Looks like someone savaged the vacuum lines. A couple of the vacuum/temperature switches are obviously toast, but can be replaced easily. In #30 there’s some sort of a vacuum/electrical device I can’t identify, but it’s clearly disconnected but may be functional.
What I’ve found on a lot of cars like this one is that the vacuum system gets boogered up and some dim bulb decides they can just yank everything and make it work right. Which of course ends poorly. The best approach I have found is to get some bulk (hard) vacuum line and some hose and replace everything in the system. It’s cheap yet time consuming, but if you do’t get this sorted out of the gate you’ll never be able to get things working properly. Hard vacuum line is cheap as wine on ILW, I think I bought 10 meters of the stuff a few years ago for $15, which is almost a lifetime supply for most people. I also have a box of the rubber vacuum fittings of various types along with a few meters of the bulk hose to make up connections. I don’t recall seeing a lot of black cars in the day, so that probably makes it a bit rare. The interior looks pretty good, and the exterior has the usual cruft that all these cars suffer from, unfortunately. Being black they’re not that noticeable, however. If I was prioritizing things on this, I would get the belt installed and then get a vacuum diagram and get all of the vacuum stuff sorted. At least at that point you’ve got a foundation to work from, which you’ll need if you have to mess with the FI at all. -D > On Apr 22, 2020, at 11:00 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > There are some things you can see in the pics I will need some help with, > will deal with that soon. Forgot to mention it has the original radio in it > and I think it works, I forgot to check it. Did not get a pic of that, I will > add to the folder later today along with some others. > > https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TPKngNrteqcuIk2snudTBdGGtzQW_TmI > > Per Jaime's comment yesterday, I checked under the intake manifold and found > a vac line falling off, the connector is rotted, so that will be something to > go through. Probably others too, I'll need to buy a bunch of that stuff I > guess. Also you can see in pic 30 this vac thing that has nothing attached > to it and I can't tell where it is supposed to be bolted down, will need to > figure out whussup wif dat. Looks like I need to dig into the 123 workshop > manual and get all the engine diagrams and such. > > Also in pic26 there are those fittings on the pass side of the block that > have nothing attached to them, and you can sorta see where stuff was oozing > from what I guess is the head gasket leaking in there. > > Newish AC compressor, alternator (with munched belt in there), PS pump it > looks like. Exhaust muffler, pipes, resonator all new, looked like new boots > on the rear axles outboard but the axles did not look newish. Tires pretty > new. I don't know if the AC works or not, will have to put the gauges on it > and see if has pressure or will hold a vac. > > For $1300 I guess I can't complain, it runs and looks decent from 20ft. I'll > sort out a few issues and see what the DMV are up to these days, get some > plates and drive it a bit. > > Oh, and it has a solid roof! > > -- > --FT > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
