1983 Mercedes Benz W123 280CE Restoration | Part 4 | Removing The Rust
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
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In this episode of Restore It, James and I remove most of the parts from the engine bay as well as the front seats, dashboard, and carpet, so we're able to carry out the welding work required on the front windscreen.
I then spend a day taking all of the spots of rust around the car back to bare metal with a grinder. I also cut a few large pieces out and made changes to the original plan because of how bad the rust was.
I'm sure some of you are thinking I'm taking on too much at once. But don't worry, I'm in the process of finding help in the workshop. So if you are interested in working at Restore It, please email me at joinrestoreit@gmail.com, thanks!
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Tools & equipment used:
Quartz Lacquer - goo.gl/8PTVKM
Base Coat Paint - goo.gl/mWhufG
Rust Remover - goo.gl/13gopW
Rohr 250 Welder - bit.ly/33mkOGP
U-Pol Weld Through Primer #2 - bit.ly/2qL38ak
Fast Mover 1kW Infrared Paint Dryer, Stand, Timer - bit.ly/2WYR9jJ
Workbenches - arborgardensol...
Moldex Full Face Mask - goo.gl/NNYGrv
FGL 5 Spray gun - goo.gl/Acg5rd
A.N.I. R150-T Mini Spray gun - goo.gl/cHTJS2
Colad Washable Overalls - goo.gl/3Css9E
Colad Mixing Cups - goo.gl/8DYmE8
Colad TurboMix Sticks - goo.gl/cYZfks
Colad Synthetic Paint Strainers - goo.gl/H79ZgL
Steel wire bits - geni.us/keyaD
Blasting Cabinet - bit.ly/2GxvKJ7
Blasting pot - bit.ly/32TMnrU
Cordless Ratchet - bit.ly/30YNlkG
Parts Washer - bit.ly/2K5G9wA
Rotary Tool - geni.us/HGed
Concentrate Degreaser - geni.us/yUn9
Mannesmann Socket Set - geni.us/HCDZ
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"Grinding and paint make me the welder I ain't!" Splendid job so far.
And filler! Cheers Karl!
It's rare to find a car this old that still has the original expanding foam and rags in the sills. What a time capsule!
The sounds of the cutting wheels sped up reminds me of the last time I went to the dentist…
I thought I knew most of Mercedes great innovations but the Structural T-Shirt was a new one for me!
Bloody genius. BMW didn't have a clue...
I have also seen 2x4", sheet metal screws and fiberglass bondo...
@Restore It we have a tool for that(1:30), called and impact driver or impact screw driver. its a bulky looking screw driver that you set in the head then smack with a hammer. there's a series of springs inside that convert all the downward pressure to lateral turning force and break them loose. it can get out even super striped heads. plus the down ward smack keeps the tool in perfect contact for the split second of turning.
Hey Kyle, I actually have one but its been broken for ages. I need to replace it really.
So glad you restored the commentary to enable us to fully enjoy your great skills.
"As long as you're learning you're not failing" - Bob Ross
"Now, beat the devil out of it." - Also, Bob Ross. :)
I’ve been doing a lot of learning lately
Outstanding work. The state of those replacement arches was beyond ridiculous - i was aghast!
Not gonna lie - I was getting some current day Titanic vibes from those rusted sills 🫣
Great job fixing it up!
Thank you for recording all of that terrific work! It is wonderful to get to see the cars inner construction beyond the jack points. Looking forward to the next episode!
It made perfect sense for the customer to replace those rotten sills 👍🏻 It also gave you some extra work learning to remove them 🤩 Keep the good work up buddy 😀🏴
Your welding at 18:30 was brilliant 👍
Wow. The woodgrain pieces in that car are better than just about any other Benz I've ever worked on...and there have been a few.
Great my friend! This is a masterpiece. Congratulation from Vietnam.😉👍🍺
I love watching this channel, so satisfying.
Glad to hear it Taner!
Fabulous work! You inspired me to try a small project -- I disassembled my 240D throttle linkage, did wire wheel, adjusting, grease, snapped back together, etc. I'm concerned that if I keep watching you, I'm going to remove my fenders and see what's lurking...maybe I have boots and a raincoat stuffed in there 🤣
Thank you for sharing your wonderful videos your welding is very good I am from South Africa
Great episode with lots of content! It just amazes me how many hacks there are when it comes to "repair". I still can't believe what you pulled out of that arch.
One suggestion: you can use stainless steel tape for both temporary repairs and to use as a template to shape the repair. It's inexpensive, strong, and very easy to cut and shape.
Hope this helps.
Great job and keep up the great work!
