My Daimler was off the road for some years before I acquired it. While cars that haven’t seen a lot of use can have advantages in terms of wear and tear on the interior and body, lack of use is often worse than regular light use for mechanical components. One of the things that became apparent in starting to use the car regularly, was...
Back in December, I had been driving the Daimler for a couple of weeks and noticed a few things I wanted to be looked at before I used it more: Soft brake pedal Dirty passengers side fuel tank and pitted chrome on fuel cap Dented rear bumper Tachometer not working after my attempted repair Fuel gauges not working properly The soft brake pedal seemed...
In the last update, I ruined my W123 fuel tank. Luckily, a friend in the Mercedes Club was able to find me a very good tank as a replacement. The new tank is much better than what I had, and probably far better than a home resealed tank. It was from a 280E, which means it is an 80 litre tank. I will have...
In the last part, I used a fuel tank sealing product to seal my W123 fuel tank. This seemed to go quite well, but it turns out I had made a fatal mistake. Once I had coated the inside of the tank, I very carefully cleaned the openings for the sender unit and strainer. I made sure the threads were clear of any sealant. ...
In the last update, I cleaned out all the junk from my W123 fuel tank. At the time I was undecided if I should do anything about the surface rust in the bottom of the tank. In the end I decided to. The rust was just surface rust, but it covered quite a lot of the bottom of the tank. My general preference for...
Earlier this week, I removed the fuel tank from my 1981 Mercedes 240D. This was because I was unable to get the fuel strainer out from the bottom. It turned out to be not such a bad thing, as once I had the strainer out, I could see that the tank was still quite contaminated. On my last article I had some good...
Over the last few months, I have been dealing with the algae problem in my 240D. I’ve been quite busy with my trip to Victoria and work, so the 240D has been on the backburner. However, I am keen to get the 240D back on the road, so started work again in the last two weeks. Previously, I had determined that the fuel strainer...
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