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First shakedown went good, thermostat is doing its job and was keeping an eye out on the temps using the Autel. Im letting the engine cool off and will check the coolant level tonight.

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Tidied up the startpost and added links to all the replaced components/maintenance/repair items which I documented here in my thread

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Seems I never posted this picture, but I changed all 8 coils when there was 187k kms on the clock (14 june 2022)

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Some pics of the new condensor (shouldve bought another one in hindsight) which fits about 90-95%.



New condensor in place



The old condensor from the rear

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Took the time to clean the radiator a bit with a very soft brush





Some brushy brushy later

bbirdwell

Andy, when I die I want to be reincarnated as one of your cars!

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Deal @bbirdwell !

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Even though I already replaced the AUX battery with Exide, I opted to change it back to a Varta AUX14. I got some random things like "Battery convenience functions disabled" , which I believe might be linked to the AUX battery. When I measured the voltage, it also showed a dip (?). I will post that video later.

I took the liberty to create a POV video of the process, which is pretty straightforward. I included 2 failure moments which are pretty common (letting a tool slip out of your hand and dropping a nut/bolt into the abyss )

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Measuring the Exide voltage with strange dip

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It didn't solve the issue, so I will replace the voltage regulator soon as they are only about 30 euros for a Bosch unit

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Had a meeting with a partner at work and he showed up in a newer CLS (v6 biturbo), noice!

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Replaced the rubber isolators and springs for the Airmatic compressor with new ones (aftermarket). The old ones are probably the original ones (18 years old)



Old vs new

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Also swapped out the EVAP canister (preventative maintenance). Had some trouble finding it, but it seems I needed to take the arch liner off completely. It's on the passenger side, above the muffler, right next to the fill neck of the fuel tank. It vents from the top, the white cap is partially open

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Swapped out the voltage regulator yesterday evening, took me longer than expected (about 2 hours). Glad I bought some extra inverted torx sockets a little while ago, else I wouldnt have succeeded yesterday. I connected the battery today and let it idle. Happy to ssee (and say) its charging again at 14.2v instead of 13.8v! I think this will solve my issue

Paid 30 euros for the new regulator



New vs old





Difference in prongs



Partnr on the protective cap



I created some videos, will also make a small howto. But hopefully this will help the next one





This is the amount of space between the steering rack and the big ARB on the W219 chassis

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Heard a clicking noise when driving at low speeds and found this small screw in my tyre...

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Removed the neo chrome dress up bolts, as they arent as practical as normal bolts. Use a power tool a couple of times and the insides will be round...Replaced them with stainless bolts again

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And was able to remove the sticky rubber coating from the headlight switch cover and used that instead of the Aliexpress aftermarket option which doesnt fit that well.

Left OE without rubber coating, right aftermarket

MB Moneypit

I cannot tell the difference?
But lesson learned, hang on to the original and find a good "old soft touch coating that sucks after getting old" remover.

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@MB Moneypit That was exactly what I would hope as response hehe. Exactly, I created a POV video for it, will hopefully post it soon

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Video for replacing the EVAP canister, also posted here: https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/...ter-cls55.html

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Washed it again after a long time, Mr Horsey came to inspect with me

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Went to the "Schone Sterne" Mercedes meeting in Hattingen (Germany) yesterday. @UncleBenz55 notified me last year, but unfortunately he could not join this year. I teamed up with another CLS55 and a CLS500. The location is awesome, its hosted on around an old steel factory in a valley.

More info: https://www.mercedes-fans.de/magazin...language.19555

Funny thing to mention is that there is way more appreciation for the older stuff compared to the newer Mercs. The amount of 560SEC, older SLs, 190E we have seen was amazing. In comparison, I only saw 4 CLS on the terrain, 1 A45s & 1 CLS45s. Also a couple of W211 E55 (from Moscow Supercharge), some people from Malaysia (!) Ukraine & Norway. Stern Garage was there etc etc. Unfortunately we could not park on the grounds, but needed to park outside of the location. Better luck next year

Met up with the other 2 CLS near the venue. Silver is a CLS55, black = CLS500





There was a big queue for entering the location, we decided to join in...



After an hour, we were almost in



The other CLS55 sits on Rohana wheels, they look awesome. I immediately want to lower my CLS again haha



I love this shot





A couple meters ahead after some more waiting...



What a location!



I have a lot more pictures, but I need some time for postprocessing. Will post the album link in my thread later

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Great post, great location.
Hopefully they had some good German food to go along with the cars!

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There was a number of things to eat off course, the German classics like a sandwich with sausage "Bratwurst", but I only got some fries with mayonaise aka "Pommes mit mayo"

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Some more pics from my CLS at the Schone Sterne meet. Is there interest to see all the pics? Any idea what the best place is to post them?

CLS55 > CLS500 > CLS55.