This is RHD 6,3 #2206 . The engine is incomplete and the drivers side sill/rocker is rotten but the rest of the car is surprisingly sound but in need of a full restoration .RHD 6.3’s are too rare to part out and i would rather restore this car anyway….. or build a historic racer for weekend fun.
it was a nice sunny day so I took Tonys car for a tst drive to finalise any niggling problems and bed in the new brakes…unfortunately the booster decided it as time to pack it in.
It’s a pretty special example being an earlier example with alot of parts being the same as the W111 series. 
it’s taken me four weeks to get the diff back in this early 250SE ..waiting for a part to come from Germany
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New seals,torque arm bushes ,pivot mount bush ,brakes etc. Hopefully it’s up and running this weekend 🙂
I’m sorting a few things, no heater light,clock stopped working ,flasher too fast ,speedo stopped working and one or two the tasks. But it still involves pulling most of the dash apart to access the faults. I’ve already found some dodgy parts which have to be replaced to get everything working again.
it’s a bit hard to see ,but this is a picture of the injection pump where the dipstick screrws in. Oil is pouring out …not a good sign as this means the injection pump is in need of a reseal It’s working well at the moment so it will be sorted out later on. It will just have to drained every 1000 miles.
The battery is a lot larger than original so i have made the top securing bracket longer.It’s shown here in etch primer to followed by semi gloss black . the somewhat blurry pic is of the option plate ..
A series of videos featuring an impressive restoration of a W100 Pullman .
Although I’m not doing any actual work on this engine,I have been asked to give the cases a clean up.
As can be seen ,it’s just like a Giant Volkswagon beetle engine. 🙂
A few dodgy things have been uncovered on this car ,such as the gear shift wired together …..
And a plastic hose wired on for the pressure line to the fuel filter…..
For my own 6.3 I needed a new radiator and had thought of eitherr making a newer one out of alloy but then i found this on ebay..
A brand new old stock 6.3 radiator for . Not $5000 AUD , Not $2500 USD as demanded for a new one but …………. $275. Still in it’s original box.
Today (12/08/15) A new job arrived. A really early W108 250 SE . It wouldn’t start although it would turn over.The First job when ever starting a Mercedes that has sat for several years is drain the tank…
this 4 liters of rotten fuel in a 25 liter bucket… what a rotten stink! I hate this stuff!. The filter was pretty well blocked up. Thank fully a look inside the tank revealed it to be very clean despite sitting for several years.
So that is replaced.
Next job,replace ALL of the rotten rubber fuel lines. 
Followed by replacing the fuel filter..
I’m glad the filter was bravely trying to do it’s job 🙂 .
Once this is out of the way,the tappets have been adjusted but the timing chain needs replacing .All compressions are equal at 150PSi, so far so good….. But the spark plugs,although they look new are all carboned up. Not a good look on a Mfi engine . The Air cleaner needs to be cleaned out and i doubt very much that the oil bath unit has been apart for many many years.
In the meantime a quick look under neath reveals more of the usual things,worn diff bushes everywhere ,spring mount rubbers flogged out and a very leaky diff.
Note the rotten exhaust…nothing like a damp storage area to rot a steel muffler..
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