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Sean you'd love the musical chairs they play with dual cab utes: many are made in Thailand, and the general consensus seems to be that 2 or more marques share each chassis: the Amarok and Ranger are the same car with different panels and engine options and iirc the Nissan Navara is related, the...

Oh man, the ossified window tints trigger such PTSD for me... Every car I've pulled tint off has had the layer separation, even a 2007 golf I did in 2022ish. But by far the worst was the hatch on my RX7: as if lying on my back in the boot to work overhead wasn't bad enough, Mazda applied a...

Went to visit Team Global Express today. Picked up a nicely wrapped present from a wrecker in Victoria. Nothing special [sighs forlornly at the M117 ECE that might have been], but maybe I can make it something useful...

365g/min = 487cc/min assuming a middle-of-the-rd specific gravity of fuel of 0.75g/cc. If anyone has measured a D-Jet (ideally 117.983) fuel injector's flow rate I'd love to know if it really was within 10% of 490cc/min. If so that'd be fantastic news as 500-700cc injectors are by far the most...

Wrong vin? Surely it has to match what's on the firewall, no?

In fact, pausing the relevant shot: Can be taken as an indication of a 6200-6400rpm redline and 2.2-2.3kg/cm^2 target boost pressure, since they've clocked the gauges for "what you want to see" being needle-at-12-o'clock when the car is vibrating too much to read the scale. Of course that...

It'll be in the mb data plate on the radiator support (or wherever 123s have it), but as a coded manufacture datablock, right? Don't expect grays to have a clue about that (though nsw geays generally have the common sense to at least photograph the plate)

Well that video provides the answer to Dr. Bill's question... the gauge to the left of the tacho is a boost gauge. [Edit, for clarity given what I said later] It isn't. It's an oil pressure gauge. I didn't realise how low the m116/7 oil pressure spec was until I did more engine research. Turns...

Reviving this thread for a red beauty (as far as grays cars go. Running and minimal obvious flaws is a rare gem from them): https://www.grays.com/lot/0001-20086106/classic-cars/1981-mercedes-benz-280-e-automatic-sedan?redirect=0

Fwiw in an engineering sense I think a dowel pin is better than a woodruff key. The key will always bear the load on two edges in the rectangular slot, and an edge and a point in the secant slot, so stress concentration is guaranteed as soon as the vlamping force of The Big Fat Nut isn't enough...

Mine are OZ manufactured also, so I took his comment to be more about branding. Much conflicting info on the net (part of the reason I think a "this comes from AMG" info thread might help) but what I've concluded about pentas is that yes, as you say, UK manufacture early on, but also RH (from my...

Not really sure where to put this: I actually sort of wanted to just make a thread out of a fairly productive email conversation I had last year with a bloke from Mercedes regarding vintage AMG bits for the W116. Covered a few topics though and this part obviously belongs in this subforum: W116...

Nice read(s), and good to serve as a reminder to those of us who never experienced these cars [even remotely close to] new. I couldn't help but chortle at the pics of the most worn rocker though... when I rip my engine apart later this year it'll be "hold my beer" time ;)

Lot 329 is a fantastic colour! ;)

Shut down Edge and Chrome when running Fusion, and close any parts you don't need open. That'll help alleviate the load on your GPU.

Oooouuuu, that green dash is 1100% nicer than my green dash. Had no idea I'd turn into such a green dash fancier. And with brown leather no less... Just realised it's probably a trick of the camera settings... but now I can't unsee it as a possibility...

Ef me. 8300 for the 633 CSi seems criminal, but then so is 11 for the fintail. Hope someone's actually going to restore the mkx jaaaaaaag and not just going to a happy wrecker...

Unsw Solar Racing Team are the current holders of the Transcontinental Record for Solar Cars at 5 days, 3 hours 11 minutes iirc. Set by Jaycar Sunswift 3 on Jan 15 2007. Sunrise to sunset driving only, 5kWh battery pack empty in Freeo. Carpark behind the beach to Opera House forecourt.

https://timesert.com.au/ No personal experience but advantage vs helicoil is supposedly the solid structure of the timesert vs the spiral of the helicoil. In the situation you mention I wouldn't be keen on a coil inside a coil... The bmw reputation I mentioned is tied to turbocharging the m54...

That interior colour/grain combo is beautiful