W124 Mercedes 300CE-24, my brothers, and therefor my project

[swampy442]

So for a hat trick of ongoing readers cars threads, my brother bought this 300CE on a whim from eBay, with little or no knowledge of the car or how to fix its issues. And as he's a mechanical dunce its obviously down to me to do the work on it.
Ill no doubt only get paid in McDonald's, or tea or maybe beer if I'm lucky....

300CE-24, 5 speed auto (5th doesn't engage, thats the headline fault) almost a full Merc dealer history.
The car has been off the road for a few years but dry stored, overall its in great condition, straight good paint, complete interior but needs a couple of bits of trim, and no rust. Anywhere. Probably because of the sheer amount of oil leaks lol. Engine is sweet bar a noisy tensioner, but does have a running issue which I'll get onto later. Preliminary inspections revealed a blown rear shock, one rear wheel was as a very unnatural but other than that, fundamentally it was a good car

Plans - sus out the 5th gear issue, replace shocks and suspension arms, MOT.

[swampy442]

Onto the car, not my ideal colour choices but will look great with a polish. Once it arrived, quick wash





24v M104 engine with KJetronic injection, more on this later



Not in bad shape

[swampy442]

Now onto the underside




Looks like thats the cause of the wonky wheel. Thats the inboard end of the upper camber arm, absolutely no idea how it could have happened




Now onto the engine, if anyone with KJet experience could watch the vid and comment, what could cause this? Its clearly cold start related as the idle drops off suddenly, when its warm, idles at 700rpm, sweet as a nut


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM7TpqXc3pc

[Willber]

Look forward to seeing this progress, i saw it on ebay and thought it was a bargain!

[Mr Tidy]

They are fantastic cars, although that wouldn't be my colour choice!

But I hope you can get it sorted, and if you do your brother owes you big time.

[Zarco]

I had one of these 10yrs ago. Slightly darker grey exterior and cream leather interior. I quite like the paint on that car but not the dark leather.

Mine was a bit of a banger in the end, but still such a nice thing to cruise around in with a good turn of speed on the motorway.

Get some amber indicators back on it!

[ian316]

Smart looking car +1 on the gingacators

[cornershop]

Anthracite Grey metallic - looks great in my eyes

[Zarco]

cornershop said:

Anthracite Grey metallic - looks great in my eyes

I think the paint looks great too.

[swampy442]

Zarco said:

Get some amber indicators back on it!

I didn't know they were supposed to be orange! I'll pass it up the chain

[swampy442]

Nice bonus find - The car has Sportline badges on the front wings, a retrofit in the M badge vein we thought but no! Turns out after a VIN decode and look around its IS an actual Sportline car. No idea how common they are or not but still, a nice find.

[Zarco]

swampy442 said:

Zarco said:

Get some amber indicators back on it!

I didn't know they were supposed to be orange! I'll pass it up the chain

It's an easy spot. Pre-face lift with the proper grill and more square lights have ambers. Look so much better in my opinion.

[Macron]

Cool as a cucumber!

[Hereward]

Zarco said:

cornershop said:

Anthracite Grey metallic - looks great in my eyes

I think the paint looks great too.

Me too. Lovely.

[MJK 24]

Best colour available on the W124! Though being pedantic, you have a C124! Good luck...

[swampy442]

MJK 24 said:

Best colour available on the W124! Though being pedantic, you have a C124! Good luck...

Very nice

[Greendubber]

Cool car OP, identical to one my friends mum used to drive about in during the 90s.

[rjg48]

My thread is here.

[Zonergem]

rjg48 said:

My thread is here.

Oh no it isn't [/panto]

[rjg48]

Zonergem said:

rjg48 said:

My thread is here.

Oh no it isn't [/panto]

Oh yes it is.