Status Updates

So, it has been 9 months since I purchased the MB until finally started this blog yesterday. There were fixes and works done to it, and also some broken downs during this time period. It currently has a transmission problem (sometimes stock at 1st gear and won't change gears) that started to occur when we drove it to the beach last time about a month ago. But luckily, I had a chance to drive it to work for a couple of months when I crashed my van (my daily transportation) in a series car accident in Jan. 2011. It ran so well on the highway to my work, but only shakes when I step on the brake hard, and that is also one thing on the to-be-fixed list.

Anyway, thanks to a large number of W126s imported to Taiwan during its era, there are lots of used parts can be easily found in junk yards at this time. I have gone to a friend's junk yard and almost bought another identical junked W126 as a fix spare, but eventually decided to just buy few parts needed to play around with my MB as a start.

Here are the things I have done to it so far:

1. A regular service (oil, filter change for engine and transmission).
2. My friend helped me weld off broken gaps on muffler.
3. Electric switch of left rear window on central island (functioning used part). 
4. Recharged A/C freon.
5. 6 new platinum spark plugs.
6. Drive shaft flexible disc (functioning used part).
7. Shift level position adjustment.
8. Front break cylinder pumps (functioning used part).
9. Re-surfaced front break discs.
10. Front left lower suspension joint.
11. Front left suspension holding arm rubbers.
12. Electrical motor of left rear mirror (functioning used part).
13. Left motor cable of electric adjustable rear seat (functioning used part).
14. Right tail light seat (functioning used part).
15. 4 tires(used) and tire wheels (functioning used part).