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Posted 11/26/2014 10:47 AM

jmr89

Date registered: Nov 2012
Location: France
Vehicle(s): Class G W463 320Cab V6 >>Ancien 230 GE Cab 1990
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RE: Oh dear

lot work!

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Posted 11/26/2014 11:29 AM

Johnny Christensen
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Date registered: Sep 2010
Location: Denmark
Vehicle(s): GD290 W461
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RE: Oh dear

You are a very patient man. Like Winston Churchill said "when you are going thru hell - keep going"

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Posted 11/27/2014 5:01 PM

kashi123
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: UK, Netherlands
Vehicle(s): Mercedes 300GD OM606A Pickup; Mercedes 300GD
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RE: Oh dear

sorry about the photo size, this should be better

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Posted 11/27/2014 5:11 PM

kashi123
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: UK, Netherlands
Vehicle(s): Mercedes 300GD OM606A Pickup; Mercedes 300GD
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RE: Oh dear

sorry, some more...

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Posted 11/27/2014 8:13 PM

4x4abc

Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: La Paz, Baja California, Mexico
Vehicle(s): 02 G500
5000

RE: Oh dear

impressive job! Couldn't you afford good tires?

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Posted 11/28/2014 1:17 AM

Boy G
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Date registered: Feb 2007
Location: Bushveld, South Africa
Vehicle(s): Diesel G's: 617A and 602
Posts: 1683
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Re: Oh dear

I think a lot of us also said at least,"oh dear" if not stronger words than that when you started this thing Richard.

Well done sir. It is well on its way now.

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Posted 11/28/2014 11:19 AM

kashi123
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: UK, Netherlands
Vehicle(s): Mercedes 300GD OM606A Pickup; Mercedes 300GD
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RE: Oh dear

4x4abc - 11/28/2014 2:13 AM

impressive job! Couldn't you afford good tires?

She is a proper lady, shoes for every occasion!

The Simex are outstanding in deep mud and absolutely rubbish on tarmac, rocks, gravel, well any surface other than mud.

That is why the other g wears bfgoodrich mt, good on every surface, not as good as Simex in the mud though.
So soon the red one will be wear bfg and the blue one the simex while it endures its long sleep due to the mad dutch taxes!
Having said that, the red one isn't allowed on the road until March (December, January and February forbidden by law)

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Posted 11/28/2014 11:25 AM

4x4abc

Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: La Paz, Baja California, Mexico
Vehicle(s): 02 G500
5000

RE: Oh dear

man, am I glad that I live in Mexico

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Posted 11/28/2014 3:57 PM

bram_r
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Date registered: Apr 2007
Location: the Netherlands
Vehicle(s): 1984 MB 280GE, 1982 MB 300GD, 1986 Subaru XT 4WD
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Re: Oh dear

Nice work there Richard, lot of work in relatively short time.

What did you use on the chassis, axles and underside of the body?

gr. Bram

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Posted 11/28/2014 4:57 PM

Boy G
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Date registered: Feb 2007
Location: Bushveld, South Africa
Vehicle(s): Diesel G's: 617A and 602
Posts: 1683
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RE: Oh dear

4x4abc - 11/27/2014 5:25 PM

man, am I glad that I live in Mexico

I have seen other pictures of your Mexico that are a less dusty than this picture.

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Posted 11/29/2014 3:32 AM

kashi123
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: UK, Netherlands
Vehicle(s): Mercedes 300GD OM606A Pickup; Mercedes 300GD
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RE: Oh dear

Hi Bram,

Glad you think itis going quickly, I and my wallet think it has gone on long enough!

Anyway: chassis was were needed treated with Dinitrol converust and then painted over with Hammerite antirust paint.
Axles got the same treatment, dinitrol first followed by hammerite but this time a different colour to the chassis, this was an accident but it is nice that the axles are not too shiney

Underside of body, first dinitrol again followed by dinitrol USB undercoating.

All hollow compartments are still to be done with Dinitrol, followed by Ml, followed by wax.

I have no illusions that it will stay rustfree for ever but do hope i have bought another 5-10 years and maybe longer if I Keep it in a garage?

I used Dinitrol because of favourable reviews, never used it before so we will see what happens

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Posted 11/29/2014 11:26 AM

hipine

Date registered: Jul 2006
Location: US, CO, Bailey
Vehicle(s): 460 1980 280GE w. 617A
5000

RE: Oh dear

Really nice work Richard!

