Phenomenal You remind me of my RR mechanic that trained at P&A woods. He cleaned n painted ever bolt when he did work on my silver shadows both 1974 cars and my 83 spirit. Soothing about Britain and cars so meticulous. He wound up married 3 times and left the US n retired in Brazil. Never heard from him again. I have to repair the spirit from now on. With him gone I stored the Roller sold off the shadows for a song. USA shops the rates are so high and the work is slammed for a buck.ive reverted back to mercedes diesels.i do have an 83 380SL it too stored for many years now.how did your SL suffer so much rust.were I live it's sun damage not rust. These old merks are so much better than the new plastic cars with plastic stars.i won't buy a merk not made in Stuttgart before 1991. Cheers mate I learn lots from your meticulous British how to videos.ivd got RR videos on the hydraulic fault diagnosis...the RR nightmare of using Citron hydraulics ruined many cars to expensive to repair.o e shadow owner dumper his shadow off a peir in west palm beach as an artifice reef for sea life because of the repair prices He was quoted by the Stealership you stealing money 💰 he said I won't pay it I'm dumping the roller of a pier into the ocean.it made the nighlty news and newspapers too.... Divers got the mascot in a week it was gone....diving school toured the Rolls for the next few years till it rotted away..
Thanks for your kind words and I loved the stories too! I'm always amazed at how cheap some of those old Rolls are - I guess they are super expensive to maintain. At least the Mercs have parts readily available. Mike
Child labor is great! I just did this job on my 115 and I was able to do it on the car. I have to admit I had no concern about scratching anything… I’ll have to do the same on my 280 107, so it was a good practice run. One of my main subframe bolts were so rotten together with the bushing that I had to use a 2 meter pipe to get it loose then is fractured the rubber around it. So I had to order a new bolt…. I’ll put anti size around the bolt when I’ll install it back on. (Not the threads just the part what sits inside the alu spacer) It’s gonna be a super nice car once you finish! Thanks for the video. (I would have mentioned that the arm bushing bolts supposed to be tightened once the car’s weight is on the wheels so the bushings would position themself’s in a middle position. Otherwise they will fail in a week. I still don’t know how to reach said bolts once everything is in position….perhaps there is an other Mercedes trickery what I don’t know about?)
Thanks for your comment. Sadly after renewing all the front and rear subframe the car got stolen and wrecked (see my last post)…but she was a beauty. What is the van in your profile picture? It looks similar to the Fiat 238 I just bought. Mike
@@MikesMercsandothercars this is terrible! I’m so sorry to hear that!!! After all this work went in it. I hope you will be able to recover from it soon. At least non of you got hurt in an accident or something similar. I’m a collector of many things. The van in question is an East German Barkas. You can see a video of my cars here: ua-cam.com/video/RgEgFH2-vjQ/v-deo.html Cheers, Peter
@@victormartinez-pq7yj I’m sorry to hear that. It must be challenging to live in a place like L.A. It’s not exactly a friendly place by any means. Look thru the comments, someone was looking for you to rebuild his 107 suspension.
Hi - she would kill me if I did that in the living room. That's our bedroom.....the only room we haven't re-carpeted yet. She's not forgiving of the oily finger prints i leave on the doors. Mike
Looks great! The rear trailing arm bushes are a right pain! Similar to the W210/211. Front wishbones. That have a aluminium casing with splines to grip the wishbone housing! They are a utter nightmare to get seated properly!!
Thanks for your comment - always good when others understand the difficulty of the task in hand. Some of these things look so simple until you set about going them yourself! Mike
Greetings, many thanks for this video. Quick question, now that the whole front side is done on my slc I have moved towards the back. Is it possible to do the rear bushing with the control arm in situ or does everything have to come off? Many thanks again. Be well, M
Good question...I THINK it can be done but I haven't tried it. My rear subframe was off anyway when I did this part of the job. Next time, I'll try without removing the subframe as a number of people have asked the same question. Mike.
Thanks for your comment. Prices, part numbers and where to get tools and parts and generally given at the end of each of my videos. Have a look at 8.29 and if I haven't listed what you need, let me know. Mike
Have a look at the video below and tell me the exact time code of the bolt/nut you mean. Once I know exactly what you mean, I'll look up the torque spec and get back to you. Mike
That Mercedes Benz dedicated rubber bush lubricant is quite pricey. How about using a gentle bathing soap like Lux. I was thinking of dishwashing liquid but I think they contain phosphorus compounds. I am not sure if these other things would work; margerine, aloe vera juice, olive oil, K-9 lube(seriously), mashed bananas, graphite. Just thinking if anybody has any good ideas of alternative solutions that will work.
Phenomenal
You remind me of my RR mechanic that trained at P&A woods.
He cleaned n painted ever bolt when he did work on my silver shadows both 1974 cars and my 83 spirit.
Soothing about Britain and cars so meticulous.
He wound up married 3 times and left the US n retired in Brazil.
Never heard from him again.
I have to repair the spirit from now on.
With him gone I stored the Roller sold off the shadows for a song.
USA shops the rates are so high and the work is slammed for a buck.ive reverted back to mercedes diesels.i do have an 83 380SL it too stored for many years now.how did your SL suffer so much rust.were I live it's sun damage not rust.
These old merks are so much better than the new plastic cars with plastic stars.i won't buy a merk not made in Stuttgart before 1991.
