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I assume you are talking about the 13 mm headed bolt at the front edge of the mount vs the 4 x 10mm nuts and bolts. The bolt is hidden behind the hose in this picture They simply unscrewed when I removed them from my car leaving the trapped nut intact and ready to be used again. I assume...

With all the workon my car over the past month or so the car has been left parked with doors and windows open at times and obviously something reptilian or mammalian has crawled inside and taken up residence. I have not driven the car for two weeks and it has been left shut up and locked and...

If you are going to get one buy a post update model with colour coded bumpers and front fog lights. Hereis a picture of my wife's 2002 ML270CDI which we owned for six years and 125,000 km with minimal problems except the usual 163 rear brake pad change every 18,000 km. There were 2400...

And neither am I railing against the ML - and just to prove it here is a photo showing my wife's ML320CDI on the left in black and my old ML500 showing off it's max height air suspension just after her ML arrived home. I have owned three ML's now - one 163 and two 164's. just showing the...

Hi Tony, Here is the breakdown The blower fan asembly is quite large but looks like it can be dismantled so will do this some time and see if the motor is repairable/replaceable. The glowplugs were replaced under warranty 2 years ago as a set of six but apparently they are only replaced...

While driving my wife's ML 320 on Saturday a picture of a thermometer in water appeared in the centre of the speedo. The car is now 4 years old and has covered 70,000km. I stopped and checked coolant level but all was well so I ran through the menus that bring up coolant temperature in the...

The price of these manuals seems to be increasing. The going price was about US$75 for each volume not including postage for each manual when I purchased mine a couple or more years ago. There is no extra information in them than what is on the CD or available on the internet in the factory...

After posting the first overhaul of my RH strut I have now completed my LH strut as well and with the benefit of hindsight here are some tricks. 1) Gently heat the top cover to melt the loctite and the top cover comes off with almost no resistance - the heat needed is not even enough to blister...

My 6.9 has always had a weak right front strut although it never particularly leaked externally. The struts are no longer procurable new but I purchased two kits of seals off US E-bay last year. I also understand Styria sells reconditioned exchange struts and this was my next alternative - and...

Unless your circuit board is damaged it should only fit one way. Do the pictures on this help at all. http://www.topklasse.org/forums/showthread.php?t=3286 If you go to the bottom of the posting there are pictures of the rear of a 6.9 cluster. Bill

My interior Carpets in Grey -= courtesy of previous owner AMG 69 Front seats re-upholstered by me Xmas 2007/8 - leather GAHH via Styria, moral support Parks I think this preceded the formation of Topklasse as I cannot find any posting her about this. Rear seats re-upholstered by me Xmas...

When I puchased my 6.9 four years ago I was less than impressed by it's handling and an initial job was to replace a pair of stuffed rear strut ball joints. These were replaced using Styria's exchange ball joints and they have held up quite well At the time I replaced these I was more than...

I would imagine in most of the 116 range the bush on the opposite side to the driver is a reasonably easy replacement but in a 6.9 a levelling valve and assorted plumbing is in the road. One of my pet hates has always been my oil misted front levelling valve with disintegrating dust boot that...

A few before and after photos from the rear sway bush replacement performed recently. Here is the LH bush before replacement showing a little plumbers teflon tape that I used to pack the old bush last year after rebuilding the rear end. Here are the new and old bushes side by side. The...

This was of course the more difficult of the two to replace as the instruments lower knee roll and brake booster have to be removed. One point I had never noticed until afterwards but the bush is visible from the wheel well on each side - to check for condition. The replacement bushes (with...

My rear screen has suffered from the usual 116 laminated screen delamination since I purchased it and it was one of those "must do sometime" jobs. So courtesy of Tom Hansen at the Classic Centre Irvine a brand new screen (correct part number) duly arrived as previously posted - the hardest...

All you experienced guys look the other way (criticism of course always welcome) but it might help someone to get started in meaningfully working on their own 116. Start with the steering wheel at the central position - hopefully your steering is centralised - If not here is another posting to...

This is a very topical discussion and thanks for the writeup. I understand AAV's are now in the rocking horse poo category so looking after what we have is going to be necessary. The first thing is that D-jet and K-jet motors have different AAV's - the major difference seems to be the...

Hi Styria, 1) Does this right side lean only afflict RHD cars or do LHD cars lean one way or the other? 2) My 6.9 definitely leans to the right while settling but is level when pumped up. When fully settled there is definitely a small lean suggesting the RH bump stop is more compressed. This...

I have new front and rear sway bar bushes on the way for this xmas' orgy of repair and thought the same thing the last time I had the booster out. Wish I'd had the new bushes then. Bill