320touring Posted December 4, 2018 Author Share Posted December 4, 2018 Isn't it something to do with not enough room for a turbo and the steering on one side of the engine?Dunno, these have a steering box, so God knows how it is set up.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Your Merc is o the wrong bypass Tingewick ftw Ats yir 335 record deid and I don't think he was trying eh six cylinder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 tD is the symbol for granite. Lacquer Peel, Rocket88, Split_Pin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted December 4, 2018 Author Share Posted December 4, 2018 Having been on fleet for 48hrs, I've already dun gone bort parts for it.. New stop valve and a new ignition barrel winging their way as we speak. Those are the two things that stop it from being useable at the moment. GrumpiusMaximus, The Moog, HMC and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SierraMikeHotel Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Just watched the video - they're really lovely looking cars, understated but well proportioned, and apart from the rust and the driver's seat (TADTS) it looks like it could carry on for a few more thousand miles. I wonder if I'll ever see that figure on my 2007 example? You've tempted me to make a similar video, assuming the neighbours don't call the funny farm while I'm doing so... Twiggy, 320touring and GrumpiusMaximus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted December 4, 2018 Author Share Posted December 4, 2018 Just watched the video - they're really lovely looking cars, understated but well proportioned, and apart from the rust and the driver's seat (TADTS) it looks like it could carry on for a few more thousand miles. I wonder if I'll ever see that figure on my 2007 example? You've tempted me to make a similar video, assuming the neighbours don't call the funny farm while I'm doing so...Go for it - the one thing I would say is walk round it before you start filming to work out the order you want to spraffs shite in:) SierraMikeHotel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter C Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Before you start spending more money on repairs and improvements I strongly recommend that you assess the rust situation and do it thoroughly. I spent almost £500 welding up my W124, which I thought looked solid where it matters. Someone on here bought a W124 TE, invested big in rear subframe bushes only to find that the offside front inner wing was completely rotten. Don’t be that guy. 320touring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted December 5, 2018 Author Share Posted December 5, 2018 Before you start spending more money on repairs and improvements I strongly recommend that you assess the rust situation and do it thoroughly. I spent almost £500 welding up my W124, which I thought looked solid where it matters. Someone on here bought a W124 TE, invested big in rear subframe bushes only to find that the offside front inner wing was completely rotten. Don’t be that guy.I understand what you say:) The two parts bought so far will mean: It is possible to turn the ignition every time. The car will switch off on the key. Those two done, I'll run it and assess, if you've seen my Oxford thread you'll know I ain't scared of rust investigation.. Skizzer, GrumpiusMaximus, Jim Bell and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minimad5 Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Have THE HORN for one of these. Ones been dumped in a local Tesco Car park, with a wee "AA aware" sticker ... must figure out how to contact owners and buy it. 320touring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 the wings and wheelarches on these seem to be consumables tho always seem to be rusty bit like 90s Toyota cars, body dies first EFA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveDorson Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 I'd quite like to rip the engine and associated stuff out of one of these to put into my saloon, which isn't rotten! 320touring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo135 Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Great purchase Mr Touring! A working 7 seat estate I'm jealous... 320touring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted December 5, 2018 Author Share Posted December 5, 2018 Great purchase Mr Touring! A working 7 seat estate I'm jealous...The bottom part of the Dickie seat is missing, so not quite 7 seater... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo135 Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 "Standing room only in rear" Twiggy, dome and DeeJay 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted December 5, 2018 Author Share Posted December 5, 2018 "Standing room only in rear""Don't distract the driver when accelerating" (all the fucking time) aldo135 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 So how hard is it to fit the turbo from a bin lorry to it ? dome, Exiled_Tat_Gatherer, LightBulbFun and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted December 5, 2018 Author Share Posted December 5, 2018 So how hard is it to fit the turbo from a bin lorry to it ?The biggest thing in the way is the £1000 for a rebuilt turbo pump with the 7.5mm elements needed for running huge boost. TTT 3 months later https://youtu.be/mJ11AH2g2Q8 dome, davehedgehog31 and skattrd 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Campbell be like why is ma bus no moving Touring * evil grin NorthernMonkey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickman Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Those two done, I'll run it and assess, if you've seen my Oxford thread you'll know I am used to depressing amounts of rustEFA 320touring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 The biggest thing in the way is the £1000 for a rebuilt turbo pump with the 7.5mm elements needed for running huge boost. TTT 3 months later https://youtu.be/mJ11AH2g2Q8Not that you’ve looked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted December 5, 2018 Author Share Posted December 5, 2018 Not that you’ve looked Not* in saved list on mugjotter GrumpiusMaximus and Skizzer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Have a vidaaayho of it in all her glory!https://youtu.be/fNicUqTMHWEYour indicators are odd! Also, all the diesels I’ve seen have an offside front wing that is vented - presumably to help breathing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 I'd quite like to rip the engine and associated stuff out of one of these to put into my saloon, which isn't rotten!Y U no fit a 606 from a W210 if you want a dizzler? