Take it in blood

[loekaaz]

Did some maintenance today, mainly brakes
new ate front and rear calipers
new flexi brake hoes all way round
pads and disks all way round

Gotta love dem brake hoes

OT: Good work. That Straight pipe sound is great. Mine sounded exactly like that, but I had a double straight-thru hood pipe by mounting the manifolds 180 degrees upside down

TIP:
Bad starting is 99 percent of the times a vacuum leak.
And yes, it can have many.
Spray some brake cleaner around the engine and vacuum hoses while it's idling.
If the rpm go up, you know where to look for the leaks.

Good luck

[kofi]

So dropped some cash tonight and picked up two sets of wheels.
Both are 16x8
Going to have to sell one of them so i need help choosing whats best, could somebody do a shop maybe??





Also found out that one of my cooling fans(passenger) is seized, don't know if i should wait till next summer to change or not?

[kofi]

More maintenance today, drive belt that was a pita.
Still on the lookout for a pass euro headlight(mines cracked)
Test fitted the wheels but forgot to take pic lmao, probably going to go with the
Merc wheels to keep it oem looking

[loekaaz]

Also found out that one of my cooling fans(passenger) is seized, don't know if i should wait till next summer to change or not?

If I'm correct, the M103 engine always has only one single Visco-fan.
The double cooling fans you are talking about are probably the ones of the aico unit.
So, unless you are already boiling inside the car, you shouldn't be really bothered about it.

[kofi]

Start issue i was taking about, vacuum hoses?? or fuel check valve i did replace the filter which helped things alot

Start issue #190E #w201 #straightpipe

A video posted by Kofi (@thebenzino) on Oct 2, 2015 at 4:56pm PDT

[loekaaz]

Start issue i was taking about, vacuum hoses?? or fuel check valve i did replace the filter which helped things alot

I'm sorry for my faulty English.
I meant vacuum lines.

There's also the rubber boot on the bottom of the K-jetronic unit, which connects the unit to the throttle valve. These sometimes dry out and crack due to age.


Other stuff that might have some effect is the potentiometer on the K-jet. The contact points are prone to wear, and give some trouble.
Be aware that there's a special way of installing and adjusting/calibrating the potentiometer. So look that up and read the instructions carefully.


But honestly, looking at your video, It doesn't realy start much worse than mine

[kofi]

Given that there are a lot of w124 and w201 guys here, do you have any suggestions to a what a rear end clunk could be in our cars? It's usually over bumps over 40km/h and gets louder with increasing speed? I put a load of about 130lbs in the boot and it seemed to make the clunk less pronounced. The shocks are bilstein and vogtland springs. This clunk is just driving me crazy lol

[loekaaz]

-Subframe bushings? (One of the main causes)
-Hardy-/flexdisk?
-Securely retightened the shocks in the rear?
-Worn out diff bushings? (That, if all else fails. These hardy ever fail when untouched).

[kofi]

Is There a way to check them?, I was talking to a merc tech at work and he was suggestion sway bar bushings and links. Only thing weird was like I said with weight in the back there clunks and rattle were less pronounced.

[kofi]

So this weekend I did the upper timing cover seal

Then attempted to lower the rear with 95 ford ranger shocks and see if I can solve the clunking

Well that didn't work because I need shorter springs than the vogtlands to get the shorter shock in there
Then I found what the rear end clunk and rattle was

Yeah rusted and broken sway bar mount, so fuccckkkkkkk I need to get that welded up now
So now I'm here waiting for the next move


Any ideas to Lower the rear to even it out with the front, cut a coil or two? Or use a diff spring and shock combo ?

[kofi]

Hey so I'm looking to chop the rear springs. Take em out and cut them or leave them in and go to town with a angle grinder?

[loekaaz]

Def get them out first. Unless you want to die ofcourse.
Seriously. The pre-load on these Benz's springs are deadly



If you want to remove them without spring compressor, read the following:

=Rears you can get them out by disconnecting the swaybar links and the inner joint of the LCA's.
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=Fronts are a bit more difficult. But still doable.
Disconnect sway bar
Remove the complete strut
Push down the FLCA and carefully try to blip out the spring with a crow/pry bar.
It may seem impossible, because of the pre load, but if you push down the LCA as far down as possible you should end up with just half or less than one inch of pre load. That should not kill you.

[kofi]

Long time no update, so springs are getting chopped this weekend.

Obligatory pic lmao

Ghostwriter #w201 #190e #w201owner #mercedes #WORK #chemicalguys #waxed #10footcar #lowered #hardparking #thegovernorsclub

A photo posted by Kofi (@kofi.aduse) on Feb 20, 2016 at 11:10am PST

[190Evan]

This is how it sounded after getting it to start
It is straight piped from the cats back



Also where's the best place to buy some parts, i know of ecs and rockauto but I'm in Canada and its not really cheap to buy from them with our weak dollar and crazy import duty fees. I need some locally based places to buy springs and spacers to bring the back out a bit more.

-Kofi

Ohhh man are we going to be friends, you got an instagram or some way we can talk? I've got a few friends in the Maple land with 190's

[190Evan]

Take a day and learn the ghetto way to take out benz springs, after the first time it'll be so easy and you'll never have an issue. Pro Tip: keep a pry bar handy and watch the fuck out. As for the rear I highly recommend my set up. If you're trying to get really low in the rear it's perfect and on the 190 it'll be stiff as tits. Ran a similar set up on my last 190 and not only was it hella low it handled like it was on rails and was so fun. Rock auto is gonna be your friend regardless of being in Canada. Gimme your email and I'll pump you full of links for the rear end suspension parts, and don't worry I'm a baller on a budget as well so it wont run you a fortune. Wish I would have saved my 190 parts for someone like you!