Well done that man! Very enjoyable to see you turn and weld as you have "The Skill"!! I am after a Smart Car that has some problems and may be affordable and all your videos are so helpful regarding the project! I gleaned so much from your re-build of the engine: The worn valve guide could well be the cause of a problem with the engine that I am concerned about. I rode Motorcycle Scrambles/Motocross in the 60's 70's 80's & 90's. I remember before I started riding I was trying to glean as much information as I could to be prepared for the Sport! A Top Mechanic told me that he had fitted some Phosphor Bronze Exhaust and Inlet Valve Guides to a 500cc Rickman Matchless Mettise (In British Racing Green)! These specially made components handled the heat so much better than the steel ones and eliminated the Valve Stems "Sticking" during "Hot" Competition! Especially the Hotter Running Exhaust Valve Stem Guides! With your skills you could turn some up in the quest for perfection next time! A German fellow's video shows him placing the engine/gearbox/Diff on a plywood plate with 4 castors on it to remove the assembly! He placed a trolley jack under the plywood plate and raised it to meet the Differential and the Engine Sump. He then removed the bolts, pipes etc and lowerd the engine/Gearbox etc to the ground. After that he removed the trolley jack and just wheels the "Injun" around on the plate and castors: she don't mind that! Your way looks more visually impressive but you say that it is a bit of a faff, so who knows?! The advantage regarding your method is that one can do some refurbishing work on the sub frame etc more easily! Both methods get the job done at the end of the day! Marvelous series of perfect videos: thank you! Rob of Halmore. In the Berkeley Vale. The West of England.
Thanks for your comments Rob. Yep, Smart car valve guides seem to be a weak point. I replaced them with OEM, agree bronze is better. I used performance bronze guides in my Celica race engine, build also on my site. My plans for the Smart car are to make it into something a bit different and an offroad version. The engine build was to get it back to new condition with just some basic mods. Its a bit trciky as I'm just doing mods I think will work as I can't seem to find any info on what others have done. Looks like very few people take the time to rebuild these engines but imo they are not bad. Just not engineered for maintenance. Mercedes just want you to buy a new car or engine. Anyways, welcome. I hope to post the next Smart car video sometime soon. cheers!
@@Mezzmoengineering A Celica Racing Man!!! Good Stuff!I like it! They all have another thing coming if they think that we will Chuck Every Bit and Engine away though! My Foreman in a previous Electricity Supply Engineering Life impressed upon me when he gave me some thing to repair that: "Man Made it, Man F---ed it up so Man Will Mend it! It is not made in Outer Space"! Tom was looking at me regarding the "Will" bit! Old School! But! I was only speaking with my Mate Smith an old HGV 1 Trucking Mate: Mark Smith of M.S.C. (Mark Smith Commercials) Cambridge, Gloucestershire, England the other day. He had a huge Volvo F12 Truck Engine out on his workshop floor, virtually for scrap! Very little he could do with it! Cost of spares, Only skim the head once, labour costs etc it was not worth his while to rebuild it commercially! resurrect Pleasure
@@Rob-mk3lq Yep, they need to try a lot harder to stop me fixing things. I have a future project planned where I will be building a pretty crazy tractor. Its probably a good 12 months away as I plan to build my dream workshop very soon. Restricted with space now and want to focus on this as my passion a lot more starting next year sometime
Gday, I’ve been waiting for the next instalment, now I’m real keen to see how the lift looks, awesome job, the lathe is coming in very handy, cheers Matty
Great share man , Those rotors turned up nice ! Great job on the lift and muffler as well . Your going to need some better tires , But I bet you have that covered ..sure ENJOYED ! Thanks ..
Need to add a extender in back suspension to the down side? Because i saw in all videos, all add a extender becaouse after the spring spacer, the suspension goes down a bit.
Correct, you could increase the spring length and then not need the spring spacer, BUT you would then have to replace the struts and shockers with something longer too. You need all the other spacers for the steering and suspension to work properly
Hi mate, I just freestyled these parts. I made them all the length I wanted to raise the car which was 60mm. So all aluminum spacers are 60mm long and all other plastic spacers also 60mm long to match. The top profiles for the suspension I machined to match what was there before. Hope this helps. I think 60mm is about the max lift...
Been trying to get a lift kit for mine, but they are not available, would you be willing to make one? I'm trying to put on 29"x10" tires (yeah I'm cutting fenders.) Also using EV shocks, struts and springs to et the extra height.
Hi Mate, I plan to offer my work to others in coming months but at the moment my lathe is out of action as I'm in the process of a major shed upgrade. Will confirm on one of my videos when I'm able to do stuff like that. Hopefully later this year.
@@bobbrown2312 not anymore they don't, they try to drop ship from daystar that doesn't make them anymore. got mine done thought, it's on 30 x10s with 14 inches of ground clearance
i would've thought you'd just drop the 2 sub frames instead of a suspension lift but i'm not there so i'm sure there's a reason you did it like this instead, and i see no point in spending money needlessly when you can make the same parts at home much cheaper and you know what they are made of and the quality of the materials used
The front mod is literally as you say, but you still need to extend the top of the struts to make up the difference. I decided against just dropping the rear frame as it messes with hoses layout and some other stuff. The mod was pretty easy, even making the parts myself. If someone is prepared to pay then its probably a 3 or 4 hour job total.
Well done that man!
Very enjoyable to see you turn and weld as you have "The Skill"!!
I am after a Smart Car that has some problems and may be affordable and all your videos are so helpful regarding the project!
I gleaned so much from your re-build of the engine: The worn valve guide could well be the cause of a problem with the engine that I am concerned about.
I rode Motorcycle Scrambles/Motocross in the 60's 70's 80's & 90's.
I remember before I started riding I was trying to glean as much information as I could to be prepared for the Sport!
