Not "another" diesel 107!! - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Druk · #11 01-23-2014, 05:08 PM

This engine change is an ideal opportunity to do some detailing work around the engine bay. When the car was originally rebuilt back in 2004 it was repainted in Toyota Hilux ‘Taliban Silver’ and this is a shade or two darker than the Bright Silver original of the bay. The power steering box was sent away for recon and the brake servo removed prior to fitting the new pedal box with clutch. What I suppose is Merc’s idea of a sound deadening membrane had mostly detached itself from the bulkhead so this was removed and after degreasing and masking a coat of (supposedly) inert primer sprayed on.

Inert my arse! The whole thing blistered up. After consulting my sprayer mate it was all rubbed back and stripped properly this time including the wiring looms, which involves removing the headlights.

and painted properly by said mate who gave it a barcoat, a primer, two colour coats and three of two pack lacquer. The vacuum water valve here seen on the bulkhead (this is a UK non-aircon car) was later to be removed and replaced by electric control.

As above: the bulkhead is now covered with marine sound deadening foam. Double layer stuff with a center lead-loaded membrane. Being ¾” thick it need special extended fixings for bulkhead mounted wiring clamps and pipes etc.

And the gearbox tunnel was de-rusted, painted, and covered in insulating foam.

Two buckets of nuts, bolts and fixings went off to the platers for passivated zinc coating.

Now is time to remove the petrol pump pack and tank fittings and convert to diesel.
This is when I discovered the diesel in-tank filter is a different mesh count to the petrol one. Diesel on the right. You might have seen this pic before on Mach 4’s excellent conversion thread. Around this time was when we first made email contact exchanging ideas as we went. I would like at this point to publicly thank him for all the support he’s provided along the way.

And my interpretation of the tank outlet pipe. A bit of a Christmas tree but made easier by the ready availability of matching metric components within the UK.

The steering box returns, brake booster painted and installed and the header tank from the W210 donor fitted to the inner wing on home-made brackets. I think it looks nicer then the original 107 and takes up less room across the bay. Separate clutch fluid tank on the bulkhead later repositioned to alongside the header. I dislike Merc's method of feeding the clutch from the brake fluid tank.