I have just bought a 1967 250SL which has been off the road since 1982, its an incredible time warp car with 43989 miles from new, single owner, the title is in the name of her estate, it has everything right down to the PDI inspection sheet, even the check used to pay for it and the receipt from Autohaus Brugge in Palo Alto, a fabulous car, all original paint, three pieces of fitted luggage, full stamped main dealer service history, leather interior. Whilst the paint is deteriorated the interior is virtually mint, stored in Palo Alto it has remained rust free, the trunk floor is museum quality, tools are there, plus jack and complete lubrication kit, there's even what looks like a dog tag with the last four digits of the chassis number, all hang tags are still there in the trunk on the jack and hanging from the hinge.
I had the car running on Saturday after pulling the plugs and putting Marvels mystery oil in the bores to help the rings, it fired beautifully using starting fluid. The fuel tank is out which has some surface rust inside, and I've since pulled the radiator which I will have cleaned and recored if necessary. I have rebuilt the fuel pump, the propellor was jammed through varnished fuel, but I am in need of the specs for the lower 'O' ring, I understand its approx 70mm but wonder if anyone has the proper measurements.
The water pump spun but was quite stiff, so I have a new one to go in, the upper thermostat housing was heavily corroded so I ordered a new one from Tom Hanson who always helps wonderfully.
Also I wonder what I should do, if anything to the MFI pump, I removed the fuel line going into the pump itself and the gas stinks as you'd expect, any advice on what I should do would be greatly appreciated.