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I can't imagine it is easy to set by ear but all it should need is TDC at idle with the aircon off and all hoses connected and a timing light. It seems to make an enormous difference when set precisely. I would think the clean combustion chambers would lower the compression even with a lightly...

BP 98 Octane, 8.8:1, textbook ignition setting at tdc and no pinging in my Euro 6.9. Do you Pacific Rim guys not get decent petrol:D If you are using 95 octane you would possibly need to retard your idle timing by up to 9 degrees on a euro. (From memory the book says 3 degrees retard for each...

Just a simple fact to save a potential wait for parts. Having replaced my 6.9 timing chain and being left a few degrees short I will be fitting offset woodruff keys to get the timing marks all aligned at TDC. s class made a comment about three being required for a 6.9 as the RH cam has a long...

Here are some comparison pictures showing 450 vs 6.9 front upper suspension mounting points on the inner guard part of the unibody. The first photo shows the LH under bonnet view with the upper mount visible. This part is spot welded in if you look and it shouldn't be too difficult to...

Armed with a couple of cool hours before the day heated up I decided to put my 6.9 on the hoist and remove the bolts from the trailing arm bushes - lower the arms on a transmission jack (one of the beauties of working with the hydraulic suspension is no springs to compress -as previously stated...

Did you use genuine M-B head gaskets. I thought the deletion of the torqueing was due to headgasket design and was really only to save work which would have probably been paid for M-B. I would feel happier with a re-torque if it was mine. Bill

Following a saga which has previously been posted and a gap of 12 months since recovering the front seats my car now matches perfectly. I also fixed another rattle as searching through the EPC I came upon the diagram for the Electric Rear seat and found mine was missing four plastic "sliding...

Love it or hate it - here it is. Two new holes drilled, Hole for star filled and boot lid painted. AMG badge refurbished and new 6.9 sign. I have also finished the rear seats but will need to clean my sweat marks off them before photos tomorrow. It's been a busy little Christmas. Bill

I was hoping to post my new rear seat leather pictures here tonight but at the 11th hour while tucking in the side panels to the back rest I found they didn't fit - Buggar. Initially I assumed that becuse I have the electric rear reclining seat - which is not common in 116's - that it may have...

Bugged by one solitary noisy lifter on my 6.9 a few months ago I made a spring compressor from plans supplied by "Koan" . Unfortunately this does not fit the M117 motor as the foot is too big to fit between the cam bearing towers so I have been eyeing the compressor for sale at etoolcart.com...

The original Becker amplifier would normally be replaced by a modern one under the passenger seat as it is unseen, not required and does not compare with new. Another option to the "Plug in the Becker Fascia" method is what has been done by AMG69 to my car which is that the Becker has been...

Almost any driveshaft or transmission work requires dropping the exhaust sytem - so the easier the better. Bill

I replaced my left rear strut ball joint earlier this year and Styria wasn't able to supply another for the right side at the time - it was loose but not terminal. At the time I reassembled the right strut and nipped it up without much too much force between the strut and ball joint in the hope...

While in NZ in the last couple of weeks I went around the Len Southwood Collection which is a few K's down the road from where my parents live. I remembered this Tatra from previous visits and took some photo's - really for CraigS' benefit. Bill

Hi Mike, Are you looking for the little black plastic chin spoiler or the AMG repro one that Styria has been selling and looks like this. Bill

Now that I have my new rear seat leather and can stop sulking (even my wife keeps saying thank god that parcel finally arrived) I have dug out my supply of backless gray carpet. AMG69 was told by his trimmer that the carpet supplied was too thick and so he covered the knee rolls in black vinyl...

Several weeks after ordering my new rear seat leather it finally arrived today. I started considering an order for my rear seat leather when the AUD was at 96 cents US and by the time I put the order in a couple of weeks later it had dropped to the low 80's.(It was below 62 cents today) As you...

No worries Des, Chris did a great job with the leatherique and also repaired the pads as well and the end result looked very shiny black and with real patina. The problem was that the drivers seat squab cover was breaking up after only a month of ownership and I made the decison to go with...

Being very pleased with my new front seats last year I placed an order with Styria for the seat covers for the electric rear seat in my 6.9 to match the perfect leather now on the fronts. My staff are well aware that I am expecting yet another parcel from the US and today I received a bell to...

The October 2008 edition of Mercedes Enthusiast arrived in the mail yesterday and there is a short article on a 107 Coupe prepared by AMG which appeared at Monza on March 26 1978 for the European Touring Car Championship - 3rd on it's first outing. They lightened the car from 1,630 kg to 1,225...