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For nigh on fifteen years, no sixteen, I wanted for Gleaming Beauty to be a bit different to your normal, every day run of the mill 6.9. Initially, the 877 Petrol Green seemed to be sufficient to achieve that desire, but when the time came, and the opportunity arose, to attend to rust problems...

Yesterday I took measurements of suspension height settings of a well maintained car belonging to one of our esteemed members. The readings were as follows on normal height: R/F 65.5 Next morning 66.0 L/F 66.0 Next...

Driving home from my storage area, a distance of some thirty odd kilometers, I experienced slight brake fade, and a spongy pedal, when getting close to home. It only ever happened twice, but often enough, and significant, to cause me to put my thinking cap on. I had looked at the brake pads on...

Well, without further ado - the poses are the same, the cars are different, yet equally desirable........ ....see what I mean....:D I had really wanted to show the second picture with Michel at the helm of his 450SEL, but Photobucket, at the time, was somewhat un-cooperative. In the next...

Okay, the procedure and illustrations are applicable to a Bosch Starter motor as apprpriate to GMH Holden cars. Vintage of Starter Motor not known. It's been decided to copy this thread from Old Holden.com purely for reference purposes, and in reference to the thread started by Lukas...

You may well be right, Bill. I just can't quite recall if I did the same nut, whichever, in my case nothing proved successful. Anyway, to get back to my problem. After attending the German Car Day, the ride home was really a nightmare - much worse than the trip in. It was just a case of ' po go...

Driving to my storage shed the other day, the nose of Gleaming Beauty was right down on my arrival. Somewhat perplexing, as I hadn't picked it up whilst driving. Anyway, opening the bonnet revealed that the plastic fitting had pulled out from the metal connecting rod that connects the front...

Nice video, with some gorgeous cars - Styria http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=002arlmOnrg&feature=related

On Car Sales - Brisbane based car. Pity about the poor quality lighting in the photos. http://www.carsales.com.au/Gallery.aspx?R=11661211&index=4&track=IMAGEVIEWER&h_mid=4415219&f_mid=0&c_mid=4414491&TabId=304744 Regards Styria N. B. ...and it is not a low mileage car !

Great and accurate description of the workings of early six cylinder injection pumps. http://www.sl113.org/wiki/Fuel/Injection#Pump Regards Styria

Some pertinent commentary. In addition, the information available on this site is simply outstanding. Highly recommended to be classed as a favourite. http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/car_info_mercedes_450sel.htm Regards Styria

http://www.mercedes-leseberg.de/oldtimer/ There is a reason for posting these details - obviously, the Astral Silver 6.9 with a selection of good quality photos. Note with this car the absence of mag wheels, an old Becker Radio normally fitted to the 108/109 range, and the absence of timber in...

Mark, I am just not so sure that I can answer your post correctly. Regarding injection, let's not forget that it was Bosch that designed the various systems and the manufacturers would use whatever Bosch would place at their disposal. Back in the '70s, emissions was a dirty word, and K-Jet was...

From Photobucket - transferred by Styria Okay, let's have a look at some of these. Styria

Hi Testie, I hate to be a nark - your photos show me very little, if anything at all. Would you consider Photobucket ? (As Mark has suggested ?) That way, we may have an even chance. For example............ Regards Styria

....please explain ? :D No, no, just kidding. I think, Mark, that you must be the only one that's managed to get the headlight wipers to work. It is my understanding that the headlights must be "ON", and you push the washer/wipe button and "Hey Presto", the wipers should work. Is that how...

With the complete assembly removed from under the car, this afforded the opportunity for some serious cleaning and painting - if you are inclined that way. I am. Of course, once the assembly is removed from the car, one can also carry out some additional serious cleaning, painting and...

I hope this meets your approval, Bill, but I am now in a position to perhaps "piggy-back" some of my recent efforts to perhaps assist future do it yourselfers who don't have access to a car hoist and gearbox jack - such as myself. As Bill says, the first initial problem that arises relates to...

As a rule, you wouldn't replace either of the two mufflers with genuine replacement units. At some stage, I priced the cost of both 6.3 and 6.9 mufflers and if I remember correctly, the cost was horrendous. Say about two grand plus for just the rear muffler. Anyway, please don't quote as my info...

As part of Gleaming Beauty's repaint and restore, I was fortunate in having an excellent used front screen on hand, together with an excellent front screen rubber. The old window wasstone marked, plus had quite a big stone chip that turned into a crack. As I said, the rubber was excellent, and...