I was slacking a little on the MB lately. My Dad was in the ICU for a week, and when he got out it was constant catch up. He's been home for at least a month now, so all is well ... so far.
I still have a handful of injector sets to get out ... BUT, I got some goodies in the mail today.
Here are my custom made plates for the EWP conversion. This is actually Housing 2.0. I temporarily scrapped the idea of a slimmed down version for the OEM with a blocking plate. This is actually my 3rd variation, but I won't count the first effort since that was total R&D, sizing, et cet. This works well right now and I am supper happy with this.
These are machined precisely and they include the tab on them which fits precisely into the OEM housing. I got 5 of these made, so once I wrap up the installation of the EWP, and assuming smooth sailing, then I got 4 to sell if anyone wants to go that route. Right now, this is the final stages of R&D for the EWP conversion.
I also got the fittings for the monster 60 plate HE. I am thinking I will tinker this weekend and maybe even mount the HE and relocate the battery to the trunk. That relocation is only temporary since it looks like one can relocate the battery to under the back seat, passenger side. I was totally wrong about that idea. It looks very do-able at this point and I like the idea of the battery under the back seat vs. trunk. I am liking the idea of a neat and clean trunk, with the electric vacuum pump tucked inside the spare tire well.
The Sleeper Part Deux is still at the paint shop, but the paint guy does not mind me swinging by and tinkering. We'll see. The car has only been at the paint shop for about two months. LOL. The fenders, hood, and AMG chin look incredible. I am thinking of maybe just getting all the dings, rusty lower driver's side quarter done, and having the car look new again. The W123s look stunning when restored. I am just getting a little impatient since many of these screwball projects are coming together and I am getting tired of buying gas ... miss burning the grease.
The machinest is named Donald Neisler, and he runs Reno Machine Works. His email is:
sales@renomachineworks.com
He is priced incredibly fair. Period. He spent way too much time on me
. His customer service is 100% and is way above and beyond the call of duty. I cannot say enough nice things about his work and the care he took with my screw ball projects. The only problem now is convincing him to do another one of my screw ball projects ... All jokes aside. He's incredibly talented and made it a point to assist in the R&D and he made sure I ended up with the items I was trying to explain to him.