Cheers mate I learn lots from your meticulous British how to videos.ivd got RR videos on the hydraulic fault diagnosis...the RR nightmare of using Citron hydraulics ruined many cars to expensive to repair.o e shadow owner dumper his shadow off a peir in west palm beach as an artifice reef for sea life because of the repair prices He was quoted by the Stealership you stealing money 💰 he said I won't pay it I'm dumping the roller of a pier into the ocean.it made the nighlty news and newspapers too....
Divers got the mascot in a week it was gone....diving school toured the Rolls for the next few years till it rotted away..
Thanks for your kind words and I loved the stories too! I'm always amazed at how cheap some of those old Rolls are - I guess they are super expensive to maintain. At least the Mercs have parts readily available. Mike
Child labor is great! I just did this job on my 115 and I was able to do it on the car. I have to admit I had no concern about scratching anything… I’ll have to do the same on my 280 107, so it was a good practice run. One of my main subframe bolts were so rotten together with the bushing that I had to use a 2 meter pipe to get it loose then is fractured the rubber around it. So I had to order a new bolt…. I’ll put anti size around the bolt when I’ll install it back on. (Not the threads just the part what sits inside the alu spacer) It’s gonna be a super nice car once you finish! Thanks for the video. (I would have mentioned that the arm bushing bolts supposed to be tightened once the car’s weight is on the wheels so the bushings would position themself’s in a middle position. Otherwise they will fail in a week. I still don’t know how to reach said bolts once everything is in position….perhaps there is an other Mercedes trickery what I don’t know about?)
Thanks for your comment. Sadly after renewing all the front and rear subframe the car got stolen and wrecked (see my last post)…but she was a beauty. What is the van in your profile picture? It looks similar to the Fiat 238 I just bought. Mike
@@MikesMercsandothercars this is terrible! I’m so sorry to hear that!!! After all this work went in it. I hope you will be able to recover from it soon. At least non of you got hurt in an accident or something similar. I’m a collector of many things. The van in question is an East German Barkas. You can see a video of my cars here: ua-cam.com/video/RgEgFH2-vjQ/v-deo.html
Cheers, Peter
@@bountyflyer I live in sunny Los Angeles and rebuild front and rear suspensions. Vic.
sorry, message meant for the comment below this one.
@@victormartinez-pq7yj I’m sorry to hear that. It must be challenging to live in a place like L.A. It’s not exactly a friendly place by any means. Look thru the comments, someone was looking for you to rebuild his 107 suspension.
You seem to have a very forgiving wife that allows you to do this in the living room! Great video.
Hi - she would kill me if I did that in the living room. That's our bedroom.....the only room we haven't re-carpeted yet. She's not forgiving of the oily finger prints i leave on the doors. Mike
Looks great! The rear trailing arm bushes are a right pain! Similar to the W210/211. Front wishbones. That have a aluminium casing with splines to grip the wishbone housing! They are a utter nightmare to get seated properly!!
Thanks for your comment - always good when others understand the difficulty of the task in hand. Some of these things look so simple until you set about going them yourself! Mike
Great, you do mechanics in the house with a beige carpet!!!!!, your wife must be happy ... a great job :-)
She hates me filling up the house with car parts.....luckily that room is due to have new carpets! Mike
Great content as usual.
Thanks - really appreciate your kind comments. Goes some way to offsetting the wifes displeasure at filling the house with car parts...Mike
Greetings, many thanks for this video. Quick question, now that the whole front side is done on my slc I have moved towards the back. Is it possible to do the rear bushing with the control arm in situ or does everything have to come off? Many thanks again. Be well, M
Good question...I THINK it can be done but I haven't tried it. My rear subframe was off anyway when I did this part of the job. Next time, I'll try without removing the subframe as a number of people have asked the same question. Mike.
Hello Mike, great video and good learning. The bushing toolkit, any idea how to get that?
Thanks for your comment. Prices, part numbers and where to get tools and parts and generally given at the end of each of my videos. Have a look at 8.29 and if I haven't listed what you need, let me know. Mike
Did you check the rear mounts for the W115 Mercedes, I believe they cost much less and are virtually the same.
If you happen to live in Southern California, I would love to hire you to rebuild my suspension with all new bushings and grommets on my 85 380SL. 🙂
Thanks for your comment. Been to sunny California many times but I live in not so sunny Uk. Mike
I live in sunny Los Angeles and rebuild front and rear suspensions. Vic.
@@victormartinez-pq7yj Please advise your business address. Thx
Hi Mike, I saw one of your videos a long while ago. Do you know the torque spec on the tie rods/center link off the top of your head? 🙏
Have a look at the video below and tell me the exact time code of the bolt/nut you mean. Once I know exactly what you mean, I'll look up the torque spec and get back to you. Mike
That Mercedes Benz dedicated rubber bush lubricant is quite pricey. How about using a gentle bathing soap like Lux. I was thinking of dishwashing liquid but I think they contain phosphorus compounds. I am not sure if these other things would work; margerine, aloe vera juice, olive oil, K-9 lube(seriously), mashed bananas, graphite. Just thinking if anybody has any good ideas of alternative solutions that will work.
Thanks for your comment - you can probably get away with a silicon based oil such as 3-IN-ONE® All-Temp Silicone. Mike
I use water based personal lubricant. it is meant to be used for rubber. works well with no side effects.