black plastic trim on the ML550. Now if someone will only come and buy the SL500! -D > On May 27, 2022, at 7:28 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Rain finished late this afternoon so I went out to do the last few things to > get the S550 buttoned up. Got oil lines and AC lines hooked back up, got the > PS pump lines swapped over to the “new” cooler, and tightened various bolts. > Filled coolant (2.5 gal initially at $19/gal for blue stuff, ouchie). > > Fired the car up and it ran well, temp was coming up as expected. PS pump > needs more hydraulik oel as it was low and Not Happy, some leaked out as I > was swapping lines. Transmission needs more fluid as some seems to have > leaked from the damaged cooler. I noticed that it was spewing initially when > I looked at the car. I think I’ll try to add more through a cooler line > instead of from underneath as ist in ordnung. Gonna change it soon anyway so > should be OK for short test drive. > > Only thing left is install the headlights and front bumper, not a lot to > that, and to bang out the bent safety latch/distronic support to use until I > can find another one. I’ll go at it tomorrow. BFH time! And maybe put the > welder on it too. > > Oh, and UPS seems to have lost my Amazon fog lamp bulbs, one got smashed in > the forest rat encounter. > > Close! Fun times! Yay me! > > --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
