by mbcapeachpass | Mar 20, 2026 | Garys Garage
The car on the right had the high ATF level. Cheryl shifted to the car on the left and didn’t want to give it back. by Gary Edwards, Technical Advisor Cheryl was having fun driving the 2002 CLK55 at Atlanta Motorsports Park, at least until the car started...
by mbcapeachpass | Jan 21, 2026 | Garys Garage
by Gary Edwards, Technical Advisor Peachtree Chapter I bought this needy 2000 ML55 from Rubin Howard, fully knowledgeable of its issues. Rubin’s acquisition story was unusual; he had posted about how great a car the ML55 was and immediately got a contrary response...
by mbcapeachpass | Nov 20, 2025 | Garys Garage
by Gary Edwards, Technical Advisor Replacing the idler arm bushing is mostly straightforward job with some potential complications. This applies to many Mercedes; any of the Mercedes that do not have rack and pinion steering have an idler arm and its bushings are a...
by mbcapeachpass | Sep 16, 2025 | Garys Garage
CV Joint Agony I had just done a lot of work on the CLK55 Coupe and was changing brake fluid on both 2002 CLK55s on the Monday before an HPDE event that weekend. I hadn’t taken a close look at the CLK55 cabriolet yet. When removing the cabriolet’s wheels for the brake...
