R230 sl500 shed/project / massive money pit

[hoppo4.2]

I'm not surprised really. It's just a pain.

[J4CKO]

Thought of this when I saw a program the other day where they got a black SL55 that had got a little toasty int he boot and needed a new wiring loom, miraculously it fired up first time after much splicing of wires.....thinking it was abridged for the programme, but then they proceeded to ruin it by stickign a gash kit on it and painting it luminous orange ffs, utter do

Junkyard empire it was called.

[EJH]

Bother.

Cars don’t like to be left sitting for that long so there are bound to be some teething niggles; I hope this is nearly the end of them for you.

I bought my 911 in 2006 and it had only done 1,800kms in the preceding 7 years. The previous owner got the new clutch and release fork…but my first few months involved 6 fans for hot/cold/AC/condenser, a door seizing open (grease sticking), clutch master and slave cylinders, HT leads, distributor, etc, etc, etc (in addition to tyres, brakes and a monster recommissioning service).

[hoppo4.2]

Finally got round to the new rad and pipe today.

And what's more MOT passed!!!

[Hereward]

Great stuff. Any advisories?

Any other to-do items?

Hope you're using the car and she is behaving. A decent thrashing (once warm) followed by one more engine oil and filter change is probably no bad thing.

[hoppo4.2]

Just tyres and rusty discs so nothing bad.

I replaced the gearbox oil while I was doing the cooler and pipe as well as the coolant.

So far so good

[MercedesClassic]

Congrats on the MOT well deserved. Nice to see a neglected car brought back to condition and used as intended. I'm hoping the weather improves here to get mine out on a trip.

[Monkeylegend]

Poster on MBclub talking about buying an SL that sounds very much like this one, is it now for sale?

[hoppo4.2]

I did put it up for sale as I have a few other commitments but I didn't get an offer that covered my costs so I'll keep.it and iron out a few more faults.

I've just sold my daily car and now need something big ish but that's another story.