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  1. Snake Charmer
    Ah, OK. I just Googled him and found a post on the French car forum from January. Sounds like he had an awful time at such a young age as the average diagnosis is around 70.
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    My condolences for the loss of your friend.
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    Possibly, I might be mistaking the wee smile as a moustache.
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    REV seems to have a smile on his face in this photo.
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    Photos did not load earlier, that is a classy looking car. 😎
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    Is this similar? 😁
  7. Snake Charmer
    I wonder if the Ministry funded development and production so AC were contractually obligated to supply their product until costs were recovered and demand met.
  8. Snake Charmer
    GT40!
  9. Snake Charmer
    Skynet begins at Lidl.........
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    10DU12 is a standard engineering split bush glacier bearing so don't worry about replacing them in future, the kingpin would be a little more problematic but you have spares. The upright forging would probably be on the endangered unobtanium list.
  11. Snake Charmer
    Saga lout! 😁
  12. Snake Charmer
    Wheel bearing?
  13. Snake Charmer
    Seems odd, AC were rather fond of grease nipples or did Invacar do things differently?
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    Great to see some progress. 😎 Are these jockey wheels going as training stabilisers? 😁
  15. Snake Charmer
    Tried the other car tonight, after a few brake applications and SBC recharges the white warning came up so I'm missing something on the reset. Frustrating.
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    I drove my car home with a burst rear hard line and the audible alarm noise was painful. This car nearly made it home before the audible alert came up on ths M25, that was a fun trip for the last few miles with next to nothing on the pedal and a parking brake. The main code seems to be the "Service Threshold Reached C235C", once that comes up all sorts of codes appear. I thought l had cracked it before but must have missed something as I'm still finding my way around the software. All l can achieve fault wise running the extensive tests is a recommendation to bleed the system. I have my pressure bleeder modified and working now so that will get done then run the tests again. I would quite happily fit new motor brushes and a pressure accumulator but that test OK. Worst case scenario is I swap my current cars SBC over when I put this car back on the road so buying a pressure accumulator would not be a total loss.
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    Spent most of Sunday sat in the other S211 with the laptop and a few beers mainly trying to bring the SBC into line, finally have the screaming red dash warning and white "Service Brake Visit Workshop" warning extinguished but not holding my breath it won't come back. Down to 4 codes at the moment, only one I need to work out what's causing the fault and that may be the rear interior light, something to do with glass protection. The rest are down to tge drivers door mirror and rear light off my car I swapped out.
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    Scary things, the ones I have had 40 years have spent most of that time in storage, hate using them and always try to find an alternative method. We have one of these at work, works well.
  19. Snake Charmer
    Looks expensive and fragile, is it all plastic?
  20. Snake Charmer
    Yes you can but when I have done it from another forum the text comes up highlighted in white. I tansfer it to another text editor then paste across.
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    I had a rare occasion yesterday just before leaving work, an empty two poster so I decided to have a look at what might be making the noise that has developed recently. l found a bolt on the propshaft rear flex coupling had worked loose and of course it was a large Torx head, all I currently have at work are smaller or E Torx bought specifically for the Mercedes! Made do with an Imperial hex key and a spanner, while it was airborne l adjusted the front wheel bearings. l also had a look under the engine cover to see how bad The black death might be as I can smell it quite strongly in the car unless I use the carbon filter constantly. I was quite surprised to see only a small amount of evidence around cylinder 6 so may explain the smell strength as it's close to the pollen filter. As the cover was off I pulled a little oil out as I trusted the dash display measurement a while back and added a little too much resulting in a big red warning on the dash after a few motorway miles. Only Mercedes could stress you out at speed for a few millilitres too much oil. The car was much quieter on the way home, better steering and brakes too. There is still a bit of bearing noise in the rear end and I found little play on a lower arm bush but the good news is l don't have to rush the other car into service just yet.
  22. Snake Charmer
    Ted Rogers could have boosted sales.
  23. Snake Charmer
    Thank you for putting the time and effort in. 👌
  24. Snake Charmer
    Yes, and I felt no difference either but from what I researched at the time the controller is supposed relearn your driving style. I have not delved deep enough into WIS to confirm that is a fact or internet expert guesswork.
  25. Snake Charmer
    That is a peach of a Cortina. 👍
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