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Comment on Mercedes Benz Zenith Carb Manual by John Lee

John Lee — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:13:28 +0000

Thanks for all the good info. My 67-250S is
running rich, about 13 m/p/g, need some help to lean it out,
just had all s/plugs,ignition wires, Dist.cap,rotor changed.
Who shall I go to have the Carb.tune? Regards, John

Comment on Front suspension by Kisii

Kisii — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:25:37 +0000

Good progress!

Comment on Contact me by JaimeKop

JaimeKop — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:47:24 +0000

Any carb with an unknown history probably needs a rebuild, so this is a good place to start. As long as they’re not warped due to excessive heat, you should be able to rebuild them and get everything running correctly. Don’t overall ignition system issues, and well as a valve adjustment. All these things are important to getting the carbs setup correctly. Good luck!

Comment on W108 Wood Refinishing by JaimeKop

JaimeKop — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:45:29 +0000

Thanks! The pieces around the doors are just wood, like everything else. Its thin, and I believe the top layer is veneer. Water damage is common here, and usually destroys the pieces. Your best bet is to find a good used set to start with. You can refinish them like any of the other wood. Good luck!

Comment on W108 Wood Refinishing by Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:56:02 +0000

Excellent resource. Can I ask if you did anything with the trim around the inside of the doors’ window frames? What are those made of? I’m looking at a W108 and those look all dried and checked/peeling, but not sure even what material they are made of.

There should be a link to your pages from http://www.w108.org for sure.

Comment on More fine tuning by Alex

Alex — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:16:28 +0000

you’re out of fuel!

gotta love that sound, you really hear it’s the gullwing’s first cousin

Comment on Contact me by sid

sid — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:04:24 +0000

Hello Jamie
I am working on a 66 250 s and needed to change out one of the Zenith carbs..so i picked up one from another 250S at the junkyard and put it on…checked the serial numbers – which were around the same prod. date..
it starts fine and idles fine but when you step on the gas/put it in drive it shuts off..am wondering if i need to re-build this with the kit – or is it better to change these to the webers..not sure if i just need the kit or a whole new weber carb..which seem to be expensive ..and i guess i paid too much for removing those carbs off of a junk yard – $200/pices…any suggestions..

Comment on More fine tuning by JAP

JAP — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:49:01 +0000

Car seems to be running smoothly.

Comment on Turning the engine, and other work by wire cut edm

wire cut edm — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:44:17 +0000

he SA for floor shift but is shown in group 27 for column shift.

Comment on Fine tuning by Dan

Dan — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:28:57 +0000

The rear bags sound like a real chore compared to the W112. Mine looked identical but I don’t recall having to do anything other than remove the whole assembly, nothing on the suspension had to be moved. I am sure of that because it only took me about an hour to do each side.

Nice ride – I always liked this vintage MB. Hopefully a nice Finny is in my future some day….