A Top Mechanic told me that he had fitted some Phosphor Bronze Exhaust and Inlet Valve Guides to a 500cc Rickman Matchless Mettise (In British Racing Green)!
These specially made components handled the heat so much better than the steel ones and eliminated the Valve Stems "Sticking" during "Hot" Competition!
Especially the Hotter Running Exhaust Valve Stem Guides!
With your skills you could turn some up in the quest for perfection next time!
A German fellow's video shows him placing the engine/gearbox/Diff on a plywood plate with 4 castors on it to remove the assembly!
He placed a trolley jack under the plywood plate and raised it to meet the Differential and the Engine Sump.
He then removed the bolts, pipes etc and lowerd the engine/Gearbox etc to the ground.
After that he removed the trolley jack and just wheels the "Injun" around on the plate and castors: she don't mind that!
Your way looks more visually impressive but you say that it is a bit of a faff, so who knows?!
The advantage regarding your method is that one can do some refurbishing work on the sub frame etc more easily!
Both methods get the job done at the end of the day!
Marvelous series of perfect videos: thank you!
Rob of Halmore.
In the Berkeley Vale.
The West of England.
Thanks for your comments Rob. Yep, Smart car valve guides seem to be a weak point. I replaced them with OEM, agree bronze is better. I used performance bronze guides in my Celica race engine, build also on my site.
My plans for the Smart car are to make it into something a bit different and an offroad version. The engine build was to get it back to new condition with just some basic mods. Its a bit trciky as I'm just doing mods I think will work as I can't seem to find any info on what others have done. Looks like very few people take the time to rebuild these engines but imo they are not bad. Just not engineered for maintenance. Mercedes just want you to buy a new car or engine. Anyways, welcome. I hope to post the next Smart car video sometime soon. cheers!
@@Mezzmoengineering A Celica Racing Man!!! Good Stuff!I like it! They all have another thing coming if they think that we will Chuck Every Bit and Engine away though!
My Foreman in a previous Electricity Supply Engineering Life impressed upon me when he gave me some thing to repair that: "Man Made it, Man F---ed it up so Man Will Mend it! It is not made in Outer Space"! Tom was looking at me regarding the "Will" bit! Old School!
But! I was only speaking with my Mate Smith an old HGV 1 Trucking Mate: Mark Smith of M.S.C. (Mark Smith Commercials) Cambridge, Gloucestershire, England the other day. He had a huge Volvo F12 Truck Engine out on his workshop floor, virtually for scrap! Very little he could do with it! Cost of spares, Only skim the head once, labour costs etc it was not worth his while to rebuild it commercially! resurrect
Pleasure
@@Rob-mk3lq Yep, they need to try a lot harder to stop me fixing things. I have a future project planned where I will be building a pretty crazy tractor. Its probably a good 12 months away as I plan to build my dream workshop very soon. Restricted with space now and want to focus on this as my passion a lot more starting next year sometime
Gday, I’ve been waiting for the next instalment, now I’m real keen to see how the lift looks, awesome job, the lathe is coming in very handy, cheers Matty
g'day Matty love ya channel mate keep it up hey Mezzmo that's a lot of work for a paddock rig mate cheers
Thanks Matty, progress very slow at the moment as I've been snowed under with other things. Next video won't be too far away
@@paullang1961 thanks mate, I’ll try
Great share man , Those rotors turned up nice ! Great job on the lift and muffler as well . Your going to need some better tires , But I bet you have that covered ..sure ENJOYED ! Thanks ..
Thanks mate. Agree about the wheels, but not to worry as I have big plans for them..stay tuned
Absolutely loving this content, thinking of doing something similar to a roadster.
Glad you're enjoying it. The fun bit it still to come...
Need to add a extender in back suspension to the down side? Because i saw in all videos, all add a extender becaouse after the spring spacer, the suspension goes down a bit.
Correct, you could increase the spring length and then not need the spring spacer, BUT you would then have to replace the struts and shockers with something longer too. You need all the other spacers for the steering and suspension to work properly
can you share all the dimensions of the parts?
Hi mate, I just freestyled these parts. I made them all the length I wanted to raise the car which was 60mm. So all aluminum spacers are 60mm long and all other plastic spacers also 60mm long to match. The top profiles for the suspension I machined to match what was there before. Hope this helps. I think 60mm is about the max lift...
@@Mezzmoengineering if i change all the springs with longer, and add the wheel spacers in rims, you think i take the same result?
Been trying to get a lift kit for mine, but they are not available, would you be willing to make one? I'm trying to put on 29"x10" tires (yeah I'm cutting fenders.) Also using EV shocks, struts and springs to et the extra height.
Hi Mate, I plan to offer my work to others in coming months but at the moment my lathe is out of action as I'm in the process of a major shed upgrade. Will confirm on one of my videos when I'm able to do stuff like that. Hopefully later this year.
@@Mezzmoengineering Awesome, let me know
Amazon sells the lift kit.
@@bobbrown2312 not anymore they don't, they try to drop ship from daystar that doesn't make them anymore. got mine done thought, it's on 30 x10s with 14 inches of ground clearance
I think HSS is better than Carbide for plastic. Just sayin'. :)
Agree, plastic is soft so either will work fine
i would've thought you'd just drop the 2 sub frames instead of a suspension lift but i'm not there so i'm sure there's a reason you did it like this instead, and i see no point in spending money needlessly when you can make the same parts at home much cheaper and you know what they are made of and the quality of the materials used
The front mod is literally as you say, but you still need to extend the top of the struts to make up the difference. I decided against just dropping the rear frame as it messes with hoses layout and some other stuff. The mod was pretty easy, even making the parts myself. If someone is prepared to pay then its probably a 3 or 4 hour job total.
Hi ,adres