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[Jazoli]

Also found footwell lights had no bulbs in so had a blue pair 501 leds doing nothing..

And it begins, I reckoned it'll be 3 months before you 'improved' it

[HillmanImp]

I've also been meaning to ask, when i tidy up the welds, what are those flap disc things people recommend? Saves me using the grinder. Is it these ones?

 

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Never tried them but a few people have mentioned them.

 

What grit would peeps recommend for these for sanding back mig welds?

[chodweaver]

What grit would peeps recommend for these for sanding back mig welds?

I think I've ended up using 60, but quite prepared to be told this is not the best grade.

 

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[chodweaver]

Buoyed by today's successful snapped-coil replacement on the vomit coloured Corsa (its MOT is due), futile restoration of an XM rear subframe generously donated by a good sort on the Club-XM forum began. I hope that Flag's Rust Converter has not leaped up in price since I bought this pot - I like it and can see me using it a lot...

 

Soz for potato cam quality pics

 

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[Hertz]

I have managed to find a genuine one lady owner from new (since 1989) motor which I'm very excited about. Just in final negotiations with a possible collection next Saturday.

 

Deposit paid, insurance bought. Collection Saturday PM.

 

It's a bit of an obvious one for me so won't do a thread. It's 220 miles away so just hope it gets me home OK.

[SiC]

What grit would peeps recommend for these for sanding back mig welds?

I use:

60 grit for general use.

40 grit to properly remove material when I've put far, far too much on.

80 grit for lightly cleaning or just taking the top off of rust.

[spike60]

After fitting the fuel pump, filter and repairing the wiring on the Merc SEC yesterday I went on a meander today to see if it kept going. It did, though not exactly trouble free. Going up the bank on the A174 by Ellerby I decided to kick it down, This was not a good idea, it won't have been kicked down in the last 17 years, if ever. It stuck, not the throttle, just the kick down. I was about 20 miles from home in a 35 year old 5L car that will only change up at 6000 rpm. Great.

I pulled off the road and after a bit of pondering I found the kickdown switch jammed down under the pedal, pulled it up, job jobbed. Then when I got going at more sensible RPM the passenger seat belt butler joined in the fun , frantically waving the belt at the empty seat until I clipped it in. All part of putting a car back on the road after a long layoff I guess.

 

Here it is posing in the winter sun next to the scenic Mickleby Landfill site after the latest teething troubles.

[vulgalour]

As they wear out, they get more useful for other jobs too, so don't bin them when they stop being effective on the thing you started on, you'll find them handy elsewhere.

 

 

EDIT: flapwheels, that is, not bright red Mercs.

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

I use:

60 grit for general use.

40 grit to properly remove material when I've put far, far too much on.

80 grit for lightly cleaning or just taking the top off of rust.

Yup - that's what I usually tickle it with……...

 

After fitting the fuel pump, filter and repairing the wiring on the Merc SEC yesterday I went on a meander today to see if it keep going. It did, though not exactly trouble free. Going up the bank on the A174 by Ellerby I decided to kick it down, This was not a good idea, it won't have been kicked down in the last 17 years, if ever. It stuck, not the throttle, just the kick down. I was about 20 miles from home in a 35 year old 5L car that will only change up at 6000 rpm. Great.

I pulled off the road and after a bit of pondering I found the kickdown switch jammed down under the pedal, pulled it up, job jobbed. Then when I got going at more sensible RPM the passenger seat belt butler joined in the fun , frantically waving the belt at the empty seat until I clipped it in. All part of putting a car back on the road after a long layoff I guess.

 

Here it is posing in the winter sun next to the scenic Mickleby Landfill site after the latest teething troubles.

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Have to say - I'd sit in that and not even bother calling for AA or whoever for a while - I'd still be king of the hill - just standing still. It looks bloody marvelous. glad it was an easy sort though - have you bothered with a service or anything at all? Or just winging it?

[stuboy]

Pollen filter maybof needing changing...

 

And new cheapo wheel centres make a nicer look..

[Cavcraft]

That red Merc is something else.

[spike60]

 

 

Have to say - I'd sit in that and not even bother calling for AA or whoever for a while - I'd still be king of the hill - just standing still. It looks bloody marvelous. glad it was an easy sort though - have you bothered with a service or anything at all? Or just winging it?

 

 

No, I'm working my way through it. When I got it the owner didn't know when the oil was last changed but it was his late FiL's car and he'd never put it on the road. Same family for 30+ years, garaged for 20 and last taxed in 2003. I don't know when it was last rustproofed but the fuel filter was Waxoyled... . It doesn't need a whole lot doing, I aim to keep so will change diff oil, box oil and filter and go through it. It's not a show winner, the pics flatter it but it's too good to run into the ground. Oh, and I aim to drive it.

