Mjolinor

take care that the oil dipstick is all the way in. I have noticed on some of these that the dipstick seems to go in all the way and it stays there but close inspection shows it to be not seated correctly. This will lead people to thinking the oil level is low.

I have never had a seized one. They come apart easily. You do not just touch the arm when you replace it, you adjust it to touch then move it three marks on the push in bit. There is a scale on there for you. If you do that carefully they do not need adjusting at all, at least on the half dozen or so that I have done. There is a really strange self adjusting thing in the arm.

It aint my video. Just the first hit on Google.

I don't bother putting a drain plug in but I did on the last one I had 10 years ago. I have sucked this one since I got it because unless you have a catastrophe sucking it is fine. If you get a head gasket blown and the oil turns to sludge that will not suck then it can be a problem but I have not had that happen on a smart.

The last one I did they were so rusted I ended up having to use a hexagonal socket hammered on but they all came out fine, none snapped, stripped or refused to unscrew once loosened. The head size tends to make you think they are little bolts but they are not, plenty of meat on them so I doubt you could actually snap or strip one manually.

So you never bothered to strip it and clean it as shown in the video or you did do that and it failed afterwards?

I think Evilution sells gasket + bolt set and the gaskets are really good quality. It is over 10 years since I bought so things may have changed like they tend to (grump grump old git mumble etcetc)

Generally if you try you will end up with safe mode and a 3k rev limit. If it works then leave it alone seems to be the way to do it. If you decide to play then do mark the original position because it can be a real dog to get right.

There were at least four spam posts yesterday that I saw.

Introduce a known fault to see if Delphi is working OK. Disconnect he brake switch or one of the ABS sensors, something like that.

Hmm, that procedure is not about reteaching the gearbox it is about erasing the memory in the control units. You achieve the same by disconnecting the battery for a few minutes. I shall do ti on mine today and see what happens.

Cheers. That's a new one on me and it surprises me that it works. I do know that the smart and the CLK have the same bits almost but the smart has no kickdown switch. Every day a school day.

Yes that is the one. Where did you find the one you have listed above?

Where did you find that procedure? It is not the correct one for a 451. What you should do is use the procedure in the owners manual.

It should not fall off. It locks shut when the doors are locked. Is your lock not working?