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Your indicators are odd! Also, all the diesels I’ve seen have an offside front wing that is vented - presumably to help breathing.Only the multivalve 124 diesels have those vents. 3VOM, dome, richardmorris and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forddeliveryboy Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 This was advertised on the vegoildiesel forum months ago, it's not rotted badly or mechanically dodgy iirc, just leggy and smelly. So a great buy, hopefully - and now two cars riding on compressed Nitrogen, they paid their dues to Citroen then disguised everything to look conventional. If you change the ATF, there's an allen bolt accessed by turning the flywheel round until it's exposed - this drains the TC. Otherwise you're left wondering why it's only taking 20% of the capacity having drained its sump. They'll pump near-lard (and implode the steel fuel tank if it's not venting) but the filter is the issue in cold weather, sited at the front of the engine in the icy blast. Watch out for blowing pump delivery seals by revving it on cold fuel, too. Isn't it something to do with not enough room for a turbo and the steering on one side of the engine?It was MB being ultra-cautious at the time, and perhaps their high-minded old fashioned engineers not understanding why a country with a 70mph speed limit should need to go more than 110mph, which the NA model could sit at all day (but would take a minute or so to return to once slowed). dome and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted December 6, 2018 Author Share Posted December 6, 2018 This was advertised on the vegoildiesel forum months ago, it's not rotted badly or mechanically dodgy iirc, just leggy and smelly. So a great buy, hopefully - and now two cars riding on compressed Nitrogen, they paid their dues to Citroen then disguised everything to look conventional. That's good to know thanks:) I had a look underneath as best I could and I have seen worse. I see it as being cheap motoring reagardless how long it lasts. I think the SLS has no fluid in it (certainly the tank in the bay has nothing in it) If you change the ATF, there's an allen bolt accessed by turning the flywheel round until it's exposed - this drains the TC. Otherwise you're left wondering why it's only taking 20% of the capacity having drained its sump. Steady on chap;) The gearbox shifts fine and kicks down ok (i.e an appreciable rise in noise and negligible increase in speed!) I may consider a change once I know it's worth working on, so the info re the TC is appreciated! They'll pump near-lard (and implode the steel fuel tank if it's not venting) but the filter is the issue in cold weather, sited at the front of the engine in the icy blast. Watch out for blowing pump delivery seals by revving it on cold fuel, too. It was MB being ultra-cautious at the time, and perhaps their high-minded old fashioned engineers not understanding why a country with a 70mph speed limit should need to go more than 110mph, which the NA model could sit at all day (but would take a minute or so to return to once slowed).I'll need to see if I can get a hold of the veg oil contact I had when I had the rank taxi. She got Derv this time as a precaution - cold weather and an unknown car. I'll feed in more veg on the next tank. It's quick enough for what I need, but I could make it much quicker with time and (lots of) money.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter C Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Years ago I had a 200TE that suffered from rusty SLS pipes. When they started to leak I flogged the car to a dodgy African. A few years later I bought a 300TD that had solid pipes but the rear end was too high and the ride was too stiff and bouncy. I sold that one a few weeks later, made a good few hundred quid on it too. Since then I’ve only dabbled with saloons, which have conventional damping. Good luck sorting yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forddeliveryboy Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Yeah, the saloons had conventional springs, but plenty of coupes were self-levelling gas sprung. It's one of the aspects of the estates which made them so truly great when used properly hard. There wasn't much which was better at crossing continents than a six pot 124 estate, back in the 80s and 90s. Used day in day out you grow used to the right foot pedal which at first use make the cars feel near-glacial, but in reality just need getting used to. As does a diesel which only starts to deliver well over 3000rpm, having another 2500k left. With a manual box, the cars feel heavier and more powerful than they really are. The steering is similar - vague, woolly, lacking much feel at lower speeds and with a huge input device, you don't expect how accurate and full of feedback it becomes as you begin to explore the extraordinary high levels of grip. It's a reminder of how things used to be, in the Junkman era - when paying twice the price of a Ford gave you something which offered much more than twice the quality. dome and 320touring 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted December 6, 2018 Author Share Posted December 6, 2018 Aye, thon big organ pedal responds well to the Fu'Gutty, and the slumbering 6 fair wails as it aims for 5k. On light throttle at 30mph it's turning 1100 rpm and deathly silent. richardmorris and dome 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forddeliveryboy Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Whispering diesel, they called it. Back when most oil burners were XUDs and other pleasantly-rattling dizzlers were commonplace, these things were quieter than a Peugeot petrol. Lacquer Peel and 320touring 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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