another barn find w113

[guyke]

i was planning to take the vin number to mercedes benz to see how the car came originaly out the factory , do not like the 050 color so mutch  , and whit a green hardtop ,try to find a pic but even google  can help me out 
o my god , thats gone be a thuf one , to decide if i bring it back to originaly paint 

[guyke]

today i did some work on the pagoda , i repaired the batterie metal bracket , soft sandblasted and painted the water reservoir , and i brougd the radiator to the radiator repair (restore ) guy , he made me a price to restaure the radiator , cleaning it renewing the welds , renewing the inner metal , and painting it , so after that its new  (price was 280 euro ) total , and he was halfway cleaning my petrol tank
also the first parts are ordered , new glas for the headlights , steering demper , leather for restauring the door panels and interior panels and dashboard , many work in progress 

[guyke]

finished the batterie case , cleaned the aerea around the batterie and gave it a coating , and renewed the bracket to mount the batterie case against the wing side , als the things painted in red wil receive a black finishing coating
so normaly i work always at modern cars , but today a welkome new client drove in whit his big old mercedes benz , a w126 whit the nice looking 280 twin cam engine , he was only running on 5 cylinders ,after a quick check we fast found that the problem were the old spark plug wires that need to be renewed , so the beast runned back at is full glorie 180 hp ,

[guyke]

and the cow i bougd for renewing my interior , this was the closed i found to the original colour

[guyke]

today the radiator and the fuel tank came back home , both cleaned renewed and ready for many jears of duty in my pagoda

[George Lollar]

I've got an 050 W/dark green top, can send you pictures as soon as I get it out in the sun to take some.  Probably next weekend.  George

[guyke]

george that would be incredebly awesom from jou , antil now i stil did not found any picture from that combination
looking forward to see jour car 

[guyke]

i have the  Ignition Ballast Resistor in my 230 sl that is broke , is it normal ther is an 0.4 ohm in ,the bleu color , can not find anywere that this type is original fitted on the 230 engine
on the picture it is showing the bleu one

[guyke]

found it , normaly ther should be a 0.9 ohm in my car , so i wil change that to an original one 

[guyke]

started at headlight restauration

[Jonny B]

What did you use/do to polish the headlight?? Looks great.

[guyke]

everything new , found the main projector at marcel kappen in holland also al the rubbers in and between light ,, and the smaller projector , blinker orange cover and new glass at ebay.de
main projector = 65 euro piece
smaller projector = 89 euro piece
blinker orange glass 27.90 euro piece
main front glass 90 euro piece
rubber between main front glass and licht unit 12.2  piece
rubber in lamp 35.99 piece
rubber between complete lamp and car 32 piece
total for restoration light  352.9 euro piece

[guyke]

i found a water pump on a oldtimer meeting point , there was a seller that had one laying around , original mb , i have now almoast everything to rebild the cooling system

[dpreston Virginia]

Gyke,
Enjoying your posts.
Could you do me a favor and measure the inlet length of the pipe coming out of the tank with out the gas cap?
The neck on mine is too short (replacement tank from a previous owner) and want to see what the correct length is supposed to be.
Thanks,
David

[guyke]

top of the tube is 23 cm bottom  to end that should be 9,05 inch in us measurments
if jou need more measurements , just ask 

[guyke]

today my brother went back to pick up some parts for his w108 , he took many  nice pictures from the  mercedes benz parts  dealer
if jou have a weak hart please do not look at these pics , pics are also 18+ 

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