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Ahh ok. I would like to rebuild the 3 speed even if I do end up doing the engine swap (I'd eventually rebuild the m116 too, since it's original to the car as far as I can tell. I'd just keep them stored in case of future preservation-of-automotive-history desires). I'm conscious of the march of...

BTW: who did your 560 trans rebuild, and what should I expect to pay?

ooouuuuu. Someone else with my rebuild mindset! Thanks for posting all of this by the way, it's really good to have input from someone with more than my (nearly non-existent) IRL experience with Benzes. So much US-centric or downright confusing information on some things available online, very...

Yeah I was always pretty sure the internet tables I found were incomplete/misleading. My understanding is that there is one beefed up version of the 722.3 that the 560s used, and all others are lesser to differing but substantial degrees. I should check the german W126 site etc again, i havent...

Gearbox stuff W3B050 390Nm 722.3 hard to find different versions but none seems rated above 290Nm 722.62x-64x are the 580Nm ones, all others are 330 (or 380, or 400 for a few odd ones in the .68x or .69x region). Bells need adapters onto alloy m117 711.6 and 716.6 seem virtually the same but...

New year's eve party, Experimental-style. Took me about 7 hours, start to finish.

At least they'd have saved me the hassle of organising it myself 😉 But srsly im beyond pleasantly surprised that it didn't get towed or even "dumped vehicle stickered" in 13 months on the street. Guess my neighbours like me...

One for sale at the moment in Sydney. (SWB but still Grosser Genug) Link to the COTW post A steal* at 115k. Even still has the shot glasses in the back apparently. *if you're wealthy enough to service all the air and hydraulic bits.

Today

Decided to try and forget about cars and progress the rest of my to-do list. I've been threatening to mill down the tree we lost in a storm in 2020 for, well, 3 years. It's really nice wood. Very tough, but the old 076 can cope... ...or so I thought. This is one of the bits of exploding...

Yesterday

https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/roselands/cars-vans-utes/1969-mercedes-benz-600-grosser-unrestored/1319814861

Worked out why my rebuilt WUR didn't solve the problem of the 10 bar control pressure... Return fuel needed somewhere to go, and didn't have it. So I gave it. OHS got even better when I ran the hose back to the tank via the roof... It coughed. Then nothing (flooded). Tried again next day...

Hope it hasn't chewed up anything else, but I assume it's not the hardest item to source a replacement or worst case get welded back together?

Still trying to work out why Nick from Kogarah (see post #1424) thinks the red fixer-upper is worth *more* than the other one... He's still got it on carsales for 24k (3 months later) and just reactivated his gumtree ad at 29k from before it struggled to get to 7 at auction... 🤷‍♀️

M100.985 data for applying my thought experiments to you 6.9ers: 107(=4.213")x95 Deck height 260 nominal Rod length 166 (ratio 1.75 😃) Poke is +0.25-0.15 so... => CH is 260-166-47.5=46.5 BE bore 58.6 => 55 journal (54.955 actually) BE Journal width 52 Pin 26 BE width 25.875 Mains 69.955/74.5...

crap. typed a lot and hit the wrong key and lost it all. sorry folks, will retell the story later. [Edit] Story now retold. See above. There was more humour before, but I can't remember it.

Glad you appreciate it! For the time being im as much using this thread as a notepad while I work as sharing the story, but if it's entertaining or informative then that us some extra motivation to keep pausing for photos and typing out findings etc. In answer to your question Styria: I'm...