Had a good score at pick yer part today, pulled a set of w114 euro bumpers, a Momo bmw steering wheel, ford 9", and made a pretty cool discovery. I found a 280c with a full cloth interior in good condition. I may go back if someone wants it or hold onto it for good luck. The w114 was a 220d and had a M-pump if anyones interested. One sad discovery was the pimp my ride 300sd, it was a disgusting pink, had a 1/4" of bondo all over, and a white/fur interior. Turbo was still good though.

I sized up the bumpers and they will fit with minor mods, or someone can trade me a set of 123's.

(01-02-2010 02:28 AM)kamel Wrote:  .........One sad discovery was the pimp my ride 300sd, it was a disgusting pink, had a 1/4" of bondo all over, and a white/fur interior. Turbo was still good though.....

What no pictures?!?

We really need to see that "Spechelle Ed" car.

   

I saw that episode, of all the great things they could have done, they come up with that. Those "restore your car in record time" shows are a joke, all they do is promote hack jobs to finish on time, and especially with pimp my ride, stuff that basically has no resale value. Who would buy that car now?

I did like overhaulin' though, still think its a little too quick for a really lasting job if there is any bondo work, but the designs are really tasteful and attractive IMO.

The difference is between seeing a car for personal appreciation or as a public spectacle.

If I remember correctly, they came up with a horrific rotating hood ornament, you should grab those parts if they are still there. Mechanically, might be some interesting parts to have

Aw, come on dropnosky, you could always drive it home, take some pictures, and make enough money off of eBay and craigslist selling that crap to goofball hoodrats to buy a real car .

Obviously for 'a certain audience'. I love the episode of The Boondocks that has Pimp My Ride on, thought it was a great parody. It's for people for whom the now old school Playstation install was the most mind-blowing automotive modification they'd ever seen...

Having worked in a body shop, I'd say Overhaulin' probably does their homework and gets decent junkyard parts in advance of the show. Once the part is in primer no one on TV can tell it's not the 'fixed' original panel. PMR, on the other hand, I'm sure that bodywork has all of the quality of an "I need my limo back in 8 hours" special. (That's a fun day at work, of course one can always just look for the requisite coke mirror stashed near the driver's seat .)

(01-02-2010 11:43 PM)CID Vicious Wrote:  Aw, come on dropnosky, you could always drive it home, take some pictures, and make enough money off of eBay and craigslist selling that crap to goofball hoodrats to buy a real car .

You are right! Ive painted enough of my own cars with spray paint that I really shouldn't knock this car.

I'm sure we all went through the "flat black" stage. Although for me, I thought that you could turtle wax flat black paint to achieve an intoxicated induced form of 'semi-lustre'. Nope, in fact its hard to make a car look worse without actual physical body damage.

Is this pink gem still complete? or has it been stripped of its valuable bling?

Man, if I wasn't concerned with flying under the radar, you guys would have already given me shit about my flat black 240D. Well, that, and I live in the desert, so you can imagine how that works out. Mexican blanket seat covers, goofy foot gas pedal (check!), gloss red 'steel look' aluminum wheels from a later hubcap car with beauty rims and chrome 'nuts. There's worse things you can do with an old beat up 123. And it would be light years cooler than that giant block of solid cotton candy.

Flat black has to be done right. Start out with about 20 cans of 99 cent Home Depot flat black (I'm constantly buying those) as a base coat and once you have a decent base, topcoat with the best rattle can stuff you can get. Heat up some water in a pot, place the cans in the pot and let them get warm (I've actually had the flame going under the pot with four cans in it, just don't get stoned and chase a butterfly around the yard while that's going!) and the paint will come out much better - the higher temp lets the paint mix and flow better, and the higher pressure in the can results in a better spray pattern. The only way to fly when spraying in cold weather.

I wonder if the Brightside marine paint could have a flattening agent added to it for a 'roll on' flat black. Although, really, I'd probably just do the extra bodywork and go gloss black at that point.

But yeah, flat black done wrong will make a perfectly good car look like a burnt out shell from a third world war zone. I'd add up the cost of rattle canning a car - you might be able to get a local body shop to hose your car down with black Urethane primer for a similar amount, and it'll look way better, less work on your part, and if you decide to go gloss later just wetsand it flat and get to it. Urethane, not Lacquer - the lacquer primer doesn't seal against water. Even in LA you'll start getting rust spots over time.

Oooh goofy foot gas pedal, I haven't seen one of those since my Samba days.

Yeah, boss had one on an old Ford van, and I swiped it - can't picture a more appropriate accessory for a 240D .

I consider it an era appropriate performance accessory - helps with the heel-toe work.

Ba-dum-dunt. I'll be here all week, folks....

I found a run-over Acer laptop in the Colorado Auto & Parts parking lot. Got a good 80gb hard drive out of it.

Edit: LOL, the user name is "Filty Rich"
Edit2: This guy left a lot of data on there. He is lucky I found it instead of some punk that would try to steal his ID.

I just got a factory W123 skidplate for $5.

SCORE!

I found a wal-mart gift card with $19.65 under the back seat of a 420SEL.

