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I purchased a pair of rear tyres for the 6.9 (Maxxis MA-P1). I've used these tyres for a while and have been impressed with their performance/price. The are $100AUD each from Bob Jane and are a reasonably soft compound. They also allow a nice, quiet and smooth ride. The main reason for this...

My 6.9's thermostat housing has a fracture around the flange area, horizontally, that extends into the main coolant passage. It was seeping and the bolts also backed out such that coolant was squirting out at the base. A stopgap repair using epoxy putty has put the leak at bay until I purchase...

As promised, here are the pictures... I would have liked for these to be more comprehensive, though I had a limited window of opportunity on this occasion. The seats are MB Tex and replaced the rear leather and prior front replacement MB Tex seats that came with the car. They were in...

My 6.9 is a road registered vehicle as of last Friday. It's going very well and all systems are performing extremely well, except for the alternator today and an exhaust leak at the RH manifold joint. The alternator decided that it no longer wanted to charge the battery, so the result was that...

I have removed the sunroof frame/panel from my W126 for refurbishment. I'll be doing this on both of my 116s shortly as well, and they may even be identical. Between the sunroof frame and the roof of the car is a foam seal. They are not very expensive from the dealer, but I'm wondering is there...

I thought this might be relevant to anyone with a 380/420 500/560 engine in their 107. It may be a long shot, but in particular, those who have delved into the alloy engines this far.:) I have torn down the cylinder heads for evaluation, off my W126 380SE's M116.963 Aussie spec low compression...

All the piping is indeed still in place. Getting everything to line up would have been good, but it never did line up in the first place, as the pipe was touching the spacer tubes between the manifold halves already and even then there was still an extra few millimetres required to clear the LH...

Having worked on both, side-by-side, I'd say that's pretty well spot on. The torque converter was actually separated from the drive plate and removed with the box as it should have been, but it was pretty hard to remove the spigot from the crankshaft. Some jimmying was required. Due to...

As long as you're not removing engines and gearboxes, the 6.9 is indeed great to work on. I also think that the suspension is friendly to work on... I hate dealing with springs. It actually seems almost too easy. Tim

The EGR pipe on the 6.9 is exceedingly difficult to deal with. I found out the hard way, that gaskets are easily dislodged and distroyed by it. Also, even though I have removed and refitted the intake manifold on my car three times, I still have not worked out how to deal with that pipe, other...

There's been a lot happening over the last few weeks... The heater pipe is a brand new, genuine unit. So yes, the components did originally have that amount of "bling". You can see it just next to where the throttle body normally resides. ;) Images are clickable for higher res versions...

I received the new stator shaft and seal kit today. Then, I noticed something odd... the part that presses into the bore of the bellhousing is a larger diameter on the new unit. The part number is the same for all 3-Speed 722.xxx transmissions. What on Earth is going on here? The one that...

As promised, here are the pics... Exterior... By tim_w116, shot with DMC-FX01 at 2008-11-21 Interior... By tim_w116, shot with DMC-FX01 at 2008-11-21 Refurbished hoses... By tim_w116, shot with DMC-FX01 at 2008-11-02 Upper control arm and strut... By tim_w116, shot with DMC-FX01 at...

Flanges are good, as long as they are not installed in low clearance areas. IMHO, having a flange up the front, unless it was up near the manifolds, would be a questionable idea. One of my mates had a BMW with such flanges, it is very easy to get them snagged and rip the whole system off, as...

I picked up the balljoint from the PO this afternoon. I'm quite impressed, here it is installed on the RHR strut... ...Tim