btw - its a good idea to have a roll of the original wiring tape handy - its called tesa tape and is available online. I usually use it to mend unwrapping looms on any brand car with it, the fabric tape makes for a very nice repair job and it doesnt make any plastic friction sounds. If you dont have it then silicone self stick tape is the item to choose.

you are 100% right on the simplicity of how the W210 is put together, no wonder its a great taxi vehicle.

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2012 BMW X5 (Beef + Granite suspension model)

1995 E300D - The original humming machine (consumed by Flood 2017)
2000 E320 - The evolution (consumed by flood 2017)