mhin1956 and I spent all morning and half the afternoon. We performed the following:
Removed the rear suspension on the silver car --- he needed a driver's side trailing arm for his 300SD. Undo shocks at top with the car down. Raise car up and use jack under the springs --- undo bottom of shock. Undo the rear swap bar. Take wheels off. Drive axles out. Place jack under the pumpkin. Undo rear mount of pumpkin (rearend). We were lucky the driveshaft was already disconnected. Then undo the two small bolts and the one BIG bolt that holds the leading edge of the rear suspension in place. When I got the first small bolt out the water started pouring out, so much that I put the bolt back in while mhin1956 finished removing the bolts on his side (downhill from me). Lower pumpkin, axles, and rear suspension all in one piece.
We then removed the trailing arms. Then while the pumpkin was draining, we played with a different project of mine. Came back removed the axles from the pumpkin. Removed the front wheels. The silver car is ready to go to the scrapyard on Monday. We were done about 11ish. It really helps to have a moveable "lift" --- I love playing with the forklift.
So, now what are we going to do. Well, there is one forum member who had an interest in the lumbar support bladders in the blue w126. And I wanted to save the wheels (bundts) off of it and the outside mirrors. Now, the shop guy really wants this stuff to go away, so we got busy on the blue w126. The rear bolts of both seats had issues with extraction. The driver's side was rusty --- very rusty. The passenger side the seat was in the reclining position. No way to get under there. I cut on the underneath side for awhile......then we decided we were going about the extraction the wrong way. Then it happen.....
.... yes, the light came on .... Now when you hear me say, "I have an idea", be prepared. Here's the new method of extracting seats out of a parts car:
Amazing though, how tough the bolts are that hold the seat to the floor. Naturally, once, we learned where to hook the chain, the seats came out faster. I was able to pull the front bar that runs from side to side at the leading edge of the seat off without the rear bolt breaking on the driver's side. Success was mine, though.
Oh, and I picture of me .....being visually challenged.
