Monday, July 6, 2015

Long delayed update on the Mercedes project

Apologies to anyone who has been reading along. I have been working on the car, and have kept the Youtube channel up to date, but the blog is almost five months behind.

After my last update, I finished installing all the car's trim, aside from the front end trim (waiting until I have the front end/engine work done.

After that, I pulled the driveshaft (which was challenging on its own) and did a complete rear suspension refresh (new shocks, new trailing arm bushings, new rear subframe mounts). Here are some highlights:




So, I'm deep into mechanical repairs. Now that the rear end is done and the driveshaft is out, I'm in the process of pulling the transmission so that I can replace the clutch:


At this point, I'm literally a few bolts away from having the transmission out of the car. Once it's out, the new clutch and associated components go in, at which point, I can reinstall the driveshaft and everything else under the car.

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  3. Hi! I'm from Brazil and I have one project like the yours.
    My name is Thiago Della, I bought a Mercedes Benz 250 1982 (blue).
    Your website is amazing and I am following you.

    Can we keep contact? Do you have facebook?

    hugs!

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  4. I don't know if you are maintaining this site anymore, but I saw your video on Rust encapsulator and I wanted to get your opinion on what was best to treat the ugly underbody rust on my 2003 Suburban. The body is actually just about clean although I think I see bubbles forming on its rear flank and by the tailgate lock. But the underside from the tow hitch on down has what I know is not vital butt still pretty impressive superficial rust on everything on the undercarriage. My mechanic says he would just power wash it and then paint it with I suppose a product like you recommend. What would you do?

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  5. I don't know if you are maintaining this site anymore, but I saw your video on Rust encapsulator and I wanted to get your opinion on what was best to treat the ugly underbody rust on my 2003 Suburban. The body is actually just about clean although I think I see bubbles forming on its rear flank and by the tailgate lock. But the underside from the tow hitch on down has what I know is not vital butt still pretty impressive superficial rust on everything on the undercarriage. My mechanic says he would just power wash it and then paint it with I suppose a product like you recommend. What would you do?

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