[W124] I found a E36 AMG Cabrio in UK...

[Declan Mc Dermott]

Hi Dale,

The fuse should be in a seperate black plastic box a few inches in front of 
your main fusebox. It is an aluminium strip fuse so you may not have 
recognised it as a fuse.

The hydraulic pump is in the boot(trunk), lright hand side under a metal 
panel which will have to be removed (4 Screws). You will firstlyu have to 
remove the trim paned but this just pulls out with a little wiggling !!  The 
fluid level should be checked with the roof lowered if memory serves me 
right but you should get an idea even with the roof up. There is also a 
relay on top of the pump which should be checked.

The system, I beleive , is very similiar tothat on the R129 SL so you might 
look for someone who specialises in these cars with a view to getting the 
problem sorted.

I have seen cars advertised with electric drivers seat only so I don't think 
this is very unusual.

Dec.



>From: "Dale Hyde" <Dale.Hyde at transam.co.uk>

>Reply-To: W124 CE Coupes and Convertibles <w124list at mbcoupes.com>

>To: "W124 CE Coupes and Convertibles" <w124list at mbcoupes.com>

>Subject: Re: [W124] I found a E36 AMG Cabrio in UK...

>Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 14:15:53 +0100

>

>After three years of working hard and saving I decided to replace my E320 

>Coupe with a Cabrio as I'm always planned. The time came to start looking 

>and on the pages of auto trader there were a few candidates, but right in 

>the middle of them all was a E36 AMG. It was £5K over my budget but I had 

>to go and take a look.

>

>

>

>24 hours later and it's home with me, should be fun. Externally it looks 

>about perfect, internally not too bad although a bit of tlc required, 

>mechanically looks pretty good too, pulls well but with occasional misfire? 

>Oil looks OK but I think it could do with a service.

>

>

>

>BUT, today the roof has stopped working, any suggestions, here are the 

>symptoms:

>

>

>

>I opened the roof this morning, engine running. Everything OK up to the 

>point at which the cover closes, it didn't seem to want to catch and pull 

>down. I tried going up and down a few times to no avail and looked at clasp 

>mechanism which showed no obvious fault. Whilst I had it half open I took 

>the opportunity to lube the joints (WD-40 was recommended to me). After a 

>while I gave up and decided to shut the roof, but that didn't seem right 

>either. I have managed to close it. But it doesn't look quite flush at the 

>rear. And now the motor doesn't work at all so it's stuck there. The red 

>light on the roof switch is flashing. I suspect a blown fuse, but can't 

>locate the roof fuse. The main fuse box says it's external, but where? I 

>don't have a manual. I have googled every phrase I can think of, and gather 

>that there are several external fuse boxes. I have found several external 

>fuses (but not in boxes, and none labelled). Is there a hydraulic reservoir 

>somewhere to check levels of?

>

>

>

>Can anyone recommend a good W124 E36 Cabrio workshop specialist in south of 

>UK (I live in Milton Keynes and drive regularly to London). I'm not too 

>happy with the guy who did my Coupe and have since heard other people not 

>happy too.

>

>

>

>Finally for now, the main thing that's bugging me inside is the sun visor 

>mounted mirror (passenger) is missing glass and the fold up flap. Is that 

>common on cabrios? The drivers side is missing the fold up flap. They seem 

>to have broken on the locating lugs. I wonder whether to attempt a repair 

>or look for replacements?

>

>

>

>Looking forward to getting these niggles sorted and enjoying the car...

>

>

>

>Dale Hyde

>

>

>

>One other thing, this car only has electric seat on drivers side, passenger 

>is manual. Is that normal? I've never noticed one like it before.

>

>

>

>E36 AMG Cabrio 134K

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>300TD 249K

>

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