Carfax? how screwed am I?
 

Already bought this SL500 and I'd like to know a little history.. PLEASE!

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BTW.. thats not me in the pic

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Nice sedan, hope your grandmother can get in and out easily! :lol:

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umm, sedan=4 doors:confused::eek::confused:

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lol Jarrad... we got a honda CR-V for her... the SL is for me.. hope you're enjoying the SVX

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I am enjoying it! That rattle/vibration that seemed like the transmission had issues turned out to be the two bolts that hold the drive line in place. I simply tighten them back up and installed a new exhaust gasket and she runs PERFECT now :)

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It was a bit of an inside joke since I bought his SVX so he could buy a sedan for his grandmother to ride in.

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Cool looking SL...

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If you want another, my SL is for sale! :)

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Jeremy-

I highly recommend that you inspect the wiring, especially in the engine bay. The 92-95 SLs (especially the sl500) suffer from improperly manufactured wiring throughout the entire car. The plastic coating on the wires breaks down over time and just falls off. The resulting issues can range from unusual electrical issues to electrical fire.

The wiring MAY have been replaced under warranty. If not, it is a $7000-$10,000 repair. If the wiring looks to have the symptoms, DO NOT TOUCH IT! It will only make it worse.

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Wow didn't know that the old SL's have this problem. I thought the 2002 series S-class only suffer from this.

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Thanks for the advice... havent checked the wiring yet but my front strut mounts are dead and I got a puddle of hydraulic fluid in my lap when I removed the hardtop so im sure the hydraulic rams need to be replaced

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Jarrad ... I knew that rattle wasnt anything big it only did it every once in a while and never seemed to affect performance.. im glad you're happy with the car and hope it has a long useful life with you :)

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Jeremy-

The fluid is most likely coming from the latches above the windshield. It is very common that they leak.


For all the information you could ever want about the soft top system, see here:

http://www.benzworld.org/forums/r129...ml#post2262978

The soft top on mine doesn't work at all, for the record. I've only put it up manually once to see how it looked. Otherwise, i use the hard top, or it sits in my garage with no top at all. :)

Mike

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That didn't take long! If you keep this up you'll be forced to buy British by defalt soon enough!;)

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I'm taking a tour of Europe. :lol: