Is there one, or a specified tightening routine? I replaced it and am
still leaking, but don't want to go too tight.

When the temperature started to drop, my 230CE developed some pretty loud
creaks. I do not hear it when at freeway speeds, but when driving in parking
lots it is very loud. By bouncing corners it seems to be at the right front.
Is there a usual suspect? Can it be repaired by ...

Recently my '81 300td started behaving strangely - sort of "porpoising"
when encountering bumpy or wavy roads almost a frequency type of thing
that starts the car rocking.  I have to slow down or speed up to get it to
stop.  Not dangerous, at least not yet.

Hi. I just want to tell in few words how happy I am now in the MB
world. I have drove BMWs since 2001, you name it: 318i, 325i, X5 3.0d,
a E39 525i and a E60 525i. Even tough I really loved my E60 525i car I
didn't feel anything special while driving it, nothing exciting. The

having a new bout of oddness with my dashboard warning lights, car is 1988
230te
on start the dash lights no longer light and then go out, except the abs
light, which comes on with the ignition, but then goes out after a second.

Today I followed the various threads and posts hereon, and replaced my
antenna mast. It was surprisingly easy, amounting to only inserting
the end of the antenna cord into the base of the antenna and turning
on the radio. Everything works fine EXCEPT that the antenna is not

Anyone know what kind of transmission fluid to use in my 500 SEC.  Dexron 3
OK?
David Griffiths
david@procode.com

Radio and cd sound level erratic, sometimes real low and distorted and only
from right speaker, when turning off and then on gain sometimes it works
like it should.
Any ideas where the fault might be either bose amps or radio unit itself?

"Cam" <Cams18@nospam.com> wrote in message news:...

I'm selling my 97 e320, but only for the sake of household expenses.
The car that I'm checking out tomorrow is a nice '91 300 diesel.
It's at a pretty fair price, and it should be a fiscally sound
venture.

I have noticed that the interior lighting is constantly brighter,
dimmer, I checked the voltage at the battery terminals with the car at
idol.  The voltage is not constant, it moves about in a range of 14.2V
to 14.6.  Any advise?  Brian

Hey all,
I have a problem with the ABS on my newly acquired E280T. The problem is
similar to the problem described here:
http://groups.google.nl/group/alt.auto.mercedes/browse_thread/thread/3722d7d0896
66c1a/eb0d18e0de29a021?hl=nl&lnk=gst&q=w124+abs#eb0d18e0de29a021

The grommets between the brake fluid reservoir and  master cylinder of
my 380slc are leaking, and I want to replace them. I was just
wondering if the best way to drain the reservoir was by bleeding fluid
from one of the bleeder valves on the calipers, or if doing  that may

What are the differences between a 1982 and a 1985 300CD Turbo Diesel?

I cannot recall how to detect the loss of one or more glow plug--does
the panel annunciator light come on down to the last plug functioning,
or does the light NOT come on if ANY plug is not functioning?
My '79 300D is somewhat hard-starting in the morning, and I am