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Sean you'd love the musical chairs they play with dual cab utes: many are made in Thailand, and the general consensus seems to be that 2...

Oh man, the ossified window tints trigger such PTSD for me... Every car I've pulled tint off has had the layer separation, even a 2007...

also did a few other things: https://www.classicjalopy.com/2025/03/removing-old-window-tint/...

Went to visit Team Global Express today. Picked up a nicely wrapped present from a wrecker in Victoria. Nothing special [sighs forlornly...

365g/min = 487cc/min assuming a middle-of-the-rd specific gravity of fuel of 0.75g/cc. If anyone has measured a D-Jet (ideally 117.983)...

Wrong vin? Surely it has to match what's on the firewall, no?

In fact, pausing the relevant shot: Can be taken as an indication of a 6200-6400rpm redline and 2.2-2.3kg/cm^2 target boost pressure...

It'll be in the mb data plate on the radiator support (or wherever 123s have it), but as a coded manufacture datablock, right? Don't...

So when are you fitting the supercharger? Seems rude not to given the newly installed latent capability😂

Well that video provides the answer to Dr. Bill's question... the gauge to the left of the tacho is a boost gauge.

More detailed write up: https://www.classicjalopy.com/2025/03/m117-crank-pully/

Reviving this thread for a red beauty (as far as grays cars go. Running and minimal obvious flaws is a rare gem from them)...

This is the old flange. The guy who did it does this mod to American V8’s that get a supercharger. It puts too much load on the...

Fwiw in an engineering sense I think a dowel pin is better than a woodruff key. The key will always bear the load on two edges in the...

Back in January, I went to drive my 560SEC. It was parked in the corner of my garage so I needed full lock to get the car out. I...