[HillmanImp]

Fuck me, that Merc is PHIT!

[Split_Pin]

I did lol at the picture painted of the panicking seat belt butler!

[richardmorris]

I did lol at the picture painted of the panicking seat belt butler!

 

That could be the door switch. Only could mind - though obviously the motor is ok.

[spike60]

That could be the door switch. Only could mind - though obviously the motor is ok.

Is that why it has 2 door switches each side?  I don't remember the saloon having 2.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

....Here it is posing in the winter sun next to the scenic Mickleby Landfill site....

 

How romantic....

[Ghosty]

U-Pull-It car park spot:

[BorniteIdentity]

After fitting the fuel pump, filter and repairing the wiring on the Merc SEC yesterday I went on a meander today to see if it kept going. It did, though not exactly trouble free. Going up the bank on the A174 by Ellerby I decided to kick it down, This was not a good idea, it won't have been kicked down in the last 17 years, if ever. It stuck, not the throttle, just the kick down. I was about 20 miles from home in a 35 year old 5L car that will only change up at 6000 rpm. Great.

I pulled off the road and after a bit of pondering I found the kickdown switch jammed down under the pedal, pulled it up, job jobbed. Then when I got going at more sensible RPM the passenger seat belt butler joined in the fun , frantically waving the belt at the empty seat until I clipped it in. All part of putting a car back on the road after a long layoff I guess.

 

Here it is posing in the winter sun next to the scenic Mickleby Landfill site after the latest teething troubles.

Feb 2019 057.JPG

The 80s called. They want to congratulate you on your choice of motor car. As do the entire AS congregation.

 

That really is something else.

[richardmorris]

Is that why it has 2 door switches each side? I don't remember the saloon having 2.

It is on my lesser e class coupe.

 

I think it’s the bottom one that sets the belt butlers off.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

After fitting the fuel pump, filter and repairing the wiring on the Merc SEC yesterday I went on a meander today to see if it kept going. It did, though not exactly trouble free. Going up the bank on the A174 by Ellerby I decided to kick it down, This was not a good idea, it won't have been kicked down in the last 17 years, if ever. It stuck, not the throttle, just the kick down. I was about 20 miles from home in a 35 year old 5L car that will only change up at 6000 rpm. Great.

I pulled off the road and after a bit of pondering I found the kickdown switch jammed down under the pedal, pulled it up, job jobbed. Then when I got going at more sensible RPM the passenger seat belt butler joined in the fun , frantically waving the belt at the empty seat until I clipped it in. All part of putting a car back on the road after a long layoff I guess.

 

Here it is posing in the winter sun next to the scenic Mickleby Landfill site after the latest teething troubles.

Feb 2019 057.JPG

 

 

That is a seriously handsome steed.  In a proper colour.  As a rule I'm not usually fond of how Mercs look but your's is the exception.  Definitely.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Also.  Still waiting for my Golf to come back from the garage.  They've been completely transparent about the timescale (only one bloke working there from when they got it until the other bloke comes back tomorrow) and I'm not in desperate need of the car this week (although it's annoying not having it) but I cannot wait to jump back in it and see what it's like with a decent clutch and no flywheel rattle.

[Broadsword]

U-Pull-It car park spot:

I see that around UPI quite a lot since I live close by. Have you seen the A4 sheet in the rear window educating the public on BX heritage?

[Ghosty]

I see that around UPI quite a lot since I live close by. Have you seen the A4 sheet in the rear window educating the public on BX heritage?

Yep, clocked it on my way out!

[Cavcraft]

Came to work in the black Puma today. Tried to adjust the steering column, assumed it didn't and went for fuel. Door open light came on, stopped, checked round, nothing obvious. Got to work, bonnet was open That was lucky.

[Supernaut]

Came to work in the black Puma today. Tried to adjust the steering column, assumed it didn't and went for fuel. Door open light came on, stopped, checked round, nothing obvious. Got to work, bonnet was open That was lucky.

My xantia had the bonnet release on the underside of the steering column too.

[Jim Bell]

Can't think where else to put this but these pics popped up on my Freindface timeline from a detailer and thought they were worth sharing. Audi A4? I think?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Whoever it was that went through that cesspit and dragged it round to looking like roses, deserves a medal.

[dozeydustman]

Can't think where else to put this but these pics popped up on my Freindface timeline from a detailer and thought they were worth sharing. Audi A4? I think?

 

 

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Whoever it was that went through that cesspit and dragged it round to looking like roses, deserves a medal.

 

That's what the inside of the Corolla looks like since madam passed her driving test......

[richardmorris]

Thanks for sharing. I hate it.

 

Those window switches are making me physically sick.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Those window switches are making me physically sick.

 

I wonder how many types of bacteria were living in there before the cleaners got going......?