I can live without the SWC; I forget to use them most of the time.

What do you mean by losing the Speedo dash display? The digital part? I use it all of the time. What about the other functions in that window? Why do you lose this functionality?

 

Sorry I meant the NAV info on the speedo display.
And also the Audio display will show nothing --.

 

A few years ago, I did my spark plugs and wires. P/N 7442s are the ones I went with and the wires are P/N 09850. They are both made by Bosch. I also bought the tool for taking the plugs out. You can get that from eBay.


Here's my write up some years ago...

https://mbworld.org/forums/w210-amg/...g-wires-2.html

 

cleaning up a leak from the breather cover

 

My right side was leaking all over the wires a few months back mentioned earlier in the thread. I resealed the inner channel and applied an extremely thin bead outside, scraped like I was caulking a bathtub. You could not tell I did so, it made sure it sealed well and looked clean/professional too! Here was the midway point after cleaning the throttle body out.

 

What did you use to seal the breather covers? I think both of mine are leaking, the previous owner did not take very good care of it.

 

I used oem sealant which I think is also Loctite 5970

Part Number
003-989-98-20-10

This is what I got from one of the DIY write ups found over there

This was the best diy I found

 

Thanks. I sealed it up yesterday adn just used rtv blue because I needed to drive the car. Its holding so far.

 

165k mi. still ticking with some new mounts, new tires, and a fresh alignment.

 

WOW that thing is clean!
I had to plug one of my new tires today, had a screw in it while doing that I found I have an oil leak as well.. Not a good day. grr.

 

It definitely looks nicer in pictures especially topped off with a filter. The body isn't the cleanest but I'm pretty picky and I'd say mechanically it's 90% perfect.

 

What tires did you buy?

 

bridgestone re760

 

Went to the junk yard today. They never have what I need except today they had a 01 E55 with a black interior and basically everything I needed. If you are in the DMV area and need something it has alot of damage but the engine is still in it there are 2 monoblocks on it (they are scratched up but could be fixed), some of the interior is salvageable and it has some sort of lowering springs on it. Its at crazy rays 8125 Washington Blvd., Jessup, Maryland.

 

Im not in the area at all, but if you happen to go back for some reason, could you grab me the ash tray? Mine is missing so I have nowhere to put my change lol

 

would those "some sort of lowering springs" happen to be coil overs??

 

I'm in NORVA - What's the exterior color? Thx!

 

the exterior was black.

I plan to go back out there this weekend if time permits.

@Midwest the ashtray was not in good condition. When I go back I'll see if it is still there.

@benzokirk It looked like it had those KW 'coilovers' I would have grabbed it but one was missing.

 

My car decided to **** trans fluid all over the floor in my garage. Glad I already had a spare plug connector. The PO must have over filled the transmission when I pulled the leaky connector out a lot of fluid came out.

 

My new to me 2001 E55 AMG in pristine condition, 50k miles.

Just removed rear window tint. Love the blue windows.

Going to replace both front outer tie rods this week. Using Lemfoerder oem parts. I will check inner tie rods when I'm in there but don't expect to replace them. I will post pictures.

 

So not like I did this today but when going through the phone I saw pictures I thought i'd share. I was tired to seeing a purple hue from the deck so I decided to find a replacement deck but initially ran into the yard getting me the wrong one without the sunshade. Since it was too expensive to buy a new or locate one, I decided to restore.

Here is a pic of midway after removing the seats, trim and headrests. The headrests were the most tricky with pulling the lever and pushing back to free the headrest for me. I actually goofed and the mechanism came apart while pressing the lever to free the headrest. This delayed me by 40 min at least since my hands cant maneuver in a small spots to repair, otherwise ...



Here is the deck pieces out. Look at the purp!!



Used this product first. It was from a company out of Louisiana who produced upholstery dye. On the phone they told me that this would be more than enough however the co2 nozzle broke/clogged and I ran out early. This delayed me for nearly 2 weeks. So I was crusin' with a dismantled back seat.



After 1 application



I had to locate another company and find a match. That company seems to only communicate through messenger by horse because they did not respond to multiple emails. Finally after a couple of calls they got back in touch. I paid and received this kit.



After multiple applications, I was ended up with this. The purple hue was stubborn and required application/dry/application/dry. Also the spray trigger broke on this product and caused severe trigger finger blisters.



I am happy with the results and it brought it back to new looking condition! No purple spectrum in the day looking at the rearview.

Notes:

My back deck fabric was sun damaged, frail and no longer plush. The dyes will stiffen the fabric and will not retain plushness.

BE CAREFUL when removing the third brake lamp. It is old and the trim is brittle! Mine of course chipped and I scrambled to find a replacement LED. I was lucky and found a new one in tan for $20 on fleebay. I taped off and reprayed black with plastic paint. Looks new!

Spray the deck down with water to dampen the deck fibers. The dye is water based and will bond to the fiber better i feel. You still will have apply/dry (with fan) to get the purple to dye out!

The rear has these plastic oval shaped discs that support the smaller rear piece. Again frail and 1 broke. The sound pading sticks to these discs so I also had to use headliner spray to reattach the pad to the smaller sunshade piece from underneath.

Also a good time to lube and maintain the sunshade. In the winters, mine does not stick as much but you may need to open the roller compartment to re lubricate

The only pieces that are not reusable are the plastic rivets in the front corners of the larger deck piece. These are MB only parts or (plan ahead online) and costed me $7.16- yeah. Its worth maybe .25 each.

Color is Anthracite 7315

TG

 

Nice job, TG. When I'm ready to fix mine (it needs it now) I now know how to do it. Thanks!

 

Did you end up tackling the tie rods? Good move going with Lemfoerder. I purchased the same with inner & outer. Did you buy a ball joint separator? Need to do this job next weekend along with rotors/brake flush.

Armani

 

When I did my tie rods, I used a joint seperator fork kind. Probably could of just hit the top of the outer joint with a whack or two. If you have the tool go for it!

If you replace the boot the oem clamp is tricky to clamp back, heads up.

 

rear deck looks nice. I've been meaning to remove mine to fix this annoying rattle that's coming from it. I just haven't figured out how to get the headrests off. I've tried a few times but they're not budging. :S