HMC WBOD news

[HMC]

I was still having problems with the pickup stalling, particularly on the overrun, with a bit of clever footwork needed to prevent loss of braking and steering on descents.

In the end replacing more vacuum line and using larger bolts to seal redundant vacuum tubes has done the trick. Also now the gearbox has a proper vacuum supply it shifts up nicely on a light throttle. This definitely helps the nascar soundtrack as around town it’s relatively discrete and not deafening. 

I’m finding it amusing that whilst some drivers pick a noisy exhaust and then let everyone know about it, I didn’t choose the exhaust system on the truck and I’m tip toeing around with it. It actually is quite a cruisy sort of vehicle anyway and suits a laid back approach; and anything that avoids kickdown stops Detroit iron heaven/hell being unleashed.

I celebrated by going for a pizza

 

 

[hairnet]

On 6/11/2022 at 10:09 AM, HMC said:

 

 

 

 

 

[hairnet]

On 6/11/2022 at 10:09 AM, HMC said:

 

 

 

@Faker @Datsuncog @They_all_do_that_sir will have all their jealousy and oofs in one of those🤣 /stereotype

*runs

[AndyW201]

 Ohhh, Nutria brown! As you say, a VERY rare colour. It was only available on the 190 for one year, in 1993 and known examples were reckoned to be barely into double  figures. I managed to own two...

I think the colour was even rarer on the 124 series, a Nutria coupe must be almost unique, I love it! Looks clean as a whistle too.

[loserone]

On 03/06/2022 at 17:03, HMC said:

Chase Hanks

[loserone]

I love that C10 so much I'm looking at radio controlled ones because I'll never be able to afford a real one.

 

It's a million times better than what it replaced.

[eddyramrod]

2 hours ago, Nyphur said:

I love that truck. Fantastic

You are not alone

[yes oui si]

Truck and Merc are both amazing. Top buying. 

[Honey Badger]

2nd baggsy for that brown Merc, it's a great looking car.

[Ghosty]

4 hours ago, loserone said:

Probably not her. Asheville and the Appalachians are in North Carolina on the opposite side of the country.

Chase is a woman's name, though. 

 

[Jenson Velcro]

10 hours ago, Ghosty said:

Chase is a woman’s name, though

Don’t fancy yours much.

Chase Carey.

 

[HMC]

Been using the pickup and marvelling at how  Un rotten it is. Minimal rustproofing and paint , and in quite a few places no seam sealer even. 
 

45 Californian years have helped a lot. The British climate is a force to be reckoned with and would soon start dissolving the body.

 

I cleaned up things with a wire brush and as it is all so clean I decided to take inspiration from the underbody prep that @TripleRich did on his Granada. After wire brushing and panel wiping I painted some por 15 over the panels. Where there is no seam sealer I will apply some tiger seal with a scotchbrite pad and then after preparing the surface use some upol gravitex stone guard and pump the box sections with wax.

 

I’m doing it in sections, Its a slow steady process but it’s very therapeutic!

[Yoss]

On 6/13/2022 at 12:06 AM, Ghosty said:

Chase is a woman's name, though. 

 

On 6/13/2022 at 10:27 AM, Jenson Velcro said:

Don’t fancy yours much.

 

[hairnet]

Hazmat suit and a mask and goggles.andlie under and pump action squirter

[wuvvum]

2 hours ago, Yoss said:

 

Interesting - I would have expected a V-plater to be a National 2

[stuboy]

[Yoss]

31 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Interesting - I would have expected a V-plater to be a National 2

Dunno, it was just a random picture I pinched off the Internet. It is ex LT though and they were often a law unto themselves. I don't know enough about Nationals and I intend to keep it that way. 

[Steve79]

I can see you 😂

[Steve79]

I see you're selling this

[Cookiesouwest]

2 minutes ago, Steve79 said:

I see you're selling this

He has had it a month. In HMC car owning years, a month is like a normal person's 4 years

I'm amazed it stayed on fleet so long. He must have really liked it.

