I’m still making slow progress finishing the wood trim. The finish is building up nicely, but it is very difficult to get it smooth. I think part of it is that my workspace is too dusty and part of it must be my inexperience with the finish. I’ve tried brushing it on and wiping it …
Monthly Archives: September 2011
Head work distractions
Spent more time today working on pulling the head, but really didn’t get very far. The radiator is now removed, and that was a lot more work than I expected. The oil cooler is attached to the radiator, so that had to be drained and removed as well. Plus the transmission cooler lines going into …
Wood doesn’t belong in cars
I’ve never believed that wood belongs in cars. I just don’t see the appeal of something so difficult to maintain and preserve having a prominent place in a vehicle that spends so much time in the sun and rain and heat and cold. But I’m not planning to modify the car to the point where …
The teardown begins
The M130 runs sweetly, but burns oil at such a rate that its basically undriveable, if not actually unsafe. Compression test is done, so it looks like the next step is to pull the head and see what I can see. I’ve been putting it off for a while now, but now that I’ve been …
Ecodes, always the best simple upgrade
It seems a bit silly to upgrade the lighting on a car that I’m not driving, but I ran into a set of good Hella H4 lights a friend was selling at the IPD garage sale and decided “why not?” The old sealed beams were working fine, but after seeing the improvement that ecodes provided …
Introductions all around
I’ve always loved the lines of the classy 60s & 70s Mercedes sedans and coupes, so in November 2010 when I found an inexpensive 280 SEL for sale I jumped on it. I knew it needed work, but I thought it would be a great project car that would keep me from tearing apart my …