HillmanImp Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Bet it was running sweet! Scruffy Bodger, mk2_craig, The Moog and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 If you're bald, just comb hair from the back forward then gel it upwards. Nobody will ever know your shame. Skizzer, Pillock, egg and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted February 4, 2019 Author Share Posted February 4, 2019 That's both the Mazda and Sierra away to new owners!Hopefully if it all goes to plan I will have another W123 Mercedes by the end of the week. 240D by srblythe, on Flickr 240D by srblythe, on Flickr 240D by srblythe, on Flickr 240D by srblythe, on Flickr 240D by srblythe, on Flickr 240D by srblythe, on Flickr Clearly one knackered Mercedes wasn't enough! This one I'm going to do as little bodywork as possible to achieve an mot and leave it looking as rough as possible. I think it looks great. Broadsword, Lacquer Peel, egg and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadsword Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Absolutely dreadful. I love it! The boot area looks rather open to the weather there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Lovely! I agree SK it looks perfect just as it is. How many miles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted February 4, 2019 Author Share Posted February 4, 2019 Lovely! I agree SK it looks perfect just as it is. How many miles?170k Sent from my G3121 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 That is the kind of car driven in the 1990s by crusty drug dealers with upper middle class parents. He could've had a brand new one courtesy of his grandma but he felt the rust and gaffa tape repairs made him look edgy. I bet you find a 'Spiral Tribe' tape in the stereo. HarmonicCheeseburger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted February 4, 2019 Author Share Posted February 4, 2019 Sounds about right. The car is in St Albans and will cost more than the car is worth to bring it here. Sent from my G3121 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tepper Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Sounds about right. The car is in St Albans and will cost more than the car is worth to bring it here. Sent from my G3121 using Tapatalk Top quality vehicle sir. I know I've got hardly any posts on here but I could probably assist in getting that vehicle a fair bit closer to you if that's of interest. Edit: just seen no MOT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Sounds about right. The car is in St Albans and will cost more than the car is worth to bring it here. Sent from my G3121 using TapatalkAye, Hertfordshire was a prime location for 'FakeRastaz' in the 90's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyrew Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Sounds about right. The car is in St Albans and will cost more than the car is worth to bring it here. Sent from my G3121 using TapatalkLocal to st Albans if I can be of any help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 Delivery of the car has already been arranged but offers of help are appreciated.Cheers. Sent from my G3121 using Tapatalk Six-cylinder and Jim Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 That does look very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted February 8, 2019 Author Share Posted February 8, 2019 Mot passed on the skoda! Sent from my G3121 using Tapatalk GrumpiusMaximus, Lacquer Peel, Six-cylinder and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheezey Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 That's good news. I'm still scratching my head about the sugar in the tank of the Mazda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 I remember being told by my dad's underkeeper in 1978, that if you want to fuck someone's car up, put a bag of sugar in the tank. Over 40 years later and I've now seen it happen! egg, scdan4 and LightBulbFun 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheezey Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 I just don't get why some one would want to mess up someone's car like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 I just don't get why some one would want to mess up someone's car like that. well theres a reason he said "ex" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 It was a relatively nice day today so spent some time outside trying to improve the Audi 80, first I found a set of wheels that held air then fitted some tyres to them. RJC_6708 by srblythe, on Flickr Next we tried figuring out how to put the front end back together. RJC_6711 by srblythe, on Flickr RJC_6714 by srblythe, on Flickr Ended up having to take the wings back off in order to fit the headlights. RJC_6717 by srblythe, on Flickr Still need to screw the bumper on, lower valance and some bits of trim but it's starting to look like a car again. Dirk Diggler, LightBulbFun, Broadsword and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 Last week my friend brought back the pipe I needed from Hungary to get my w123 running. DSC_0208 by srblythe, on Flickr It turned out that it wasn't quite right so I had to bodge an adapter