Now where is the advert and will Mrs CSW let me spend the kitchen renovation fund on a pick up

 

[gadgetgricey]

8 minutes ago, Steve79 said:

I see you're selling this

Same truck, but dont think its being sold by @HMC.  

 

[PhilA]

Yes, that Mercedes is the same color as a wet nutra. I see them around here.

Quite why they picked that as an analogy is beyond me, they're ugly, aggressive things. Imagine a rat the size of a badger. 

Ours not to reason why.

[Cookiesouwest]

8 minutes ago, gadgetgricey said:

Same truck, but dont think its being sold by @HMC.  

 

Unless @HMC has a little sideline going we didn't know about

 

 

 

[tom13]

On 6/18/2022 at 6:26 PM, HMC said:

Been using the pickup and marvelling at how  Un rotten it is. Minimal rustproofing and paint , and in quite a few places no seam sealer even. 
 

45 Californian years have helped a lot. The British climate is a force to be reckoned with and would soon start dissolving the body.

 

I cleaned up things with a wire brush and as it is all so clean I decided to take inspiration from the underbody prep that @TripleRich did on his Granada. After wire brushing and panel wiping I painted some por 15 over the panels. Where there is no seam sealer I will apply some tiger seal with a scotchbrite pad and then after preparing the surface use some upol gravitex stone guard and pump the box sections with wax.

 

I’m doing it in sections, Its a slow steady process but it’s very therapeutic!

Is this the rust preventative paint? How far do those small tins go?

[HMC]

Time for an update.

I Sold the Chevy pickup to a local farmer who deals in American cars. I think he’s selling it which is what he does as he’s a dealer. I had an easy sale and he should eventually make some money when it sells.

I’ve had an itch for some time for an  S class coupe. I’ve owned most Mercedes’ models made 1972-2006ish but not the coupe made during their fall from grace years at the tail end of that period. It was at the money that broken ones go for (usual quick visual of them sunk  on their bump stops ) But this one was not broken. 

It’s a 2002 cl500 so basically the “base” model. Still that gives you heated electric soft close everything so it’s all relative. All of that works too, plus at the time of writing the active hydropneumatic suspension works, which is basically the most complex and clever / borkable system they could devise at the time.
 

 

I also recently bought an w124 estate which I don’t think I’ve mentioned before. It’s a 1991 230te. I was particularly taken with the indestructible cream mb tex (vinyl) interior which is very old school MB. 

 

[Dan the van]

I spent a very pleasant 2 weeks tooling around Cornwall in a CL500.A glorious car all round and a firm favourite.A CL55 Kompressor would be my perfect car.👍

[HMC]

I checked all the obvious on the Krusty Koupe re why the cooling fan wasn’t coming on, and guesstimated that the module that regulates the fan was not regulating.

Any second hand fan assembly for a CL is in the hundreds on e bay, but a bit of Googling and wishful thinking saw me source an essentially identical and way more numerous c class fan assembly for £not much.

 

I dissected out the important bits and tested the module and 600w fan on the car to test the theory…

And it came on when needed. Plugging the connector back into the original assembly brought back on the “coolant see garage” warning on the dash, and the usual dead fan. Result. So I’ll swap the bits over at the weekend and have a cooling system that behaves itself enough for a British summer.

[anonymous user]

You can keep the terrifyingly complex coupe  but I do like the estate.

[Broadsword]

Both Mercs looking lovely. Really like the W124 though. How much are those coupes these days?

[HMC]

52 minutes ago, Broadsword said:

Both Mercs looking lovely. Really like the W124 though. How much are those coupes these days?

It varies quite a bit. Projects seem to start at about £1k with something that’s a going concern £1-2k something  that needs nothing Seems to be £3-5k. They appear fetch more than saloons and about the same as the estates. Convertibles are another matter entirely but appear to my eyes less expensive than they used to be.