@@ImChrisDeDecker Watching you from the other side of the ocean Europe i really appreciated you just because doing that, some other people just buy old cars, wash it detail inside-out and sold it quick if it "runs" to grab a quick buck so, the fact that you went to extra mile spending precious time detecting and fixing all problems on it shows your commitment to identify and fix issue, you are passionate or at least try to be professional and that is the hard part to find these days, that most of today mechanics from dealers lacks.. So, God bless you ! may you do well and keep growing stronger because we need more people like you man !..
Congratulations Chris. I am a lawyer and agrobusiness man. It is necessary earn money in my country. Unfortunatelly, we do not have a wellfare state as you. But, since child, my hobby is mec auto. Your work and disposition are great. ' Sudacoes " from Brazil
When I am watching your video, it remind my Camry sxv20. Currently on maintenance. I bought my Camry last month, she is driven over 360000km, still beautiful car and clean. But I know many things to be fixed. Currently I am fixing her almost all, except Engine, Transmission, power steering and radiator. But , she deserve it.
Great video. Thanks for showing as much of the journey as you could. I want to say I saw this car on marketplace in Austin. Why didn’t you want to use the car for years after doing all of that work?
Great video, had a w201 2.3 and had the same issue, fan clutch went out and caused a blown head gasket. They run 80-100 usually and it’s normal but if it reaches near 120 then it’s definitely a problem, you can do a few modifications so that it will always cool better and stay around 80, bypass the clutch fan to where it turns on everytime the car is running and get a thermostat that will open up faster
Using copper anti-seize make the rubbers to swoll up, better use brake grease. And i Would recommend to plug the egr, and clean out the intake and boostpipe, and drive it kinda hard. Because the car have been sitting for a Long time probably
Yeah made quite a few mistakes there . Car needed a heavy foam from a cannon . The acid wheel cleaner 👎. Hey you doubled your $ so i guess it wasn’t bad ! I think the guys name is Pan the Organizer watch him . He can teach u a lot . That’s one of the guys I watched and learned from . Also there’s guys from Costa Mesa Cali that do deep cleaning & reconditioning , restoring .. unbelievable stuff . Steam clean . Dry ice and all. Good luck Ty for keeping old Benz’s on the road !😊
Good job and a nice car, i guess very unusual in the US? Another thing, are you sure the seats are leather, mercedes had something called mb-tex, looks more like that to be honest?
Liqui Moly Diesel Purge makes wonders. I use 2 bottles of it every 20k KM. I record the engine sound before and after and huge difference every time. Also the performance on low revs improves a ton.
Bonjour, ta vidéo est très bien superbe travail. Par contre l'huile moteur sur c'est moteur doit être de la 10w40 229.1. Sinon c'est quoi le mélange que tu mets avec l'Acétone? Tony de France
I would use Iron remover on the paint as well before claying the car. If you don't use the iron remover first you are making more scratches on the paint. But nice job anyway
The reason the leather is in such good condition is because it's not actual leather, but rather MBtex. It's a type of vinyl developed by Mercedes and extremely resistant to wear. Very popular in German W124 Taxis.
The wheels are NOT bare aluminum! They are painted in a specific silver paint that is used for wheels by most brands. You can get a can of it from Wurth "Silver Wheel Paint". And the reason for the "brake dust" gathering around the center cap, is because its NOT actually brake dust at all! Its actually wheel bearing grease leaking out from the wheel bearing. Which happens to be right behind the center cap.
600psi is waay to much. I bet the new engine compression is around 450psi max. You have put too much oil in the cylinder, and the fluid is not compressible, falsifying the reading
Nah mate the days you can find a 124 for that much is over. European market is kek. a turbo OM603 124 is here in europe 10k in good condition with 250 000 miles
Hello there, first of all thanks for the tip using Acetone and transmission oil 🛢. This week a did a compression test. The best cylinder 22 bar, and the worst 14 bar 😮. Ad the moment a can't do a second compression test. Injectors are out for a rebuild. 1 thing a noticed, cilinder 1 (the lowest in compression) I poured a lot of fluid in. And after al long time of pouring fluid in. It looks like cylinder 1 is holding longer fluid they from the beginning. There is maybe hope for mij om617 turbo
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Huh. You didn't double your "profit" - you doubled your overall money. And since you bought it for $1800, bought parts and supplies, and sold it for $3000, you didn't even double it. And "debris" is pronounced with a silent "s" as it is a french word.
