Part of Mercedes maintenance is to make sure your Mercedes camshaft oilers are not clogged. The two camshaft oilers are not at all complicated to clean and change out and if you are uncertain of when the plastic oiler fittings were last changed, you should do so immediately. THE OILER TUBE...

When it comes to working on your classic or any model year car for that matter, it will generally save you a significant amount of money. As I have mentioned in prior articles, it also gives you full opportunity to learn the ins and outs of your car. Today we will jump into the removing the...

Eventually you will more than likely need to remove your fan and fan shroud from your Mercedes 450SL. It is not difficult but does require removing a number of items to accomplish the task. To get started, a little coolant will need to be drained from the radiator via the drain plug at the...

Just why is it that when the job is almost done more goes wrong. Well, that’s life when you are working on a 1975 that sat for years in the desert—things disintegrate. I truly was excited to do one final check of the 1975 Mercedes 450SL in preparation of starting it next week after nearly a...

As promised, I have concluded my testing of the BlueChem line of diesel engine cleaning products. Now we wrap up with the BlueChem “Oil System Cleaner” and “Oil System Care.” As you know, the older diesel engines did not burn as clean and efficiently as do the new diesels and thus leave behind a...

This article will cover how to avoid an alternator bracket and tensioner failure and how to replace the alternator upper bracket and alternator on a Mercedes W123 240D. Just what does goes boom in the night? An alternator bracket that snaps apart! While it might not sound very exciting, any loud...

There seems to be mass confusion on how to solve malfunctioning turn signal and hazard lights on the early 70’s and 80’s Mercedes-Benz models. Hopefully this article will put to rest any further frustration. A number of us who own or will own one of these cars, will experience the turn signal...

Perhaps I am OCD, as my family would like to suggest, but looking at a dirty, dingy instrument cluster is very disturbing to me. It needs to be crisp and clean, with all the bulbs working and all gauges functioning, and accurately. And so this brings us to the restoration of Mercedes parts,...