Kent Bergsma, yes, good source of info. He indirectly helped me a lot with my '83 300TD. ANDDD the tool is indeed a linkage bushing install tool, and pretty bloody necessary if you dont want to drop the whole mechanism to do it.
Very well done! In addition, you got our man RANDY some help with his MB adventure and his turned out to RED LINE and run well. I just told you a couple days ago, we missed you and POP, here comes a new one for which I send you many thanks. Much appreciated! Sonny (CT)
good vid! tried this with my sl 380 and first test drive was the smoothest drive its had since I've owned it. its a tad different on location but close enough to figure it out.
So it did improve but after it heats up it comes back but not as bad, think I’m going to give I a good cleaning and then check the plugs. I’ve already put a fuel pump on it and put new cap and rotor on it. May even clean the throttle body . I definitely noticed a difference though. May not have cleaned it enough on the first go around.
Mike, in all honesty, the tease tool this week was that rather flash 10mm socket...... every one I've ever had has evaporated so to see one in the wild like that, astounding !
Me Too!! I keep buying more and more 10mm sockets. I had a psychic tell me that if you put something down, turn around and it disappears, it's a sign that a deceased family member is messing around with you! LOL
For Christmas last year my son bought me a shirt. "I got 99 problems but not having a 10mm ain't one." he also bought me a 10mm socket. Yep, I lost that one too.
They make little adapters you can stick inside that it's like windshield washer tubes where they have two ends or stay so mad at your local events auto parts stores I don't have a picture of one so you'll be able to fix that or a piece of brake line you could slide a piece in there and then slide your rubber hose on their find the same thickness hope that helps you
Its worth getting a pair of chemical resistant gloves for handling solvents like that, it will eventually cause permanent nerve damage after constant exposure, plenty of retired mechanics have got it pretty bad from handling the stuff when they were younger.
Mor important than simple nerve damage, those solvents get absorbed through your skin and into your bloodstream. Once they get to your heart, they cause irregular heartbeating. If you're older, your heart may be in poor shape to begin with. Adding that stress is a bad idea.
Every time I watch you I just have to laugh because it reminds me so much of myself trying to work on stuff... Grab whatever you can to use, break things cuz you pulled/pushed too hard , and then just cuss about it. Hahahaha I.Love.It.
Mike if you use a 17m on that bushing (notice it's shaped like a nut) it would not have broken :). Also, you can still get both of those hoses on the IAC from mercedes and it's worth replacing them.
The name Mercedes-Benz is an old German name, roughly meaning Over Engineered Headache. Woooooo Mike didn't you look dapper in the old whistle and flute very smart you haven't been a bad boy and you was up before the beak old chap. Brill idea with the bodget video's I hope you get the failures as well as the successes. Keep going mucker soon be Christmas Gary....... England 🇬🇧
The four items you said what or they look like tire valves. Where they become loose often because putting air into tire. Could be wrong but looks like them.
Best money I ever spent on my W126, W116, W124, and W201 was sending off my injectors to be professionally cleaned and calibrated. Mechanical fuel injection is great and all, but man do these fuel systems get varnished up quickly.
Not sure how much you were planning to put into the car, but it would also pay off to reseal the fuel pumps and install an inline filter between the tank and the pumps. The amount of crud in an old tank would make you grasp your pearls.
Weirdly enough i got mine outright replaced, from a couple of cheap cars that had been sitting for decades after breaking down, i never felt any difference at all. What made a difference for me was replacing the fuel pump and fuel pressure regulators.
Hey Mike, I'm just starting to work on my very own W126 for the first time. I was wondering, when you need a small part like that specific tube that's connected to the ICV, how and where do you get that?
Lots of the vacuum lines can be found at local parts stores. For some reason, O’Reillys seems to be a good source for lots of parts. I use www.rockauto.com for lots of parts too. The fcpeuro and pelican parts. Good luck!!
I would like a mechanic to take care of what he does as long as Mike takes care of the engines of his "little ones." Two decades ago I had an Opel Kadett gsi 2.0 that with that displacement gave 130hp in the 80s, along with a very light chassis made the stroller get from 0 to 100 in 8.5 seconds and reach 206 kmh theoretical, which were something else with a unit already shot. The Achilles' heel of that mechanic was Bosch's "Motronic" injection system, and the ecu that tended to fail when touched by inexperienced hands ... My unit accelerated only occasionally from idle to injection cut and nowhere did they find the fault ... Mike wouldn't have taken to find it, :-p
Hi Mike! I have 1986 Mercedes 190D. I have wo issues with it. 1. It takes forever for it to build up speed even with the pedal all way to the floor. 2. when it sits idle, the whole car shakes. Help!!!
