Can the plastic grill insert of my  1992 190E be chrome plated?  or
bright metal covered?  like those toy rings, and robot toys, that look
like metal, but are really plastic,  with a thin layer of chrome looking
metal on top?       I think it would be a nice effect with my black

Starting in '99 most M-B CD changers were made by Alpine, mounted in
the trunk, and had a fiber optic link to the 'head' unit on the dash.
My head unit is (nearly) constantly displaying a message "Magazine is
Empty" message, even though my magazine of CDs is loaded and full of 6

I have had power loss and backfiring in my car the last month, and
having taken it to a garage they have replaced the plugs( which
obviously were not changed at the last Merc service) and it was
obvious one had been tracking for quite a while.  While it has

As I said I have a Pioneer stereo system in my 85 300SD. It played
fine for a year or so. then I noticed the sound would start to get
static in it for a minute or two then go back to normal. If I have the
car parked  not running and play the radio , in a very short time my

Can anyone help me with the following problem.
If the motor of my car hot/warm is, I have the following startproblems.
The startmotor does his work normally, but the controllihgts on the dasboard
doesn't light up.

Folks,
Just purchased a 1999 e300 td with 47k miles on it (yes 47k). Have a
few questions and would appreciate owner feed-back.
(1) Operating Temp (OT) on freeway seems to be around 80 degree

   has anyone ever known the pistons in the diesel engines to be
damaged or worn,do they tend to last a long time

Hi everybody, anybody have any info on what I should not since I want to buy
one of these? Thanks in advance, also, I have a  '79 300CD, runs great,
needs some work, what are they worth? Thanks again.

My mother has told me she is considering purchasing a used SLK to have as a
fun second car.  Besides the normal things one checks when buying a used
car, I would appreciate any hints/tips/advice for things I should look for
specific to the SLK when buying one used.  I think her ...

A couple of months ago I posted about the vibration damper
going bad on our 2000 E320 (40K miles) and damaging the
oil pans, which resulted in a 1400 dollar repair.  Our mechanic
suggested we send a certified letter to MB USA suggesting

Any pointers, name, etc. will be appreciated.
TIA,
-NK

Hello I've got an SL 300-24 build in 1990. my question is, My left
window only gets down and don't get up. The switch is changed and the
engine (window) is working when I recircuit the wires. but when I put
the switch on window up, I her a clicking noise. Is there somewhere an

I am buying one as soon as I find one, been looking for almost a year;
thanks for the info. I am wondering if anybody has info on the computer?
What's with it? I know it's expensive, anybody know when they are programmed
to fail? I am sure these computers are to tell the car to fail ...

want to buy one   1983 84   where can i find a website??

Taking up more space than am allowed to have.
Looks great and runs strong but needs some work:
cracked windshield
stolen radio