[Horse9]

Cleaned the head light lenses with tooth paste worked very well.

 

[Berapotter]

Having joined and already benefited from other members advice I had a crack at changing the Cabin Filter.
20 min job according to youtube. not exactly! but by my standards less than an hour is good including 10 minutes trying to find the second yellow clip which was nicely nestled behind a wiring loom!
The main horror was the amount of large crud sitting in the old filter, never mind that it looked like it had been in since Adam was a lad.
So cleaned out, new filter fitted and then decided to make a coarse filter to go over the massive air inlet for the cabin fan.
This is what I came up with. All Aluminium, held in place with magnets. Not perfect but should keep all the large stuff out. Shouldn't affect air flow (not like the crud in the filter did).

Didn't realise that scuttle came in so much towards the A pillar! so that's a mod to do! and perhaps some insulating tape to it doesn't chafe that very expensive looking drain hose.
Thoughts?

 

[jbanks15]

Having joined and already benefited from other members advice I had a crack at changing the Cabin Filter.
20 min job according to youtube. not exactly! but by my standards less than an hour is good including 10 minutes trying to find the second yellow clip which was nicely nestled behind a wiring loom!
The main horror was the amount of large crud sitting in the old filter, never mind that it looked like it had been in since Adam was a lad.
So cleaned out, new filter fitted and then decided to make a coarse filter to go over the massive air inlet for the cabin fan.
This is what I came up with. All Aluminium, held in place with magnets. Not perfect but should keep all the large stuff out. Shouldn't affect air flow (not like the crud in the filter did).
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Didn't realise that scuttle came in so much towards the A pillar! so that's a mod to do! and perhaps some insulating tape to it doesn't chafe that very expensive looking drain hose.
Thoughts?

and for others:

mesh leaf

Mesh to keep leaves/debris out of cabin fan intake

NOTICE: if pics are blurry, search and download and install in your browser photobucket blurry fix or similar There were a couple of posts about noisy cabin/cockpit fan motor due to leaves which got me thinking. This is what I came up with today. I hope it will help reduce the risk of...

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cabin filter change

DIY: Service E Cabin Air Filter Replacement

Photobucket pics stink see these you tube videos Well my Service E was overdue since I reset the reminder at 26,000 miles. I have been procrastinating to getting this done, i'm actually glad I didn't do it earlier since the Air Filter was only about 20% dirty, could have gone another...

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[Avel Du]

Having joined and already benefited from other members advice I had a crack at changing the Cabin Filter.
20 min job according to youtube. not exactly! but by my standards less than an hour is good including 10 minutes trying to find the second yellow clip which was nicely nestled behind a wiring loom!
The main horror was the amount of large crud sitting in the old filter, never mind that it looked like it had been in since Adam was a lad.

Had cabin heater out a few months back, surprisingly clean. Especially as we park near trees.

Not been driving without the battery cover perchance?

 

[Berapotter]

Surprisingly battery cover was in place. Given that car had 7 owners in 15 years even more so! Had similar content in air filters. Let's face it shouldn't happen filters are cheap and easy (ironic?). In 40 years of car and bike ownership never seen a filter so blocked. Previous MOT's (UK) make sorry reading, so I probably shouldn't be surprised.

 

[redbaron]

Yesterdays fun task was swapping the HID low beam bulbs - prev keeper had excitedly told be the car had upgraded 8k headlights - as anyone with any understanding knows - this changes the colour tone not the light output - I had previously swapped the no name blue tint ebay H7 main beams for Osram Nightbreakers to much improvment.

The joy of discovering the bodger had broken the bulb clip on the OSF lamp unit was one of the highlights but having opted to remove both wheel and liner the actual bulb swap for the Xenons was pretty simple - the light improvement however was spectacular - again Osram Xenarc D2S. I would go so far as to suggest the unbranded eBay 8k bulbs were dangerously low in light output.

 

[Fransinge]

Cleaned the head light lenses with tooth paste worked very well.

And minty fresh! 🙃

 

[jbanks15]

Passenger side LED Parking light was flashing....so had to change it
Fortunately it was the passenger side and not the drivers side
Driver's side I have to go through wheel well as Super Charger stuff in way from the top.
So passenger side was a breeze

Old (it was bent so I finished the job before removing with needle nose)

New in and link to ijdmtoys where I get it 10-036 is part number
Daylight out so tough to see

 

[Col]

Passenger side LED Parking light was flashing....so had to change it
Fortunately it was the passenger side and not the drivers side
Driver's side I have to go through wheel well as Super Charger stuff in way from the top.
So passenger side was a breeze

Old (it was bent so I finished the job before removing with needle nose)

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New in and link to ijdmtoys where I get it 10-036 is part number
Daylight out so tough to see

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I fail to understand why you are promoting bulbs which are prone to bending with use? If that had fell to bits inside the light you’d have some fun taking it out! 🤔

 

[jbanks15]

cause it might have been my fault taking it out....
no bent leds from in 16 years with their products

 

[Petri68]

I installed a S/T today just for fun, and it works great.