onto it to make it fit the fuel regulator/accumulator DSC_0210 by srblythe, on Flickr DSC_0211 by srblythe, on Flickr DSC_0213 by srblythe, on Flickr It turns out that the pipe must be from a similar but slightly different car because when all fitted together the original mounting bracket doesn't really fit onto all of the components. I just bolted it together the best I could and fitted it together. DSC_0214 by srblythe, on Flickr DSC_0216 by srblythe, on Flickr I put some fuel in the tank and tried starting but it still had the same issue as before where it fired then died two seconds later. On top of that it appeared to be pishing out fuel from what looked like three different locations but might have just been one that was higher up and dripping off the lower points in the system. Fed up with my lack of good results I pushed it back into its space and left it until today. A couple of people had mentioned that it was probably the fuel pump relay at fault so I bridged pins 30 and 87 and right enough the pump primed continuously, I stuck some more fuel in the tank and it fired into life. It's still leaking fuel but at least I know what the issue was in the first place. I'm kicking myself a little because I'm only in this position because when it broke down I went for the cheapest/easiest fixes first and decided to change the pump and filter but destroyed all of the original rusty hard fuel lines in the process. If I had just bought a relay then It would have been fixed and I wouldn't be having all this bother with it. Lacquer Peel, mrbenn, Skizzer and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 RJC_6724 by srblythe, on Flickr Shitey Mercedes has arrived! It's only around 5 days late... I'll need to get a better look at it tomorrow in the daylight but I'm pretty happy with it. LightBulbFun, Broadsword, MorrisItalSLX and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share Posted February 14, 2019 Here it is in the daylight! RJC_6771 by srblythe, on Flickr RJC_6772 by srblythe, on Flickr RJC_6745 by srblythe, on Flickr Now for the bad bits RJC_6747 by srblythe, on Flickr RJC_6748 by srblythe, on Flickr RJC_6753 by srblythe, on Flickr RJC_6754 by srblythe, on Flickr RJC_6755 by srblythe, on Flickr RJC_6756 by srblythe, on Flickr RJC_6757 by srblythe, on Flickr RJC_6758 by srblythe, on Flickr RJC_6759 by srblythe, on Flickr RJC_6760 by srblythe, on Flickr Not too bad really, a rear wheel arch, the jacking points, a front inner arch and a rear corner need welding, I think it's less rusty than the white one. Skizzer, Lacquer Peel, Mrs6C and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan_dyane Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Superb albeit slow vehicles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheezey Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 I was wondering why you had bought this one as the white one looks far fresher. Is the white one hiding rot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share Posted February 14, 2019 I was wondering why you had bought this one as the white one looks far fresher. Is the white one hiding rot? I bought it because Mrs SK wanted another Mercedes and chose this one, the white Mercedes required more welding than I'm anticipating the gold one will. DSC_0079 by srblythe, on Flickr Most of the floor on the drivers side needed replaced along with the jacking points and a rear arch. The wings could be doing with being changed but as it wasn't likely to fail an mot on them I've never bothered. DSC_0975 by srblythe, on Flickr DSC_0041 by srblythe, on Flickr DSC_0118 by srblythe, on Flickr Old Mercedes at night by srblythe, on Flickr Dirk Diggler, Mrs6C, Exiled_Tat_Gatherer and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BavarianRetro Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Shitey Mercedes has arrived! It's only around 5 days late... Get used to that sort of timescale with a 240d. mercedade, Dirk Diggler, catsinthewelder and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share Posted February 14, 2019 Get used to that sort of timescale with a 240d. Bernadette thought that was very funny. Well done! LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted February 15, 2019 Author Share Posted February 15, 2019 I went to the Mercedes dealer yesterday to try and obtain the correct piece of fuel pipe and hose for the white w123. They had them in stock for £105. Bargain! egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 That Merc is grim. I agree keep it looking rough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted February 15, 2019 Author Share Posted February 15, 2019 Only a couple of patches... RJC_6835 by srblythe, on Flickr RJC_6842 by srblythe, on Flickr RJC_6844 by srblythe, on Flickr RJC_6845 by srblythe, on Flickr That's the worst of it out of the way but need to wait on a wheel arch repair panel coming to finish off the drivers side. The passenger side has much less rot by the looks of it and should only require a couple of bits at the jacking points. Skizzer, Jim Bell, Scruffy Bodger and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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