Mercedes-Benz cars, mint condition and/or extreme boost
Removed the old differential, started with the four bolts on top, a w114 coupe has a lot better room than a regular w114 or w115, the tad longer trunk makes a huge difference in that way you dont have to fight against the back of the rear-seats with the two inner nuts/bolts. http://mbturbo.com/how-to-change-final-drive-w115/ the pictures […]
Replaced the upper timing chain cover gaskets on my 540i, see 4 and 5 below. I thought it would be a good time to replace them, since most of the other gaskets already had been replaced. Old ones were literally hard as plastic, with no rubber flexibility left in them whatsoever. They broke […]
Bought a 3.07 to put in a friends car, with what i was told a low mileage, about 250000km (low mileage to be a 300tdt w123) dont know if the oil has been neglected, started the regular cleanup, and was about to swap the sealrings/dichtrings: A0039978347 but i left it be, it will probably run […]
Starting the Volvo Viking with the D67 engine worked good, but after about 30 seconds, the idle started to rise, slow but steady until it peaked out at max rpm. Turned out the Injection pump diaphragm was broken (some kind of leather) Ordered a new one from ebay and swapped out, worked perfectly The pump […]
Analog Values 1 INPA, Battery VOltage, Air intake, Engine Speed, Coolant temperature, Throttle potentiometer, load Analog values 2 INPA Lambda Sensor voltage and other values, adaption value smoothness values INPA e39 540i
Swapped the enginemount on the cars right side, the engine transplanted vibrations to the car when decelerating/enginebraking at about 50-60mph, not a nasty sound, but not something that should exist in a w140 The hardest part was to get the top 17mm bolt loose, one at the bottom was broken of (darn rust) but the […]
leather dashboard w140 S500
Got some pictures from Brad over at Benzworld.org (1884benz) from when he installed a rack and pinion from a w210 in the same w123 he puts a LS1 engine in build thread here: http://ls1tech.com/forums/conversions-hybrids/1774303-1982-300td-benz-lm7-4l60e-swap.html I am looking to go down the same route regarding stearing on both the s123 280TE with om605 aswell as the s123 200t […]
Decided it was a good time to swap the steering box while the engine was out of the car. 3.8 vs 3 in ratio something. Having replaced all of the other components in the suspension over the years, a fresh steering box was the last missing part for that new car feel. And it made […]
Swapping over the old engine harness to the new engine. The new M62B44 originally came from a car with an auto transmission, and therefore some of the plugs and connectors differed from the ones in my manual 535i. Replacing the steering box with the new one out of an M5 E39. The steering ratio is quicker(3 […]
Also found in the E36 328/E39 528/E36 M3 3.0 but with a different bellhousing than on my E39 535i 5 speed from 1997. ZF S5D 320Z has different oil depending on the label (apparently?), dont know why, but mine has the ATF fluid. Swapped the old ATF that had roughly 370k km on it with 1.3 […]
The old AEM-dryflow doesnt do its thing anylonger, boost doesnt go above 1.7bar something, compared to old 3.4 something when new and without filter 3.7bar Testfitted a mushroom HKS Super Power Flow Mushroom filter, it behaved quite a lot better, and was back at atleast 3.2 bar of boost althout tracktion was a problem and didnt […]
w201 190E with an bmw engine M52tuB28 and a VEMS system made by Engdahl Motorsport http://engdahlmotorsport.se/ launchcontrol and a heck of a drive. (Engdahl Motorsport helps out most of the west-coast of sweden and a bit more with their custom ECUs for Volvo, BMW and Mercedes and more.)
540i e39 535i e39 540i e39 535i e39
Instead of buying the BMW tool 114180 we grinded a regular t60 socket down to be able to get throu to the flywheelbolts, dont use a t55 as these might (or rather will) destroy the bolthead. needed to do more than in this picture later on, this was just a tad to little, instead of buying […]
This car didnt start 10 years ago, the front fuelpump was diagnosed as the fault but nothing was done. replaced today with a 044 copy, that fit perfect, had to clamp new ring-terminals on there to fit the different sizes the new pump had (upped one size) to m5 and m6. also emptied the fueltank […]
BMW e39 535i engine swapped to a fresh one from a 735i, 0-200km/h in 24sec
Swap of sway bar from stock 535i to a m5, same procedure as swapping a 540i to a m5 sway bar.
+ crappy enginemount
the w123 lang was finished enough, and garagespace needed, so moved 150km to storage, driven, anyhow, thought i could do that on the tires it was standing on, it was bumpy from the start, and about a 1/3 of the ride it was pure hell. luckily had a spare with me, a change and rest […]
The flexdisc of the w123 om606 8mm mynä wasnt to happy, swapped it out for another old used one to keep the car roling, hope that it will keep together for atleast a couple of runs, ought to get the larger flange+flexdisc in place somewhere in the near future, but feels “unnecesary” to build a […]
2.47LSD with large yoke/flange, swapped side of driveshafts, Left to right, and right to left. will probably have to rebuild the LSD-stuff, but will se how it behaves. 2.47 with the 722.6 should give me something along 1600rpm @100km/h and with the m275s insane torque, it wont be a problem with those low rpms. will […]
swaybar alternatives on the w123 chassi
picture of enginebay and car in question
Perkins oilfilter mf35 26540132
A friend was scraping his W201 so I took the opportunity and bought the interior among other things.
came as green, repainted white, supposed to have al parts, more or less, looking for doorseals for the backdoors. * find doorseals for rear doors w123 lang (+ the front, but those are easier) partnumber for doorseals/weatherstrips for rear doors on the w123 lang: Left: A 123 730 09 78 Right: A 123 730 10 […]
Lights: w123 US spec lights w201 US spec lights. w124 US spec lights (not important) 500E headlights w123 chromed taillight”bumpers” (sedan) Driveline: w123 differential 3.07 and 2.88 Wheels: Centra bundts wheel 15″ (1 rim only) Engine: om606NA pump Turbo manifold om617 (especially exhaust, but intake if cheap) Interior: w123 and w115 illuminated sunvisors AC-control unit […]
the engine had some wierd vibrations going on at certain rpms, thought the enginemounts might be collapsed, but was velcomed by three stacked hockey pucks, getting some used original to se how it behaves
Installing head and new headgasket in the Volvo D67 head, it blew pressure out of the tiny hole on the side of the engine earlier, and the old gasket had some signs of wear. fixed the head, and got it even, new gasket and it turned out perfectly