wimped out on doing wheel bearings tonite. distracted my self with pulling the ignition lock cylinder and cleaning it in the ultrasonic cleaner along with acetone rinses. my two new keys from Mercedes are a little balky and after doing everything, found that they both work much better with a particular edge up. so i ground a notch in each plastic part for 'up'.

put the trunk back together after all the tank R&R stuff and power washed the stink out. carpets power washed too. looks spiffy. the vacuum pump and locks work fine.

but my greatest success/joy tonite was with the block heater. wasn't working, a bugger to get to and essential in northern MN. feeling the very end of the plug was 'too floppy', i cut it off and could measure 26 ohms between the line wires. put a new end on and Bob was my Uncle.

this weekend i gotta belly up and do the whl brgs and then i can start driving it for real. and parking outside to test how cold it will start in. without the heater, i dared not leave it out because it could be a month or two before it gets warm enough to start on its own.