Looking VERY good Rich ! .

I have come to love that de greaser you're using .

I recently put my '84 300CD up on jack stands changed into coveralls and slid underneath it with a spray bottle of that stuff and a few brushes and some seriously filthy micro fiber cloths ~ it now looks like yours and the cloths rinsed out clean too .

Keep the good news coming .

It drives!
 

I got it all together, and drove it down the street today! However, it does not stop well. I had to bleed the brakes, and the left rear caliper is frozen. I plan to rebuild the entire system. New hoses, rebuilt calipers, rebuilt brake booster, new MC. I also replaced the rear hatch struts. Both were bad, and had to use a stick. Having new struts is a must with this car! After putting the SLS parts back on, I put new fluid in the tank and started the engine. I had the return hose going into a bottle, to collect the old dirty fluid. I shut down the engine when the fluid ran clear. I replaced the filter, and hooked the return back up to the tank. The SLS works great now! I will get some photos soon.

Buy the calipers locally in case you have to return them. Rebuilders seem to mess up with things like putting the wrong pistons in or boxing rear calipers in boxes for fronts or any number of other things that will hold up a project.

I am just ordering rebuild kits from our sponsor, and will rebuild them myself. I have done it before, and it is no big deal. I have several cores if I need better parts.

sorry if I missed it in another thread, but what is your "favorite degreaser?"

I get it from Sam's Club. Makers Mark Heavy Duty Degreaser It is purple in color. Don't mistake it for "Purple Power", this stuff eats P P for lunch!

"Makers Mark Heavy Duty Degreaser" .

Dilute it some, I go about 50/50 , soray it on and swirl it around with a soft bristled brush, I use good quality paint brushes, grab the garden hose and spray the mess off, be wearing grubby old clothes as they and you are going to get splattered .

Be sure to ruse really, really well , stand back and marvel at how you've never seen anything this clean before .

thanks for the reply on the degreaser. I didn't find a "Maker's Mark" but I assume the "Member's Mark" is the correct product?

https://www.samsclub.com/sams/mm-hd-degreaser-1-gallon/prod9260460.ip?xid=plp:product:1:1

Maker's Mark is for relaxing after a day of wrenching on the resto.

MEMBERS MARK DEGREASER
 

Oops ~ .

Thanx for the correction .

Once you use this stuff you'll be sold for life .

I have a Concrete driveway so I clean it the same time I do engine / chassis washing, it makes for a very pleasant working experience .

That's what I was thinking, on the rocks or even with a splash of coke. Very effective product.

Personally I like one called "illegal day laborers hanging out by the home depot". There's basically nothing they won't do for $50. Save your dirtiest nastiest jobs for them and it gets cleaned up like magic! :D

Have you tried wetting down the piston and bore with phosphoric acid to remove corrosion?

It's honestly my favorite method to remove light rust, no abrasion necessary.

I am not interested in a fast fix on something as important as a brake caliper. I will rebuild them, and flush the entire system.

Yes, sorry about that. It is Members Mark

Wagon Front Calipers
 

Supposedly the W123 wagons use different calipers .

My '84 greymarket 300TD uses calipers with steel pucks, the last 'rebuilder' used phenolic pucks and not surprisingly they failed after a year or so .

Going down hill towards a steel safety barrier, in the rain no less :eek: .

Our host here, jerked me off for over three months before sending me crappy no brand Chinese made calipers, I've kept my originals and will rebuild them when I find a source for the correct steel pucks .

I've seen lots and lots of good wagon calipers in junkyards but didn't realize they're different and so never grabbed any .