Thank you ever so much for that video, my car is a 1974, I’m sure it needs this work Done, looks like I need a professional to do this ! Again, thank you!
Love your vids Ed. I changed out my blower motor cap, the first seal and blower motor but couldn’t figure out how to change the lower seal under the blower motor. How is that done? I was lucky and found no corrosion or rust in my 1980 450 SL. Thank you!!!
I enjoyed these two "rust" videos. When you are looking at potential purchases, do you use a bore scope to check areas such as the ones you've shown? I ask because it seems that it would work well and be more well received by the owner since you would not have to disassemble his or her car. This has been very helpful to me because I did not know they had that level of rust issues in the bulkhead area. Thanks!
I would try and use a bore scope in general yes, but I haven’t checked to see whether it’s possible to get it underneath the heater motor. One thing that would probably work is threading the scope from the central compartment and over the top of the internal wall with the outer, that way you could look at the condition of the outer chambers without having to remove the grills on top of them. Might give that a go if I have a moment.
yes I would agree with that. Sometimes covers can cause their own issues but for the R107 most of the rust is caused by rainwater entering the car and not leaving as it should, so a cover will largely stop that.
It depends on what needs doing, I’d say full bulkhead job at the SL shop, dash out etc + reconstruction of outer plenum chambers would be a bit more than 5k.
Thank you ever so much for that video, my car is a 1974, I’m sure it needs this work
Done, looks like I need a professional to do this !
Again, thank you!
A known rust spot, important to check, thank you very much
Another gem, thanks for taking the trouble/ effort to inform us👍
Thanks again Ed!!
Very informative video. I wonder if you can see the rust, from inside, near the pedal box and looking up?
Love your vids Ed. I changed out my blower motor cap, the first seal and blower motor but couldn’t figure out how to change the lower seal under the blower motor. How is that done? I was lucky and found no corrosion or rust in my 1980 450 SL. Thank you!!!
Luckily on my '85 I just needed to replace the lower 2 bolts that hold the blower motor. I used an epoxy and stainless steel bolts
I enjoyed these two "rust" videos. When you are looking at potential purchases, do you use a bore scope to check areas such as the ones you've shown? I ask because it seems that it would work well and be more well received by the owner since you would not have to disassemble his or her car. This has been very helpful to me because I did not know they had that level of rust issues in the bulkhead area. Thanks!
I would try and use a bore scope in general yes, but I haven’t checked to see whether it’s possible to get it underneath the heater motor.
One thing that would probably work is threading the scope from the central compartment and over the top of the internal wall with the outer, that way you could look at the condition of the outer chambers without having to remove the grills on top of them. Might give that a go if I have a moment.
A suggestion to prevent rust, is to keep a car cover on the car.
yes I would agree with that. Sometimes covers can cause their own issues but for the R107 most of the rust is caused by rainwater entering the car and not leaving as it should, so a cover will largely stop that.
Very informative, how much is 'thousands' and 'thousands' to replace a bulkhead...anyone had one done recently at the SL Shop? 4/5k ?
It depends on what needs doing, I’d say full bulkhead job at the SL shop, dash out etc + reconstruction of outer plenum chambers would be a bit more than 5k.
Hi Ed, you didn’t do the outer chambers video?
Hi, part 1 of 2 should be earlier in the video catalogue.