1988 Mercedes 190E 2.6

[lemansky]

Is the water just in the floor of the boot?

I had water getting into the actual boot lid itself, which turned out to be the seal for the boot lock/push button.

[MJK 24]

Most likely source of water ingress to the boot is the tail light seals.

I’ve just bought a pair from my local dealer on Thursday. Retail price is £20 plus VAT each and there’s stock in the UK.

[MJK 24]

[0a]

Thanks chaps. I may take a look at getting those tail light seals.

I collected the car today. Fantastic. My mechanic had even given it a jet wash!

Great to be back in the 190 pootling about. The ride is fantastic and it just feels so solid.









Somewhere along the way the 2.6 badge got damaged.



It still has the driveline shunt occasionally so it needs to go to a transmission specialist at some point.

[0a]

338 miles completed today! No (new) issues. The book top speed is correct…

[r129sl]

Nice. Book says 135mph.

2.6 badge: A 201 817 16 15. Shouldn't cost more than £20.

[0a]

r129sl said:

Nice. Book says 135mph.

2.6 badge: A 201 817 16 15. Shouldn't cost more than £20.

Ta. One is on its way - £30 delivered. Amazing that they still exist really!

[Krikkit]

Car looks great, glad to hear it's in fine fettle.

What kind of madness did the man engage in that took a year?

[0a]

Krikkit said:

Car looks great, glad to hear it's in fine fettle.

What kind of madness did the man engage in that took a year?

To be fair, we needed to source some custom made stuff, COVID hit, I wasn't in Edinburgh, he was closed, his mate doing a few things was closed and so on. I don't mind too much having other cars.

[r129sl]

Free storage for a year, then?

[0a]

Yes, it kind of worked for me as I was zipping about between England and 5 COVID holidays abroad (WFH).

I cleaned it (well had it cleaned). So many details that I just love on the 190 shape. The crease behind the back door. Those “grills”. The bonnet and boot lines. Sacco got the shape so right.

Deeply geeky!












The (optional extra) temperature gauge seems to take a random view on things!

[r129sl]

I agree the 190 is a perfect small saloon car shape and really shows Sacco's talent with a line in a way the 129 shows his genius with more amorphous forms. He paid particularly close attention to the intersections of multiple lines—as your second photograph shows. The best example in my view is where 'C' pillar, rear wing and boot lid meet on a R170 SLK. Modern Mercedes are a complete mess by comparison.

[0a]

The new badge has arrived. For now, she is 2.6-less.

The rear passenger side window doesn't work. I suspect this might be the switch as it was working, and now nothing is happening.

[0a]

Does anyone have a suggestion for a transmission specialist (preferably around the midlands)?

[Northbrook]

Uh-oh. What's wrong?

[0a]

As mentioned earlier in the thread, it can be a bit clunky.

[muchacho]

Oa, my favourite part of the 190’s form. Front bumper meets front wing, shows off gingercators..

[williamp]

Quick users guide in this week's autocar. They say it's a bad buy, riddled with faults etc..


Nah.... .only joking a great car. And yours is lovely

[tobinen]

0a said:

As mentioned earlier in the thread, it can be a bit clunky.

How is the tranny fluid level? It could be a simple case of needing a top-up and/or fluid change and filter.

[PurpleTurtle]

williamp said:

Quick users guide in this week's autocar. They say it's a bad buy, riddled with faults etc..


Nah.... .only joking a great car. And yours is lovely

Just had a read of that, decent article. Always pleasing to read "massively over-engineered".