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My Adventures in Car Restoration: September 2011
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My Adventures in Car Restoration. I'm restoring my old family car, a 1958 Mercedes 220S. I'm going to document the whole dang process - triumphs and tears alike. Friday, September 2, 2011. This is a job I could have accomplished a year ago, if I'd just gone looking. Here we have the end of the speedometer cable, where it passes through the body support and connects into the side of the clutch housing. The blue tape wrapped around it here is obviously not factory spec. :/. This spring is a bear to remove ...
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My Adventures in Car Restoration: Speedometer cable removal
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My Adventures in Car Restoration. I'm restoring my old family car, a 1958 Mercedes 220S. I'm going to document the whole dang process - triumphs and tears alike. Friday, September 2, 2011. This is a job I could have accomplished a year ago, if I'd just gone looking. Here we have the end of the speedometer cable, where it passes through the body support and connects into the side of the clutch housing. The blue tape wrapped around it here is obviously not factory spec. :/. October 7, 2011 at 7:22 AM.
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My Adventures in Car Restoration: Rear axle removal
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My Adventures in Car Restoration. I'm restoring my old family car, a 1958 Mercedes 220S. I'm going to document the whole dang process - triumphs and tears alike. Friday, October 14, 2011. Now that the springs and shocks are out, the rear axle itself can be tackled. Aside from the mount holding the rear axle itself, the last piece needing removal is the cross strut that connects on the passenger side. It takes a bit of effort, but the bolts holding the strut on come out. While trying to strap the brace on...
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My Adventures in Car Restoration: June 2011
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My Adventures in Car Restoration. I'm restoring my old family car, a 1958 Mercedes 220S. I'm going to document the whole dang process - triumphs and tears alike. Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Back in the Saddle, part deux. After a long chilly winter (and a very chilly spring for Denver), it's time to get back on the restoration project! While there, I chatted up the owner of a beautiful 1937 Buick, and quizzed him at length about the process he went through restoring that car (as it was quite obvious it had bee...
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My Adventures in Car Restoration: August 2010
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My Adventures in Car Restoration. I'm restoring my old family car, a 1958 Mercedes 220S. I'm going to document the whole dang process - triumphs and tears alike. Tuesday, August 31, 2010. Next up is getting the windows and related hardware out of the doors. A shot of the tray, once the rubber has been defeated. Remnants of the struggle remain. Next task is to pull the glass upwards by hand, and jam a rubber doorstop in to hold it in place, while I remove the regulator hardware. The main wiper arms were e...
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My Adventures in Car Restoration: Rear shocks/springs removal
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My Adventures in Car Restoration. I'm restoring my old family car, a 1958 Mercedes 220S. I'm going to document the whole dang process - triumphs and tears alike. Friday, October 14, 2011. Next up is getting the rear axle prepped for removal. First task on that front is getting the shocks and springs off, and the torsion arms detached. The shocks are held on at the tops by a connector that is accessed in the corners of the trunk compartment. The torsion bars are held on at the front ends by castle nuts wi...
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My Adventures in Car Restoration: October 2010
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My Adventures in Car Restoration. I'm restoring my old family car, a 1958 Mercedes 220S. I'm going to document the whole dang process - triumphs and tears alike. Monday, October 25, 2010. Ventilator insect screen/lining removal. While removing the front panel, I managed to dislodge some more dirt out of the ventilator air scoops, so I figured while I'm in the neighborhood. let's get these cleaned out. A photo up inside the driver's side scoop. Dirt, leaves, and the remains of the liner. Fortunately, the ...
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My Adventures in Car Restoration: May 2010
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My Adventures in Car Restoration. I'm restoring my old family car, a 1958 Mercedes 220S. I'm going to document the whole dang process - triumphs and tears alike. Tuesday, May 18, 2010. Nice day out today. back into the garage for a brief bit. This time, it's the front turn signals that are comin' out. Driver's side turn signal mount. Once the nuts are removed from those posts, the rubber part needs a bit of encouragement to release its fifty-two-year old grip on the fender. Monday, May 17, 2010. Back sid...
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My Adventures in Car Restoration: January 2010
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My Adventures in Car Restoration. I'm restoring my old family car, a 1958 Mercedes 220S. I'm going to document the whole dang process - triumphs and tears alike. Tuesday, January 19, 2010. Yesterday, the split boot kit for the rear axle came in. Hooray! Today I hauled it down to the shop. The shop owner told me he expected to have the car back in on the rack on Thursday, to put the tank back on, and he'd get the boot set up at that point. You can still make out some small bits of the original cardboard&#...