All the best,

-Dave G.

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Posted 11/29/2014 6:17 PM

bram_r
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Date registered: Apr 2007
Location: the Netherlands
Vehicle(s): 1984 MB 280GE, 1982 MB 300GD, 1986 Subaru XT 4WD
Posts: 1659
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Re: Oh dear

Also check out Brantho Korrux for a good 3 in 1 paint with rust inhibitor qualities.
Used on salt water environments, nothing but good reviews and references (Deutsche Bahn) from what I read so far.
Seems more user friendly than the POR15 stuff.

For closed compartments I use Terotex HV400, as it scored pretty high in some German corrosion tests (Mike Saunders on 1, the Terotex came third.

Dinitrol is a well known name as well of course.

gr. Bram

p.s. I'm not a big fan of Hammerite btw, stays kind of sticky and a pain to ever remove again if necessary.

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Posted 12/3/2014 1:48 PM

kashi123
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: UK, Netherlands
Vehicle(s): Mercedes 300GD OM606A Pickup; Mercedes 300GD
Posts: 168
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Re: Oh dear

Hi again,

I need some help, I forgot to label the wires when I ripped the G apart. Not clever I know..
I can trace most of them but the only ones, so far, which are missing in action are the alternator wires. One should go from alternator to dasboard light, colour? One should go the battery to charge it, I Can make a new one and the third?

And what colour runs down to the starter motor?

Car in question was a 300gd rhd.

Or if someone has a wiring diagram that would,be great!

Many thanks

Richard

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Posted 12/3/2014 3:03 PM

G-AMG
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Date registered: May 2006
Location: South Texas
Vehicle(s): '04 G55, '80 280GE, '99 S420, '98 E320, 2011 E350
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Re: Oh dear

Call me Lazy... but this is what "I" use to Trace various Electrical Lines: (Not this exact model, but something Similar)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Auto-Car-Circuit-Tracer-Detector-Wire-Traci...

This allows you to Trace Lines, as well as look for Shorts, and Open Circuts.

Since the "Bride-of-Frankenstein" has been re-wired soooo many times, there is ZERO "Standard Wiring" to be able to refer to a Factory Wiring Diagram.

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Posted 12/4/2014 4:41 PM

bram_r
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Date registered: Apr 2007
Location: the Netherlands
Vehicle(s): 1984 MB 280GE, 1982 MB 300GD, 1986 Subaru XT 4WD
Posts: 1659
1000

Re: Oh dear

Wow, another great tool tip from G-Amg. thanks!

Will try to source one here in Holland.

gr. bram

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Posted 12/4/2014 5:55 PM

J.R.
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Southern Maryland
Vehicle(s): 00 G500, 09 911 4S, 11 Cayenne S, 86 280GE (sold)
Posts: 828
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Re: Oh dear

G-AMG - 12/3/2014 3:03 PM
Since the "Bride-of-Frankenstein" has been re-wired soooo many times, there is ZERO "Standard Wiring" to be able to refer to a Factory Wiring Diagram.

Not that you are looking for anything to do, but occasionally I have had to address wiring issues in a vehicle and I like to keep the color coding as close as possible to factory. I order from www.riwire.com They have American, British, Italian and German style tracers on the wire. Look under "Supplies" and then "Wire Colors, and wire by the foot"

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Posted 12/4/2014 10:16 PM

hipine

Date registered: Jul 2006
Location: US, CO, Bailey
Vehicle(s): 460 1980 280GE w. 617A
5000

Re: Oh dear

Here you go, a search of this forum for "300GD wiring" found:

http://fourbyfourclub.com/Manuals/300GDWiringDiagram.pdf

-Dave G.

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Posted 12/5/2014 5:28 PM

kashi123
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: UK, Netherlands
Vehicle(s): Mercedes 300GD OM606A Pickup; Mercedes 300GD
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Re: Oh dear

Brilliant! Thank you very much!

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Posted 12/6/2014 12:25 PM

J.R.
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Southern Maryland
Vehicle(s): 00 G500, 09 911 4S, 11 Cayenne S, 86 280GE (sold)
Posts: 828
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Re: Oh dear

I realized that I still had 20 year old Rhode Island wire in my garage from a project that many years ago. Here is an example of their plastic coated, 16 gauge stranded wire. I would not hesitate to reach for it for a repair today.

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