CAN'T help notice the Atlanta hat. I live in Atlanta and am looking to retire in Ok because I do not like Muggie weather. Could you please let me know if Tulsa is dryer and about as warm as Atlanta. Thanks. Good video, as usual.
Watching all these rebuild videos makes me wonder why people still buy Mercedes Benz autos. Seems like no rebuilder videos are child friendly working on those. When I was young the MB was a paragon of luxury and reliability.
We buy them and work on them as it’s a passion for the brand, the elegance and the reputation. My friends who are Corvair owners are the same way. It’s a love of the car.
Dos Tooleros. 🤣🤣🤣👍 By the way, I've found a real appreciation for that generation of Mercedes because of your videos. If I had any extra cash around, I'd buy one.
What on earth are you doing? please do not touch this car again because this is the simplest DIY job and air intake hoses should nice and soft otherwise your engine will never work correctly
Mike is kind of backwards (I guess some of us already knew that?) He is finished working on the car, and THEN puts on gloves! Guess the fumes from the cleaner really confused him!
Nice intro. Snag an old blue screen backdrop, replace your black curtain, then you are in the Scotty Kilmer league of editing. Haha, I wonder how much Scotty spends on a camera/sound crew and professional editing?
Ah, the never ending joy of owning an older MB. Personally, I love it.
I used to own a bunch of Mercedes diesels. After a while they just wore me out.
Shift linkage bushing tool... Kent's got some really useful stuff.
Old things break. Don’t sweat it. And Randy says to THANK YOU for the help on the Crossfire!
He did?? How nice!!
Thanks for helping Randy on his Crossfire Transmission diagnosis.
Thanks Mike! This video helped me with my W126 that had poor idle.
Man these videos are getting better and better Mike!! $$$$$
Auto Auction Rebuilds agreed great job mike keep them coming
Thank you. I’m still at 3% of your subscribers, but gaining ground! Lol
Monkey Wrench Mike don’t look at it that way. We started around the same time and you have 4 times the subs I have. You are killing it man 🤘🤙
Kent Bergsma, yes, good source of info. He indirectly helped me a lot with my '83 300TD. ANDDD the tool is indeed a linkage bushing install tool, and pretty bloody necessary if you dont want to drop the whole mechanism to do it.
Hey Mike on the hard rubber parts use a heat gun to take off & re install
Very well done! In addition, you got our man RANDY some help with his MB adventure and his turned out to RED LINE and run well. I just told you a couple days ago, we missed you and POP, here comes a new one for which I send you many thanks. Much appreciated! Sonny (CT)
You’re the best Sonny. Thanks!!
Great video .I'm inspired by anyone who well dive into a Mercedes with on fear.
good vid! tried this with my sl 380 and first test drive was the smoothest drive its had since I've owned it. its a tad different on location but close enough to figure it out.
So it did improve but after it heats up it comes back but not as bad, think I’m going to give I a good cleaning and then check the plugs. I’ve already put a fuel pump on it and put new cap and rotor on it. May even clean the throttle body . I definitely noticed a difference though. May not have cleaned it enough on the first go around.
Thanks for helping ole Randy on that mer.. I mean crossfire lol
Mike, in all honesty, the tease tool this week was that rather flash 10mm socket...... every one I've ever had has evaporated so to see one in the wild like that, astounding !
Me Too!! I keep buying more and more 10mm sockets. I had a psychic tell me that if you put something down, turn around and it disappears, it's a sign that a deceased family member is messing around with you! LOL
For Christmas last year my son bought me a shirt. "I got 99 problems but not having a 10mm ain't one." he also bought me a 10mm socket. Yep, I lost that one too.
Geez!! What sort of budget does Mike have to afford to have William Shatner host the video at the beginning?.....Brilliant stuff!!
Capt Kirk! Back when I did commercials, I book several because the clients said I looked like Shatner or bob costas!! Lol
Thanks for helping out randy bro.