Vous faites un travail de restauration magnifique et dans les règles de l’art. Vous même êtes-vous mécanicien de métier ? Nous pouvons vous féliciter de votre travail méticuleux. Super boulot 👍👍👍
Rust never sleeps!!
haha true
Great progress - really enjoying this series. Will hopefully learn a lot along the way, especially in relation to tackling the welding. Many thanks !!
Thanks broomad!
2:01 TIP: take a punch that fits inside, but is also stout, and at 45 to the head of the bolt, give it a whack. Repeat for all orientations of the Phillips flower (or from all cardinal points). This helps loosen the thread, doesn't always work, sometimes it's so rusty, there's no cigar, but it's a good way to get the pesky ones out at least.
PS your welding skills have skyrocketed from when you showed the first example. Excellent patch. You can help the cooling time by having one of those loufa sponges dipped in water, and putting it over the welds every few moments to cool it down. Speeds up the process quite a bit.
One of the welding tips I was given for patches like the one you did - nice job, btw, especially on such a visible repair - was to put round corners in to avoid burn through. Make use of the round edges the drill holes give you and join the dots without squaring them off. It really helps lots to avoid small points if you can. Looking forward to seeing the project progress. Those bent panels are pretty shocking too.
That grey stuff is called elephant skin in German and its amazing how much Mercedes used (and uses) - often still holding together cars even if all the metal turned to rust. Its some strong stuff, unlike rags and foam :D
Congratulations, you are doing an awesome restorarion👍👍👍👍👍👍👌👌👌👌👌👌
Thought you were gonna pull a rabbit next out of that sill , great work , lovin the content.
That's a lot of work. Congrats mate, I know this car will turn out awesomely
So satisfying to watch, mine needs this stuff to I want to do it myself, hope I will have the time and courage to do it
Thanks for you’re work wish you all best
Perfection at its peak
You are a big boss my friend you work is just amazing
I wish the video was 5 hours long ✌🏻✌🏻 keep up the good work ❤
Mate I would die in the making of that haha. Cheers though!
@@RestoreIt haha I wish I could help but I'm living in Turkey 😂 Great effort tho. cheers
Working on my food truck and watching this episode. Very good. Hugs from Brasil.
Dude, you guys did an awesome job!! Must be a hard work, but the results will be great!! You should be proud!!! Cheers from Sao Paulo, Brazil!!
The tea towel and gloves just made my day
I like what you’re doing. Chapeau!! (My 126 had to go through the same.)
Wow, your skills and knowledge have increased so much over the years! Glad to see the enthusiasm, care and attention to detail have stayed consistently high. Superb stuff.
Edited to ask: do you know what the original underseal is - it seems like pretty tough stuff!
Incredible work!!!!!!
That mercedes brown colour is so nice
Wonder what cowboy worked on this car before,? For a second I thought you were a magician pulling out all those rags and foam.
Really enjoying this channel. Great work 👍
Thanks Pheonix :)
What a great video! Cheers mate from the state of Pennsylvania, USA
Damn, 22min went by in a second👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Cheers Karroome!
Great mate a new episode, your soldering skills are improving , given the time you will do great dimes with soldering. Awesome video as always, all the best.
Thanks dude! I think I'll give the sills a go myself you know :) Cheers mate.
Is that whole car made of body filler and foam? Gosh, I can't believe all that stuff in the front corner. You would never have known by looking at the car. Judging by your past work, this should end up beautiful. I really hope the customer is satisfied and all your work pays off. 😊👍
Awesome episode mate! Maybe you can look into a sand blast gun for the rust spot. Keep up the great work
I think your welding was pretty dam good; it sounded like frying, which is good.
Wow-what a job! Too bad about those wheel arches, wow were they crushed.
The rust doctor is in! If I was the owner, then I’d be happy to know that you are working on it and doing a proper job.
Thank you Joe :)
You'd want to be an owner with deep pockets!
That foam and rags really sum up some of the work that goes into cars out there. Being an owner of a car going in for restoration I'd be glad it's in your hands
I would trust you 100% with my vehicle
Excellent video
your work is very nice
You are like a best dentist removing cavity 🦷 form a tooth
Awesome job.
That was so satisfying to watch. 👍
Do it right attitude is what I like to see. More video's please. :)
i love this series!!!
Glad to hear it!
O.K. I'm no welding pro but I finally read the manual for my mig and found out that the pressure I was using for my gas was way too low. After I reset it I was able to get nice flat coins over lapping. I put them in one at a time along a seam. You might try checking for the recommended pressure and make sure you are right on. From one amateur to another good luck.
love the channel keep up the good work small tip use some weld thru primer so you work last longer
Thanks Remco!
Them rags!!! Goodness! Talk about about cowboys! Keep up the great work guys!
