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Cars you didn't know existed until very recently.
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Didnt know until today that Chrysler US did a stand alone brand called Imperial in 55 to 75 then again in 81 to 83 . They were the size of small asteroids -
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Recently bought a 190E 2.6 Sportline . stunning to drive , feels solid and handles real well , being a 2.6 its a bit thirsty but il live with this if only for the joy of driving it
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More Merc Madness , Mono wiper grease up
Rusty Pelican replied to Rusty Pelican's topic in AutoShite
They are all plastic now , i have found ten 8A and ten 25A proper ceramic ones at a local garage though , still need the 16A ones . yep mine just corroded on one end , looked perfect at a glance -
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Rusty Pelican replied to Rusty Pelican's topic in AutoShite
Decent ones are actual ceramic , modern crap ones are thermoplastic rubbish , no they arnt supposed to melt -
More Merc Madness , Mono wiper grease up
Rusty Pelican replied to Rusty Pelican's topic in AutoShite
So this is why the Hazards didnt hazard and a few interior lights didnt get bright . didnt spot it just looking as the fuse aint blown -
Bing sold by a guy on youtube who goes by the name tasty classics , seems a real honest guy , theres a few vid on this on his channel https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n9I6w0Q5M_o
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W202 Merc C Class in giffer spec. Low(er) life.
Rusty Pelican replied to AndyW201's topic in AutoShite
OOOF Love it -
More Merc Madness , Mono wiper grease up
Rusty Pelican replied to Rusty Pelican's topic in AutoShite
Dug up some history on this here Merc . This is from a previous owners garage that they used. Sadly i dont have the original engine . This was apparently done in 2019 -
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Rusty Pelican replied to Rusty Pelican's topic in AutoShite
Never knew that , this ones a Bosch unit , -
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More Merc Madness , Mono wiper grease up
Rusty Pelican replied to Rusty Pelican's topic in AutoShite
More Merc mayhem This time disassembly and re greasing the mono wiper . Its been running slow and sometimes refuses to operate . Absolutely no grease in there whatsoever save for the remains of some sticky goo . -
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Fab looking car , love the interior - looks like Bridport town centre ?
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Benzin' (I want to get off Mr Benz Wild Ride)
Rusty Pelican replied to Conrad D. Conelrad's topic in AutoShite
Changed all the heater control bulbs in mine as I too hate bulbs that dont bulb , mine has rear leccy windows , il be checking switches tomorrow -
More Merc Madness , Mono wiper grease up
Rusty Pelican replied to Rusty Pelican's topic in AutoShite
And for my next repair . Drivers side ( UK ) mirror handle adjust in and out up and down handle doodab thingy . Busted clean off well before I got it. New handle aquired from ebay ( from Poland IIRC ) . Fitting its easy , getting the broken bit out is a right nightmare . Its riveted to the adjuster doofer and getting that outs a nightmare . basically file the top off , prise the busted bit off . File the bottom bit and punch the pin out . Fitting the new arm is the easy bit although you cant reuse the pin .In the end I used a pop rivet with a washer that only just fitted the rivet at the far end therefor pinning it altogether . pop rivets hold well but not solid so it all still pivoted OK . Loads of greas added . To compound the hell the top mirror mount screw had previously sheered off . couldnt get that out so sawed the stub off , drilled right through and locked in an M4 bolt. Anyhoos it all now works perfectly -
More Merc Madness , Mono wiper grease up
Rusty Pelican replied to Rusty Pelican's topic in AutoShite
Got them via facebook from a company called Retro Plates. When i asked if they could do it they already had the info including the phone number https://www.facebook.com/retroplates