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The "Goldilocks" restoration thread

Started by ptashek, 28 March 2014, 07:56 AM

ptashek

Meanwhile a surprise, given my car has 69k miles from new - oil pressure damper membrane was damaged.
I'm not certain how this would have had affected the circuit, but there you go. Not something I'd expect at all.
Cost of repair (i.e.: new membrane): ~15EUR.

Left is the old membrane, right is the new one. Quite a difference.
1993 "Pearl Blue" W124 280TE
1988 "Arctic White" W124 200T
1979 "Icon Gold" W116 450SE

floyd111

So this book tells you DIN standards of mb part numbers(bolts, screws etc) and allows you to pick perfect aftermarket replacements.

ptashek

Not much to write home about in terms of work on the car has happened since recent update, apart from the last large batch of parts arriving (haven't I said that before?  :o).
This time: handbrake wires, new battery, intake collector gaskets and seals, and shiny new windshield.

The guys have been given polymathman's video to study (for which they're very thankful!) before going anywhere near the job. Heck, they even got a tube of Sil-Glyde to help them :D

I don't think I'll be buying any more parts of the "significant" variety, so I've decided to publish a semi-complete list of stuff replaced during this project. A lot of it is chassis and engine number specific. Item names are partially in "EPC" German, partially in "EPC" English, but there's part numbers to help out if you wish to look up what's what. I haven't listed quantities at all, there's no point.

So, here it is: https://goo.gl/WgoZlB.
Maybe it helps someone.
1993 "Pearl Blue" W124 280TE
1988 "Arctic White" W124 200T
1979 "Icon Gold" W116 450SE

polymathman

Make sure they view the updated video on YouTube.
190sl 1957 rusting away
250S 1968 long gone
280SE 1976 got hit, parts
280SE 1979 running fine
C320 4Matic 2005 for wife -Mercedes after MIT

ptashek

It was a slow week, so I've looked more into the radio that came with my car - a Blaupunkt Coburg Stereo CR. I've never really known or cared much about it ;)
I've managed to dig up an old Blaupunkt catalogue from 1979, and it turns out at the time this was the second best offering from them, bested only by the Berlin model. Technically very much on-par with any of the Beckers in MBs own offering. Blaupunkt being Bosch (at the time), that radio is more at home in a Benz than I thought. And I happen to have all the original manuals that came with it too. I might keep it as an option after all... (switched off ;))
1993 "Pearl Blue" W124 280TE
1988 "Arctic White" W124 200T
1979 "Icon Gold" W116 450SE

ptashek

Two fresh pics from today.
The car is back on wheels, and engine with gearbox are going in tomorrow or Friday.

In the meantime I need to get both the oil and water radiator fixed. The oil radiator has a half-stripped thread on the bottom line attachment, and while it hasn't leaked before, there's no point leaving it like this.
The water radiator simply needs a new core. It shouldn't be overly complicated or expensive to fix both in a reputable shop (famous last words...)



1993 "Pearl Blue" W124 280TE
1988 "Arctic White" W124 200T
1979 "Icon Gold" W116 450SE

floyd111

How did you refurbish the whole firewall insulation? The rubbery black carpet that is so visible? Is that a recreation from scratch or an MB part?

ptashek

Quote from: floyd111 on 15 January 2016, 09:40 AM
How did you refurbish the whole firewall insulation? The rubbery black carpet that is so visible? Is that a recreation from scratch or an MB part?

It's the original one that came with the car from factory. Just got cleaned up and re-glued properly.
It might be available as a part, EPC should know.
1993 "Pearl Blue" W124 280TE
1988 "Arctic White" W124 200T
1979 "Icon Gold" W116 450SE

floyd111

Considering my poor EPC skills, I would surely appreciate a part number...

UTn_boy

There are two part numbers.  116-682-07-26 seems to be of the majority, and the earlier cars seemed to have gotten 116-826-08-26.  As usual, neither one of them are available. 
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

marku

Cleaned all the muck off glued it back where it was loose and gave it a coat of tyre paint to brighten it up. Looks fine.
1974 450SE silver green/bamboo velour/green vinyl roof

floyd111

Thanks for the tip. I was a tad worried. This part indeed seems NLA as can be..

ptashek

More updates!

The good:

  • She's got a heart again! Engine, transmission, drive shaft and both axles are now (almost) fully assembled.
  • The engine bay looks like a jewellery shop, with the guys having gone ballistic with gold plating everything. It may be not entirely true to factory spec, but it matches the rest nicely, so I think I'll let it slide.

The bad:

  • Sunroof headliner made by World Upholstery doesn't fit at all. That part is both to short and to wide by a wide margin. We'll see what they'll come back with, since it's way past returns time...
  • Worst case, I'll have to get the entire headliner made again (~200EUR...)

Some pics (linked, since the forum software again insists on rotating them the wrong way).

http://www.dropbox.com/s/jd6cmmoiu771nxi/ZV9485_781.JPG?dl=0
http://www.dropbox.com/s/052hyqphq28evdy/ZV9485_791.JPG?dl=0
1993 "Pearl Blue" W124 280TE
1988 "Arctic White" W124 200T
1979 "Icon Gold" W116 450SE

floyd111

Quote from: marku on 17 January 2016, 11:38 AM
Cleaned all the muck off glued it back where it was loose and gave it a coat of tyre paint to brighten it up. Looks fine.

Found one in Germany... 380 euros! even with 20% less taxes, that's still pretty insane, not?

ptashek

Quote from: floyd111 on 20 January 2016, 09:10 PM
Quote from: marku on 17 January 2016, 11:38 AM
Cleaned all the muck off glued it back where it was loose and gave it a coat of tyre paint to brighten it up. Looks fine.

Found one in Germany... 380 euros! even with 20% less taxes, that's still pretty insane, not?

At that price, I'd just restore the old one. If it were damaged, I'd not even bother with that and would just use high-temp matts cut to size.
Insanity must have some limits :)
1993 "Pearl Blue" W124 280TE
1988 "Arctic White" W124 200T
1979 "Icon Gold" W116 450SE