i rebuilt this engine 3 years ago but it was plagued with a leaky rear seal . It’s a 10 hour job to get it out of the car and the car isn’t driven much so it took a while to fit it into the schedule .
6.3 #2206 has been removed from  my neighbours front yard to go off to her new owner to get the restoration she deserves.
After Christmas 2016 and I’m slowly catching up with all of the work in the shop,first up is further rust repair on the W112 Â 300SE lang. under the booster it had rusted, not badly ,just ugly …
Years of spilled brake fluid has burnt off the paint ,leaving the steel bare and open to rust.
The rusted parts have been removed and inside the crossmember cleaned and rust treat .
New top piece has been cut out of Zinanneal 1mm  to match the existing panel,
because of the complex shapes ,the replacements have to made in cardboard first to get all the shapes organised first.
The Front drivers side has a bit more rust repair required esecailly under the brake booster. The booster had to removed because of a lack of brakes.
This is the section under the brake booster ,the round hole is where the booster is mounted to the car . this sort of corosion is caused by leaking brake fluid removing the paint .
This the front inner part under the positon where the air cleaner is mounted . Rust has eaten the inside of the upper chassis section out .
And… the underside of the booster . No wonder the car was idling fast and without brakes.
the new doors are in process of being derusted .:-)
Nest step will etch priming then priming in preparation for paint.
250 S in very straight condition. Been off the road since 2010 due to a minor fault. This is a project car and will require normal work to get registration etc . There is very little rust in the right front sill front and the rear boot box bottom,right hand side. 
No rust in the doors or floors!! no dash cracks ,and the MBtex seats are still very good. Original boot mat is in very nice condition . 
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’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 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 . Â Not $5000 AUD , Not $2500 USD as demanded for a new one but …………. $275. Â 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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