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Haynes or equivalent for Merc 420 SEL ('86), or how to ... - 12/17/2007 6:44:50 AM

Hughbedo

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Status: offline I want to do a could of little things on my brothers "spare" car when
I go to visit him over christmas. I tried to find the haynes manual,
but www.haynes.co.uk does not list it and there are none on ebay. Is
anyone aware of a haynes or similar manual for the Mercedes 420 SEL
made in 1986?

The other thing that would help is if anyone could give me any pointer
as to how to:
A) Increase the richness if the mixture? I know it is one of the
screws on the carb, but IIRC there are quite a few and it is not
obvious. The mixture was turned down to get it through the emmisions
test, and now it is a bit slow apparently.
B) Fit the centre console, where the switches for the electric windows
and such like are. I do not think it will be that hard to do by trial
and error, but some pointers would be good.

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RE: Haynes or equivalent for Merc 420 SEL ('86), or how... - 12/17/2007 7:44:14 AM

ptarzian

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Status: offline Hughbedo,

Can't help you with the 420.
But I am looking for hubs in UK regarding our water project.

www.h2osys.com

If you are interested please let me know.

Sincerely,

Patrick Tarzian
949.328.0126

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RE: Haynes or equivalent for Merc 420 SEL (''86), or ho... - 9/16/2008 9:14:34 PM

makis30

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Status: offline first of all there is no carb on the vehicle. and the mixture screw is dead center of the insalled air cleaner. 5mm hex. out rich in lean

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RE: Haynes or equivalent for Merc 420 SEL (''''86), or ... - 9/17/2008 2:54:32 AM

Hughbedo

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Joined: 12/17/2007
Status: offline That is a fair bump. Thanks for the advice, but I ended up paying someone to do the mixture (the centre console was easy). I think it was worth it, he got the CO down by a factor of 5 and it runs much better now.

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