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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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

When setting up correct valve clearances in M100, and M117 motors with hydraulic compensators the manual calls for the use of tool 117 589 03 61 00 for 117's and tool 100 589 04 23 00 for M100's which is a simple dropping pin in a support structure. Does anyone have the specifications to make...

Had a day to get a few fluids changed for which I have been preparing for a while. 1) Unsure how old brake fluid was so changed brake fluid for M-B Dot 4 plus. 2) Changed fluid and filter in power steering - probable wast of time as both seemed fresh and clean albeit pink and not the correct...

Having read S Classes epic struggle he mentioned a "MacGuyver" power brake bleeder which I assume means a home made or in my parlance a "Heath-Robinson" bleeder. This led me to think that I might be able to use my radiator tester with internally expanding bladder to seal at the top of the...

The old battery in my 450 (From my wife's previous 163 ML - 6 1/2 years old) finally died and refused to take a charge this weekend so I decided my 6.9 needed a new Mercedes Battery with original stickers etc and it's present perfectly good one transferred to the 450. I came home after a half...

I will be replacing the gearbox output seal as it has a small leak and the front flex joint has oil on it. All procedures I can see seem to show that the whole driveshaft has to be removed and if this is the case I wll replace the rear pinion seal as well but is it possible to only remove the...

A post on the M-100 site yesterday about re-siting the battery in the boot for an LPG installation in a 6.9 led me to again contemplate using the twin intake 560 aircleaner and ducting that is gathering dust in my shed. It is not difficult to mount the battery in the boot, arrange an earth and...

The following tool is used to press the steering ball joint from the steering spindle on 123's and 126's. The picture on the ebay web site demonstrates how it is used Konik Tools E-bay Store I contacted the seller and asked if it was also suitable for a 116 spindle but he did not know and...