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Monthly Archives: July 2015
Fabricating new fuel rail brackets part IV
My never ending saga of drilling and tapping aluminium has yet another installment, but this time it is not yet another fail. Of course, you may think my fabricating skills is a big fail, but I am pleased with the … Continue reading
Posted in 1983 Mercedes-Benz 280TE
Tagged 280te, benz, M117, megasquirt, mercedes, mercedes-benz, penta, pictures, s123, v8, w123
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A real workhorse
The S123 300TDT was sold as a real workhorse when it was new. Awesome power from the turbo diesel and a really large storage compartment in the back. Combine that with a tow hitch, and you are prepared for all … Continue reading
Posted in 1980 300TDT
Tagged 300TDT, benz, mercedes, mercedes-benz, pictures, s123, w123
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Fabricating new fuel rail brackets part III
First I cut the brackets roughly to shape with a grinder, then I marked where to drill the fuel rails. First hole is a small pilot hole. I put a piece of tape on the drill bit to know the … Continue reading
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Tagged 280te, benz, engine, M117, megasquirt, mercedes, mercedes-benz, pictures, s123
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Fabricating new fuel rail brackets part II
So I measured up the brackets last night and drilled all the holes. I will cut them down to the finished shape later today so that I can mock them up together with the fuel rails and mark up where … Continue reading
Posted in 1983 Mercedes-Benz 280TE
Tagged 280te, benz, engine, M117, megasquirt, mercedes, mercedes-benz, pictures, s123, v8, w123
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Fabricating new fuel rail brackets
Yesterday it was finally time to start to fabricate some new fuel rail brackets. I wanted something really sturdy, so that I knew that whatever happened, I would not get a fuel spill and a burnt out wreck of a … Continue reading
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Tagged 280te, benz, engine, M117, megasquirt, mercedes, mercedes-benz, pictures, s123, v8, w123
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A little bit of cleaning
I had to change the front exhaus pipe on my 1980 300TDT the other week, and when I removed the airfilter to be able to get to the top bolts, I noticed that it was extremely dirty under there. There … Continue reading
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Tagged 300TDT, benz, engine, mercedes, mercedes-benz, pictures, s123, w123
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Redoing the injectors on my 280TE
Long time since the last post on this category I know… Anyways, when picking up the car this autumn there was two big problems with it. Both gasoline and automatic fluid was leaking out… I decided to tackle the gasoline … Continue reading
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Tagged 280te, benz, engine, M117, megasquirt, mercedes, mercedes-benz, pictures, s123, v8
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More W108 power windows
Here are some pictures from the repair of the power window on the passenger side. Here the plate was cracked so getting the windows to work properly was not possible. I at least managed to close the window. Here are … Continue reading