W113: New Life Old Soul, Ch.?? Damnit

Pagoda, somewhat progress. Injection pump is meticulously cleaned, and a nice crack in the housing is found.

If anybody by chance has a junk pump sitting around with a good housing and would like to have it put to good use, it'd be great if you could get in touch with me. It'd be great. Must be a 230SL pump, any numbers/identification has been pictured!

 

Here's the crack. Went all the way through, just great. 

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W210: Daily Diesel Cracked It's Control Arm!

In replacing the AC compressor on the ole E300 daily diesel, I noticed some odd paint cracking off the control arm on the driver's side. One thing led to another and I was looking at a nice hold and 3" long crack around the edge of the control arm where the ball joint knuckle is welded. Because I needed the car somewhat mobile and out of the way, I did a quick flux booger weld to hold things together while an arm was ordered and in my possession. Please don't judge the weld, I literally didn't even prep the metal lol

So with that, take a peek at this hole! Glad I saw it. Just goes to show that relatively frequent check ups on a car can prevent you from costly breakdowns down the road. A new arm and new ball joint was installed with an hour worth of work.

Just got the car aligned and all is well.

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Monday Night Car Show (I forgot the date)

I'll be honest, had these pics on the SD card for a little while and forget when I took em. No matter which way I look at it, every time I go to this monday night car show thing, I need to get myself one of the fresh squeezed lemonades. They're just impossible to pass up.

 

Oh, hey, an e type Jaaaaaaaggg. 

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