Best smoker barges 1-5 large [Vol 10]

[hashtag]

TooManySheds said:

Well its taken 20 years, but I finally own a 124 :-) Just picked up the C124 I posted about last week.

Things didnt go quite as smoothly as hoped, I think the fuel relay is acting up.

Will turn over but not catch, after much faffing, adding fuel, changing the battery to a fresh one, and giving the Relay a good wiggle, it started :-) Yippee, so managed to reverse it out the garden, leave it idling for 5 minutes, then drive it up onto the recovery truck.

9 miles and 30 minutes of sunny countryside later, the bugger wont start again, tried the "starting with accelerator flat to the floor" that resulted in it catching running for about 2 seconds, then backfired and died again. At this point the delivery guys managed to reverse their wagon onto my drive and we lowered it onto the drive and off they went.

So 124 Beards, where should I start first ? Its not really been run for years, but has apparently had plugs/leads, service last year. Battery in it was dead, so stole one from the volvos and charged it up last night.
It was on yellow fuel warning light, so stuck 5 litres in.

No dash lights or strange noises, just cranks over but doesnt catch, if you try more than a few times you get a distinct smell of fuel.

But I already love it, and cant wait to get started on it :-)

Pics below





Parking is a bit tight, but I now know my driveway is exactly long enough for 3 Volvo Estates and a 300CE so long as they all touching and I am left with just enough space to swing the gate open to actually get in :-)


I wont get a chance to properly have a play with it till next week. When I hope I can get it started so I can move everything around and get the Merc into the garage.
First job interior, second job remove the chrome wheel arches to see what they hiding :-)

For those keeping count, for around £1,500 I have the following
Jag x300 xj6 executive
Saab 93 convertible (engine blew up WHILE being delivered, so paid scrap value for it)
Volvo 740 £75
Volvo 940 and a ton of Spares
Volvo 740 GLE auto
Merc 300CE
Should keep me busy for a bit and stop me looking on ebay in the evening :-)

Edited by TooManySheds on Wednesday 30th March 15:39

Edited by TooManySheds on Wednesday 30th March 15:40

I bet your neighbours love you!

[bob-lad]

V12 AMG said:

You should have done this with the Jag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTAXykiqsGs

Although i'm not sure where this fits on the spectrum of 'serious business' or 'fun'.

That's so wrong, I love it.

I think you bent the thread budget slightly though.

[TooManySheds]

hashtag said:

I bet your neighbours love you!

They dont even notice, everything is behind huge hedges, on one side its a old guy who also has a old volvo, the other side is a larger detached house that has a larger plot so we dont overlook each other :-)
Other people choose houses for kitchens or decor, me I chose purely on lots of parking and affordable rent :-)

[Krikkit]

Good work on the shed accumulation! How many is enough?

Hammerhead said:

Another LS400 (late model), 1 owner, 47k miles, smidge under 4 large. Gurty.

I suspect the LS400 has come out of the doldrums now - the sheddy/ruined examples seem to be drying up, leaving the really nice ones for significantly more money...

Edited by Krikkit on Wednesday 30th March 15:55

Edited by Krikkit on Wednesday 30th March 15:57

[TooManySheds]

W00DY said:

Good work on the W124. My fuel relay went a bit funny and died, but some cardboard wedging it to one side to bodge me home, followed by a brand new one for £20 off ebay from China sorted it out properly.

Cheers Woody, what was the symptoms of your fuel relay problems ? Does it sound like is happening to me ?
I wont have a chance to have a proper googling session till tonight, but am hoping its something eas to fix :-)

[W00DY]

TooManySheds said:

W00DY said:

Good work on the W124. My fuel relay went a bit funny and died, but some cardboard wedging it to one side to bodge me home, followed by a brand new one for £20 off ebay from China sorted it out properly.

Cheers Woody, what was the symptoms of your fuel relay problems ? Does it sound like is happening to me ?
I wont have a chance to have a proper googling session till tonight, but am hoping its something eas to fix :-)

It cut out a couple of times and restarted and then wouldn't restart, Check for power at the fuel pump, if there's nothing then the relay is a good bet.

[BigBen]

TooManySheds said:

So 124 Beards, where should I start first ? Its not really been run for years, but has apparently had plugs/leads, service last year. Battery in it was dead, so stole one from the volvos and charged it up last night.
It was on yellow fuel warning light, so stuck 5 litres in.

My R107 300SL had a problem where it would not start without you keeping the revs high. The problem was something called the Over Voltage protection relay which was a normal looking relay but with a fuse mounted on top of it as part of the relay housing. Changing that fuse solved the problem. It was in the footwell on the SL, no idea where on the 124.

[Usget]

W00DY said:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

All the want. Lovely.

[S3_Graham]

jonnydm said:

Haven't been around these parts for a long time but in need of a new car so where better to go?

Good to see its up to Vol 10 now. Think I only bought one car from the thread - LS430 - but certainly discussed quite a few others over the years.

Currently mulling a 140k Lexus LS460 at just a bit over Thread budget. There must be something a bit more exciting out there though.

Never had a Jag, Audi or Merc for starters...

Hey Jonny, Hows things?

Fancy my C32 AMG?

[Geekman]

I needed to have a quiet moment to myself after seeing this.



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CL55-Mercedes-Benz-Super...

The prices of these have shot up in the last year or so, therefore sadly I suspect it will end considerably over thread budget, but we can dream....

[cocobongo]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...
Someone from the 7series register went to view this car I believe. One to be avoided by all accounts....

[K12beano]

Geekman said:

I needed to have a quiet moment to myself after seeing this.



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CL55-Mercedes-Benz-Super...

The prices of these have shot up in the last year or so, therefore sadly I suspect it will end considerably over thread budget, but we can dream....

Good Grief! There's no law against owning two MB barges, is there? I've suddenly gone from none to lust courtesy of this damn thread!!!

How many mid-life crises can a man have!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?!!!!!!!!!!!

[bob-lad]

Geekman said:

I needed to have a quiet moment to myself after seeing this.



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CL55-Mercedes-Benz-Super...

The prices of these have shot up in the last year or so, therefore sadly I suspect it will end considerably over thread budget, but we can dream....

They're having a special sneaky heatwave in Hampshire if this is to be believed..

[edo]

lol, good spot

[K12beano]

edo said:

lol, good spot

+1

OK - I'm equally suddenly cured. What went wrong there!?

[n_const]

Just popping in to bookmark.. wondered why the last thread hadn't had any new posts !

[Krikkit]

K12beano said:

edo said:

lol, good spot

+1

OK - I'm equally suddenly cured. What went wrong there!?

I would take a stab at one of the exterior temp sensors being open circuit - weight it with another, even on a cold march day as per the pictures, and you'll end up with something silly.

I bet STAR could tell you.

[Geekman]

It is but a minor annoyance - an old Mazda I used to have read -100c for the last couple of months of my ownership.

[Jimmy Recard]

I've just spent a while at the PC going through and making sure we're up to date on bills etc. Easy enough to miss one in good faith.


Of course, I got pretty bored and found myself sitting there imagining what I could buy without those bills. Dream of the day is touring France and the Mediterranean in an early 1980s Mercedes SLC.

[K12beano]

Jimmy Recard said:

Dream of the day is touring France and the Mediterranean in an early 1980s Mercedes SLC.

My dreams involve French France and Froggies, but I can never decide between 2CV, DS or C6......


Any thoughts?

Not a Krautmobile though, shirley?

Gonna reserve the Merc for a tour up and down the HochAlpenStrasse....