Love your vids mate, you got me into cars
Glad to hear it! Cheers mate
@@RestoreIt Cheers
Very good Video Love it and Love what you do ❤️👍❤️
Great video 😎😎😎👍👍👍
Cheers Tom!
Love the 1970s pathe voice.
I didn't know such thing existed haha, thanks!
nice work so far. maybe that oscillating tool would help removing the sills.
Don’t forget what they say: a grinder and paint make me the welder I ain’t😁
State of those arches that arrived! Christ!
Tell me about it John!
You need a Manual Hand Impact Driver for those stubborn screws. I couldn't possibly do without mine as I work on older sometimes rusted farm equipment. Search Amazon for Manual Hand Impact Driver. They are not very expensive and worth every cent.
Love the way you‘re
Removing the old sills.
I don't know if you've seen it, but Soup Classic Motoring (YT channel) made a bunch of repairs to (I think) a W123 Sedan. He made a lot of his own patch panels.
I forgot what those are called, but there's these sprayable coatings that are used on wheeled vehicles that go on/near sea waters. And when the coating is removed to redo them the cars are usually pristine under the coating even years after. Why don't people use those on salted roads?
I'll see if I can find what you're talking about cheers Xenon
Titanic work! :o I am amazed!
Thanks Dan!
You are a car Jebus - saving cars from damnation!
Myabe one day! haha
Great job guys 👍 💯
Cheers Sony!
Cheers man 👍
I highly recommend you to try nylon sanding disc to remove paint and rust. It do amaizing result.
You should think about getting an air chisel. Could save some time.
Yes I think I will :)
Esperaré con ansiedad a ver cómo reparas la chapa. Ánimo...
Cheers!
I'm surprised at just how much car was left after you removed the rust. And foam. And rags. And gloves.
ahhh, the load bearing rags!
Respect ✊
Cheers Darius!
You need more amps then the wellding ist getting flatter but keep in mind this will produce some holes faster
you can also slow down the wire speed
Upload next part also... very interesting
Will do cheers!
I think those rags and gloves probably fell down into the void from the scuttle panel. I know I've lost numerous screwdrives and sockets that way!
Always puts a smile on my facing seeing you've uploaded :) 👍
Aso for those tough bolts use an impact driver from teng tools. Quality tool
Teng Tools ID506
Thanks Andrew :)
Man, I wish you were here in the US so I could send you projects. I am working on removing just a wiring harness and that alone is taking me days while I'm losing patience. Forget even having a clue how to put it back in.
Haha I feel your pain man
Obviously someone tried to hide rust on this car and unfortunately you have to fix it, good luck !
Cheers Thomas! Good practice I guess :D
That stuffing with rags, gloves and foam reminded me of my Uncle who repaired his Audi 60 with chickenwire, newspapers and lots of "bondo", back in the 70's...achieved Tüv (german MOT) with that...
:-D
What happenend to the replacement arches, did they stomped them into a too small box for shipping??
Thx for the update!
:-D
Get yourself a Chinese import plasma cutter!
Then where the spot welds are on the new panels. Cut the holes using the plasma cutter! They don’t have to be perfect. Then you can puddle weld the panels on! This method saves lots of time!! DO NOT get another welder involved! As any comeback from the welding is on your shoulders!!!
Just make sure the area welding is clean and both surfaces to be welded are touching!!
NO GAPS!!! And you cannot go wrong!!
Always nice to have a video remind me of the musquitos in my room!
Jk it’s still as good a vid as always, keep up the good work!
Fitzee's Fabrication on YT. Look it up! Great techniques using simple tools to repair autobody rust damage. I've been working on cars for years and still learned lots from Fitzee's channel.
Dual struts on the front frame only comes on cars with AC, to hold the condenser fan.
Literally every car youtuber in their titles "OmG ! LoOK aT ThE HiDdeN ThiNgS I FouND iN ThiS CaR! SHOCKING !!!".
Restore it channel: "episode 4"
Suuuuuuper made
Cheers!
Buy attack driver for stuck screws. Its live saviour
Another great vid. If you're going to be working on other people's cars for money you should get a TIG and learn it. MIG welding sheet metal is for noobs :)
Make sure you use cavity wax after all rocker and body work,soak it good 👍
very good point Tom I'll get some now.
Meh, just lot of urethane foam😁
@@RestoreIt if you dont use wax it will rot very very fast..make sure you also buy weld thru primer...its available on spray cans and you need that to apply between sheets of metal that will be spot welded for example or it will also rot fast
The new wheel arches aren't bend... they are shaped alternatively ;)
Boa tarde Jesus te ama muito você é tua família abraço tamos juntos 😍😍😍
Thanks :D
The ole glove and rag stuffing ! ahahaha
Great work what’s going on with the 325is
Looks like i need to invest in some rust converter stock!
Hey look, free shop rags!