Now some better lights in the trunk and inside the car.... and wait for the snow to go away.

 

[PaulHamilton]

Last month, my garage door opener finally gave up the ghost. Unfortunately, the replacement is not compatible with my car. It seems that in 2011, Homelink, the invisible empire that controls remote devices, decided that the current system was so simple and reliable that it simply had to be "upgraded", and brought forth Security+ 2.0®. Fortunately. there is a radio repeater system that overcomes Security+ 2.0® . After some time spent this morning dashing from stepladder to car, harmony is restored to the world and I no longer depend upon a nasty little fob that kept falling off the sun visor into the darkness of the footwell.

 

[kevrobbo77]

Bought my SLK350 today. drove great on test drive, dry carpets in boot and cabin, all other things check out, even did the balancer camshaft test. £3800 for an 05. full benz service history look great all work done that needed doing etc. buzzing.

 

[osi]

installed

Boot/Trunk light improvement

Maya's mod for today. For a long time I have been wanting to improve the luggage light. I tried replacing the bulb with a nice strong LED but it still only illuminates the left side when laden. I tapped an A22 wirre from the back of the lamp socket and ran it behind the lining to the rear. I...

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[Tomato]

That is a clean garage! Took the lady out today in the rain, not been out for a week and they say more snow is coming, better walk her before she beeps at me again

 

[JasonH1969]

I installed a S/T today just for fun, and it works great.

Now some better lights in the trunk and inside the car.... and wait for the snow to go away.

Hi Petri, did you use the cable taps that came with it or solder in the leads? Was it difficult? I plan on fitting one for the spring time.

 

[Petri68]

Hi Petri, did you use the cable taps that came with it or solder in the leads? Was it difficult? I plan on fitting one for the spring time.

Those cable taps that are provided should have been banned in the 1990´s ..
Don´t use them..... But that´s my opinion.
I cut the cables and used duraseal joints.
like these ones.

The one I´m using is first pressed and then heated up.
They are filled with glue and shrink to get a watertight connection.

I don´t do it the easy way so it took me about 1 hour.
I also protected the cable from the fusebox to the CCM with a cover.

 

[JasonH1969]

Those cable taps that are provided should have been banned in the 1990´s ..
Don´t use them..... But that´s my opinion.
I cut the cables and used duraseal joints.
like these ones.
View attachment 591262
The one I´m using is first pressed and then heated up.
They are filled with glue and shrink to get a watertight connection.

I don´t do it the easy way so it took me about 1 hour.
I also protected the cable from the fusebox to the CCM with a cover.
View attachment 591263

Thanks for that. Would you mind posting a photo of the fuse box with all the extra cables installed? I'm interested in how tight it is in there with added wiring. Thanks

 

[Petri68]

Thanks for that. Would you mind posting a photo of the fuse box with all the extra cables installed? I'm interested in how tight it is in there with added wiring. Thanks

Under the fuses you will find these 4 connecting points.
Those 3 that I have marked is what you need to work with.
Step 1 is to identify the single Pink/Red wire under #2, it´s connected to fuse #7
Move that to connection #3.
Then you take the relay that comes with the S/T and place the red wire on #1 and the Pink wire on #3
Put the fuse holder back and place the relay somewhere suitable.
I placed it in a empty space in the back. (Red marking)

The green marking is where I got the black cable going over to the CCM.
The black wire is just a 0,75mm² and the protective "sock" I use is not included.

I can get you some pictures from the CCM side later today if you want that.

Have a great day and stay safe.

 

[Petri68]

View attachment 591290
Under the fuses you will find these 4 connecting points.
Those 3 that I have marked is what you need to work with.
Step 1 is to identify the single Pink/Red wire under #2, it´s connected to fuse #7
Move that to connection #3.
Then you take the relay that comes with the S/T and place the red wire on #1 and the Pink wire on #3
Put the fuse holder back and place the relay somewhere suitable.
I placed it in a empty space in the back. (Red marking)
View attachment 591291
The green marking is where I got the black cable going over to the CCM.
The black wire is just a 0,75mm² and the protective "sock" I use is not included.

I can get you some pictures from the CCM side later today if you want that.

Have a great day and stay safe.

Here is the rest.
It looks like a mess and you don´t have much to work with if you do it my way.

But when everything is in place it looks like this.

I did leave the USB cable attached to the S/T in case I want to change some settings.
I put her back together and all you can see now is this cable..