PaulS

Like you, I would be snatching their hand off

Welcome to the club. Yes, you are in the right place to share your trials and tribulations and there is plenty of support & advice for these motors on this forum. Long may your new joy run smoothly and cheaply!!

I am sure your coupe sale went with a heavy heart though..., I miss mine!

Hope you find a caring buyer after all the work you put into your coupe.

fingers crossed for you...

I used Cluster repairs in Essex for my Merc E350. They said my unit was not repairable and - without asking - sourced me a suitable replacement, presumably from a breaker for what I thought was amuch higher price than a direct breaker sale would have been! However teh replacement unit dod work faultlessly

Indeed attention to detail and a laborious process; unfortunately one often without obvious result . But occasionally the problem is found and fixed that way even if you never notice any particular dodgy joint. But by doing so, even without any change, you know dodgy joints are not the cause of the problem, so can be ruled out, hence nothing to lose other than your time... Whilst separating plug in connectors, I usually spray on battery terminal protector grease on each removed end. That seems to stop future corrosion, plus makes the connectorsd easier to slide in and out. Just a thought... and I have never had any follow up problem after using it...

I should add that the two 40 ft containers are joind together lengthways with the common sides removed & welded to make a single space which is lined & wood panelled and dehumidified . Just seperating them to move, then rejoining will be difficult enough - and they have to be well levelled when reassembeled.... Transporting as a single wide load is sooo complicated and expensive that it is not a viable option.

Yes storage yard is closing, might - stress might - move elewhere but then only temporarily and move & move again. Not an option for me moving the 2 containers full of stuff. 3 other storage facilities locally have already closed so a lot of other people are having to move cars, motorhomes, caravans, trucks, minibusses, speed boats etc. Moving things one can tow is much easier than moving containers which have to be emptied and things put somewhere whilstthe move happens.... My Mitsubishi will find a new home somewhere as yet undecided (at least temporarily assuming I can relocate the containers). Same problem of lack of localish facilities . And I want somewhere dry & secure away from prying eyes and fingers....

Unfortunately I have now lost my storage facility so my coupe has had to go. I am gutted after doing so much to get it back on the road. But now even if I did sort out the last few issues, I have nowhere to keep it unless on the road where it would not last long. But it has now gone to Stu who will use the many good bits to help keep other Coupes going that bit longer... It was a sad day as it went off on the transporter, loaded with all the useable coupe spares I had. I now have to find homes for my 2x 40' containers (no easy task!!) and my Mitsubishi. My Renault Laguna RT Auto will also become resident in a local breakers yard... And I have now found a new home for my car ramp in a local garage who will use it much more than I did and give me reasonable free access to it (well I gave it FOC to him!). A new era dawns for me.... But loads more stuff to find new homes for....

Might not be related, but it would be worth checking the brake fluid level , just in case it means low fluid.... Rotted pipes could leak fluid...

Whilst awaiting diagnostics it is worth checking water and oil levels too...

Looks stunning, not too far from me either....

Still not sorted the brakes, but more worryingly, the eccentric rotation of the drive shaft inner end which unless sorted will cause severe vibration at road speeds although OK whilst jacked up on my path. Out of ideas on that one.... all suggestions welcome as it is at least 1" out of true Had more than a few issues with my C240 that have sopped up time (and not much chance to do anything with our continual rain over the last 2 months....)

if only my coupe problems were related to it being dirty....

Your new suspension work looks lovely. But I guess you sweated buckets getting all those old rusty bolts undone...

Can't help with headlights but I wonder if they were the only damage from hitting the deer? Usually a wing , front bumper & bonnet suffer in such impacts...

Further progress of sorts I charged the battery again, it held at 13.3v for a couple of days with nothing connected, hence it seems the battery is OK. I chased the circuits one by one but did not find any issue at all anywhere. Then I put everything back to the original configuration and there was no more relay switching at all. Started and ran teh car for 15 mins, turned off, then restarted again. No problems encountered. Most annoying that again I found nothing, but everything electrical is (currently) back to normal. 3rd time I have had wierd electrical problems that seem to have no identified cause - but I have spent hours chasing these phantom electrical issues which could have been better spent sorting the brake calipers etc.... But at least I am now back to where I was nearly a month ago!

Thanks guys, I will investigate further. Yes, the battery was charged in the car with leads connected. I had tried pulling relays that clicked on and off, but that just started the next ones clicking.... Hence pulling the main fuse. Not sure the battery was completely flat, I had 12.2v when I first measured it. Yes, I have another fully charged battery but with reversed connections so I can only try it out of the car. Must admit, I am getting mightily fed up with all these supplementary things going wrong just as I was ready to try the car on the road again after all the rebuild work

I was going to have another go at my coupe today (now it has stopped raining!!!) But it would not unlock due to a flat battery (charged last week!) No problem, unlocked using the key. Put the charger on again and found the RH headlamp flashing on and off and the relays clicking like mad.... Stopped that by pulling the main fuse, however quite why / how the lights come on at all when they are switched off at the stalk. Charged up the battery again and refitted the fuse and the relay clicking restarted and the lights flashed again. Spent a couple of hours looking at this but could not spot anything... Anyone got any ideas? I cannot start the car with it in this condition....

Hearty congratulations to you. I hope you have a very long happy relationship with your coupe.

We had a blue 3 door auto...., my wife's first car. It rotted away....

Regarding sealant, I have used black silicone recently which seems as good as anything else I tried previously. Gutter & roof seal works fine too - but does not fully set. The goo from Denso tape also works well but is brownish and needs painting.... I never found any windscreen sealants to be effective, however there must be some that work!

Nice car & workshop to be....

Alas not, one piston on each side at the front has rusted so they need carefully pushing out and the rust sanding off so that they retract properly. I have already sanded both discs and the brake pads so that the discs go round but they still catch and impede the rotation, I was wondering if this had the impact of causing the inner drive shaft wobble.... Just cannot bend down for long enough at present.... hence investigation and remedial action stalled.... No ATF leaks (and yes, there is a good volume of ATF back in the gearbox!). How does one get at the shaft output joints? and which grease should I use to repack? So near and yet so far....