Engine Bay tidy - progress picture

[jedwards]

The engine bay is now looking a little more presentable, although some finer details left to be done. Just printing the new decals for the CSV and CSS relays today.

All done at home in a normal garage with no fancy tools. Just chose a still day to do the spray painting.

[Garry]

Great job and looks really well done.

  Nice to see the correct pad on the firewall !

Garry

[ja17]

I can't get use to seeing all those parts put in the wrong place, backwards and up-side-down, on those cars from "down under" and the UK! 

I suspect one of those backward exhaust manifolds or front exhaust pipes would set you back a few.

[mmizesko]

Joe,

That's funny, I was going to reply about it may be tidy, but its all backwards!

Mike

[Harry]

That looks great!  What did you do for the anodized finsgh on the injector lines, etc?

[280SE Guy]

I can't get use to seeing all those parts put in the wrong place, backwards and up-side-down, on those cars from "down under" and the UK

Joe, Am I wrong or are the boys "down under" installing the upper washer on their front shocks upside down? I also noticed this detail on the post by andyburns where he had posted a link to his Christmas video, see the attached picture captured from his video.

Regards,

Bob

PS, I have always wondered if the guys from "down under" refer to us as from "up above"?

[Flyair]

While living in the UK for a while I always thought about all those devastated cars with the wheel on the "wrong" side. However, as I was driving a continental car in London, I started to appreciate being able to enter and exit the car directly to/from the sidewalk.

Then, with the priority being still on the right (despite the left side traffic!), I also realised that seating on the right side of the car with the priority to the right is much more logical, as you can see much better. This is much safer than in "our correct" cars, especially if you have that blond Barbie in the right seat doing her hair...

Having said all that, nice engine bay Jedwards....

[Garry]

Right or wrong??

From us down under to you over there

[jedwards]

Yes,  driving our cars up-side down probably does introduce some technical issues in the minds of our UK and USA colleagues.
Gravitational attraction does stick our cars to the road, so that is not a major problem, and of course we wear seatbelts to stop ourselves from falling out.
I suppose you are wondering how we keep the gas in the tank and the stop the oil from running out the dip stick hole?  Well I suppose Mercedes must have put special seals in our cars to stop that happening, and somehow we just get bye.

Far bigger concern for us in Australia at this time of years is keeping the beer, the quail and the Sauvignon Blanc cold enough on the way to the beach.   Life is just one big struggle.  I still have to collect the Verdello for tonight’s pool party and I can only fit 5 cartons in my 250SL. Might have to make 2 trips.

Complements of the Season to you all.

[ja17]

Yes indeed, I believe these cup washers should be cupped upward. In this way you have a bit more clearance between metal and metal. On the bottom, they should always be cupped upward.  There is a groove in the cup washer to hold the shock shaft lock ring on the shaft. The groove is only on one side.

Actually I think the washers on your car are correct, the rest of the car is upside down!  

[280SE Guy]

Right or wrong??

Gary, You've got it right and it's looking very nice !

Regards,

Bob

[ctaylor738]

Looking good, but please get some proper Norma hose clamps to replace those cheese slicers.

Cheers,

CT

[Madmerc]

hi jedwards  I love your pics of the 230sl  im in th process of putting my 230sl back together in adelaider as I bought it in pieces is the any chance you could send me some close up picks of your engine bay in particular the pedal lingage and electrical and plumbing.thanks much appreciate it

[stickandrudderman]

Since this old thread has been revived:
Gary, you have a nylock nut on your shock absorber but it should have two plain nuts.
The large cupped disc is correctly installed; they are designed so as to allow the rubber to expand under compression rather than being restricted if the cup were inserted the other way around.

[tel76]

When you purchase new Bilstein  units they come with nyloc nuts.

[Pinder]

Looks really good. How did you clean up the Valvue cover and intake?

[mbzse]

When you purchase new Bilstein  units they come with nyloc nuts

Just so. If you care about the matter, you use two normal M10x1 [fine threaded] nuts, one as a lock nut, which was "factory issue". Otherwise, do as you please...  
Also, remember, the "cup" of the large washer faces upwards just as Stick writes. True both in engine compartment as well as in trunk (boot).
/Hans in Sweden
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