Nice work - that car is a beauty. You might regret selling it sometime!
Most likely, I am just happy I made it a reliable ride for someone else, keeping the car on the streets for a little bit longer.
@@ImChrisDeDecker Watching you from the other side of the ocean Europe i really appreciated you just because doing that, some other people just buy old cars, wash it detail inside-out and sold it quick if it "runs" to grab a quick buck so, the fact that you went to extra mile spending precious time detecting and fixing all problems on it shows your commitment to identify and fix issue, you are passionate or at least try to be professional and that is the hard part to find these days, that most of today mechanics from dealers lacks.. So, God bless you ! may you do well and keep growing stronger because we need more people like you man !..
Congratulations Chris. I am a lawyer and agrobusiness man. It is necessary earn money in my country. Unfortunatelly, we do not have a wellfare state as you. But, since child, my hobby is mec auto. Your work and disposition are great. ' Sudacoes " from Brazil
Superb. Simply a joy to watch you change an old dirty car into a bright and shiny ' new look' car.
You can put up the hood vertically that is easier for working on the motor push the clips and button on each side on the hinges and push hood back
It was really enjoyable to watch you work Chris! Thanks. Good luck with your channel and I will look for more.
this video is amazing...11 mins in...got dam. very well done brother
You gave the car the second chance to run like new kudos 4 U bro😊
Great edit! That detail was so satisfying!
I love your passion about old school benz
Nice work. Great car! Continue with Mercedes cars restoration....
When I am watching your video, it remind my Camry sxv20. Currently on maintenance. I bought my Camry last month, she is driven over 360000km, still beautiful car and clean. But I know many things to be fixed. Currently I am fixing her almost all, except Engine, Transmission, power steering and radiator. But , she deserve it.
I'm glad your alive man! Long time no posts
Much love. Just took a break. Looking forward to buying the next project car when we get back to FL
I watch this video every other day. That is my dream car and I hope that I'll buy one soon.
Great video. Thanks for showing as much of the journey as you could. I want to say I saw this car on marketplace in Austin. Why didn’t you want to use the car for years after doing all of that work?
Great video, had a w201 2.3 and had the same issue, fan clutch went out and caused a blown head gasket. They run 80-100 usually and it’s normal but if it reaches near 120 then it’s definitely a problem, you can do a few modifications so that it will always cool better and stay around 80, bypass the clutch fan to where it turns on everytime the car is running and get a thermostat that will open up faster
how do you bypass the fan clutch
Using copper anti-seize make the rubbers to swoll up, better use brake grease. And i Would recommend to plug the egr, and clean out the intake and boostpipe, and drive it kinda hard. Because the car have been sitting for a Long time probably
Nvm didn’t see you sold the car 😅
haha, appreciate it tho!
Yeah made quite a few mistakes there . Car needed a heavy foam from a cannon . The acid wheel cleaner 👎. Hey you doubled your $ so i guess it wasn’t bad ! I think the guys name is Pan the Organizer watch him . He can teach u a lot . That’s one of the guys I watched and learned from . Also there’s guys from Costa Mesa Cali that do deep cleaning & reconditioning , restoring .. unbelievable stuff . Steam clean . Dry ice and all. Good luck
Ty for keeping old Benz’s on the road !😊
really good video love this kinda content
Good job and a nice car, i guess very unusual in the US? Another thing, are you sure the seats are leather, mercedes had something called mb-tex, looks more like that to be honest?
You very well could be right. I sure was fooled if so
The pulsating brake is the ABS. First thing to check is the OVP relay behind the battery. It has a fuse that if blown will deactivate the ABS.
I re-soldered all the connections to the OVP. It did fix most of the problems, but the brakes still had that weird pulsating but not as often
Love from morocoo ✌ nice car brother ✌ have a nice day.
