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Hi,

I am Bert Kramer. I live in Valburg (The Netherlands). Long time I searched for a Pagoda. I found one for a reasable price and, buy the looks, a project for a willing amature. I am now learning and stripping the car to give it some technical attention and it needs a complete repaint job. It has already to color layers on it so that will be a big job.

I am now slowly stripping the dashboard. Has anybody tips for me how the take off the parts nice and easy ? I want to strip it all. Leather covers, wood, instruments. Is there a good book or does anybody wrote an article about it ?

All info is welcome. Hope to see some of you soon with a running car.

[rwmastel]

Bert,

Hello.  Using the Search tool (link in top right corner of screen) and some patience you can find lots of info about that.  Here are a few I found in just a couple minutes.

www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=4387
www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=3457
www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=2476
www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=4926
www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=4721
www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=4619


Rodd
Powell, Ohio, USA
1966 230SL, Euro, Auto, Leather, both  tops
1994 E420

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Hi Rodd,

Thank you. I should have looked better myself first ! It helped a lot. I stripped mostly the complete dash now. I am now reading about the instruments. That seems to be the hard part ! I am preparing for injured hands and so  

[Cees Klumper]

On the instruments, be sure to read about how to avoid damaging the coolant temperature sender (search for "capillary tube") since it is so expensive. Where in The Netherlands are you situated?

Cees ("Case") Klumper in Amsterdam
'69 white 280 SL automatic

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Hi Cees,

You should have my adress I joined as the club as a full member a couple of weeks ago and you mailed me a reply. I even received the first club magazine. Thanks for that. I live in Valburg, that is near Nijmegen. I purchased a 230SL from 63. My year of birth also !

Thanks for your advice. The problem is that there was already a extra temp instrument installed (very uggly) so I am afraid that the damage is already there.

Can I just release the oil pressure line ? Or do I need a "stop" or something like that.

I am very glad I found this site. Already had a lot of tips that makes life easier !

A tip for removing the instruments : use rubber gloves like they use in the hospital ! They avoid injuries but also they make it easier to put (at lease my big hands) your hands betweens the narrow spaces !

[Cees Klumper]

Hi Bert - sounds indeed like your temp gauge (or the capillary tube to be more precise) is probably broken.

You can just undo the oil pressure line, so long as the engine is not running it will not leak more than a drop, if any.

I always use surgical gloves when working on the car. At first I thought it looked a little strange, but being able to just take all the grime, oil and dirt right off your hands without having to wash them makes up for that. Also it does not interfere with the work in my opinion (which is why surgeons can wear them, I guess).

I am getting ready to mail out your new member package next week, so watch for that as well ...

Cees ("Case") Klumper in Amsterdam
'69 white 280 SL automatic

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Hi Cees,

Yes the surgical gloves are great.
One question : is there not a replacement possible for the temp instrument ? Did nobody make a replacement for it without the "gas" tube ?

[Cees Klumper]

There's no replacement that I am aware of; I have wondered about this myself - perhaps because they break very infrequently nobody has bothered to go through the trouble of coming up with an alternative.

Cees ("Case") Klumper in Amsterdam
'69 white 280 SL automatic