BTW, I had a gold '71 Chrysler sta wagon for 7 years and a gold/off white
'74 Dodge van for 15 years.

Wilton

----- Original Message -----
From: "E M" <pokieba...@gmail.com>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Cars and status


> I'm impressed with all the work and the fleet.
>
> It's funny, when I was chasing this one person, trying to buy their
560SEL,
> it was a smoke colour with a hint of gold with dark brown leather.  The
> colour, and especially interior were what really made me lust after the
car.
> lol.  I'm sure it would have been Wilton's bad dream come true.  Same
colour
> brown leather as my 911.  Are you sure you still want to borrow it for the
> winter Wilton?  lol ;-)
>
> Ed
> 300E, who has had more brown cars in his family than he can remember. hee
> hee
>
> 2009/1/5 Trampas Stern <tst...@nc.rr.com>
>
> > *1987 300SDL 280k miles*
> > I have been working on repairing my new to me 1987 300SDL. So far here
is
> > what I have done:
> >
> > Timing chain
> > Vacuum pump
> > fixed minor fuel leaks
> >
> > I am now finishing up the front suspension, basically I am replacing
> > everything upper and lower ball joints, tie rods, shocks, etc.
> >
> > As I was doing the the upper control arm (ball joint) I noticed rust
under
> > battery and welded a new piece of steel in hole but everything is going
> > well. I really love POR-15!
> >
> > After I get the suspension fixed I will fix transmission leaks and
replace
> > motor mounts and then move to other items including:
> >
> > Install electric seat heaters
> > fix tachometer and odometer (does anyone know which gears are used on
the
> > 300SDL? www.odometergears.com)
> > replace bad vacuum servos for heater, once I figure out which ones are
bad.
> > order plastic pieces for seats and possible new seat covers.
> >
> > Basically I figure the 300SDL will be my daily driver for next 5-10
years,
> > thus I want to get everything fixed like new such that I just need to
keep
> > oil changed. Basically a driver restoration project.
> >
> > Note this is around the 4th W126 I have rebuilt the front suspension on
> > thus
> > if anyone has questions about how to do it let me know. Basically the
> > hardest part is pressing in the new ball joints and having spring
> > compressor
> > to replace rubber bushings for lower control arm. I have also figured
out
> > the easy way to replace bushings in the bearing bracket that only
requires
> > a
> > bench vise and a cheap C-clamp ball joint press.
> >
> > Note I will have spent more in parts for this car than the price of the
> > car...
> >
> >
> > *1988 420SEL 247k miles*
> > I replaced the fuel distributor (rebuilt one $400) and it seems to be
doing
> > good except I need to adjust the mixture a bit better. This car has had
a
> > constant problem with a clunk coming from rear end when shifting gears.
I
> > have replaced just about everything and have not found problem, has
anyone
> > ever experienced this? Note it sounds like the differential is jumping
> > around, however I have replaced the mounts as well as drive shaft center
> > bearing mount.  Need to order new headlight bezels from Rusty and get
new
> > coat of paint.
> >
> > *1991 560SEL 147k miles*
> > This one is suppose to be sold for $6k to friend of my wife, we will
see.
> > The girl getting the car has been driving it for 4 months waiting for
some
> > money deal to happen. Basically the only problems with this car are
valve
> > guides loose in head, chip on the wood for the ash tray, and a hole in
the
> > carpet near threshold on driver's side. I would fix valve guides but I
do
> > not have the drill guide for heli-coiling head. Maybe I should add this
to
> > my wish list of tools.
> >
> > Once I complete the 300SDL my next project will be doing some remodeling
to
> > house to make wife happy then I plan on picking up my 1960 300d from my
> > parents barn and start that restoration project. Also my parents have a
> > couple of 560SEL that are in need of their 20 year service.
> >
> > By the way did anyone see a 1987 gold 420SEL on ebay a few weeks back
with
> > 38k miles? My mom ended up buying the car, and it really was garage kept
> > and
> > has only 38k. Of course it is an ugly color gold with brown interior.
> >
> > Also does anyone know of a good way to repair cracks in vinyl dashes?
Years
> > ago I saw a guy do it with something like bondo and wrinkle paint but I
> > have
> > not found the wrinkle paint and figured someone here might know.
> >
> > Trampas
> > -------------- next part --------------
> > An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
> > URL: <
> >
http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090105/661
c2652/attachment.html
> > >
> > _______________________________________
> > http://www.okiebenz.com
> > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com
> > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/
> >
> > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:
> > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
> >
> -------------- next part --------------
> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
> URL:
<http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090105/a1
a108a5/attachment.html>
> _______________________________________
> http://www.okiebenz.com
> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com
> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/
>
> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:
> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com


_______________________________________
http://www.okiebenz.com
For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com
To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/

To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:
http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com

Reply via email to