190E 2.6 Sportline , Bits done

More piccy needed.

If it is rusting out there, then check the condition of the drains, and the vents in the C pillars. The vents remove easily with a a screw IIRC, and get full of curse word.

Worth removing the bootlid seal too and making sure that it seats good and firm. I used a thin layer of black gutter sealant to get mine to sit right and prevent water from tracking past it into the boot.

If you find a way of fixing the headlamp wipers let me know because my W124 has dead ones of those too..... NLA from MB.

Well with the weather being utter rubbish I'm just doing small jobs .
This evening ive fitted the repro dealer plate on the rear . Front going on in a few days
The one that came on it was stuck on ( just ) and with . com written on it it was not quite fitting the 1991 plate .
The original plate mounts were long gone so I fitted M5 Rivnuts which fitted in the holes left perfectly .
Original dealer sticker still survives


What came on it


Newness

Is that a Sportline badge on the bootlid?

If it is, GET RID OF IT. It is making my face itch. :-)

May I ask why ?? I guess you want the front wing ones removed as well

Leave the OEM ones on, my 124 wears those with pride. I just thought if you went to the trouble of replacing the number plate because of its aesthetic, then you wouldn't want a badge where it didn't belong. MB never put the badges for Sportlines on the bootlid.

Your car though, if you like it there, all good!

And for my next repair .
Drivers side ( UK ) mirror handle adjust in and out up and down handle doodab thingy .
Busted clean off well before I got it.
New handle aquired from ebay ( from Poland IIRC ) .
Fitting its easy , getting the broken bit out is a right nightmare . Its riveted to the adjuster doofer and getting that outs a nightmare . basically file the top off , prise the busted bit off . File the bottom bit and punch the pin out .
Fitting the new arm is the easy bit although you cant reuse the pin .In the end I used a pop rivet with a washer that only just fitted the rivet at the far end therefor pinning it altogether . pop rivets hold well but not solid so it all still pivoted OK .
Loads of greas added .
To compound the hell the top mirror mount screw had previously sheered off . couldnt get that out so sawed the stub off , drilled right through and locked in an M4 bolt.
Anyhoos it all now works perfectly

So where did I get to on the one man fuel crisis .
Well its still running well but still bitsa i wanna fix .
First off was the heated drivers door mirror that although was now adjustable didnt heat .After a huge search i found a NOS drivers door glass . Fitted it and voila I haz heat
Next sun visors . the flappy mirror covers that turn the lights on and off when opened -- well they iz broken . drivers one fell off , passenger side only had one hinge and much floppage happened when you used it .
These things are made off freshly fried Dodo eggs and dragon flames . Couldnt find any anywhere .
I did however discover that W140 visors whilst they wont fit do have the same-ish mirrors and lights - and available the correct colour .
So i stumped up a still wallet crushing amount of cast for a pair of second hand ones .
Job was quite involved as the lampholder bit was shallower so wouldnt clip in . A few small self tappers nailed that job