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Rusty Pelican

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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. Decent ones are actual ceramic , modern crap ones are thermoplastic rubbish , no they arnt supposed to melt
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. Never knew that , this ones a Bosch unit ,
  9. 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 .
  10. Fab looking car , love the interior - looks like Bridport town centre ?
  11. Not my pic , however is this all a Range Rover is worth nowadays
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
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