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280" Concourse; Diary of a layman

Started by floyd111, 09 March 2015, 04:44 AM

ptashek

Isn't it amazing how quickly they started to move on this once the parts theft came to light? It's almost as if they were taking the p... the last few years.
There's a big bright light at the end of this tunnel. Not long now :)
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1988 "Arctic White" W124 200T
1979 "Icon Gold" W116 450SE

floyd111

Oh, make no mistake.. They HAVE been taking the piss for years. Not maliciously, but with criminal levels of neglect and delay, due to the absence of a logical, intelligent, efficient, management-enforced schedule. Their financial house-of-cards system was always collapsing faster than they could rebuild. In the process, pancic and pressure each time forced them to concentrate on the biggest clients and cars belonging to coming-and-going company-co investors. Everyone was duped because of this, but the biggest swinging dicks often had the best chance of getting their work done.
The owner..well. He's still a mate, despite of it all. My gut always told me was not a bad guy, but a hopeless company manager. I also found out why.
The answer? Full-blown undiagnosed adult ADHD. It's way more rampant than people think.
I felt sure enough about my diagnoses that I arranged for a specialist appointment, and I was right. His family also has it, but unfortunately, my man was the only family member unaware of this condition. The other ones reacted with a "yeah, duuh" attitude when they were asked.
So, now he is on a daily dose of Ritalin, and he is experiencing calm and order for the first time of his life. He now has to start processing his many impulsive and often catastrophic decisions of the past. It can't be easy. On top of that, there is my 143.000 dollar damage bill.

floyd111

#752
quick question about the sills.. I see that -in stock photos- they always seem to be black. What is the spraying procedure  for those? Primer, chassis-spray, black spray, but no stone guard? Or the most logical way: primer, stoneguard, black paint?

floyd111

#753
well.. the sills already are primer-stoneguard, so I hope the logical answer is the one.. The guys jumped the gun a bit there..
And on that note, most of the bottom, if not all, has  a stone guard cover now.

ptashek

Factory look was Schutz, then paint. Can't remember the colour code right now, but it's the same black that goes in the trunk.

Personally I've gone for the non-schutz look, and the sills don't seem to have suffered because of it.
1993 "Pearl Blue" W124 280TE
1988 "Arctic White" W124 200T
1979 "Icon Gold" W116 450SE

floyd111

wasn't the trunk tiefdunkelgrau?. That s the black I am seeing on other W116 sills?

ptashek

Quote from: floyd111 on 21 August 2020, 07:08 AM
wasn't the trunk tiefdunkelgrau?. That s the black I am seeing on other W116 sills?

Could be. The details (name and code) are buried somewhere towards the end of my resto thread.
1993 "Pearl Blue" W124 280TE
1988 "Arctic White" W124 200T
1979 "Icon Gold" W116 450SE

rumb

The sills look good.  It couldnt hurt to pile more shutz on any and all underbody joints. MB really piled it on in most corners and such. The driveshaft tunnel is correct without any.
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floyd111

If this would be Holland, I could and I would. Snow, salt, rust, and Schutz in the shop next door.
Here in Taiwan, there's no rust on cars, unless you park your car ocean side for a decade or 2. And I am out of Schutz. Would need to import more 3M from Italy, 6x cheaper than Taiwan prices, but with 8 weeks delivery time now there's Covid.
Add to that the fact that I am 300KM away from the spray cabin, and we land were I am today. :D
I do want them to spray wax in the cavities when they're done.

floyd111

Good advice on the schutz, clearly, coz it was exactly enough.

It's getting real now.. an actual refurbished chassis, ready to assemble?
Considering the workshop moved house 3 or 4 times I am hesitant to pop any bottles yet.
Would be great if they could refurbish the suspension parts as well, before putting the thing on wheels again.
They definitely need to hang the doors.
Since they sprayed the wrong bonnet and trunk lid, they will need to finish the correct, aluminum ones, and mount those. That won't be this week, I bet.

Those 2 pieces are really featherlite, compared to the iron ones. may be as much a 75kg difference, added together.
There's also the weight of all that tar and schutz that came off the chassis.
I compared the power steering pumps as well, the aluminum and the iron one. Big difference.
I wish I could find another dozen ways to replace iron with aluminum.
I am not expecting a lot from that 280, but shaving off all those kilos should make the car just a tad more nimble.
I wonder what the weight diff is on 4 iron wheels vs 4 Bundts. That can't be much I'd say.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to shave off some more kilos?
The Yorke only comes in 1 type, as far as I know.
The air filter is just insanely heavy. What on earth were they thinking?

ptashek

Quote from: floyd111 on 22 August 2020, 09:16 AM
I wonder what the weight diff is on 4 iron wheels vs 4 Bundts. That can't be much I'd say.

The original 14" bundts are 7.7kg (1050EUR/each), and the 14" steels are 9.1kg (250EUR/each) + 0.6kg per hubcap (360EUR/each) if you want them.
So the bundts are a saving of 9.4kg total over a full set of five steels and four hubcaps.
1993 "Pearl Blue" W124 280TE
1988 "Arctic White" W124 200T
1979 "Icon Gold" W116 450SE

Squiggle Dog

You could also install the alloy wheels that look like steel wheels and accept full face wheel covers. Those are SUPER lightweight (I think 11 lbs/5 kg each), much lighter than bundts. I have them on my 300SD. However, they won't be "correct", but correct-looking, and no one will see them behind the wheel covers or know the difference. There are both 5 1/2" and 6" wide versions available, and were originally intended for the W123 chassis. However, if you go this route, you'll need the special wheel cover clips with nylon tips for the best fitment and to avoid gouging the wheels.

Also, you can save weight and horsepower by installing a Sanden compressor. York-to-Sanden adapter brackets are cheap and plentiful. Is it correct? No.
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floyd111


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The original 14" bundts are 7.7kg (1050EUR/each), and the 14" steels are 9.1kg (250EUR/each) + 0.6kg per hubcap (360EUR/each) if you want them.
So the bundts are a saving of 9.4kg total over a full set of five steels and four hubcaps.
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You gotta love this forum, haha! Where on the planet do you people that "just happen to know" such things.

floyd111

Quote from: Squiggle Dog on 22 August 2020, 01:29 PM

Also, you can save weight and horsepower by installing a Sanden compressor. York-to-Sanden adapter brackets are cheap and plentiful. Is it correct? No.

yeah, that one..
That's been on my mind, and it's a tough one. I love the look of the Yorke, and I have 3 of  them, 2 of them fully refurbished, like new.
If I could sell them at a proper price, I would consider the Sanden.
is it really so much better than the Yorke? Same airco power with less HP?

floyd111

Quote from: Squiggle Dog on 22 August 2020, 01:29 PM
alloy wheels ......5 1/2" and 6" wide ......the special wheel cover clips with nylon tips

Since the workshop isn't answering me regarding the US Bundts, I smell an issue. They may have not yet ordered them.
In that case, could you please elaborate, send me pics and/or URL's related to these matters?
Sounds like this may be a big enough option to consider.
But, even though I have NOS wheel caps, they're all in 14" getting the 15's..well, we just spoke about those here. Bloody costly.

But, there is a company in Britain, who makes NLA wheel caps all day long. saw them on Top Gear. They showed a set of 4 that sold for 300 BP. Even if that's double now, that would still be a bargain.
Gotta see if I can find that back.