Mercedes-Benz 280 CE 1981, Owner'S Manual

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Wheels Tires Changing Wheels
Changing Wheels
1. Depress parking brake pedal.
2. Move selector lever to position
“ P” .
3. Safeguard vehicle against rolling
off by using chocks or similar.
Place chocks under both oppo­
site wheels (on dow nhill side),
on a level road on both sides of
the opposite front wheel when
changing a rearwheel.
4. Using the com bination wrench,
loosen but do not yet remove the
wheel bolts.
5. Clean jack supporting tube, if
necessary. (Jack tubes are be­
hind the fron t wheel housings
and in fron t of the rear wheel
housings.)
6. Insert jack arm into the tube hole
up to the stop. Position the jack
so that it w ill always be vertical as
seen from the side, even on in­
clines. Jack up the vehicle until
the wheel is clear of the ground.
7. Then back out the wheel bolts.
Protect bolt threads from dirt and
sand. Remove the wheel.
8. Adjust the jack to allow the wheel
to be slipped on w ithout being
lifted.
9. Slip on spare wheel and press
against wheel m ounting flange.
Screw in wheel bolts.