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star63

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Re: Matti´s 280SL
« Reply #150 on: November 30, 2020, 19:52:17 »
Brave man!  :D
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Re: Matti´s 280SL
« Reply #151 on: November 30, 2020, 23:02:16 »
Quote from: star63 on November 30, 2020, 19:52:17
Brave man!  :D

Well, we will see  ;) ;)
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Re: Matti´s 280SL
« Reply #152 on: December 02, 2020, 04:33:16 »
I found the cause of the problem. This oil sealing ring has been damaged due to sloppy work.
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Re: Matti´s 280SL
« Reply #153 on: December 02, 2020, 14:21:41 »
I work as a Chief Engineer on a large private yacht.  I feel like a good portion of my time is spent mopping up after people I paid to fix things. It is so annoying.
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Re: Matti´s 280SL
« Reply #154 on: December 03, 2020, 04:40:50 »
More sloppy work... Also the membrane of the modulator was broken. The guy who did this overhaul is well known in Finland. He has started his business in 1977 and according to the axle nut he hasn´t got proper tools.
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Re: Matti´s 280SL
« Reply #155 on: December 16, 2020, 06:38:11 »
Seals and other parts arrived yesterday. Now I know what I´m doing on Christmas holiday...
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Re: Matti´s 280SL
« Reply #156 on: December 16, 2020, 08:06:52 »
Happy holidays!  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Matti´s 280SL
« Reply #157 on: December 16, 2020, 13:09:30 »
Wow.
Those piston rods and caps could be used as hip replacements.
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Tom

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Re: Matti´s 280SL
« Reply #158 on: December 16, 2020, 14:44:37 »
How about spectacles instead?  ;D ;D
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Re: Matti´s 280SL
« Reply #159 on: December 28, 2020, 06:14:28 »
On Boxing Day... it works!
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Re: Matti´s 280SL
« Reply #160 on: December 28, 2020, 14:02:33 »
Wow.
I cannot imagine how you must feel.
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1970 280 SL Automatic, USA version, Grey-Blue (906G/906G), Blue leather (245)
1968 SS396 Camaro Convertible (owned since 1977 -- my first car :D)
1984 Porsche Euro Carrera coupe, LSD, SlateBlueMet/Blue
1998 BMW M-Rdstr Estoril Blue
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Re: Matti´s 280SL
« Reply #161 on: December 28, 2020, 21:37:11 »
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Re: Matti´s 280SL
« Reply #162 on: December 28, 2020, 21:54:29 »
Upeaa!  ;^)
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Re: Matti´s 280SL
« Reply #163 on: December 29, 2020, 04:37:28 »
Thank you guys,
This was the first time ever I dismantled an automatic transmission. How everything works in this kind of transmission is still mystery to me...
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Re: Matti´s 280SL
« Reply #164 on: April 20, 2021, 05:38:35 »
Hello,

I sent the white wall tires I bought earlier back to the seller. I managed to find another supplier who had MXW-P tires.
I haven´t took notice to the manufacturing date until now. My old tires are very old... I assume that 122 means week 12 in 1992! They are still soft and crack free.
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Re: Matti´s 280SL
« Reply #165 on: April 24, 2021, 05:18:21 »
To avoid scratches on fresh paint I used some shrinkable tube on these clips. It works.

Matti
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Re: Matti´s 280SL
« Reply #166 on: May 15, 2021, 06:53:56 »
The first drive with top down this year. The photo shows "old town". My home town got city rights in 1347. The cathedral in the photo got its first stone walls in 1410. Before that it was made of wood.

BR,
Matti
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