Pull-n-save has a Volvomino.
       

Also a Mazda Millenia Miller cycle engine. I was going to pull the supercharger but it didn't rotate freely.
   

Was the 420sel the w140 new body S class it looked like a 6cyl? I saw that volvomino Saturday I got a good haul of euro w126 parts at the upullnpay in Denver

both euro bumpers modified to fit US spec cars

I also got heater controls in french

and the fan fare horn and switch

I also snagged the euro headlight adjuster switch!!!

(06-14-2010 09:38 PM)willbhere4u Wrote:  Was the 420sel the w140 new body S class it looked like a 6cyl?

No, thats a 92 S320. There is a row of imports put at the end of the Chrysler section.

dam I missed that one arg!

Ah huh? what do we have here?....

   

"Achtung: Spezial-Ol Sperrdifferential" ???


Open the cover....

   

We have LSD Clutches!


I picked this up past weekend. It's a 2.47, but unfortunately it is in a 2nd Gen w126 flavor. Hmmm now what to do with it... Put it in a 2nd gen w126? Play around with it and transfer the guts to a 1st Gen housing? Sell it? It most likely would need big buck clutches since the odo says it has 210,000 miles on it. Hmmm.


The almost grab of the weekend is a 116,000 mile 617.952. Was just about to pull it and while under the car I noticed oil along the left side of the under belly. Upon closer inspection of the oil pan was crushed and cracked (reason to have a skid plate). Decided to open it up and look at the #2 bearing.... Deep scratches on the bearing surfaces and scratched up journal. Damn! Could of been the 3rd 617.952 I own without a car!




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I got a pair of w126 euro front,rear bumpers a euro fan fair horn and switch + the euro headlight adjuster switch and heater control's in french! + I got a rad and fan and fan clutch for my 300sdl from a tow yards online shipped! put them in to day and drove it to my new house with no issues!

I firmly believe that it is possible to put a 2nd gen w126 diff in a 123. The problems being drive shaft length.

(07-05-2010 06:16 PM)DeliveryValve Wrote:  Hmmm now what to do with it... Put it in a 2nd gen w126? Play around with it and transfer the guts to a 1st Gen housing? Sell it?

(07-06-2010 09:43 AM)winmutt Wrote:  I firmly believe that it is possible to put a 2nd gen w126 diff in a 123. The problems being drive shaft length.

(07-05-2010 06:16 PM)DeliveryValve Wrote:  Hmmm now what to do with it... Put it in a 2nd gen w126? Play around with it and transfer the guts to a 1st Gen housing? Sell it?

It's probably possible if you make custom adapter blocks or do some major welding.

See pics.


Side view of mounting system, Left 2nd Gen and right 1st Gen
   

Top view of mounting system. Top 1st Gen and Bottom 2nd Gen
   

Rear view mounting system. Left 2nd Gen and right 1st Gen
   




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Oh some work would be needed but the mounting location between 1st and 2nd is the same, the body is the same. It would be possible. Probably the cheapest route to get a real LSD in a W123.

(07-08-2010 12:47 PM)winmutt Wrote:  Oh some work would be needed but the mounting location between 1st and 2nd is the same, the body is the same. It would be possible. Probably the cheapest route to get a real LSD in a W123.

Yes cheaper if you can find a good one. Then if you do find one, the clutches/friction disks most likely need replacing. Now it's going to get expensive.

I think I will go the route of swapping housings at some point. I would like to gain experience of how to set these things.
So getting new clutches/friction disks would be on the list. There are a couple of brake/clutch relining shops here in town, I wonder if they have the capability to re-line these plates. Although different (but concept is still the same), my buddy had some hard to find brake shoes relined locally for 20 bucks. The other thought is using existing transmission friction disks. Might be too far-fetch though.


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Dave, GSXR over on PeachParts has done some LSD clutch replacments on the W124`s. It has to be similar type set up.

Now if there was some way to modify the 126 sub frame to fit the 123.

Charlie

(07-08-2010 10:42 PM)charmalu Wrote:  Dave, GSXR over on PeachParts has done some LSD clutch replacments on the W124`s. It has to be similar type set up.

It is, my thinking is that it is easier to find good 126 LSD.

$12 from Pull-N-Save. Spotted them in a cart of scrap by the entrance, couldn't find a rod though.

wtf is that out of??? its frigging huge

It almost looks like a locomotive, but it is a bit small for that, my guess is a big as generator. I have a piston from a locomotive and it is about 12" across and 14" tall.

Not sure on much about it except that it was 2-stroke.

I cleaned it up and found the part number. Looks like its from a diesel V12 for stationary gas compression.

The smaller piston is from an Isuzu 4BD1T.

Poor little guy!

That could be the beginning of a single-acting steam engine

Could be. Except for some crown damage and 5/6 rings broken, its in pretty good shape.

What I got for the 300 on Sunday:

   

For this price:

   

The bike held me up on any progress with the car..

   

Spotted two 190s with 5speeds, going back for a 240d 4speed, a om616 head, a pair of 2nd gen w126 headlights, a pair of euro w116 headlights, a boot for my stick, and a sweet trunk rack of a 80's Subaru i can adapt to my w123.

