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    How to Change Your Coolant

    Stop leak ? been in for a few years ... I always classed such leak items as band aids The Radiator was 13 years old with 90,000ks. Life cycle of an aluminium item.....
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    How to Change Your Coolant

    Liquid Inelegance formed small balls after a few years which jammed my Mercedes c Class Thermostat closed .. it boiled.....A new genuine Radiator from Silver Star Spares and a flush with new coolant fixed it... Ks were 90,000 Todays temperature Gauges are damped and do not rise and fall as in...
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    Transmission - Valve Body

    Also........ I cut open all Torque Converters if the Transmission had metal filings. All others I cleaned out with a Homemade Flusher. First drained by drilling an 1/8 th hole in the bottom and then welding up. Flushing the Heat Exchanger in the bottom of the Radiator was a waste of time. To...
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    Transmission - Valve Body

    Yes Styria, only need to open a Valve Body if there is metal Filings from a Hard Part failure. Then a major clean and polish of the Bores and Valves necessary, plus a check for warpage. Later Electronic Controlled Transmissions can have a lot of Valve Body issues as the valves are on "Duty...
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    Mercedes 6.9 Transmission Modulator Valve

    I should have said .... first pull the Oil Pan to see if the Clutches have failed..... first check... If so rebuild the Transmission. And Michel, how was the Honda you asked about .. a clean Oil Pan ??
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    Mercedes 6.9 Transmission Modulator Valve

    Is the Transmission having Hard Upshifts ? The Modulater's job is to regulate the Line Pressure. To correctly diagnose the Transmission is with an Oil Pressure Gauge and then a Vacuum Gauge at the inlet Manifold and then at the Transmission end. Anything else is an uninformed guess. To test...
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    LED Headlamp for working

    Invaluable Brian both Hands free to tinker..... Age related ... Welcome to the Club !!
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    Car (UK) September 1977 - 450SEL 6.9 vs Daimler Double-Six vs Silver Shadow II vs Cadillac Seville

    In the UK a Suspension Kit was available for the Silver Shadows .. Springs and Shocks.... prevented cornering on the Door Handles !
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    6.9 Hydropneumatic Suspension

    Well..Well I now read that Mercedes just copied Citroen's System without paying the Royalties... Others did
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    KJET EFI conversion - 280sl

    I got my SL 107 2.8 to run without a hitch... The Warm up regulator under the Manifold can be modified to be adjusted The other seals etc are readily available from a specialist in Frenches Forest Can't remember the name... He has all the Test Equipment to test and set up. Performance wise the...
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    Patricks Trucks

    Hi Patrick , Did I read this right ..Battery weight is 3 Tons ? As with EVs all the extra weight has to be Borne by the Tyres and Suspension .. No Free Lunch. Toyota say they are abandoning Electric for Hydrogen and are working hard to solve the Hi Pressure Storage and Production. In the...
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    Car of the week

    Yes Patrick.. Home buying ? Saving ? An article in the London Times some years ago said it all.... The New Novi Riche will be those who inherit a London Property from their Parents.. Dial in Sydney Today... Even our two high flying professional Daughters would be up to their eyeballs in...
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    For sale - rationalizing the fleet.

    Having been laid up for a while recovering from recent Surgery I have become a fan of the "Car Wizard" on YouTube... He doesn't mince words...Why would you spend $30/40 K on todays heaps of plastic ? Throw away at 100,000 Mls.... A Lexus 400 with 350,000 Mls and still going strong. Or his pick...
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    The last few weeks of 5398

    For our USA Traveller Bryce ... Been watching a Mecham's Auction for pre Nineties Cars in the States all look beautifully restored and most under 10 Grand... the Painting alone would be more than that.. A mid Eighties 560 SL which included a Hard Top 150,000 Mls in excellent condition $6500...
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    [JT] The Rover IOE Engine

    In a practical sense ... I went round Australia in 1957 in a Land Rover with the entirely trouble free 4 cyl Engine... Ran like a Top after I reduced the size of the Main Jet in the Zenith Carb. Would start in the Melbourne Winter without using the Choke. Only incident was when the screws...
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    USA Junkyard visit

    I'm with you there Bryce with Hotel Parking costs.... nothing has changed.... When I was doing Business in the N. Y. area and always stayed in the down town Hilton. I returned the Rental at Night and picked up another one next Morning . Rental Car's Company to pay the exorbitant Parking costs...
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    1923 Buick

    How right you are Patrick..... a very fortunate survivor. Worth every Penny of the asking price. I had as a daily driver, a 1928 De Soto Two Seater in the late Fifties These 20s American Cars were very solid pieces of Engineering. Very well suited to Australia. All the Mechanics in the...
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    Recommended specialist MB repairer Sydney?

    I'm surprised anyone repairs some of these very complex Mercedes ! Just watched on YouTube a Video on Dismantle of a V 6 Twin Turbo Took an Hour with an Impact Gun and a "Crow Bar" Cost of a repair to a Bent Con Rod ...$20,000 US $ Caused by Water in the Cylinder. Car off the Road a Week ..a...
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    Old Fuel

    If ever there was truth in Fuel going off I had it yesterday When first started out of the Box...it was instant.... fresh Fuel As new Hyundai 4 stroke Mower absolutely refused to start without Either Spray.... Filled with fresh 98 Shell.... one quick Pull was all that was needed. Ignition is...
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