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Chris: I haven't yet made a direct visual comparison between my Crayford tank and a spare W108 tank I have, but I have read (somewhere? Crayview mag?) that the W116 Crayford used a W108 tank. If that's the case, I wonder what Crayford did about the breather / charcoal cannister arrangement that...

Here are some pics of my compressor's suspected hole in the head. A spare compressor and a kit (both in hand) might be the fix.

Styria: Here are pics of my 300SE fuel pump, taken this morning. Can you identify it from these pics? Thanks.

Options plate. Can anyone help me interpret it? I've searched for hours and come up with nothing other than the colour: 717G papyrus white (papyrosweiss) by Glasurit. _______________ EDIT: OK - getting there. It appears that code 516 is for the Becker Grand Prix and 531 is for "automatic...

Seat. Notice poor repair job: The hole-punched / pleated sections have been re-covered with MB-Tex (no problem with that as it's far more serviceable in my climate) and over-stuffed; also the sewing is not always in straight lines. You can just see the leather cracking on the top right-hand...

I suspect the carpet is not original; it's like this throughout the car - completely unworn.

Parts of the dash wood (the easily accessed ones) have been restored; makes the unrestored parts look poorly.

Here is the freshly bleached steering wheel (with padded boss re-coloured to match upholstery, as some PO had painted it (very badly) white. It's not a perfect pad (cracks and scars) so I wasn't too concerned if it turned out wrongly. I couldn't find the correct vinyl colourant, so used shoe...

For what it's worth, Chris, when I was considering a colour change for der Rolfwagen, my two equal-first preferences were for a very dark brown or ditto green over a pale to mid interior. I had settled (more or less) on an interior range inclusive of parchment, saffron, palomino (Boris's trim)...

CM: The Star Sapphire was completely beyond my financial and skills capabilities. It was offered to me for $600 when I was 21 (I had that same year paid $600 for my series IV Morris Oxford station wagon - about 12 weeks' wages for me back then). Although it was drivable, it needed extensive...

Sure -- lots. But I'm working on it. :D:D I bought four of the Rovers (P4 90, P5 Mk 1, P5 Mk 2c coupé, P5 Mk 3) and found the rest on a farm, refusing to die, along with an abandoned Armstrong Siddeley Star Sapphire and its companion Armstrong Siddeley utility, and a Daimler Conquest. Two...

Takes me back to the early-mid '70s when I owned (not quite all at once, but frequently up to five at a time): 19?? Series 1 Landrover 2-door SWB clothtop (the farmyard stump-puller that drove only on the land as it was unregistered) 19?? Series 2 Landrover 4-door LWB tintop 1948 P3 Rover 75...

For those who can't resist evilBay ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYokLWfqbaU&eurl=http://not-the-aps.proboards81.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=general&thread=348&page=3&feature=player_embedded

FINALLY - after two and half years of buggering around with rear axles replacement, ignition replacement, and stuffed injectors (corroded from being allowed to go dry during arse-in-air-diff-out phase -- doh!), SUCCESS! Still need to sort the air suspension (leaks and height issues, but okay...

Chris: That red W109 is either a scale model or a Photoshop job. However, Crayford did do at least one such conversion. Here is a pohto of it (from Crayview magazine - newsletter of the Crayford Convertible Car Club). PS: I am only a day or three away from launching the Crayford-Benz World...

Not W116, but I crave Admin's indulgence ... Magic carpet ride time! Sort of. For my own air-suspended Benz (W112 300SE coupe) and a friend's two (W112 300SE sedan - early version - and W109 300SEL 6.3) I have decided it would be a good idea to start collecting unwanted air suspension valves...

Can anyone point me in the right direction to find part numbers for W116 body panels and trim bits, please? I have parts catalogues of my other Benz series, but not the 116. I need the part numbers to assist my repairman in preparing a quote for fixing my hail damage on Boris. TIA :)

Am I permitted a non-116 question here? :) I have ordered new coil and condenser for my 300SE coupe's M189 engine, as the old ignition system is playing up. (Have already replaced plugs and points, and the HT leads were replaced just before I purchased the car 3.5 years ago; it has hardly...