I ♥ my Sonderklasse.

[Stance is a Dance.]

I know the feeling of wanting to drive it. Mine's in the shop. Bought it, drove it for two days, broke down, been down for two months. I bought it from a dealer, like to put a brick through her window. I have a 300SE myself, his name is Oskar. I'm trying to figure out if our colors are the same or a little different. Did you figure out what engine you had in there, if it wasn't the original.



Where'd you get your corner lenses?

[RubbderDucky]

UUUUUUPPPPPDDDDAAAATTTTTEEEESSSSS

But seriously, as a W126 owner I wanna know what's happening with my car's more upscale brother.

Both motor and trans are dead. I have a trans, but I can't afford to rebuild the motor just yet, trust me, I have dreams about driving it because its been sitting too long. I started a new, higher paying job so it'll get fixed soon. I have been working on my Camaro, there's a link to that thread if you are interested.

[Stance is a Dance.]

UUUUUUPPPPPDDDDAAAATTTTTEEEESSSSS

But seriously, as a W126 owner I wanna know what's happening with my car's more upscale brother.

[RubbderDucky]

Found out that this motor isn't original to the car. Makes me wonder if it had a AMG motor and somebody blew it or snagged it. Either way I'm too broke to fix it, its been siting for 3 months now. But, fortunately a old friend who has wanted my Camaro since I've owned it is willing to buy the car, so that means the Mercedes will get a new motor and will be back on the road within a month. You guys have no idea how much I miss driving this thing.

[RubbderDucky]

Started tearing down the motor, need to replace a shit ton of gaskets and do the chain/guides. I found out what 32 years and 200k miles does to a motor.











I need some hex head sockets before I can go much further, so I'll be buying a set of those pretty soon.

[RubbderDucky]

[RubbderDucky]

I love that license plate.

Good to see that you're still sticking with this, its definitely a worthy car

Motor is gonna get a top end rebuild once the Camaro is sold. And other things will be installed, like exhaust, my brakes, and curtains.

[Stupid Kid]

I love that license plate.

Good to see that you're still sticking with this, its definitely a worthy car

[RubbderDucky]

Bought a replacement trans today, 76k miles. Ships out from MA Monday. I'm selling the Camaro here pretty soon, so the Merc will be my daily once again.

[RubbderDucky]

Gots me a new front Euro plate.

[RubbderDucky]

hey i was curious do these cars have a center support bearing?
i know one of the three e30's i have owned over the years had an issue with eating flex discs. when i got the car i pretty much was so hard on it it ate the one it had up that was on it when i got the car. i put a new one on and all was ok for a couple weeks or less then it ate the center support bearing. i replaced that and within a week the flex disc was tore up this time i hadnt been hard on the car.
thats when i checked out r3v and people were saying its necessary to replace both at the same time.

I'm not sure if there is. Ill have to check for it when I pull the heat shields under the car to replace the trans. Car doesn't move so its not a priority for me.

[supere30]

hey i was curious do these cars have a center support bearing?
i know one of the three e30's i have owned over the years had an issue with eating flex discs. when i got the car i pretty much was so hard on it it ate the one it had up that was on it when i got the car. i put a new one on and all was ok for a couple weeks or less then it ate the center support bearing. i replaced that and within a week the flex disc was tore up this time i hadnt been hard on the car.
thats when i checked out r3v and people were saying its necessary to replace both at the same time.

[RubbderDucky]

Found a 85 500SEC Euro for parts. Runs and drives fine, just has a nightmare of vacuum issues. Sell wants some stuff off it, but nothing I need so I'm picking it up for $250.

[RubbderDucky]

Fawk! Sorry to hear that. Sell me the Merc's wheels to fund your swap. ;D

I've used cheep guibo's in all of my past BMW's and they've never gave up that quickly. Check your driveshaft angle. Are you getting some abnormal vibrations?

Lol, I've already got the money for the swap. I've even sourced a Getrag 265. No odd vibrations, just it won't go in gear. You put it in any gear, it doesn't go anywhere.

Gonna check with a buddy on getting stuff made for the swap and doing it. He's got the tools and resources to do it, so I just need to see how much he wants to do it. Lol

[Unit01]

Fawk! Sorry to hear that. Sell me the Merc's wheels to fund your swap. ;D

I've used cheep guibo's in all of my past BMW's and they've never gave up that quickly. Check your driveshaft angle. Are you getting some abnormal vibrations?