E320 4matic saved from the scrapyard
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SL55AMG + SL600 + E320 + A180
E320 4matic saved from the scrapyard
Bought this E320 from 1999 with 290.000 km. (180.000) for 7.000 kr. ($800) and I guess if I haven’t bought it – it will eventually have gone to the eternal Autostrasse for Mercedes Benz cars …… 
Have to put it back in shape …. takes time and coast money - pics. tells the most ……..
Have to put it back in shape …. takes time and coast money - pics. tells the most ……..
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great job you are doing, especially doing it outside, you must get very cold, how long does it take for your fingers to go numb. what i would like to know is, where do you get the stands your car is resting on, I definately could do with a few of those as they seem to fit the rubber pads on the chassis and look very stable
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great job you are doing, especially doing it outside, you must get very cold, how long does it take for your fingers to go numb. what i would like to know is, where do you get the stands your car is resting on, I definately could do with a few of those as they seem to fit the rubber pads on the chassis and look very stable
For the jack stands then I made them myself – easy to do – some plate and a pipe about ø200 mm. and two types of square bars that goes within each other – drill some holes – some welding and wupti – you have some very stable jack stands …. (pipe is not thicker than 2 mm. – you can probably get some from a mill where they have corns and so ….)
another type of jack stands that is VERY stable I also made you can see in my other build thread: https://mbworld.org/forums/sl55-amg-...ml#post5526734
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E220cdi avantgarde
do you have a job working in a machine shop, or do you have your own workshop, the tools you make yourself must save you a fortune, its great that you have knowledge to do everything yourself, and if you do'nt, you know where to look for it.
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No more bumby rides
I only have this little workshop you see on the pics. in my build … just for hobby but as there are a lot of guys working around this place on cars – American mostly – we always find a way to help each other ….. and for more small and special tools I make them at my work ….. as you say – there’s a lot of money to be saved by doing it yourself …… tools inclusive 
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Air is coming in again ….. new blower (from the scrapyard) ….. also new shocks for the backdoor makes it as new again …… and a look at a OEM oil filter from my girlfriends car (E320) … reminds me that I will never go for something like this again ---- only MB stuff for what that’s concerned …
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driveshaft
As somebody knows I lost the driveshaft for the front wheel some months ago ….. https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w...ng-80-mph.html
and now’s the time to get under the car for real …. and it shows my repair couldn’t have hold on for much longer! …….
and now’s the time to get under the car for real …. and it shows my repair couldn’t have hold on for much longer! …….
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Make-over underneath
little problem with the height of the lift … had to improvise to get the transmission down ….. gonna go for a make-over of gasket ….. so there will be no more “snail track” of oil after my car
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By now hopefully you have decided to open up a shop called "The Sweden 210 Shop" and have all of that business in Sweden. How about a vacation to Seattle! We can have a drinking, talking and working get together. I get dibs on either the drinking or talking segment.
You have done a great job and I hope that you get another 500,000km out of it.
You have done a great job and I hope that you get another 500,000km out of it.
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almost there
By now hopefully you have decided to open up a shop called "The Sweden 210 Shop" and have all of that business in Sweden. How about a vacation to Seattle! We can have a drinking, talking and working get together. I get dibs on either the drinking or talking segment.
You have done a great job and I hope that you get another 500,000km out of it.
You have done a great job and I hope that you get another 500,000km out of it.
))for the workshop …. well – I’m already using too much time on cars …. our own cars that it …. but always helpful non the less ….
