1964 230SL Hard Starting...When Cold

[mistertj]

Charles - The diagram that you posted here is the one that through me off. It looks similar to our R11 but it isn't. That's where I got the incorrect sealing washer number of 1 410 206 020. It's item 16 on the drawing. Cheers

Tj

[mistertj]

A happy ending...car is fixed. Cause I'm guessing was lack of car use allowing the fuel to dry up allowing sediment to form and stick the cone valves and at least one piston. Followed the guidance available on this site...choke cleaner, penetrating oil and tapping on the pistons for days eventually freeing up everything. Made a small puller to extract the cone valves and a "puller" to coax the rack into moving. Car is running pretty good now.

TJ

[BobH]

That's good news, well done!

[Charles 230SL]

 yes, glad to hear that! 

[mdsalemi]

…car is fixed. Cause I'm guessing was lack of car use…

When I was “interviewing” potential restoration shops back in 1999, the ONE THING every shop asked is, “…it hasn’t been sitting long, has it?”

[mistertj]

Well...kinda. It started over a year ago as a hard starting. Then because of other priorities, I let it stand for just about a year. Then it became more of a stuck rack issue. Now I will start her more often as well as adding StaBil to the non-ethanol fuel.

TJ