Story Time I drive down the A13 into London every night. There's a section between the M25 and Ford's car plant that has nothing but flat fields on each side. At times, the side winds along that stretch are incredibly dangerous. I have been suddenly blown over 2 lanes...
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453 Speedo LED Change
The LEDs in the 453 speedo are very common. You have 2 types. The main type being the PLCC-2 in various colours. I have used a red sharpie to highlight the notch in the package. This tells you which way around the replacement LED has to be soldered in. As you probably...
453 Speedo Disassembly
Remove the speedo. There are 6 of these clips around the outside of the speedo. They are very easy to unclip using a screwdriver. 2 clips on the top on each side... ...and 2 clips on the bottom. Pull the rear plastic cover from the speedo. Turn the speedo with the...
453 Speedo Removal
Remove the radio and pull off the decorative dashboard trim either side of the speedo. Either side of the speedo cowl are Torx 20 screws, remove them... ...and the Torx screw on the top. Lift the cowl upwards... ...to reveal another 2 screws, 1 on each side. Again,...
450 Fuel Pump Removal
Lower the tank and look on top. That's the top of the pump with the fuel out, fuel return and tank breather pipes. Just in front of that is the electrical connector. Disconnect the electrical connector by lifting the top tab and sliding the connector sideways....
450 Fuel Tank Removal
Remove the under tray to reveal the fuel tank. This is the smaller 22 litre tank but the later model had a larger 33 litre tank. Removal is the same but there are a few more fixings to remove. Drain as much fuel from the tank as you can. If you don't, the tank could...
453 Coolant Specs
Smart 453 Petrol Pre-Mixed Coolant (MB326.6) Product Name Manufacturer ALLIANCE PRIMECOOL GP P-40 Mercedes-Benz Pty. Ltd. /Australia, Victoria, Mulgrave/AUSTRALIA Antigel YORK 813 MOTOREX AG, Langenthal/Schweiz AVIATICON Finkofreeze F40 RM 50:50 Finke Mineralölwerk...
454 – Reset The Service Indicator
For ALL 454 Forfour Models Please do not contact me saying they don't work because they do if you do it right. Just doing everything in the right order isn't enough, timing is very important. Distance Or Time? A service is due either after a certain distance or over a...
Roadster – Reset The Service Indicator
For ALL 452 Roadster Models Please do not contact me saying they don't work because they do if you do it right. Just doing everything in the right order isn't enough, timing is very important. Distance Or Time? A service is due either after a certain distance or over...
451 – Reset The Service Indicator
For ALL 451 Fortwo Models Please do not contact me saying they don't work because they do if you do it right. Just doing everything in the right order isn't enough, timing is very important. Distance Or Time? A service is due either after a certain distance or over a...
450 Almond To Peanut Facelift
Facelift From Almond To Peanut Headlights You can if you want. Some people liked the facelift design. You Will Need Peanut headlights, Partial wiring loom that connects to the headlights. Entire set of front panels from a Coupe with peanut headlights. Central beam....
evilution Christmas Message
There are 2 consistencies with me and Christmas. A Santa hat and being unimpressed with the whole thing. evilution Christmas Photo 2013 evilution Christmas Photo 2015 evilution Christmas Photo 2017 evilution Christmas Photo 2018 evilution Christmas Photo 2019 A messy...
453 Windscreen Noise
At the beginning of 2021 I started hearing people complaining about a squealing noise coming from the roof. This noise would disappear if the car slowed down and would often stop if you rolled down a window. Fewer people noticed the water ingress first. This is now...
451 Failed Clutch Actuator
Car Starts & Revs But Doesn't Move Yep, very common now on the 451. Snapped Clutch Actuator Spiral Gear The 451 and Forfour have very similar clutch actuators, both of which suffer from this same fault. Bigger motors and stronger compensation springs for quicker...
Jump Start Boxes
Jumper Cables In the good old days when everything was black and white, your only option for jump starting your car was a long set of unwieldily cables and a willing participant who owns a functioning car who was either there or willing to travel to you. That's all...
451 Heater Controller Disassembly
Heater Controller This is the last and hardest part to change the LEDs on because it's awkward to open. Remove the heater controller by following the 1st part of this guide. Set the fan speed to setting 2 and the heat to setting 22. (This lines up internal tabs). Look...
Drive Belt Information
Obviously the best option is to go to a smart dealer to buy your drive belts but I know some of you hate your own sanity so buy crappy generic aftermarket parts from random parts shops. The chance of buying exactly the correct length aftermarket belt is unlikely since...
453 ED-EQ Heater Fault
How Can A Heater Not Work? In petrol and diesel powered cars, the coolant is pumped around the engine and then into a radiator in the cabin. Air is blown over this radiator and into the car. On the electric drive version, the "engine" doesn't create enough heat to...
451 ED Heater Fault
A new common problem started appearing quite regularly on 451 Electric Drive Fortwos, the heater stopped heating. Sometimes it'll work for a while and stop working again. The issue here is that when you own an electric smart, if you want to use the heater, you must...
451 Headlight Pin Out
Nearside Headlight (Left) 6. 5. 4 3. 2. 1. v Pin Number Wire Colours Function Function 1 Brown Headlight Adjuster Ground Chassis earth 2 Green/Red Headlight Adjuster Data Headlight stalk pin 11 3 Grey/Yellow Low Beam & Headlight Adjuster + SAM unit plug 3 pin 6 4...