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S124 Tailgate Wiring harness 0

Mercedes

S124 Tailgate Wiring harness

Back in late 2023 the soft close mechanism on my 300TE became erratic.  Sometimes it would work and sometimes it wouldn’t.   Sometimes it would randomly come on when driving.  At the time, I assume it was to do with the mechanism, so purchased a second hand soft close and had it fitted.  It didn’t fix the issue.   Since I was about to go on...

Preparing my 300TE for a family road trip 4

Mercedes

Preparing my 300TE for a family road trip

In January, I’m taking my family to Tasmania on holiday.   Instead of renting a car down there, I’m driving down and taking the Spirit of Tasmania.   I’ll collect my family from Launceston Airport as they will fly down.   Due to the cost of the Spirit of Tasmania, its actually cheaper to do it this way.   It works out well, as they are not interested...

Classic Jalopy