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From: Land of mountains, cheese, chocolate and watches
12' W204 C63 AMG coupe "T-Rex", 12' W451 Smart Fortwo Pulse (99' W202 C43 AMG + Ultima Can-Am sold)
Blowing the cobwebs
Took Grandma on a nice mountain road trip (just under 100km in total), to check that everything works after having changed and installed a new radiator, flushed and changed the ATF.
I'm happy to say that all went super well despite the hottish outside temps (around 30°c). Water temperature never went over the mid point between 80° and 100°, so I guess that's just perfect. Gear changes are silky smooth on up shifts or downshifts. Amazing what new ATF does and it's not just the seat of the pants talking. A lot of traffic so no WOT pulls. In any case, now that she's 21 years of age and the engine is reaching 311'000km (193k miles), I guess she now needs to be treated with more respect, so little abuse or redlining the engine. I'll leave the thrashing part to the C63
Next job will be the brake flush and bleed, now that the Motive pressure bleeder has been repaired.
On the road to Arolla (2000m) Old hotel closed for some time now. Doubt it will ever reopen Flower Power
Last edited by DRBC43AMG; Jul 26, 2020 at 01:29 PM.
Mercedes SLR McLaren 722 S Is Extremely Rare Example Modified by McLaren
Slideshow: A one-of-one U.S.-spec Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster became even rarer after a factory-backed transformation at McLaren's headquarters.
