Old car - new home

[NutmegCT]

The MB arrived last night. Thought I share a picture taken this morning ... and a surprise I found under the trunk mat.

The weird white shape on the exterior mirror is a cover to keep the gol'dern cardinal from attacking his reflection. Little twerp ...

When I lifted the cover the trunk storage area, I found the toolkit in its original canvas wrapper. Looks well used. Note the special wrench for the oil drain plug.

You've all seen the other pictures in my "Mercedes" post. Just wanted to share two more (i.e. show her off!).

Lots to do, especially with rubber seals, hoses, etc.

Tom

 

[Mickey Richaud]

Congrats on the new arrival, Tom! Let the fun begin!

 

[DrEntropy]

Holy cow! Th' tool roll alone is a treasure!

It looks really nice, Tom. Congrats!

Put out a tin mirror as diversion. An old photo print drier plate. :wink:

 

[aeronca65t]

Congrats! Looks great! :thumbsup:

 

[JPSmit]

looks great, I can just imagine you cruising along with visions of world domination going through your head

 

[Brooklands]

It's a beauty Tom...

 

[tony barnhill]

That's a beauty, Tom....lemme give you a hint: use that special tool & don't over tighten the drain plug....the oil pan threads will strip (ask me how I know).....have fun with her.

 

[AngliaGT]

Tom,

Have you driven it yet?You ARE going to keep it in
the garage,aren't you?Looks nice.

- Doug

 

[drooartz]

Very nice looking car -- glad you found one! The tool roll is a very nice extra bonus. I hope it works out for you.

 

[NutmegCT]

Mickey - the fun has just been rolling in. At my age I just can't take all this excitement!

Doc - that tool roll is causing some jealousy in the ponton owners forum. Guess I'd better "throw it in the ocean so I'll always know where it is". (anybody remember where that line comes from?)

Nial - thanks for the compliment. I'll do what I can to improve what I'm starting with.

John-Peter - no world domination at all. Just a small chunk of eastern Canada - for living space.

Dave R - it's a beauty all right. Hope to drive it to your neck o' the woods this summer.

Tony - is that oil pan aluminum like the head is? Lots of stories about stripping out the plug holes ....

Doug - haven't driven it on the road since I tried it out last week. Now that it's "here", I want to do some thorough checking over first. And yep - it's stored in a garage. Cold, but stored. (is that "cold storage"?)

Drew - thanks for the positive thoughts. I'm thinking it's working out already!

Tom

 

[tony barnhill]

Tom - all I've owned have been.

 

[Deleted member 8987]

And I've still; got the SHORT metric allen driver wobbly for 3 or 4 of the silly pan bolts.....

I don' see the bronze crescent wrench in your tool kit.
Our 219 had one....it's now in my Jag kit.

Dave

 

[Sarastro]

Man, that car defines the word "elegant."

 

[AngliaGT]

Tom,

I forgot to ask - when are you planning your trip?
I'll probably find a way to make it by your place,&
you'll be in......California!

- Doug

 

[NutmegCT]

Just an update. I'm replacing the steering coupler flex disk, which was giving me some "interesting" road-handling experiences.

It's a challenge, as the horn/directionals harness runs down the steering column and right through the coupler, then through the steering box and finally to a terminal block.

As the harness is 50+ years old, the brittle sheathing cracks and jams up as you try pulling it through the system. Real pain to finally get it free, as I had to pull the harness all the way up through the steering column.

I could then unbolt the coupling bolts (castle nuts and cotter pins) and ground strap, and remove the rubber flex disk, etc. Take a look at what had been an integral part of controlling the car. Left = old, right = new. Quite a difference.

I've re-covered the harness with heat shrink and will put everything back together tomorrow or Thursday. Next up ... total brake overhaul and rebuild of the vacuum booster. Then, engine tweaking and Hydrak adjustment.

Onward through the fog!
Tom

 

[DrEntropy]

Jus' be sure that ground strap is well connected.

Th' "old" coupling is likely original. That new one has potential to need replacing. Carry a spare.

 

[NutmegCT]

Doc - what's the purpose of that ground strap? Obviously, it "links" the steel on one side of the rubber to the steel on the other.

But the upper side is the steering column, which is held by steel supports in the frame. And the lower side is the steering box, which is bolted into the frame.

So what's not connected to ground? Isn't the strap just connecting parts that are already grounded in other places?

Tom

 

[swift6]

Doc - what's the purpose of that ground strap?
So what's not connected to ground? Isn't the strap just connecting parts that are already grounded in other places?

Tom

Most likely so your horn will work.