Amen Larry. I'm not at all bothered by the 400E being torn down. I do have the luxury of another 2 cars.(My wife's 5 series BMW wagon) . So I have plenty of wheels to get around in. I do absolutely adore the 500E, but my 400E is my main squeeze
. The 500E will forever be my "Mistress" as my wife likes to call her, but she knows(both the 500E and my Wife) that the 400E is my girl!..... But J. is absolutely correct. You try to do this job in a weekend and it will be a REAL long, time consuming weekend. Its not hard, so don't be discouraged Zeus et.al., but it does take a LOT of time taking off this then that, then reading then taking off some more. Then finding a hidden screw that's holding something on. Then resting, wiping your tired weary brow and then celebrating that I FINALLY GOT THE DAMN THING OUT!!!!!!!!!!
I got a little careless and cracked a piece of the airbox so I'll have to epoxy it. Went to the dealer to see if they see just sold the piece that goes down to the Dr. side floor vent and they said that the entire box comes as a unit..$2200.
Needless to say, I'm super glueing/epoxying it back together. It really is a small insignificant crack so what the hell.So far that's been my only snaffoo! So the Box is out and I'll take it apart on Sat PM or Sunday AM - PM R/R and put the box back together. Father Day what I want from my wife/kids is a weekend of freetime to reassemble the beast. So that's what I'll ask for and will hopefull have her back on her feet by then. As I said I am taking career enhancement classes and what with my 8-5 plus study time daily for the short summer semester and time due the Wife/kids, I end up having to "steal" time to work on the car. But I ain't complaining. Like Larry pointed out, every one should be so(UN)lucky as to have their main ride "down" and then have a trusty steed that you can mount just waiting in the wings all gassed up/waxed up/ dressed up and ready to GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!