w115

The W114/W115 models were the first post-war Mercedes-Benz production car to use a newly engineered chassis, not derived from preceding models.

Brake upgrade w114/w115

Been talking to the builder of the w114 om606 coupe with air-suspension (Dan) http://mbturbo.com/car/w114om606/ He feels he needs more stopping power, and got ahold of vented front discs for his w114 that i suspect are either from one r107 or perhaps a w126 gen1. Anyhow, have been thinking about the posibility to do the w126 […]

w115 om616 240d Fuel strainer

The w115 had a tank hanging below the trunk, and have the fuel strainer hanging at the bottom (the same as the 911 (930) Porsche) The look and design of the filter is quite identical, where the only noticable difference between a gasoline fuel strainer from a w115 and the Porsche fuelstrainer was that the […]

w115 om616 240d Swapped enginemount w115

Had some vibrations from the engine that planted itself in the chassi, and when you went over a bump you could feel the lump of metal moving around in the enginebay. Didnt feel to good. Swapped both sides and its what a noticable difference in height of the engine. will do the rear gearbox mount […]

w115 om616 240d fuel level sensor w114+w115 – disassembly

Top right is ground Left bottom is W Right bottom is G The fuel level sensor didnt work, and jumped around the few times it gave a reading, dissembled the fuel level assembly by removing the bottom part the thing surrounding the fuel level “floater” came of. removed a bunch of dirt/fuel ressidue aswell as […]

w115 om616 240d contact instrumentcluster wiring

generation 1 of w114 and w115 with ether/gas filled tempmeter ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————     generation 2 of w114 and w115 with electric tempmeter  

15″ hubcaps and rims w123/w115

14″ on the car, 15″ hubcap somewhat in place on a 15″ rim 4 more 15″ steel rims for w123 15″ vs 14″ 14 vs 15″     15″ hubcap measurment, its close to 16″ in diameter or 40.7mm something   the angle makes it look late it is further out than the end of […]

Sway bar links

w115 in steel vs w123 plastic swaybar links, the same measurments, or perhaps a mm or two in difference, seeing that the durability is the same, the boot craks, and not the plastic, there isnt realy any advantage with paying twice the price for the metal version. for me atleast. A 115 320 15 89 […]