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Pagoda SL Group Technical Manual
This is the Wiki for the Technical Manual for the Pagoda SL Group, the International Club for Mercedes Benz 230 SL / 250 SL / 280 SL Roadsters of the W113 series. The information that is collected here derives from a number of sources, but mainly the old Yahoo W113 Group and the Pagoda SL Group Forums.
This material is © of the Pagoda SL Group. You are allowed to post links to our material, but you are not allowed to copy this information in whole or in part.
In order to update data on this site, you will need to be a Full Member of the Pagoda SL Group. You log in with your username and password at the forum using the Login tab and then return here.
At some point in the future we may allow editing rights to everyone. It is likely that this will not happen until we have structured the information on this site in some reasonably consistent shape. Join us to help create this technical manual.
This is a work in progress. At any time data may be incorrect, incomplete or even plain misleading. Due to the nature of Wiki development things may get worse before they get better. You use this information entirely at your own risk, the Pagoda SL Group takes no responsibility.
Pagoda SL Group Information
This section contains links to information related to the organisation and charter of the Pagoda SL Group. The history of the group is described at this link: A short History of Pagoda SL Group. To see what our web-site looked like through the years, check this Web-site past and present.
- About the Pagoda SL Group
- The original charter of the Group
- The current bylaws of the Group
- The History of the Group
- About Membership of the Group
- How to renew your Membership of the Group
- Contact information of the Group
- Payment information of the Group
- The website, past and present
Business cards to print out, cut up, and hand out to fellow Pagoda owners to incite them to join us: Carcards
Events
Add your Mercedes-Benz events from around the world to this page (and remember to delete old events)
Contents
Most of the content below marked with ® in the Technical Manual is only available to Full Members of the Pagoda SL Group. If you have not yet logged in on the Forum, you will need to log in with your user name and your password, to access this information. About Membership of the Group.
You log in with your username and password at the forum using the Login tab and then return here.
- General
- W113 Model data
- Data Cards and Colour Codes ®
- Maintenance ®
- Engine ®
- Fuel System ®
- Transmission and Clutch ®
- Drive Shaft and Rear Axle ®
- Cooling, Heating and Air conditioning ®
- Brake System ®
- Steering System ®
- Suspension ®
- Wheels and Tires ®
- Chassis and Body ®
- Electrical Systems ®
- Lights ®
- Heating ®
- Exhaust System ®
- Tops ®
- Interior ®
- Accessories ®
- Dotology?
- Originality ® which contains sections and galleries showing details of very original cars
- Buying a car ®
- Tuning/Set-up Tour ®
- Documentation
- Suppliers
- Warsaw based bodywork supplier
- Pagoda Model Cars
Parts queries
Research your parts needs on one of these Mercedes-Benz sites
Car Registry
The Car Registry contains a list of all the cars known to us. This list used to be a database which people could add their details to. This lead to inconsistent formatting and out-of-date data. If you'd like to correct an entry for your car(s), please send a mail to registrar@sl113.org.
Diversions and Videos
Diversions, detours, divertissements, dead-ends, frivolous stuff. This page leads to interesting tidbits of information about our beloved Pagoda cars and their owners. Feel free to add stuff!
Full member content, topics of interest
These topics are major topics of interest, covering multiple aspects and idiosyncracies of the Pagoda. They are a good starting point for multiple parts of knowledge, branching off into numerous directions...
- Premium content ®
- All issues of Pagoda Notes ®
- The Index of Pagoda World ®
- Engine Starting Aid ®
- Linkage tour ®
- Valve adjustment tour ®
- Colour Wiring Diagrams ®
- Vehicle Decals Set for Reproduction ®
- Emergency Contact List
- Logo and other downloads
- Grommets in the firewall
- Information for Administrators and Moderators of the Group website ®
Pagoda University Blacklick
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