Bagged Mercedes W115...

[slowrotary_brap]

sick love the car man!! I am totally jealous

[D&W]

looking good man keep it up, keen to see some more pics

[mike-81-240d]

Is the W123 in the background yours as well?

[Zman86]

Is the W123 in the background yours as well?

I had a 123 for a couple months that I parted out.

[Shawn W.]

Glad to see this is obviously in great hands.

[Zman86]

Received a bunch of stuff I was waiting for from Mercedes yesterday, so the car is now back together and driving. Unfortunatly, I have still not received my driveline parts from Mercedes Source...

The run-down of whats been done so far

New shocks all around
clean/re-seal waterpump and thermostat housing
new thermostat
re-cored radiator, upgrade frow two row to three row
new axles
new axle seals all new hose clamps in engine bay
new power steering lines
new waterpump housing to thermostat housing hose
new crankcase vent hose
cooling system flush
power stering system flush
A/C delete, still have to remove condensor and wiring, then plug holes in firewall
replaced injector pump delivery valve seals
scrubbed the engine bay with a stiff bristle brush and degreaser, then power washed
new diff oil
removed front sway-bar since it was not hooked up/cant be used
Awaitng arrival of new differential mount/hanger bearing kit/driveshaft flex-discs


I can not believe the difference in how the car drives now with new shocks and axles. No more vibration while driving lowered/aired out, and much less bounciness over dips and bumps. Also like how the engine bay looks without all the A/C crap in the way, and I;m considering re-locating the battery to the trunk since the bay looks much better without it there...

Rad Before


Rad after- Thanks to the guys at Hamilton Radiator for doing a great job


New front shocks, no pictures of the rears. The rears were hard to find because none of the parts stores would look up shocks by the shock part number, only by vehicle application. After going to three different stores, Napa was able to look them up


Goodies from Mercedes


Re-assembly


Test-drive to the car wash


Engine bay before...



Engine bay after...


Next things on the list are replace the driveline components when they arrive, replace the engine mounts/engine shocks (Left side engine mount has disintigrated due to leaking fuel), fix leaky injector pump, have new oil pan modified to allow installation of skidplate. Also, the transmission has started shifting very poorly, I may have to take it out and have it re-built:banghead:

[Zman86]

The stuff from Mercedessource.com arrived today. Despite taking three weeks to get here, I'm still happy. The packaging was fantastic, and they even sent me tools, instructions, a pair of nitrile gloves and candy because I ordered close to Halloween.

New parts- 2 new driveshaft flexdiscs with hardware, driveshaft slipjoint boot, transmission shifter linkage bushings, hanger bearing housing and new bearing, new differential mount.

Dont know when I'm going to get to work on it again. Trying to store it in my Dads garage, but the 12 motorcycles in there are taking up most of the space, not to mention all the other stuff. I may have to pay to store it elsewhere, which means no working on it over the winter unfortunatly...

[Spencer]

Dope. <3 W115s

[Zman86]

No work getting done lately as I have no place to work on it or store it, so in the driveway it sits...

[mike-81-240d]

Mercedes source always included candy for my Father and I when we ordered through them.... Just sayin haha

Car looks great!

[Jake2k]

Soooooooo nice, do you have these two shots in a higher res? I'd love to add them to my wallpaper collection

[Zman86]

^ Unfortunatly, I do not, as those are the previous owners pictures

[markshulikov]

bowseeeee

[andr3er]

keep up the good work!looks like a lot of maintenance was needed

[Liftedd]

Love your car!