Showing posts with label 1990. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1990. Show all posts

Sunday, May 19, 2013

How to Replace a 1990 Mercedes 300Sl Engine Belt


1. Open the hood and locate the belt routing diagram. The routing diagram for the 1990 Mercedes 300Sl is located on the fan cover. This diagram will be needed to install the new engine belt.
2. Remove the fan cover by unscrewing the screws on both sides of the cover with a flat-head screwdriver. Pull the cover off and place it on the ground.
3. Locate the spring-loaded belt tensioner on the front of the engine. The tensioner device for the 1990 Mercedes 300Sl models is located on the front center of the engine. Use the bolt in the middle of the tensioner device pulley to rotate the tensioner.
4. Rotate the tensioner pulley counter-clockwise with the breaker bar and a metric socket. Then, slide the belt out from around the tensioner pulley. Release the tensioner and remove the breaker bar.
5. Slide the belt out of all of the accessory pulleys and out of the engine area. Then, slide the new belt into the engine area and around each accessory pulley as instructed by the routing diagram.
6. Rotate the tensioner device pulley counter-clockwise again. While holding the tensioner over with one hand, slide the belt around the tensioner pulley with the other hand. Release the tensioner and it will tighten the belt as it retracts. Inspect the belt to make sure that it is fully seated in all accessory pulleys.
7. Crank the 1990 Mercedes 300Sl and inspect the belt as it travels around the moving pulleys to make sure that it remains seated with the motor running. Then, turn the motor off and reconnect the fan cover back over the fan. Close the hood.

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Sunday, May 12, 2013

How to Remove a Convertible Top From a 1990 Mercedes SL500


1. Start the car engine and put it in Park mode then roll down the windows of the car.
2. Sit in the drivers seat and look at the cars pillar which is on the outer side of your seat. There you will see a cable that is running all the way to the car top; this cable is actually connecting the car to the car top. All you need to do is unclip it.
3. Look on the right hand side next to the gearshift, you will notice a red button. Gently pull this button up, continue pulling it up for a few seconds until you observe an irregular blinking within six seconds of doing so.
4. Maintain complete silence so that you can hear the hard-top unlock from its four panels across the car top while you were pulling up the red button. This unlocking will result in the hardtop being elevated by almost an inch or a half.
5. Remove the top carefully.
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