My First MB, couple of (easy) questions
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RE: My First MB, couple of (easy) questions - 2/23/2005 8:56:45 PM
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pberku
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Congratulation on your purchase. These were well made cars, and with proper maintenance, including synthetic oil, should last for a long time. Now to answer your questions:
1) To confirm, or eliminate the belts as the cause of the squeak, spray some water, or WD-40, on the belts. If the noise goes away, (temporarily) you discovered the culprit. If not, you need to look elsewhere.
2) Will let someone else answer this question. I am in Canada
3) Its not worth buying a used Mercedes Star. They cost around $20.00 US from the dealer. Most used ones are damaged. They have been designed self destroy when removed. The emblems are very easy to install. The last time I bought one the Mercedes dealer send out a helper to install it for me free of charge. I could have done it myself in less than 5-Min.
Enjoy the car.
Phil
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'95 E300D
180,000 Miles
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RE: My First MB, couple of (easy) questions - 2/23/2005 11:28:26 PM
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farkum
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Thanks for the response. I will try that wd40 trick out tomorrow. I know wanting a new star on a $400 car is probably dumb but ya know what its my first mercedes, gotta have a little fun with it. I am going to paint it myself and clean her up a little bit before she becomes a veggie burner (or after). I want it to look presentable because I dont want people to think the veggie conversion is just for beaters. I am trying to get some people in my area together so we can process fuel in bulk and maybe help get rid of this ridiculous dependence on foreign oil. I figure everyone that switches is helping a little bit.
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RE: My First MB, couple of (easy) questions - 2/24/2005 3:21:06 PM
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rcgiddings
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I think the squeal is probably belts. If there's any play in them at all, they'll chirp. I buy almost all my parts online, from a variety of places. Google MB parts. I compare prices and look for free shipping. My most recent Mercedes 240D has had me shopping for parts for a year....I think I've bought parts form everybody on the first two pages of Google!!!!
What happened to WD-30? (I liked that...)
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RE: My First MB, couple of (easy) questions - 2/24/2005 9:23:08 PM
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farkum
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quote:
ORIGINAL: rcgiddings
What happened to WD-30? (I liked that...)
Canada's WD30 went up 10 points, it is now comparable trade value with the US's WD40?
Thanks for the parts places. I guess I will have a lot of shopping around to do. Can't wait to start driving this old beast around and give the truck a break. Hell in the next two weeks I am going to put about 5000 miles on my truck between driving to montana and driving to michigan. If I could get the mercedes running before then it would save me at least $300 in gas.
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RE: My First MB, couple of (easy) questions - 3/9/2005 4:50:24 PM
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bdk1k
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For parts try performanceproducts.com. They have exploded views of every system in the car and they tailor the catalog to your model. I have had great luck with them and the prices for the most part are a lot cheaper than the dealer. Adsit also is good, they sell rebuilt tranys and engines as well as new.
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