Sehr gut! Kevin in Lexington, NC Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 12, 2023, at 10:48 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Did a bunch of stuff today: > > Oil and filter change > Replaced cabin filters > Replaced charcoal filters > Replaced ACC control with a bad display with a good used one > Repaired and cleaned the console and lid - latch was buggered up > removed factory phone cradle and wiring from console > Replaced broken trim clip on rear seat fuse panel cover > Reset the configuration for the D2B fiber bus - PO had plugged in cables > incorrectly between amp and CD changer > Cleaned ashtray and replaced bulb > Checked fuses and replaced a few missing ones > Checked operation of the rear shade, which makes noise but doesn’t deploy > Washed car and stripped finish > Cleared all body drains > > All in all it was a pretty productive day despite getting ripped out of an > hour to work because of the DST change. > > Cabin filters were epically dirty: > > [cid:7A87B9AE-7604-459D-852A-1C9227E43021] > > > Not sure what was going on with the O rings on the filter: > > [cid:27017717-E83A-4214-A4C2-0E1A50FE1029] > > Note that it was a Wix filter. Wonderful. > > Serious Martha’ing going on here. Ashtray before and after: > > [cid:717F047D-F9E5-46B9-A83B-967D9E75A4B0] > > [cid:2ACFE7C5-CF91-4AE3-B6D3-C8ECB3167FFF] > > > After washing the car it got moved inside to stay clean and dry (oaks are > going berserk here with their annual mating behavior and dropping all sorts > of stuff) so I can clay bar it tomorrow and start in on the reconditioning of > the paint. Lots and lots of swirl marks/scratches in the finish, so it’s > going to be a challenge, but shouldn’t be too bad since it’s 040 black. > > I’ll probably have to compound the crap out of it first to get the finish > consistent and then work my way up to final polishing. After that I’ve got a > ceramic coating I want to try. Should be interesting, I’ll have some pictures > once I get it done. > > I still need to get it in the air and install all of the belly pans and give > the undercarriage a once-over, too. That might have to wait until Tuesday. > The console interior smelled of smoke, so I set up the ozone machine to run > pointing at the console with the lid propped open to see if it would kill > some of the odor. Interesting, as the car interior didn’t smell of smoke at > all. > > -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
