c250td project

[Rickye]

since im still waiting for a few more bits to arrive, couple of us sprayed the merc this weekend

satin black and looks a hell of alot better imo

[Rickye]

got all the wiring sorted out this weekend, first off sorted out the windows, was really pissing me off that only the rear two worked, and drivers only went down an inch

got the trim below the front lights sprayed black, rear spoiler is in primer and will be sprayed black shortly, and got the merc badge on the back of her again.

she was pron to heating abit when it was sideways, so the two front fans are now wired into 2 swtichs, also got a resistor and switch wired into the pump wiring, it now has a nice wee puff of black smoke, and is loving 3rd gear now, before it was just fit to mange 3rd

nothing exciting to photograph as its mostly wiring, but quiet pleased with the switch panel

[Rickye]

so not much has happened with this really, drove it about, burst every weld on the old diff, all gears are ok and was still driving, just didnt feel right, only one i could get was a longer ratio one out of a c220cdi, didnt bother welding it, looking for either another 250td one or a petrol diff. not sure about chancing welding the old one again.

car has a fresh years mot on it, failed first time on a low headlight, easily sorted, came out of mot on a thursday, following monday i put coilovers into it


was undriveable so put the adjusters into the front so i could turn again

only other thing ive done is straight pipe it, no photo's of it on the car but made this tail piece to replace the backbox


currently working out how to map it, not paying 240 when the car cost me 250, its not as easy on these as the ecu chips are soldered onto the ecu, so will need to get holders and the right chips, solder the holders onto the ecu and i can remove the chips to map them. hopefully next couple of weeks will have it running a map

will be getting spacers made in work, custom ones to the size i want, 60mm at the rear and 20mm at the front, hub centeric and steel, have bad memory of aluminum ones, joys of working in a engineering shop with cnc machines

[Rickye]

got abit of work done tonight still waiting on the lathe boys in work to turn my spacers, hopefully next week ill have them home

first got rid of the egr and cleaned the intakes


next was trying to cure my overheating issues, so aircon rad has been removed, was fucked anyway, pump is still in place but will sort that out another time, put the twin fans back in just incase it does start to heat, also blew out the rad, the about of shite that came out of it was unreal,



and just to help the looks, all the purple is gone and the chrome is back, looks better imo, got bored of the purple very quickly


currently its running on about 4 1/2 cylinders, one of the pre chambers has come loose, should hopefully have the tools needed for that tomorrow, and get the diff welded tomorrow aswell

[Rickye]

didn't manage to get the diff welded today, spent this morning putting my brother 323 back together, then got the merc running on all 5 cylinders again, took it a good run and its not lifting the temperature hand either, success

also got my hydro mounted, needs connected up but forgot to get t pieces on friday

[Rickye]

finaly got my spacers made, big thanks to a work mate who started after work to finish turning the last one so i could machine it

started with these after they where turned


alot of this happened


and ended up with these, 60mm for the rear and 20mm for the front



a mates coming over this weekend, going to get the hydro handbrake working and the diff back into it, hopefully if i get the bolts spacers will be on aswell

[TorqueWorks]

Daecent.. liking the spscers.. more of that!

[Rickye]

got a spacer on one side today, safe to say its gonna be wide

arch has been pulled, its resting on its suspension and moving, clearing atm but needs abit more work before it goes on the road

also really need to get rid of the 55 profile tyres, and give the car a good wash

[Rickye]

bit more work done past couple of days, new mintex disc's and pad's all round, fronts where warped and rears where done, also rebuilt my two rear calipers, with 2 new bleed nipples, got them bleed up right and the handbrake is alot firmer now, haven't tried it but it should lock now


then set about fitting two more gauges, water temp and exhaust gas temp gauges

water temp sender


exhaust gas temp sender, excuse the dodgy welding, it wouldn't weld for me at all, but its sealing so all's good



the three gauges, water temp, egt and boost, in 3 new pod's

diff is welded just not in the car yet, need to test drive it with the spacers on to make sure they are ok, so tomorrow ill get the spacers on, hopefully tyres and have it out of the shed for first time in a week

[Rickye]

Front spacers didnt fit, the middle bit of the front hub sticks out about 30mm, 5mm or so is 66.6mm, then goes down to 63.2 for about 20mm, problem was i made the spacers 66.6mm for 14mm, then went down to 50mm. joys of having a lathe at home, threw them up to it, clocked them and now they fit

spacer that fits vs the first attempt

and bang it fits perfectly

all spacers now bolted and torqued up, getting tyres tomorrow and this will be on the road again