Love the intro music and the “ dos tooleros” lol your are great 👍 keep up the great work
They make little adapters you can stick inside that it's like windshield washer tubes where they have two ends or stay so mad at your local events auto parts stores I don't have a picture of one so you'll be able to fix that or a piece of brake line you could slide a piece in there and then slide your rubber hose on their find the same thickness hope that helps you
A tiny bi of Permatex 'RIght Stuff' on that bushing will repair it, no problem. Just let it set a couple hours to be sure before starting or moving.
I’ll give that a try. Thx!
Did it run better after the cleaning???
Its worth getting a pair of chemical resistant gloves for handling solvents like that, it will eventually cause permanent nerve damage after constant exposure, plenty of retired mechanics have got it pretty bad from handling the stuff when they were younger.
Mor important than simple nerve damage, those solvents get absorbed through your skin and into your bloodstream. Once they get to your heart, they cause irregular heartbeating. If you're older, your heart may be in poor shape to begin with. Adding that stress is a bad idea.
Thanks buddy!!! Did everything you did in the video, now I’m running good… well way better!! Thanks
Every time I watch you I just have to laugh because it reminds me so much of myself trying to work on stuff... Grab whatever you can to use, break things cuz you pulled/pushed too hard , and then just cuss about it. Hahahaha I.Love.It.
100% correct!!
Randy needs your help with the crossfire.... Loved the news flash intro. . That's a keeper
Thanks Monty!
Mike you fix cars like, if Mr. Rodgers had an Auto Fix Podcast.
Mike if you use a 17m on that bushing (notice it's shaped like a nut) it would not have broken :). Also, you can still get both of those hoses on the IAC from mercedes and it's worth replacing them.
As Clint Eastwood would say "engineered like no other car in the world"
did he say that, or was it an old Mercedes commercial? th-cam.com/video/Ohze_AIEsK4/w-d-xo.html
Glad to see u back
I have a Mercedes c180 EU 1994 and the car can't keep an idle rev. If I don't press on the gass the car just dies.
What can i do??
The name Mercedes-Benz is an old German name, roughly meaning Over Engineered Headache. Woooooo Mike didn't you look dapper in the old whistle and flute very smart you haven't been a bad boy and you was up before the beak old chap. Brill idea with the bodget video's I hope you get the failures as well as the successes. Keep going mucker soon be Christmas Gary....... England 🇬🇧
Who knew you could use your bathroom as a TV studio!!! LOL!!! NICE!
Good eye you got there. My $$$ mansion (with a complete TV studio) isn't completed yet... lol
@@MonkeyWrenchMike Keep up the good work. I enjoy your video content
My 300ce is running and driving as well as it has since I bought it! Top going up and down like new.
Great news!!
Great job Mike. Fix one thing, break 3 things! lol..... Keep up the good vid's!!!
1 step forward!!
@@MonkeyWrenchMike I small step for Mercedes kind!!! Like the vids Mike..
Mechanical injectors 😉 I put all 8 new from Bosch
You are the best. Keep going
Nice easy video (well for us it was) thanks Mike
Hey Mike.
What spray is that what you are using to clean it?
The four items you said what or they look like tire valves. Where they become loose often because putting air into tire. Could be wrong but looks like them.
Thank you!
Did you win the white or the red avalanche?
Best money I ever spent on my W126, W116, W124, and W201 was sending off my injectors to be professionally cleaned and calibrated. Mechanical fuel injection is great and all, but man do these fuel systems get varnished up quickly.
Yes!!
What did that cost?
Not sure how much you were planning to put into the car, but it would also pay off to reseal the fuel pumps and install an inline filter between the tank and the pumps. The amount of crud in an old tank would make you grasp your pearls.
@@MonkeyWrenchMike I just realized we were talking about a 560. This would only apply to the W116. You have a great setup. Carry on. LOL
Weirdly enough i got mine outright replaced, from a couple of cheap cars that had been sitting for decades after breaking down, i never felt any difference at all. What made a difference for me was replacing the fuel pump and fuel pressure regulators.
Hello. My 88 560sl is taking a long time to start the engine. Long crank, please help 🙏
Fuel pressure regulator
Great video 🙌💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪👍👍👍👍👍👍
Hey Mike, I'm just starting to work on my very own W126 for the first time. I was wondering, when you need a small part like that specific tube that's connected to the ICV, how and where do you get that?
Lots of the vacuum lines can be found at local parts stores. For some reason, O’Reillys seems to be a good source for lots of parts. I use www.rockauto.com for lots of parts too. The fcpeuro and pelican parts. Good luck!!
