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Anyway I bit the bullet today and brought the oil for my oil change. It's not quite as bad as it looks as I already had one bottle from the past. I was told that Mobil1 15-50 was no longer available and that is what tipped the balance. I was tempted by Castrol Synthetic 10-60 but the...

A few months ago I noticed a faint worn bearing noise and when I changed my brake pads I also serviced both front wheel bearings. The right front had obviously had some water in it as the bearing races and cages were rusty. The rust was only superficial and the races were marked but not really...

I was searching through e-bay USA yesterday and came upon these http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220463279690&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT As they are in the correct shade of gray for my carpets, I purchased them and will see what condition they are in...

The usual 116 problem is a sagging outer edge to the drivers seat and the only real lasting solution is probably a new seat base and prefererably the older and interchangeable 108 type with coils springs rather than the later torsion bar type springing - very labour intensive and requires...

I went to explore the the Urban Myth today and met Helmut and Axel who are a pair of cheerful German Bikers with a pile of bikes and a number of old engines - including two Aluminium 300 motors from the 1960's, an early 350, a 170 flathead four cylinder engine and a 6.3. Here is a picture of...

I was at a lunch today and was talking M-B's with Herbert from the Star Shop. He thinks that there is a "NOS" Factory Reconditioned 6.9 Long Motor for sale in Perth at $6,000 left over from the days when the Factory supplied these. He says it includes all new ancillaries including Fuel...

After I changed the timing chain on my 6.9 the power output changed quite dramatically and the aircon tubing vibrated on the side frame with full throttle take-offs. Purchased all new mounts from autohausaz and here are photos of new and old mounts. Bottom view Top view Transmission...

My July copy of M-B Enthusiast arrived in the post today and I haven't read it yet (as I'm off to work) but it seems to have a reasonable 4 page road test on a very pristine 6.9 in it. Bill

AMG69 purchased the personal number plates on my 6.9 - UMB690 - and I purchased them off him when I purchased the car. There were a couple of issues with the plates which caused some difficulties with the transfer of ownership - the biggest was that an unregistered and encumbered Holden...

Have you told Agriculture and Fisheries or whatever name they go by that you have a load of foliage that possibly originated in Africa.:D Bill

This was my request for information here a year ago http://www.topklasse.org/forums/showthread.php?t=263 There seem to be problems finding NGK plugs with screw off terminals but I agree BP6ES gapped at 0.8mm would be the sound choice. My 6.9 has run cheerfully on the Bosch WR9DCX+ gapped at...

I think it would have been easier drinking the G&T's before starting. I made the mistake of removing and replacing the compressor before I acquired the 6.9 engine repair manual and removed and replaced the compressor but left the mount in-situ. The manual says to take out the whole assembly -...

I have purchased a pair of 8mm and a pair of 10mm high quality US allen Keys which I will attempt to bend using oxy-acetylene and then quenching in oil to retain the temper. I was going to make an 8mm and a 10mm curved allen key brazed into 1/2 inch sockets and also make a pair of the "U"...

I have been away in the deep south for a few days but before I left I deposited my steering knuckles with their large ball joints ("Guide Joints") with Herbert from "The Star Shop". I tried to drive out the obviously worn RH one with a large engineers hammer but nothing was going to budge so...

I have pulled the lower arms and steering spindles out of my 6.9 and am in the progress of rebushing and putting in new "supporting joints" in the steering knuckles. Here is the gear required for each side Of somewhat more concern is the absolute crappy state of the front and rear lower arm...

Obviously everyone found this a rivetting read as there were no replies but for the sake of completeness here is a picture of the orientation of the later single piece yoke bushes in my car. Bill

I am re-bushing my front suspension and will be re-packing the front wheel bearings. Anybody have any wisdom on what grease to use? Bill

I have been waiting for a new set of tyres for my ML 500 and as one is a little close to the limit on one edge I have been using my 6.9 each day for work. I generally drive 400 to 500 km per week so it must be a bit of a shock for the old girl (who turned 30 on the 24th of January) to be...

Yes - and Morris Oxford points could be set with the aluminised paper from your cigarette packet. I still have my manometer and my colourtune - maybe I could set my idle mixture on my 6.9 with my colortune - I hadn't thought of that. Bill

I am working to the final goal of replacing as many rubber bits as practical on my 6.9 and when the weather cools a little here I will be replacing the subframe yoke bushes and the lower front suspension arm bushes and ball joint. Thanks to the usual excellent service from autohausaz.com here...