1963 220s Front Right Brake Caliper(ATE) - Page 2 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

CTD · #16 06-12-2017, 08:57 AM

The hardcover Chilton's manual from 1970 should cover your 220S. Mine covers all W110, W111, W114, and W115 Mercedes vehicles from 1959 to 1970.

The caliper bolts will be fine just so long as they are good and tight. There might lock tabs that you can bend to keep them in place as well.

As far as tires go: you can find MAXXIS MA-1 passenger car radial tires in the correct size for the car (185/80R13). I put a set on my Fintail last year and they have performed well. The tires have a narrow white wall on them. You can usually find a set of four on Ebay for about $300-350 with free shipping if you take a good look.

meltedpanda · #17 06-12-2017, 04:01 PM

agree on the tires , Don't get overly concerned about "top quality" name brand tires , although you want to go new, most tires will serve you well for the mileage you are likely to put on that car . Keep your thread questions here, those that branch out loose the continuity of the journey. Once you get her on the road , you can go to more specific issues that may need a "new " thread. Sometimes we may suggest you do that as well. Since you are opening the brake system , it would be a great time to get rid of all that old brake fluid , clean the lines out and replace. Many forget the brake fluid needs renewed from time to time . You have to bleed the system so why not . You have bled brake systems - correct

Gouldie the '63 220s · #18 06-13-2017, 12:57 AM

Sounds good on the tires, this might be a dumb question but do I need to run tubes?

I have recently had the master cylinder and brake booster rebuilt and the brake fluid was flushed then, the fluid from the caliper that is leaking looks new like its dripping from the bottle!

I have bled the brakes with my uncle on a triumph tr6 but never on this Mercedes. =$
Is there a cause for concern or just concern for general aptitude? Either way I appreciate all the advice and cautions if they may be!

meltedpanda · #19 06-13-2017, 03:28 PM

no need for tubes. No - bleeding brakes is pretty straight forward, again a set of
metric flair wrenches helps a bunch. Start back passenger then to right , then to passenger front then to drivers front. May have to repeat a time or two

Gouldie the '63 220s · #20 07-17-2017, 10:26 AM

Hello again everyone, It's been a while since I posted but the calipers are on the the finny is stopping like she's scared of something these days! I cant thank everyone enough for the advice and guidance.

My next large coming project is to replace the kingpins as they are clearly worn and have alot of travel in the wheel when driving or when pulling on the wheel when the car is lifted. I noticed getting in here that it seems a fair bit of the rubbers on my front suspension are a bit old.

Does anyone know of a set of rubbers for the various suspension parts that could be replaced or have a good idea of what I should be looking for and to replace when I start?

Also, there is a slight squeal sometimes when the car is cold and I accelerate, I think its my belt and am hoping just getting a new one does the trick. Any reason I might need a belt and adjust/tuning?

I'm looking for a front driver blinker and bulb as well and have found some bosch amber covers for 69.00 EUR from Germany (on EBay) but was wondering if any knew of a good resource on these?

Sorry for all the questions I just want to make sure I redo my old mercedes thoroughly and correctly and not just bandaiding the thing together!