Gooood day=]

the 190 5 speed will bolt up to the 617?

(08-04-2010 02:47 PM)Captain America Wrote:  the 190 5 speed will bolt up to the 617?

not without some work

http://www.superturbodiesel.com/std/how-...t-965.html

(08-04-2010 02:47 PM)Captain America Wrote:  the 190 5 speed will bolt up to the 617?

I wish.
I belive there is a euro model 240 with a 5speed and a om61x engine that is quite rare..

(08-04-2010 03:29 PM)dropnosky Wrote:  

(08-04-2010 02:47 PM)Captain America Wrote:  the 190 5 speed will bolt up to the 617?

not without some work

http://www.superturbodiesel.com/std/how-...t-965.html

I could never make that happen...

(08-03-2010 04:48 PM)garage Wrote:  Spotted two 190s with 5speeds, going back for a 240d 4speed, a om616 head, a pair of 2nd gen w126 headlights, a pair of euro w116 headlights, a boot for my stick, and a sweet trunk rack of a 80's Subaru i can adapt to my w123.

Gooood day=]

Well today was 50% off day at ecology, so i got up at 6 to grab my goods that i stashed away, and all i ended up with was the euro w116 headlights..the car that the rest of the stuff was stashed in was gone, so i searched the yard looking for it..with no luck.
Sucks.

Found a klima relay in a new 87. Voila my kickdown works!@

(08-07-2010 03:05 PM)garage Wrote:  

(08-03-2010 04:48 PM)garage Wrote:  Spotted two 190s with 5speeds, going back for a 240d 4speed, a om616 head, a pair of 2nd gen w126 headlights, a pair of euro w116 headlights, a boot for my stick, and a sweet trunk rack of a 80's Subaru i can adapt to my w123.

Gooood day=]

Well today was 50% off day at ecology, so i got up at 6 to grab my goods that i stashed away, and all i ended up with was the euro w116 headlights..the car that the rest of the stuff was stashed in was gone, so i searched the yard looking for it..with no luck.
Sucks.

Damn, That sucks!

(08-08-2010 06:22 PM)Captain America Wrote:  

(08-07-2010 03:05 PM)garage Wrote:  

(08-03-2010 04:48 PM)garage Wrote:  Spotted two 190s with 5speeds, going back for a 240d 4speed, a om616 head, a pair of 2nd gen w126 headlights, a pair of euro w116 headlights, a boot for my stick, and a sweet trunk rack of a 80's Subaru i can adapt to my w123.

Gooood day=]

Well today was 50% off day at ecology, so i got up at 6 to grab my goods that i stashed away, and all i ended up with was the euro w116 headlights..the car that the rest of the stuff was stashed in was gone, so i searched the yard looking for it..with no luck.
Sucks.

Damn, That sucks!

ecology has a 50% off day? niiiiice! you go to the one in downey?

(08-10-2010 02:19 AM)stan Wrote:  

(08-08-2010 06:22 PM)Captain America Wrote:  

(08-07-2010 03:05 PM)garage Wrote:  

(08-03-2010 04:48 PM)garage Wrote:  Spotted two 190s with 5speeds, going back for a 240d 4speed, a om616 head, a pair of 2nd gen w126 headlights, a pair of euro w116 headlights, a boot for my stick, and a sweet trunk rack of a 80's Subaru i can adapt to my w123.

Gooood day=]

Well today was 50% off day at ecology, so i got up at 6 to grab my goods that i stashed away, and all i ended up with was the euro w116 headlights..the car that the rest of the stuff was stashed in was gone, so i searched the yard looking for it..with no luck.
Sucks.

Damn, That sucks!

ecology has a 50% off day? niiiiice! you go to the one in downey?

Yeah they have a 50% off day a couple times a year i think.
No i havnt been to the one in downey.

Found a pair of pristine black front seats out of a 1989 560sel.
It dosnt have the normal MBtex type of material..i will try to get pictures up soon(i should stop saying that and actually do it huuh?)
Only $14.97each.
There not manual....but ill make it work

Got myself a new shift knob for the 4speed, one with the gears on it! My old one was all chewed up looking, like somone peeled all the material away.
It makes the interior look alot cleaner, and it is about 2 1/2inches shorter wich means quicker shifts
I also spotted a w126 280SE, with a wonderful looking light blue cloth interior, most of the cloth interiors i find are sunbaked and rip very easily, this was very nice.
Made me wish i had cloth seats.

New 91 300 on the lot tomorrow. Wondering if its an E or D. I hate that about pullapart.com. All they have is 300 class.

Denver Pull-N-Pay has a Euro 82 300D with SLS (non-working, turbo engine without a pump swapped in).

(10-16-2010 06:50 PM)ForcedInduction Wrote:  Denver Pull-N-Pay has a Euro 82 300D with SLS (non-working, turbo engine without a pump swapped in).

What kind of euro parts are on this car?
Im just wondering is all..

Just the SLS, fanfare horns and amber corner lights.

Hmm, well thats interesting. Id love to find a euro 123 in a yard around here.

Thats pretty cool about the sls on a sedan.