1975 Mercedes 450SL Origin and Part 1

This episode covers the barn-find through nearly 4 years of ownership. From a 10 year cocoon in the mountains of Virginia, through running and driving, to engine and trans removal and the discovery of all of the hidden rust damage. I will chronicle in more detail from now on the how and why of this soft restoration. I hope this inspires some to get out there and turn your own wrenches.

[@CAAJDJ]

Very grateful to you for making this video. I’ve a 560 that’s been sitting past 14 years. And with close to 0 clue what I’m doing and an imaginary budget 😮‍💨, she’s puppy-dogged me into finally getting her back on the road. Your videos are truly helping me build the courage 🙏🏽

[@4inTune58D]

Soon I’ll have the intake manifold apart, cleaned and new rubber boots and hoses installed. Also doing the oil pan gasket, front and rear main seals. Hoping to get this done today and get the video out tomorrow sometime.

[@enriquelopez9124]

Awesome rebuild of the 1975 Merceds Benz

[@lesbail]

I do like the fact that you hovered over the vacume lines&wireing-all the factory wireing.on my car I failed to repair the fuel injection system,so I made an adapter put a carb on it.also updated it to a home made hei distributor.and yes I kept all the original parts for the next owner,after they pry it from my cold dead hands😅

[@johnorlando2370]

Amazing persistence. I can hear the frustration in your voice.

[@AranRyan]

This was great, thanks!

[@4inTune58D]

Glad you liked it, I will be disassembling some of the motor soon to refresh all of the intake seals and hoses, a ton of other projects keep me sidetracked though. I should have a friends Ford five- hundred’s control arm and throttle body finished soon.

[@zanderbrand1319]

This is great. I just bought a 74 450 slc. It won’t start and it’s a fuel issue. Better than you think, there is scarce info

[@Mark-sg4bq]

Just catching this, I'm tearing down a '79......if you need any engine parts, contact me, I'm not reusing drive train...it all needs to go for cheap!!

[@oldiron1400]

I just watched your video. Your engine is most likely the original engine. Late 75 engines were produced with climate control (that you have ) and CIS injection. K jetronic stopped sometime in mid to late 75.

[@4inTune58D]

I just looked at my build sheet which matches the serno on my door jamb and it says I’m supposed to have a 117.982 motor. The .985 motor I have has a vacuum hose coming off the back of the drivers side head and goes into the firewall in a haphazard kinda way, not like it was planned. The confusion for me is the fact I found another build sheet under the center console which really matches nothing. I don’t know if the door plate came from somewhere else or if the interior did, a big ole puzzle to me, but no accident damage anywhere obvious other than a crappy paint job in the way-back.

[@oldiron1400]

Check your build date of the car. The M117.985 did not start to be built for the us market till 09-01-1975 for Calif.and 11-21-1975 for the rest of USA. There are major differences between the 2 engine. D-jetronic vs. K jetronic (that you have), Another change was the distributor ( d-jetronic has the injection pickup at the bottom of distributor and if I am not mistaken you have climate control that was in the later models. Base engine is the same but changing all the stuff that goes with them is alot of work. Also usually anything pruduced after the 11th month is usually next model year. In your case it may be a 76 model year.@@4inTune58D

[@JustFixIt99]

@@4inTune58Dit’s probably not a vacuum line. More likely it’s the oil pressure gauge feed line.

[@Hagrid1955]

What does a restoration like this cost?

[@4inTune58D]

Endless buckets of love are definitely required, more patients than raising four kids, and as far as actual hard currency, including the price of the car I have about $4000 invested. I’ll do a breakdown on my next video covering the cost up at this point. Thanks for watching and I hope it helps inspire.

[@nadenolam8368]

Car was white originally.

[@2242979casa]

En castellano

[@2242979casa]

En castellano