A (partial) list of her 560 SL's repairs and upgrades:

Engine compartment:

• Refilled (empty!) brake fluid reservoir.
• Disconnected auxiliary fan plug from defective temperature sensor.
• Glued up hood pad.
• Lubricated heater fan.
• Replaced mottled air cleaner cover.
• Replaced leaking EHA valve (on side of fuel distributor) w/used.
• Replaced stuck-open thermostat.
• Flushed cooling system, changing out generic green for 6 l of Zerex G-05.
• Glued broken-off driver's-side windshield squirter heater.
• Rebuilt alternator.
• New windshield washer pump grommet.
• New center drag link, Lemforder.

Body:

• Glued down coming-loose weatherstrip behind driver's door.
• Touched up some rock chips.
• Repaired trunk light switch.
• Adjusted hardtop release hook mechanism.
• Repaired hardtop weatherstrip at driver's door.
• Cleaned and lubricated antenna.
• Replaced missing front brake bleeder caps.
• New lower ball joints.
• New idler arm bushings.
• Wheel alignment.
• Glued "560 SL" trunk badge back on.
• Installed keyless entry system.
• Replaced bad low-tone horn.
• Installed new fog lights.
• Repaired crack in air dam.
• Replaced shattered LF turn signal. (Probably a high curb incident took out all these lights, etc.)
• Replaced incorrect RF turn signal lens.
• Treated surface rust just starting in areas behind the grille.
• New muffler.
• New rear brake pads.
• New antenna mast.
• Installed rear fog light.
• Recentered steering wheel (via turn signal cancellation & tie-rods).
• Glued shattered battery box and lid.

Cabin:

• Cleaned driver's door light switch.
• Removed nasty dash mat.
• Resoldered ACC PB array.
• Replaced fiber-optic source bulb.
• Replaced rotted ACC temperature sensor foam hose.
• Removed cell phone mount and installed cup holder.
• Repaired clock (bad caps and resistor).
• Repaired broken-off intermittent wiper relay.
• Glued back side kick panel covering.
• Repaired passenger's door light switch.
• Cleaned window switches, replaced rockers (legends) with new-looking used ones.
• Installed Auxiliary (louder) turn-signal clacker, at hazard switch.
• New round gaskets for front hardtop retention points.
• Repaired driver's seat glides. Cleaned and lubed too.
• Replaced split-out sunvisor sockets.
• Cured heavy parasitic battery drain at left dome light.
• Cleaned combination switch to fix intermittent headlights. (De-ox-it!)
• Removed cell phone and paraphernalia.
• Separated fog light and low beam circuits.
• Installed rear fog light wiring.
• Disabled over-exuberant factory alarm system.
• Repaired broken windshield wiper linkage.
• Three new vent-control vacuum motors.
• Glued black dash cap over the cracked blue dash.
• Resoldered spastic cruise control.

Still broken:

• Fan temp sensor is stuck on, replace. (Have part already. However it seems to have repaired itself, it may have just been stuck due to disuse or an engine wash.)
• Shifter wood surround is cracked.
• Car leaks ATF.
• Small chips out of window frame top molding (foam).
• Missing round gaskets for rear hardtop retention points.
• Brakes throb. That explains the new rotors in the trunk!
• Monroe shocks.
• Rear window defroster in poor shape. (Bad glass.)
• SRS fails self-test.
• Motor mounts are flat, getting frame-on-rails sounds.
• Driver's seat 'soft' on the outside. Broken spring?

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