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Hi guys, I believe I’ve finally restored what I think is the correct hose routing for the windscreen and headlight washer systems, but I’d like to confirm a few things. I currently have one elbow fitting on top of the washer bottle feeding the windscreen washer pump, and the other elbow...

G’day all, Today’s task was removing the rear axle shafts to replace all of the CV boots. One of the boots had torn, so I decided it made sense to replace all of them while everything was apart. The reason for this post is to hopefully help anyone who finds themselves struggling to remove...

This was a weeklong process, the mast was frozen solid with corrosion internally. The tension wheel which contacts the nylon smooth flexible cable was also corroded and seized. The internals of the antenna motor were removed from the metal housing of the antenna and we were disassembled...

After 47-48 years of sustained use the key barrel for the vehicles ignition was in a state where it was not fit for correct function. Due to the key and corresponding lock leaves wearing throughout the course of time. The end result was a barrel which had leaves that were not recessing enough...

A another task that I’ve completed today is the calibration/alignment of the door clothes position in respect to it being flush with the surrounding body work. This was quite a simple task relatively, it was achieved by repositioning the door striker assemblies on the pillars of the vehicle...

Good evening guys It’s been awhile since my last post, unfortunately life has been getting in the way. I’ve managed to get back out to my property and I’ve been continuing the Ever growing project which is my 1978 6.9. In this most recent week, my attention and efforts has been directed...

Good afternoon guys, Marcel (a custom decal/sticker producer - specifically MB stuff) in the Netherlands made me up some custom fuse charts for the 6.9 AUS market vehicle I own. I imagine Marcel now has a blueprint of this chart as it’s been produced once for my vehicle. The results came out...

Hey there guys and girls, Just hoping for perhaps an easy answer here as opposed to diving back into the Bosch Kjet diagnosis manual (having been through the process before). Story is, 6.9 that I own has all of a sudden (after previously working perfectly) presented with an issue whereby cold...

Just wanting to revive an old topic that has also been covered in here I see. Diaphragms for the door locking mechanisms/actuators are still available from this chap. I have just ordered 12 for my 6.9. Performance analysis co - George Murphy https://www.perfanalysis.com/ For us Australian...

Just wanting to share my experience with custom decal reproduction by a chap in the Netherlands who runs a business named Marcel. Absolutely brilliant job on this reproduction. I managed to buy all of the other applicable decals/stickers for my 6.9. However this particular one (not sure if this...

A while back I was contemplating a conversion to EFI from Kjet, (for my m100.985 6.9) A crowd in Poland had kits for various other Kjet MB engines (m110 and a few others). They hadn't yet delved into the m100 series engines and wanted me to provide measurements for distancing between...

Good afternoon guys, Wanting to advise that I have made contact with a local 3D printing company in Brisbane Australia that specializes in recreating classic vehicle components out of various forms of material. I am going to be taking my intact (however fragile) RHD washer bottle down to this...

Good evening guys, Just thought I would provide some more photos of my cars. In particular the donor 450SEL that I will be using mainly for its spare parts after cosmetic surgery is completed in the future on my 6.9. Please excuse the dirty unwashed state on the 450, I am working on getting a...

To be honest, I don’t even know if this is worthy content, however just for a laugh and maybe it might help some experiencing stiff/frozen HPF cable. Checkout my redneck solution to lubing the cable. Just using some standard ATF fluid, a 600ml water bottle, an elastic cable, a balloon and some...

Hey there all, if you are chasing some injector holders for your m110 I have 8x to give away. Never used and purchased approx 1 year ago from FCP euro in USA. All I ask is when I generate a postage quote that you pay postage and they are all yours. cheers guys, James

Apologies in advance, this is going to seem like a silly question and indeed I just need clarification on what I already believe to be the case. I have purchased a HPF suspension cable (MB part number a1263200191 - routed from center of instrument cluster - below) into the firewall and out to...

A great day today. One of the quoted "unobtanium" chin lip spoilers has been located and purchased, a sheer stroke of luck lead to me finding it. After exhausting all forms of search engine results online, and armed with the original part number for the chin lip spoiler, I finally decided to...

Hey there guys, I’ve just come across what appears to be a new addition to Blaupunkt’s radio range. It is the Blaupunkt Frankfurt MB and it is to be available for sale apparently in the winter of 2025 (so they are saying). Would be interesting to hear your thoughts on this type of vintage look...

Gday all, Just wanting to report the days workings on Sherman the German. (See photos attached of today’s inclusions). As I have come to understand that for now at least, my valve blocks appear to be doing their job correctly and are also not leaking at present, I decided to go ahead and...

Hey there all, Im new to the forum, I’ve made an introduction post in the relevant section introducing myself and my vehicles. I did however, want to also share with you all some quite good options for rare spares that I have come across in my hunt to gather supplies for my own 6.9...