Like videos good morning hope you have a great day to today ❤
Can you describe what weird idle means? I’m trying to determine if mine is going bad
Very nice Mike you should get some good money for your car when it is clean ed up
I would like a mechanic to take care of what he does as long as Mike takes care of the engines of his "little ones." Two decades ago I had an Opel Kadett gsi 2.0 that with that displacement gave 130hp in the 80s, along with a very light chassis made the stroller get from 0 to 100 in 8.5 seconds and reach 206 kmh theoretical, which were something else with a unit already shot. The Achilles' heel of that mechanic was Bosch's "Motronic" injection system, and the ecu that tended to fail when touched by inexperienced hands ... My unit accelerated only occasionally from idle to injection cut and nowhere did they find the fault ... Mike wouldn't have taken to find it, :-p
Thank you for the video. How much time I need to let it dry?
Hi Mike! I have 1986 Mercedes 190D. I have wo issues with it. 1. It takes forever for it to build up speed even with the pedal all way to the floor. 2. when it sits idle, the whole car shakes. Help!!!
I’d say definitely a tune-up and new engine mounts!
Hey so my c280 check engine comes up as air pump control valve. No sure which one there’s two. Code is P0410
Should I just replace both??
I’d check all the vacuum hoses for leaks first. I’ve never had one of those valves go bad. th-cam.com/video/zO8BvhF09aU/w-d-xo.html
AND….you’re about to break 20K subs!!!
Shift bushing tool
CAN'T help notice the Atlanta hat. I live in Atlanta and am looking to retire in Ok because I do not like Muggie weather. Could you please let me know if Tulsa is dryer and about as warm as Atlanta. Thanks. Good video, as usual.
Watching all these rebuild videos makes me wonder why people still buy Mercedes Benz autos. Seems like no rebuilder videos are child friendly working on those. When I was young the MB was a paragon of luxury and reliability.
We buy them and work on them as it’s a passion for the brand, the elegance and the reputation. My friends who are Corvair owners are the same way. It’s a love of the car.
Glad I found this channel.. learned something and smiled allot.. liked and subbed... :)
Thank you!!
you should use silicone to use as adhesive to those rubber cushion support
u actually can’t “overturn” a Toyota oil filter housing. u turn it until it stops turning and it will not go any further.
Great videon 👍
Tune for maximum smoke
The rubber piece actually has a hex nut inside the rubber it does not extend the entire length of the rubber you have to feel for it
Dos Tooleros. 🤣🤣🤣👍
By the way, I've found a real appreciation for that generation of Mercedes because of your videos. If I had any extra cash around, I'd buy one.
Then my job is complete!!
Thank you for helping randy checks in the mail
Ha! I’ve heard that before!! Lol
Instead of removing, could you just shoot sea-foam inside and suck it out after letting it work?
You gotta shake it to free it up
You gotta shake it to free it up
Transmission bushing tool ?
Yes!!
What on earth are you doing? please do not touch this car again because this is the simplest DIY job and air intake hoses should nice and soft otherwise your engine will never work correctly
Mike is kind of backwards (I guess some of us already knew that?) He is finished working on the car, and THEN puts on gloves! Guess the fumes from the cleaner really confused him!
Very nice video i just had a a radar fun at Memercedes £ 11 00 pounds ed UK in a 2003 e class 3.2
That's a great video now l learn more of mercedez benz..good cars no to much espensive $$$ l had a bad opinion of the car.
what solvent did you use to clean the valve?
I used Seafoam!
The tool is for removing or installing transmission bushing's.
I feel ya wen u fix one thing it 40 other lol
If you remove the wire the accelator increase
Great video lol.
Those idle control valve rubber bits are cheap
Those darn 10 mm
Nice intro. Snag an old blue screen backdrop, replace your black curtain, then you are in the Scotty Kilmer league of editing. Haha, I wonder how much Scotty spends on a camera/sound crew and professional editing?
That’s why he has a billion subscribers!!
Just hold it at 6k rpms for 10 minutes. Problem solves itself!
Why
Can any person tell me.
Thanks
Mercedessourse bushing tool.
The dreaded C.I.S. injectors
I don't know.
She’s your mistress!
Jealous! Wish I had a 10mm socket!
Ha!! I keep buying them because they keep disappearing!
Looks like injectors
Get out the supper glue
Ha!!
gorilla glue super glue.
Omg....LOL