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Amazing rebuild

Started by raueda1, 10 June 2023, 06:42 AM

raueda1

After forgetting about it I stumbled on this amazing rebuild that I'd bookmarked long ago.  It was my bible during some dark times a few years ago.  I figured that everybody has seen it, but that's probably not true.  So if you haven't, enjoy!  Cheers,
-Dave
Now:  1976 6.9 Euro, 2015 GL550
Before that:  1966 230S, 1964 220SE coupe, 1977 Carrera 3.0

rumb

Lovely car! I'm not sure why he rebuilt engine with only ~140k on it though. The black paint on engine is a bit too shiny for me despite the "pop" it presents. I thought it odd he put the valve stem seals on before inserting the valves which could damage them. 3-5 photos of each item makes it tiring to keep viewing.  Chassis # 649 and VIN 6235.  I'm fascinated why chassis would hang around for several years before being built. Anyone know when they started putting the high voltage label on the air cleaner?  And why the valve setting label that goes on one or ?two? valve covers are rarely seen. Never seen cotter pin clamps on radiator overflow hose before.

Anyway looks great and owner seems to know what he is doing.
'68 250S
'77 6.9 Euro
'91 300SE,
'98 SL500
'14 CLS550,
'16 AMG GTS
'21 E450 Cabrio

raueda1

Quote from: rumb on 10 June 2023, 09:15 AMLovely car! I'm not sure why he rebuilt engine with only ~140k on it though. The black paint on engine is a bit too shiny for me despite the "pop" it presents. I thought it odd he put the valve stem seals on before inserting the valves which could damage them. 3-5 photos of each item makes it tiring to keep viewing.  Chassis # 649 and VIN 6235.  I'm fascinated why chassis would hang around for several years before being built. Anyone know when they started putting the high voltage label on the air cleaner?  And why the valve setting label that goes on one or ?two? valve covers are rarely seen. Never seen cotter pin clamps on radiator overflow hose before.

Anyway looks great and owner seems to know what he is doing.
Maybe he hydrolocked and blew it up.   ::)
-Dave
Now:  1976 6.9 Euro, 2015 GL550
Before that:  1966 230S, 1964 220SE coupe, 1977 Carrera 3.0

UTn_boy

There is quite a but wrong with this build cosmetically, but I'd gave to give an A for effort and a D for cosmetic research.  Regarding the cotter pin style clamps, Mercedes quit using those in 1968.  This car should have the standard solid banded GEMI clamps. 
1966 250se coupe`,black/dark green leather
1970 600 midnight blue/parchment leather
1971 300sel 6.3,papyrus white/dark red leather
1975 450se, pine green metallic/green leather
1973 300sel 4.5,silver blue metallic/blue leather
1979 450sel 516 red/bamboo

raueda1

Quote from: UTn_boy on 11 June 2023, 04:57 AMThere is quite a but wrong with this build cosmetically, but I'd gave to give an A for effort and a D for cosmetic research.  Regarding the cotter pin style clamps, Mercedes quit using those in 1968.  This car should have the standard solid banded GEMI clamps. 
A for effort, for sure.  Over time these cars seem to be divergent evolution in action after people cobble together different ways to fix stuff.   Other stuff besides cotter pins?  Cheeers,
-Dave
Now:  1976 6.9 Euro, 2015 GL550
Before that:  1966 230S, 1964 220SE coupe, 1977 Carrera 3.0

jtucker

Raueda1 - Thanks so much for your kind comments about my car.  It's been a labor of love since I purchased it in 2012 and I continue to drive it regularly.  Appreciate your kind comments.

Perhaps I can shed light on the other comments/questions.  I had the engine rebuilt after a cam bearing failure.  We weren't sure if metal had gotten into the engine and the only way to repair it properly was to rebuild it.  I'm not a mechanic, so please don't go overly technical in responses.  My mechanic, Steve Ady, has been working on Mercedes for over 35 years and I rely on his expertise and guidance at every turn.

When these photos were taken, the car had just come back from being detailed.  Hence the shiny looking black finish on the air cleaner.  Once the detail dressing was washed off I can assure you that the black finish was as close to stock as humanly possible.  As for the cam covers, I did opt to have them powder coated.  You would be correct in saying this isn't stock, but I hate looking at 6.9 engines with flaked off black paint on the cam covers.   

Eyeman

Wow, there were so many engine rebuild photos that I gave up, not sure if there were other good rebuild stuff after.  But I bookmarked so I can look again.  Beautiful car, I'm sure it feels worth the effort when driven.
1963 190SL(project)
1977 6.9 (Euro)
1994 Porsche 968 Cabriolet
1994 Porsche 968 Coupe
2008 BMW 135
2017 AMG GTS