=9284 300SD. 250k miles. I picked this car up recently and have been sorting through the problems. I changed the oil and adjusted the valves. Did a lot of the little stuff like fixing the door switches so the buzzer would come on when I left the headlights on. The car has every option I wanted, but looks like it=92s been soundly neglected. However, the price was right. So, I thought I would cast some questions upon the seas of knowledge in this newsgroup.
This is just bloody strange: when I have on the right turn signal with the headlights, the wipers come on. Sometimes they do not stop when I shut off the turn signal (Usually at a crosswalk or a night without a cloud in the sky). Also, they do not seem to be =93parking=94 in the down position. They are stopping in the middle of the windshield. I'm guessing it=92s the turn signal stalk?
The transmission hadn=92t had it fluid changed in a long time. Did the fluid and filter thing. Will repeat in a few thousand miles. The tranny shifted badly and had some serious lag. Since doing the fluid change, it is working, well, perfectly. My Spidy-Sence tells me not to get too comfortable with it and that it will seem fine for a while them fail catastrophically. Is this the way this usually plays out?
Since I could hear the motor in the electric antenna working when I shut the car off, though the mast stayed put, I opened up the unit. I can=92t seem to find anyone who sells the little belt that broke, thus stalling the mast movement. Is this something available or has there been discovered a workable substitute?
Does one need to lube the power seat tracks? Work perfectly but they sound like a Huey is settling down on the roof when I use them.
The temp gage is stuck at 888 degrees. Oddly, it doesn=92t seem that hot. Is there a fix for this?
The dash lights seem to work only at specific places on the pot. Since Mercedes dash lights suck on a good day, I was just going to jumper across the pot so they are full on. Any reason I shouldn=92t?
Got one hell of an oil leak on the driver=92s side of the engine. I did the valve cover gasket after the valve adjustment, but even after cleaning the block, still cannot find it. Ideas?
I'll stop here since I'm just warming up. Thanks for any help that is offered.