Bought this car, 2 days ago, so far spent the following;
1 off serp idler pulley
1 off serp idler damper
then I discover the crack in the rocker
1 off serp belt rocker £30.50 M17130
1 off serp belt £8.75 M13360
and while I'm at it a new hood ornament because the old one was floppy £16.60 M86302
All the above from GSF
This is the broken rocker.
The hex socket in the rocker is a 12mm.
The 8mm socket screw in the middle of the viscous fan coupling is rock solid, job for sometime later after pulling the rad for access.
I removed the fan from the viscous coupling by removing the 3 socket screws, which gave much better access.
You have to remove the idler pulley to get full access to the 12 mm hex socket in the rocker, it's very touch and go if you don't.
You have to disconnect the top ends of the damper and spring, in order to rotate the rocker clockwise to clear the water pump pulley, now you can see the crack clearly.
From here it's just a question of undoing the rocker and replacing with the new one. Keep the washer / spacer from behind the rocker as the GSF replacement doesn't have one.
Then just reverse the disassembly process to put it all back together.
A dishcloth draped over the inside of the radiator saves a lot of knuckle skin.
Next job was the blowing exhaust.
This twin downpipe goes through some stainless flex to a rigid (stainless) two into one, and back through one collector box to a union about where the passenger seats are. All stainless.
The aft stainless flex was very badly split, about 80% of the circumference, which was a shock as I was expecting a hole and had bought some exhaust tape to bodge it temporarily.
Of course by this time the exhaust is off so the car is immobile.
Basically I robbed the number plate and exhaust clamps from my motorbike and bodged a patch and strengthening patch by wrapping the number plate around the exhaust tape fix, and used the two clamps to hold the whole thing rigid again.
It works perfectly but obviously I need to plan on doing this repair again properly at some point.
This was a "pain in the ass" job because I did it on the driveway with nothing more than a small trolley jack and a couple of axle stands. All 6 MB exhaust flange bolts (13mm spanner) came off easily and went back easily, but getting the pipe back up and lined up was an exercise in cursing... of for a lift or pit or even a pair of decent ramps.
Interestingly the previous owners only sold (bought it 6 weeks previously for a trade in of £1,500) this car because the wife felt sick in it, which they put down to the MB ride, but now I'm wondering if she was just sensitive to CO?
While I was under there it gave me a good chance to look at the underbody for signs of rust.
Gratifyingly clean, there is some sign of rust up in the axle tunnels
but even this doesn't look too bad, and of course the wings are very good indeed for an old W124
OSR
OSF
The other side is the same.
I've now spent about £150 in parts to address the "problems" this car had when I bought it. Only job to do now is the central locking, which doesn't work from drivers door, and a loud "clack" from the strap between the hinges when you open and close the drivers door.
Car now drives and sounds just as it should, all in all I have to say I am well pleased with my fleabay purchase for £720, which included road tax to end of October and MOT to mid January 2011.
I'd appreciate comments on the following, I'm thinking of calling the insurance company and setting the agreed value at 2k, does that seem about right for what I have here, should I need to replace it?
(ps, tried to add a gallery, but apparently I need to do some more posting first, hence this..
)
cheers
1 off serp idler pulley
1 off serp idler damper
then I discover the crack in the rocker
1 off serp belt rocker £30.50 M17130
1 off serp belt £8.75 M13360
and while I'm at it a new hood ornament because the old one was floppy £16.60 M86302
All the above from GSF
This is the broken rocker.
The hex socket in the rocker is a 12mm.
The 8mm socket screw in the middle of the viscous fan coupling is rock solid, job for sometime later after pulling the rad for access.
I removed the fan from the viscous coupling by removing the 3 socket screws, which gave much better access.
You have to remove the idler pulley to get full access to the 12 mm hex socket in the rocker, it's very touch and go if you don't.
You have to disconnect the top ends of the damper and spring, in order to rotate the rocker clockwise to clear the water pump pulley, now you can see the crack clearly.
From here it's just a question of undoing the rocker and replacing with the new one. Keep the washer / spacer from behind the rocker as the GSF replacement doesn't have one.
Then just reverse the disassembly process to put it all back together.
A dishcloth draped over the inside of the radiator saves a lot of knuckle skin.
Next job was the blowing exhaust.
This twin downpipe goes through some stainless flex to a rigid (stainless) two into one, and back through one collector box to a union about where the passenger seats are. All stainless.
The aft stainless flex was very badly split, about 80% of the circumference, which was a shock as I was expecting a hole and had bought some exhaust tape to bodge it temporarily.
Of course by this time the exhaust is off so the car is immobile.
Basically I robbed the number plate and exhaust clamps from my motorbike and bodged a patch and strengthening patch by wrapping the number plate around the exhaust tape fix, and used the two clamps to hold the whole thing rigid again.
It works perfectly but obviously I need to plan on doing this repair again properly at some point.
This was a "pain in the ass" job because I did it on the driveway with nothing more than a small trolley jack and a couple of axle stands. All 6 MB exhaust flange bolts (13mm spanner) came off easily and went back easily, but getting the pipe back up and lined up was an exercise in cursing... of for a lift or pit or even a pair of decent ramps.
Interestingly the previous owners only sold (bought it 6 weeks previously for a trade in of £1,500) this car because the wife felt sick in it, which they put down to the MB ride, but now I'm wondering if she was just sensitive to CO?
While I was under there it gave me a good chance to look at the underbody for signs of rust.
Gratifyingly clean, there is some sign of rust up in the axle tunnels
but even this doesn't look too bad, and of course the wings are very good indeed for an old W124
OSR
OSF
The other side is the same.
I've now spent about £150 in parts to address the "problems" this car had when I bought it. Only job to do now is the central locking, which doesn't work from drivers door, and a loud "clack" from the strap between the hinges when you open and close the drivers door.
Car now drives and sounds just as it should, all in all I have to say I am well pleased with my fleabay purchase for £720, which included road tax to end of October and MOT to mid January 2011.
I'd appreciate comments on the following, I'm thinking of calling the insurance company and setting the agreed value at 2k, does that seem about right for what I have here, should I need to replace it?
(ps, tried to add a gallery, but apparently I need to do some more posting first, hence this..
)cheers