Same here bro , Ana mn Kénitra I’m a w124 owner ❤
Liqui Moly Diesel Purge makes wonders. I use 2 bottles of it every 20k KM. I record the engine sound before and after and huge difference every time. Also the performance on low revs improves a ton.
So Beautiful and so sweet I love his car,my Favorite in my Life😘😍☺️🥰😚👍🤟👌
Bonjour, ta vidéo est très bien superbe travail. Par contre l'huile moteur sur c'est moteur doit être de la 10w40 229.1. Sinon c'est quoi le mélange que tu mets avec l'Acétone? Tony de France
Did you not know you could get the hood in a perfect vertical upright maintenance position?
Great job ,let's keep these legends alive
Love 300e’s. Traded mine for a 1992 500sl earlier this year.
I would use Iron remover on the paint as well before claying the car. If you don't use the iron remover first you are making more scratches on the paint. But nice job anyway
My replacement blinker lamp assembly did the same thing. I think they replacement knockoffs are junk
You can open the hood to service position
I was educated on that during the ladder part of this project, I appreciate it tho. Such a cool design
The reason the leather is in such good condition is because it's not actual leather, but rather MBtex. It's a type of vinyl developed by Mercedes and extremely resistant to wear. Very popular in German W124 Taxis.
Interesting, if services do the same job as author, they probably would charge a little more than he did. Like couple of times?
How effective was the acetone tranny fluid soaking done for the piston rings .?
The wheels are NOT bare aluminum! They are painted in a specific silver paint that is used for wheels by most brands. You can get a can of it from Wurth "Silver Wheel Paint". And the reason for the "brake dust" gathering around the center cap, is because its NOT actually brake dust at all! Its actually wheel bearing grease leaking out from the wheel bearing. Which happens to be right behind the center cap.
I appreciate the input! Wish I knew that before selling!
great job.
Thank you!
0:40 YOU SOUND DRUNK LOL
@@kavandadgar7446 That’s how i always sound, thank you!
Go Gators!
600psi is waay to much. I bet the new engine compression is around 450psi max. You have put too much oil in the cylinder, and the fluid is not compressible, falsifying the reading
My dream car w124 ❤
That is not leather, that is MB Tex. It is about the toughest stuff out there.
why didn't you take out the passenger seat?
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The white smoke could have just been the fluids that were poured into the cylinder burning off
I think so, but the white smoke has been persistent from the beginning. I think, perhaps, the injectors should be clean.
Good deal, now on to the next?
After we move back to Florida, should be picking something else up. I am thinking about a Tacoma that we may keep for a while as an off-road rig.
Chris Fix ? 🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐its you? 🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐
I am Chris and I am Fix. Am I ChrisFix? That is up to you to find out.
No
Bam Margera, is that u?
cool
Nah mate the days you can find a 124 for that much is over. European market is kek.
a turbo OM603 124 is here in europe 10k in good condition with 250 000 miles
That is a pretty penny. The value here is much different from there.
Hello there, first of all thanks for the tip using Acetone and transmission oil 🛢. This week a did a compression test. The best cylinder 22 bar, and the worst 14 bar 😮.
Ad the moment a can't do a second compression test. Injectors are out for a rebuild.
1 thing a noticed, cilinder 1 (the lowest in compression)
I poured a lot of fluid in. And after al long time of pouring fluid in. It looks like cylinder 1 is holding longer fluid they from the beginning. There is maybe hope for mij om617 turbo
yessssss such a BEAUTIFUL thing. Thank you for the love. Wish you all the luck
Checfk if the velectric pushere fan thuns nn wen the car goefs hot
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XRP ✴ will be used for trading payments between BRICS+ and USA+.
XRP ✴ will be backed by gold and other commodities which are freely tradeable worldwide.
Huh. You didn't double your "profit" - you doubled your overall money.
And since you bought it for $1800, bought parts and supplies, and sold it for $3000, you didn't even double it.
And "debris" is pronounced with a silent "s" as it is a french word.
Debris