New owner of w203 C240 4matic wagon
05-18-2016, 05:10 AM
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w203 c240 4-Matic Wagon
New owner of w203 C240 4matic wagon
Hello ladies and gents. My gf recently asked me to buy her a car for under 4 grand. She made it pretty clear that she wanted a mercedes, I like the utility of a wagon, so I pulled the trigger on a wagon for $3000. Now I have to make it pretty for her.
There are three issue that I really want to address as soon as possible:
1) the car shuddersat around 60mph. I found somewhere that it could be does to low transmission fluid (which sounds somewhat credible in my case because I have a leaking CV seal).
1.1) Obviously replacing the leaking seals would be nice.
2) One of the fog lights doesn't turn on. I replaced the bulb, but still no go. I figure there is some sort of fuse or relay that might needs to be replaced, but the fuses for all the lights are listed as "electronic" on this site, so I was hoping someone could clarify what that means.
3) The turn signal lever does not stay in the blinking position for the right turn signal. I can feel it kinda sort of try to grab on to something, but I guess whatever it usually clicks onto is broken or worn down in that direction.
I will update the post with pictures a little later.
I'm a shade tree mechanic, I've worked on some used BMWs before though, including rebuilding one of their inline 6 motors (that was fun). Neither I nor my gf can afford the labor at euro car shops, so I'll be doing the work myself, and I have a few sources for OEM euro parts. Any help would be appreciated. My gf said this car only needs to run for another year or so, but I figure with a little bit of TLC, this baby can run for another 150k miles and hit the 300k mark without any significant difficulty.
There are three issue that I really want to address as soon as possible:
1) the car shuddersat around 60mph. I found somewhere that it could be does to low transmission fluid (which sounds somewhat credible in my case because I have a leaking CV seal).
1.1) Obviously replacing the leaking seals would be nice.
2) One of the fog lights doesn't turn on. I replaced the bulb, but still no go. I figure there is some sort of fuse or relay that might needs to be replaced, but the fuses for all the lights are listed as "electronic" on this site, so I was hoping someone could clarify what that means.
3) The turn signal lever does not stay in the blinking position for the right turn signal. I can feel it kinda sort of try to grab on to something, but I guess whatever it usually clicks onto is broken or worn down in that direction.
I will update the post with pictures a little later.
I'm a shade tree mechanic, I've worked on some used BMWs before though, including rebuilding one of their inline 6 motors (that was fun). Neither I nor my gf can afford the labor at euro car shops, so I'll be doing the work myself, and I have a few sources for OEM euro parts. Any help would be appreciated. My gf said this car only needs to run for another year or so, but I figure with a little bit of TLC, this baby can run for another 150k miles and hit the 300k mark without any significant difficulty.
05-18-2016, 04:51 PM
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Turn signal is an easy fix. As always... verify that this is the right part for your car... here is the one I got:
http://www.rmeuropean.com/Products/0...G22-V3538.aspx
I followed this procedure (more/less):
http://www.rmeuropean.com/Products/0...G22-V3538.aspx
I followed this procedure (more/less):
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