1984 Mercedes 500SEL Euro

[hi its me alec]

Not sure if I'll use these yet, but I just picked up these 18x8 and 18x9 AMGs. I'm guessing their offset of 38 will be a little weak on the W126.

[A4crn]

Very cool...with a little TLC, old mercs perform like new

[hi its me alec]

Took some more pics the other day to show original condition of the interior. I've done some random cleaning on all the carpet pieces under the dash, and all the vents cleaned out with a brush and class cleaner. So, nothing has been aired out or vacuumed yet.





driver front door trim and switch, bad shape



i like these clusters, they look really nice stock



took the rear/center headliner piece down, it was just dangling by the dome light





The back seat has this weird crusty pink staining all over the place. That will be fixed once it's driving, I have 'a guy' for that



both B-pillars need to be taken off and reglued



passenger front also needs the wood trim and seat switch replaced



dash wood is VERY unhappy, across the board



wood glue



more wood glue

[hi its me alec]

I love it! This thing is awesome

When are you going to refurb those wheels? I love the meshies.

Reminds me of something the yakuza would drive.

Hell yeah.

I dunno, refurbing these wheels isn't very high on my priority list. The black is growing on me too. It will look way better once it's dropped and has the rears spaced out a little bit, with some nice tires and exhaust..

edit: ALSO I found a receipt the other day, the PO actually spent some money to get them refurbed back in the late 80s. So I'm happy to rock someone Wisconsin guy's paint job for as long as it lasts. Looks pretty good in person and they could really use a polish

[rice4life]

I love it! This thing is awesome

When are you going to refurb those wheels? I love the meshies.

Reminds me of something the yakuza would drive.

[theseeker411]

Good God that thing is massive. Looks so so gangster.

[hi its me alec]

Thanks guyz.

Replaced my door striker/locking eye today. Finally the driver front door closes all ze way. Opens and closes like a dream now, actually, as I said verbatim on other forums. >_<

It was cool though. Remove 4 allen bolts and mind the extra slider brackets, realign with the 'dirt shadow' that the old locking eye left, and it worked perfect on the first try. Sweet

[softg]

gangster

[Junya]

i loooooooooooooooooooove these big body benzes. Very intimidating car especially black with some amg chrome monoblocks. Love the meshies though and that woodgrain will look dope.

[hi its me alec]

So it rained for about 1 month straight, but now we're looking at a nice stretch of weather so I clayed and waxed it outside Looks slightly less like a giant paperweight now.







Still waiting on le parts... front bumper is about to be dropped off to be painted, I'd like to throw that on next time it's on a lift at the shop. My plan is to finish this work, put new tires on it once it's driving, and drive it a mile down the road to the Benz dealer to do the timing chain guide rails and full inspection.

[w201e34]

jelly, thats a nice wheel. glad to see you doing all the little maintenance stuff. little things like that matter. clean car!

[hi its me alec]

AMG Wheelin'

[hi its me alec]

Got the injectors back from cleaning, here's the readout. Kinda what I expected.



Here's a pic of the HVAC wood area, mainly taken for reference. I removed the ash tray and radio so I can wire up a new one when the time comes. Also cleaned out some rodent remnants that somehow got under there.


And the shifter wood. I remembered these pieces being in really bad shape, but turns out neither is very bad. Dash and door pieces, on the other hand, are awful

[hi its me alec]

Photoshop is a good skill to have, thinking of doing the wheels a nice silver or off-silver color. Obviously the conservative drop is also photoshopped in, likely what I would shoot for. Plus get some nice tires on it and a buff, of course.

[hi its me alec]

Well my update for the day is that the injectors are pulled. Couldn't make it to my friend's shop since they closed at noon today, so those will be dropped off on Monday to get cleaned and flow tested.

Anyone know the fuel pressure they run in the car? I can look it up but would like the info from someone who has done it plenty of times before. I searched and all I found was a 3.7 bar minimum, with a new spec of 4.3 to 4.6







Waiting on one more vacuum part for the throttle body, and a couple random hoses that are hard, and we should be ready to put it together after that!