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BaT If it were in Oz at that price.....

Just got the call - after $1,600 odd worth of work, the car is fixed, leak-free, RWCed and ready to go. Pick-up is tomorrow afternoon, and H plates should be shortly after. Very excitement.:D:D:D The garage people also called - kit arrives at the end of the month, construction shortly...

I have made the mistake of signing up to the shannons email auction alerts thing, which means yet more distractions at work. Among the lots for early May is: 350SEL My rusty 350SE is a similar vintage, and MBSpares had told me that Australian w116 350s stopped in the mid 70s, which makes mine...

Okeydokey, Finally got my EPC, and still learning how to drive it. What I have found is: Point to note is the absence (in the schematic anyway) of any kind of gasket between the sump and the engine block. Given that the 6.9 seems to be leaking oil from some of the bolts holding the sump on...

Hi all, As "promised": long weekend = more time spent under the car = some idea of what is leaking. I spent a few weekends ago doing a basic clean under there, and this last weekend has shown up some fluid leaks. I've tightened what I can, given it a more thorough degrease and we shall see what...

BaT Those wipers are fantastic.

There's a 116 under there somewhere Carsales

Engineered or not, am not convinced about the price. Carsales

See what happens when I buy bits - questions galore. Anyway, after cleaning the copious amounts of grease and road goo off the struts, some of the boots are missing or worn/torn. Seems to be 2 sorts of strut boots: 1) Largeish concertina one that covers the shiny part of the strut as it...

Cleaned up the steering box I acquired the other day,and noticed that it has 2 perished washers in the part that the input shaft attaches too - seem to be made from plastic, a hard rubber or some kine of gasket-like material. Do these need to be replaced if worn? If so, how? It looks like the...

Y'all, Am looking at buying some second hand parts, thus: 1) Entire suspension system - spheres (almost new), pump, valves x3, struts x3 (all except RH front), hoses. 2) Steering box All are simply stated as removed in excellent working order from another 6.9 - no claims re re-conditioned...

Thanks to Des I've become aware that you can search the Pickles website, which revealed: 280SE 3.5 Has been rear-ended by the looks, but is in otherwise fairly good nick. I believe these are fairly special cars, yes?

Currently a bit over $3k5, but very little info on the add, so hard to determine value for money. EBay

Mustangs! Commentary Would love to know the story behind this.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/MERCEDES-BENZ-450-SLC-COUPE-500SLC-W107-CUSTOM_W0QQitemZ160299563246QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Cars?hash=item160299563246&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318 Would have to do something about the wheels though. Or if you need more power...

To those up on the Merc lineup: Did Mercedes ever make a vehicle with a cloth top - that is, black vinyl stuff glued to the metal roof of a car? Or did someone in Cambodia do it for them? Lukas

Okeydokey - it arrived yesterday. Initial pics: Rust at base of windscreen (look hard - lotsa bubbles): Rust above sill: Boot rust: Interior: Odo - really is 139,000km: Interior - even the bits that aren't usually brown are brown (eg ceiling): Rear - it has a towbar! (for pulling a...

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Mercedes-6-9-Engine-1979-V8_W0QQitemZ280258953183QQihZ018QQcategoryZ161425QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Also says they have other 6.9 bits including suspension.

Last one, I promise:o One of the oil leaks came from the area circled in red here: There's a ~1 inch black soft rubber hose that runs from the RHS rocker cover to somewhere. Attached (previously unattached) is a tiny (4mm o.d.), probably vacuum line. Oil was leaking through the hole where...

Me again. What is this: ? Referring to the thing with the thin shiny metal rod at the base of it, just above where the steering box arm joins the steering shafts in centre of pic. Lukas