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40 Year Old Mercedes-Benz 380SEC Is Idling Rough, Part1: Replacing The Intake Manifold Gaskets, But It’s Not Easy
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40 Year Old Mercedes-Benz 380SEC Is Idling Rough, Part1: Replacing The Intake Manifold Gaskets, But It’s Not Easy

11 July 202316 August 20237 min read

The 380SEC hasn’t been running at its best lately. It’s developed a misfire and runs like an absolute pig when it’s cold. It’s also had

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New Hoist Day!
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New Hoist Day!

22 April 202323 April 20235 min read

Woohoo! After years of planning, and waiting, I finally have my own hoist in my garage. The hoist is there to serve 2 purposes. Firstly,

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Rattle Can Restoration Part 2/2
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Rattle Can Restoration Part 2/2

15 November 202122 July 20224 min read

Sanding and polishing the paint to a deep shine.

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New Car Cover Day
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New Car Cover Day

7 January 202120 July 20222 min read

I ordered this car cover from everyone’s favourite chines marketplace a couple of months ago. The tracking status spent over a month between leaving China

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It’s not a project (and other lies I tell myself)
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It’s not a project (and other lies I tell myself)

2 September 202022 July 20225 min read

Over the last few months, I’ve had an itch to get behind a w126 coupe aka a c126 as a daily driver. I’ve been keeping

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Club event – Drive day to St Albans
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Club event – Drive day to St Albans

7 June 202022 July 20223 min read

The Mercedes-Benz Club of NSW had a drive day to St Albans, NSW today. I decided not to take the 450SLC as I’m not really

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It Lives!!
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It Lives!!

2 June 202018 June 20208 min read

Well, actually it’s been up and running for a while now. It’s actually been nearly a year since my last post. While I have been

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Deciphering the data card
450SLC

Deciphering the data card

2 July 20191 May 20244 min read

Every new Mercedes-Benz comes with a small piece of paper called a data card. This is kind of like a birth certificate for a Mercedes-Benz

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Time to call a professional
450SLC

Time to call a professional

2 July 20197 June 20204 min read

Sometimes you have to accept that it’s not going to be as easy as you first thought and call in a pro. Enter Bruno from

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I’m sure it’s an easy fix
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I’m sure it’s an easy fix

21 May 20197 June 20202 min read

Step 1: New battery and some fuel. Maybe I’ll get lucky and it will just start up. Step 2: Fire it up! Chugga, Chugga, Chugga!

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