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11-13-2010, 12:14 AM
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Painted my M103 Valve Cover today!
Just my take on how to finish it at home...
Stripped and degreased it. Sanded out any rough patches, and hit it with 3 thick coat of H/T Engine paint, semi gloss. Then I used a razor blade to shave the paint off the ribs and tip of Mercedes logo. The I hit it with 2 H/T Clearcoats.  
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11-13-2010, 01:09 AM
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Nice work. I want to do something similar myself on my 190E.
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#3
11-13-2010, 09:22 AM
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what did you use to strip it?
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1989 300ce 129k ( facelifted front,updated tail lights, lowered suspension,bilstein sports, lorinser front spoiler, MOMO steering wheel, remus exhaust,stainless steel brake lines). (Gone) 1997 s320 154k (what a ride). Sold with 179k miles. Replaced with Hyundai Equus 1994 e320 Cabriolet 108k  1972 280se 4.5 153k Owned for 12 yrs, sorry I sold it [/SIGPIC]
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11-13-2010, 02:11 PM
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That looks nice!
Are you going to do your exhaust manifolds too?
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2006 BMW M5 "Heidi" @ 109,000 miles 2005 MBZ C55 AMG "Lorelai" @ 165,000 miles 1991 MBZ 300E "Benzachino II" @ 165,000 miles 1990 MBZ 500SL "Shoshanna" @ 118,000 miles (On the hunt for a good used M103 engine as of 6/10/23, PM me if you have one to sell!)
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#8
11-18-2010, 08:31 AM
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Nice! Want to do mine next?
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11-18-2010, 12:19 PM
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Dude, I have barely cleaned it, this is how I bought it!!
I degreased and rinsed the area near the Idle air hoses cos I was replacing them and didnt want to get dirt in the valve cover.. I have not even wiped down the paint in the engine bay(see the rusty stain on the left next to the washer fluid res... I think there was an alarm siren there). I will now the engine is all sealed up, and give the paint under there a coat of wax! ! This is how it looked before I did the hoses.... Look at the inside of the engine... hows that for a 20 year old car... but its only got 88k miles!  
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01-26-2011, 05:09 PM
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That sir is a very clean engine bay.
Nice painting job too.
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Professional greasecar installer Austin TX 98 Jetta TDI with grease car kit + veg-therm (totaled) 87 MB 300SDL running on B99 / greasecar kit + 30 fphe www.austingreaseguys.com
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#12
01-26-2011, 05:51 PM
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I'm picking mine up tomorrow. I had the manifolds blasted and coated as well as my valve cover. I stripped mine and was about to paint it but when I dropped off my manifolds I asked about powder coating it. I couldn't pass up the great price and guarantee. I'll post pics when I get them all back.
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John Breslin 93 500E, 92 500E, 86 190E 16V, 62 220SEb Music City Chapter MBCA
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#13
02-25-2011, 08:12 PM
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Nice engine bay.
 I ended up finding a p-e-r-f-e-c-t (no chips anywhere) OEM valve cover from a 260E at the junkyard. I think it was so nice because it was from an easy driven 2.6!
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05-22-2011, 04:42 PM
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Nice work. I try to keep my diesel this clean.
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83 300TD (need rear wiper assembly dead or alive) 84 300SD Daily driver 85 300TD almost 400k miles and driven daily. 98 E300D *sold 86 300SDL *sold and made flawless 10 hour journey to new home. 
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