The new news 24 thread

[wuvvum]

4 hours ago, Supernaut said:

@wuvvum we need a proper thread on that Mercedes! It doesn't deserve to get lost amongst this thread.

Fair enough - I'll start one when I get round to actually doing some fettling on the beast.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

14 hours ago, Alan_Green said:

.... I'm giving it to a pal up Finchley way to look after and maybe keep. Give it a wave if you see it cruising North London. ...

That's very close to me......

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

Fair enough - I'll start one when I get round to actually doing some fettling on the beast.

Looking for something else, but those radio blanking plates are not cheap!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-W114-W115-230-Radio-Blanking-Plate/173878275894?hash=item287bf3ef36:g:amkAAOSw83taVNhV

[paulplom]

£3.50 for 5l of vegetable and sunflower oil in tescos

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[wuvvum]

17 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Looking for something else, but those radio blanking plates are not cheap!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-W114-W115-230-Radio-Blanking-Plate/173878275894?hash=item287bf3ef36:g:amkAAOSw83taVNhV

Indeed - neither are wheel trims.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-chrome-hub-caps-wheel-trims-w123-w107-w116-w114-w115-39-cm/174109356579?hash=item2889b9f223:g:Bv4AAOSwnGld33N9

In fact I could easily make more than I paid for the car by breaking it, but where's the fun in that?

[320touring]

Well, after the successful resurrection of the GSA and the Toledo...

It looks like the burds Clio is leaking PS fluid..

[richardmorris]

16 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Indeed - neither are wheel trims.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-chrome-hub-caps-wheel-trims-w123-w107-w116-w114-w115-39-cm/174109356579?hash=item2889b9f223:g:Bv4AAOSwnGld33N9

In fact I could easily make more than I paid for the car by breaking it, but where's the fun in that?

When I was at university in the early 1990s one of my lecturers was from south Africa and had imported his w115 saloon - his was petrol, black vinyl I think and white. I’ve rarely seen a stack headlight since.

[Six-cylinder]

I have had two stacks both 280CE, first one black was a stop gap between company cars the second white one planned for when I give up company cars.

Both run as daily drivers.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 minute ago, Six-cylinder said:

I have had two stacks both 280CE, first one black was a stop gap between company cars the second white one planned for when I give up company cars.

They do like a drink.

[Six-cylinder]

3 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

They do like a drink.

Yes and the white one was as a business vehicle doing 20k+ a year.

I also maxed it out in Germany showing over 120 mph.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Just now, Six-cylinder said:

Yes and the white one was as a business vehicle doing 20k+ a year.

The 250CE that my cousins had would manage about 16mpg at best.

[Six-cylinder]

Just now, Tadhg Tiogar said:

The 250CE that my cousins had would manage about 16mpg at best.

I was doing a bit better than that with the later twin cam, around 20 mpg.

[richardmorris]

14 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

I was doing a bit better than that with the later twin cam, around 20 mpg.

I think the black one looks very smart. Very German secret service.

[Six-cylinder]

1 minute ago, richardmorris said:

I think the black one looks very smart. Very German secret service.

I put my then 14 year old son to work for a whole day to make it look like that!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

16 hours ago, Bren said:

Fit. 64 bhp. There are quicker glaciers.

They certainly melt faster these days!

[richardmorris]

9 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

I put my then 14 year old son to work for a whole day to make it look like that!

You can’t beat child labour.

[Six-cylinder]

Just now, richardmorris said:

You can’t beat child labour.

Trouble is they are too big now and push back!

[xtriple]

I had  a double stack 280SE in silver with 'Mexican hat' wheels. I loved it, but... it was a 'tad' rusty (read: hanging!) and I entrusted it to a specialist to find/make and then fit new front wings, re-spray it and generally return it to me for a not inconsiderable amount of folding (back in the day when we actually used 'foldoing'!) in pristine condition. I was working lots and lots of hours and had neither the time nor the energy to do it myself.

After a few months, the specialist went silent. After a few more I was getting worried and sent a friend that llived local to have a word. It seemed yon 'specialist' had done a bunk and left my car in a layby! When I collected it, the wheels were gone, all the chrome (bumpers. grill etc) was gone and the car was stripped with no parts anywhere to be found.

I gave it to a breaker  

[GrumpiusMaximus]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

You can’t beat child labour.

Well. Technically you can...

[richardmorris]

11 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

Well. Technically you can...

I’m opportunistic,  not cruel

[richardmorris]

Now this is something I’ve not seen before.

from the club vehicules anciennes de Calais FB page. 

hello thank you for the addition I'm from boulogne sur mer with my little 205 multi bodywork durisotti 244000 km for almost 29 years I'm putting it back to new this summer

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Next-door neighbour sez he is going to scrap his much-battered Astra diesel estate, mainly because he thinks the head gasket might be about to fail.

Anyone want it for parts?

[richardmorris]

Ax fans..

 

https://youtu.be/WZjwwfncO6E

[Andyrew]

23 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Next-door neighbour sez he is going to scrap his much-battered Astra diesel estate, mainly because he thinks the head gasket might be about to fail.

Anyone want it for parts?

Oil in the coolant? 

[Tetleysmooth]

On 2/17/2020 at 11:04 PM, RobT said:

Took me 2 minutes this evening to get the old one off.

Lazy twat.  I should've done a proper job on Saturday.  Oh well, might have a go next weekend. But only if I can manage to remove the torx headed screw I rounded off whilst fitting the door card to the replacement door...

Glad to see you're keeping on top of things with the 9000 Rob ?

[stuboy]

Today I went and helped my friend fat Dan to swap his standard exhaust to straight piped exhaust on his mondeo st tdci, quite simple, new rubber hangers, had to drill through boot floor so can bolt up extra hanger, sound ok it u like vroom coo ...lol 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

35 minutes ago, Andyrew said:

Oil in the coolant? 

Possibly. Not quite as bad as I've got it, where the coolant now resembles tea or Bailey's. 

[stuboy]

 

 

 

[Andyrew]

1 minute ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Possibly. Not quite as bad as I've got it, where the coolant now resembles tea or Bailey's. 

Oil cooler seems to be a common culprit on these for this, suprised mines okay. Our old van had a full on black header tank of oil and coolant. Sold to a vauxhall toucher and Still does and going strong to my knowledge. 

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Just now, Andyrew said:

Oil cooler seems to be a common culprit on these for this, suprised mines okay. Our old van had a full on black header tank of oil and coolant. Sold to a vauxhall toucher and Still does and going strong to my knowledge. 

 

Useful to know. 

Once the budget allows, the CX is going back to Garage Dubois-Loizou for investigation. The new head gasket set is here, and I think I might have found a spare oil cooler for a lot less than CX-Basis would charge if they had one in stock....