Best of luck! They are pretty durable engines, so you should be able to get it going again, a carburetor rebuild kit is definitely recommended though. That’s the first thing I would have ordered if I had to do it over again. Thanks!
Just saw this, yes, the carbs are all gunked up, and it might have stayed running a little longer if you had the fuel hooked up correctly. The feed goes in the the other port, the port you have the feed hooked up to is actually the return line to the tank. You're missing the fuel header, which should be a T piece that splits flow from the main line to the front and rear carb. If I'm not mistaken, those old Solexes are still the type that has the rich feed valve in place of the choke, that's the upper linkage, which rotates a larger port into place to feed the motor more. If it's any consolation, I'm doing the same thing to a 230S, except that it's got the bigger 6 and 2 Zenith carbs instead of the simpler Solex type. And yes, they hate ethanol fuels, and gunk up as a result; don't ask me how I know...
Looking back now I see what you mean about the hook ups, in the GT6 will it run video I did, it had to be hooked up through a T connector, which took me a while to figure out. When I get back onto the Mercedes, I will hook it up the right way, after rebuilding the carbs, of course, thanks!
Haha!! Yeah we haven’t had the time to work on it to get it driving yet. It’s missing the clutch master cylinder so I’ve got to get that ordered. Hopefully soon! We’ve been super busy lately and haven’t had time to work on any cars, but are hoping to get back to work on them here shortly. Thanks!
Teaching kids basic mechanics and safe handling of tools is great and the reward when a left for dead engine come alive putting a smile on the mechanics face. These skills will be needed no matter what the green lunatics think 🤣 Keep it up guys, you get better all the time.
Sorry to say but you went about it all wrong, the 1st step was to get the timing set, CRUCIAL! Next, why bother stripping the carbs off the engine when everything you needed to do was able to be done in situ. Next, you kept flicking the choke instead of the accelerator (when an engine gets fed as much gas as that, it needs AIR! Open the throttle wide with the choke off). These Merc engines are the simplest engines to start but sadly you made it look sooo difficult. Did it have oil pressure?
Timing was set originally but the distributor was not clamped down for some reason, and it got bumped and turned. The light in the timing gun I have is dead and didn’t have access to another one. I already had a pretty good idea of where it was originally from pictures I had, not to mention when putting it in that area is where it sounded most like it wanted to start. As for pulling the carbs, I believe I specifically stated in the video that I don’t know what I was thinking because my finger was literally on the jet when I said that! 🤦🏼♂️ It was near the end of a very hot and very long day. And as for the choke, I was pretty sure the jets were somewhat gummed up(which they were), which is why I had it choked down because I was sure the engine wasn’t getting much fuel. Pushing the accelerator did absolutely nothing as both accelerator pump diaphragms appear to be broken as they were doing nothing. Messing with the choke is the only way it got even close to wanting to start. I’m pretty sure there are some valves that are not closing all the way which is what made it so difficult to start as well. The engine wasn’t building up enough compression to fire off. As for oil pressure yes it had oil pressure, it built up to around 15 psi while cranking and once it got running it built up to around 60. Not much else could have been done with the situation I was handed besides what I did. 🤷🏼♂️ Thanks for your input though!
Well done! I’ve just bought a W110 that hasn’t ran in 40yrs!!! Wish me luck 🍀
Best of luck! They are pretty durable engines, so you should be able to get it going again, a carburetor rebuild kit is definitely recommended though. That’s the first thing I would have ordered if I had to do it over again. Thanks!
I remember my buddy Rob drove one of these in the 90s in high-school for a bit.
They are pretty cool cars!
I think that you and your boys make a wonderful/great team 🎉and I hope that you all have a wonderful day and a wonderful night
Thank you!!! You as well!!
Your young assistant seems very knowledgeable.
Thank you! Yes, they are learning very rapidly and love cars!
Great video again bro! I enjoyed seeing it come alive!
Thanks brother!!
Just saw this, yes, the carbs are all gunked up, and it might have stayed running a little longer if you had the fuel hooked up correctly. The feed goes in the the other port, the port you have the feed hooked up to is actually the return line to the tank. You're missing the fuel header, which should be a T piece that splits flow from the main line to the front and rear carb. If I'm not mistaken, those old Solexes are still the type that has the rich feed valve in place of the choke, that's the upper linkage, which rotates a larger port into place to feed the motor more. If it's any consolation, I'm doing the same thing to a 230S, except that it's got the bigger 6 and 2 Zenith carbs instead of the simpler Solex type. And yes, they hate ethanol fuels, and gunk up as a result; don't ask me how I know...
Looking back now I see what you mean about the hook ups, in the GT6 will it run video I did, it had to be hooked up through a T connector, which took me a while to figure out. When I get back onto the Mercedes, I will hook it up the right way, after rebuilding the carbs, of course, thanks!
Will it run?
Of course it will!
Will it change gears ?
Of course it won't!
Haha!! Yeah we haven’t had the time to work on it to get it driving yet. It’s missing the clutch master cylinder so I’ve got to get that ordered. Hopefully soon! We’ve been super busy lately and haven’t had time to work on any cars, but are hoping to get back to work on them here shortly. Thanks!
G'day 🙂
Howdy! 😀
@@DownSouthRustyClassics still loving the content, im hoping to put out more classic stuff soon!!
@@Brooksyscarrestorations thanks! And looking forward to seeing it!
Teaching kids basic mechanics and safe handling of tools is great and the reward when a left for dead engine come alive putting a smile on the mechanics face. These skills will be needed no matter what the green lunatics think 🤣 Keep it up guys, you get better all the time.
Thanks! We definitely love working on them! Have no plans to go ‘lectric anytime soon! Lol
Sorry to say but you went about it all wrong, the 1st step was to get the timing set, CRUCIAL!
Next, why bother stripping the carbs off the engine when everything you needed to do was able to be done in situ.
Next, you kept flicking the choke instead of the accelerator (when an engine gets fed as much gas as that, it needs AIR! Open the throttle wide with the choke off).
These Merc engines are the simplest engines to start but sadly you made it look sooo difficult.
Did it have oil pressure?
Timing was set originally but the distributor was not clamped down for some reason, and it got bumped and turned. The light in the timing gun I have is dead and didn’t have access to another one. I already had a pretty good idea of where it was originally from pictures I had, not to mention when putting it in that area is where it sounded most like it wanted to start. As for pulling the carbs, I believe I specifically stated in the video that I don’t know what I was thinking because my finger was literally on the jet when I said that! 🤦🏼♂️ It was near the end of a very hot and very long day. And as for the choke, I was pretty sure the jets were somewhat gummed up(which they were), which is why I had it choked down because I was sure the engine wasn’t getting much fuel. Pushing the accelerator did absolutely nothing as both accelerator pump diaphragms appear to be broken as they were doing nothing. Messing with the choke is the only way it got even close to wanting to start. I’m pretty sure there are some valves that are not closing all the way which is what made it so difficult to start as well. The engine wasn’t building up enough compression to fire off. As for oil pressure yes it had oil pressure, it built up to around 15 psi while cranking and once it got running it built up to around 60. Not much else could have been done with the situation I was handed besides what I did. 🤷🏼♂️ Thanks for your input though!