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Just bought my 1st Mercedes, a '98 C43
Hey everyone, just bought my 1st Benz a couple weeks ago and thought I'd introduce myself. As you can see in the thread title, it's a '98 C43, silver over black. I shopped around and looked at a couple different examples before settling on this one, a cosmetically neglected but mechanically sound car with 157,000 miles on the clock. Obviously, it's a rocketship compared to the 323Ci I had before. After two weeks of ownership, I've already got the MB fever bad. I've joined the MBCA (Greater Washington Section) and I'm looking to connect with other enthusiasts. Money's tight right now, but I'd like to eventually start subtly modifying the car, so I figured this was the best forum from me. I'd love for other C43 or W202 owners to sound off here. Attached is a picture of me and my new baby the day I brought her home!
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Welcome to the forum. U'll come to find that every one is friendly here. And thou we are more here into heavy tuning / boost charging / Stand alone ECUs/ Gearbox, diff swaps and the likes. I am sure you will still find help here, in as much as we can give.
As you can see i'm a w202 AMG fellow me self. sweet car this.
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At 157K miles you may have had a trans rebuild or two.. The trans is the weak point in the C43. While you're at it do the rest of the fluids, oil, brake, water... Always best to start with what you know !!! Congrats !! Ed A.
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It's going in for it's B Service in a thousand miles or so, so I'm assuming that will take care of most of the fluid changes. The gearbox feels fine, but my pre-purchase research did warn me about potential issues, so I'm definitely going to get the trans flush taken care of too. Does anyone know exactly what the B service entails exactly?
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You need to insist that they do it...should be changed every 50K miles.
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http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...c/GOWIDE-1.jpg 1971 280SL ROADSTER 1988 300CE TWIN TURBO WIDEBODY 1994 E320 CABRIOLET 1999 C43 AMG 2005 G55K AMG 2008 CLK63 AMG BLACK SERIES |
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See if you can get the thing flushed with good fluid and a new filter installed. You'd be surprised how much trash can hang out in the torque converter when they just change the fluid. That's a good solid few quarts of capacity
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The transmission fluid is allegedly "filled for life", but since about 2007, Mercedes has switched to 50,000 transmission fluid change intervals. Take the advice from everyone here and have it changed. Brake fluid and radiator fluid changes don't occur at A and B or any mileage interval. They are the only maintenance items that occur at time intervals. Brake fluid needs to changed every two (2) years, and radiator fluid every three (3) years. I'd change all fluids and filters in the car to start with a good baseline with maintenance.
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And once all that is done, bring it to our next track day and do an "Italian Tune-Up".
Regards, Eric
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