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You can buy joiners so you wont need to replace them the complete length of the car Lee.Usually the ones under the floor are in good condition up to the point they meet the rear subframe.

Start a poll and lets see the result.Your going to get a shock.

More often than not its the corrosion on the pins that fry the ptu with high resistance,They dont fail every trip out and many people still have them including myself.Many a series 2 ptu has been fitted for no reason whatsover in the quest to solve a minor issue that was unrelated.Howards series 2 ptu was fried fresh out the box from new.And quite often when swapping the ptu,dirty pins and plug to clean pins and dirty plug a connection is able to be made and the owner rejoices at solving the fault when all was needed was a more thorough clean of the ptus terminals.

Be less than 30 !

Not that old chestnut please ! The series 1 failed PTU myth again

Monkeys hanging everywhere as usual Lol

Yup thats all they do matey,quite literally !!

last time i checked Paul,how ya doing fella ?

If your fitting skirts you may as well fibre fill them,youll be doing them again in a few years,all skirts do is trap moisture,99% of all cars i see with them have rot behind.

Yup pre 599 numbered engines are early and have the valve issue,cheers for that Si :thumbup1:

I look after a 500 sl 05 plate and the cars got zero rust,id say the earlier ones 2001 were dodgy but merc started to get there act together.amazing engines and running gear,parts are horrendous money though so be warned.16 spark plugs on a v8 model,last set i fitted on a lpg 420ML cost £260 the set !

As long as the crank is ok and no valves are damaged any shot engine is fine,most bore damage will go with the first oversize rebore anyway,even the most horrific looking scores.Stay away from pre 599 engines as they have the early heads with soft valves.

That full of fibre fill,proper bodged up tut tut,probaly got gloves and newspaper inside.repairable and not worth scrapping the car over.

Its because the idle is poor for some reason and pressing the heater button engages the AC clutch so the ficd valve opens to compensate for engine load and raises the idle speed.Could be whole manner of issues causing it though.

get yours cleaned and tested ?

Check the drivers side vent under the dashboard and the carpet next to the clutch footrest

I troll the ebay ads regular and howl most of the time at the drivel spouted.I have found myself sending the odd cheeky message to people who are clearly taking the piss ! one guy was selling a car i knew and it was ahem "a shed" with loads of problems,his ad made it out to be a peach !! .Went all the way to Staines the other week for a customer to look at a silver swb auto,bent mot,made up service history,Body work described as an 8/10 was more like a 4 !!! ebay is still seen as somewhere for many people to offload there problems !

Just seen this Lee,i would have posted ya a set up if you asked doh !

Cant you get your Mum to write a letter saying you had a tummy upset to excuse your abcense :biggrin:

I personally prefer to swap pumps out now as a new item is very cheap to buy and for the hour or so it takes to fit its a quick job and saves any future issues,Full on pump failure is rare if im honest,but after a build or any performance mods,a phrase using the words ship and tar spring to mind.AEM units are good for the money as are walbro,Bosch are very good but can be expensive.The stock unit is very capable but at 25years old its done millions of revolutions !!

Yeah we shall see,not long now !!!! :oops:

Hi Andrew,most common is high impedance in the coil causing bad spray pattern or they go open circuit and dont trigger at all.

No if the injector is dead thats the end of it,search up the dremel method it does work,youll need a long screwdriver to undo the cap screws,give them a tap first to free them,dont go wild or you will distort the heads and the screwdriver wont undo them.

Is the spark plug wet on no 1 cylinder,may be the injector itself,seeing more and more of this now.

Having drove GTX fitted cars and GT turbo cars id say for the money the X are not that amazing,I have a 621 hp car now with breather mods and the 675s and it kicks ass,the last GTX 600 hp car i drove was rather laggy even though the owner had spent huge amounts on Ash massives,plainair pipes ect