A new buddy

Bought a door from a real nice guy last week, Mr. Ray Petty, who sells on Ebay but you can also contact via his web site . He is super nice, and will tell you what he has. He doesn't run a store front, just what part do you need, etc. Can't say enough about him.

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The light at the end of the tunnel

OK - more progress. Last night, we got her out of the garage. The transmission bushing clips are installed. Charles had to take her around the block a couple of times, to get the radiator/cooling system flush to circulate. He got to drive her. He said it felt good. The speedometer works. We finally got her started by shorting across C105. Had to use a lot of starting fluid. It took quite some time, but I bled the fuel injection system. Finally got the priming pump to move, and the ends of the injectors cracked open. Tha 17mm wrench fits tight. Found out that we can pull her off just like a John Deere tractor. We drained the radiator, and got a lot more crap out. The water was red initially, so it may need some more flush. For this one, I think we'll use the Mercedes citrus flush. We got hte instrument cluster lights yesterday, along with the new flasher relay.

This morning, she left for the body shop. Hopefully, we can get the door closed soon.

Stupid

The mirror is mounted

The external side needs to be polished, but it is on. I've found one for the right side, as well as a vent window. But some screwups have occurred.

Here is the driver's side seat control. I thought I would take it apart, but not so good.

Here's the EGR valve. I think the cleanup last weekend deteriorated the rubber mounts for the vacuum system connections.

The ball connection for the windshield wiper assembly. It needs to come off.

Another vacuum system screwup.

Progress

Well, this past weekend we got tires. There was a birthday involved. Imagine receving tires for your birthday, but that's what was involved. One was mounted, and the others need to be done. Also got the R&R switch out. I don't know why it is called the R&R switch, but we got the steering wheel out, as well as the lower panel.

We also got the starter motor to turn over. I think we need a new ignition switch. I'll pull the old one out to see if it can be refurbished. I think I can find instructions.



Here's a few pictures.

This door has some repair work to be done. We've gotten the windshield out, and we have the Mercedes shop manual, which has come in handy. It is just scanned pages, but it is handier than the Haynes manual. I have not seen a Haynes manual for the 126 series Mercedes of that vintage. This door does not close properly. It did at first, but the door got bent back when pushing into the garage. We did get the oil changed this weekend. 8 quarts of 15W40, and a new air filter inthe turbocharger. Next is to troubleshoot the ignition switch.

The first night

Well, we got the drivers side door off, and the busted windshield out. There's a lot of glass al over, but also a lot of satisfaction. Video to follow.