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Classic Cars Mercedes 380--450--560 SLs
437 messages, Last post on Aug 26, 2009 at 7:45 AM
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 Please help. 1. How do you open the fuel door on a 1979 450 SL? 2. How do you open the hood after unlatching the inside lever? Many thanks to all. |
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Replying to: modelaje (Jul 19, 2009 9:23 am) After unlatching the hood, lift up lightly from the grille, and a little tab should pop out - pull on this and the hood is unlocked. At least the closed cars I have owned operate like this. |
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Replying to: fintail (Jul 19, 2009 11:17 am)
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Replying to: fintail (Jul 19, 2009 11:17 am) I put a lot of WD-40 to the spring. Now its working fine. 
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jul 19, 2009 11:19 am) The lever is inside the top right space of the Mercedes Benz Star ornament on the grill. Use the left hand to pull lever.
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Replying to: modelaje (Jul 20, 2009 2:33 pm) 79 was towards the end of the 450SL run, I think those ones are less troublesome than 1975-77 models. |
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Hi guys. I am back with another question. I attempted to remove the hard top, unlocking the 4 locks, 2 on the windshield and the other 2 near the door. But the top seems to be attached in the rear at midpoint. But I couldn't find any other release lever to unsecure the rear one. Any ideas? Thanks again for all your help.
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| There is a lever under the larger lever behind the driver seat on the side of the back storage space that needs to be pulled one way or the other. This is under the lever that releases the back of the top. First you release the large lever with the knob and next the smaller one. At least this is how it works on a '73. | |
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Hi Guys> Anyone knows where is the fuse box? Thanks for the info.
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Replying to: modelaje (Jul 24, 2009 9:40 am) I found this image online
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