Abandoned 1993 Mercedes 190e, sat for 16 years, can I get it running and driving in a day?

In this video I get my hands dirty resurrecting a K reg 1993 Mercedes 190e 1.8 from it's 16 year slumber, bought online without seeing it, all I knew is it was complete. Can I get it running and driving in a day? before it goes dark?!
Thanks for watching my videos, if you enjoy them please give me a subscribe and all that good stuff, comments likes etc! I will promise to do more.
Here is a link to my channel / @tastyclassics

[@shamusbarringer6863]

You are not doing my blood pressure any good,I had one of these for years and I keep shouting instructions on how to fix it! Really entertaining stuff, thank you and keep going at it, absolutely brilliant. 😀✅

[@eddiezetlein6582]

No doubting this was a lovely machine in its day, but the onset of immobilisers, relays, and ECU's brings with it a whole new can of worms. I bet thousands of these went to the scrapyard with perfectly good bodies and interiors. I'm just amazed you even got a peep out of it. Really looking forward to seeing the rest of this playlist now.

[@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24]

Generally these cars were bullet proof with very little problems electrical or otherwise

[@drnick1972]

You, sir, deserve to have waaaay more subscribers. Great channel!

[@tastyclassics]

Thanks Nick! appreciate you saying so. I will carry on!

[@stever1053]

Yep, way way more.

[@wasimshabir1074]

I had a 190e k reg, 1 owner. Old man pqssed away i paid 100 for it. But never got the cutting off sorted. Started rough wouldnt idle but when warm it cut off then wouldnt start. Still made good profit. Love your videos

[@Brock_Landers]

My dad had a 1987 Mercedes 190e here in the US and I loved that car. It was black with a cream leather interior. The speedometer quit working at 256,000 miles and my mom drove it every day for another 5 years afterwards. It had the single windshield wiper and the Bosch motor for the wiper would go bad frequently, it was $1,000 USD alone. She sold it to the mechanic who told her that the water pump was bad and the timing chain (or belt, I can't remember which it had) was worn out and it was going to be $2500 to replace them both. My dad had a 1994 BMW 525i at the time and my mom bought a 1990 Toyota Camry to replace the 190e. When it shit the bed she bought a 1994 Hyundai Excel hatchback. I had it up to 135 MPH down the side of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa, Florida at 4AM. When it died she bought a 1999 Mazda 626 that was REALLY nice. Now she has a 2018 Prius...I hate it, but her and my dad love it. They drove from Florida to my house near Pittsburgh for $40 in gas.

[@tastyclassics]

Enjoyed reading that and more so that an American also uses the phrase shit the bed!

[@Brock_Landers]

@@tastyclassics Always have bruv!

[@coogeeman]

Hey buddy, I'm an expat from the UK now living in Namibia. Really like the channel and the work you are doing. Your dead right about G3 and autoglym, you can't beat it. Shame about the 230ce, after 1997 mercs really did get cheap with the rust proofing. God I was shouting at you when it wouldn't fire.... I knew the leads were wrong.... I had the same problem many moons ago with a Marina. Take care and all the best from the colonies. Maurice.

[@The70s80scollection]

Had a 1991 190E auto from around 97 till 2000, gave it to my dad with around 65K miles, he had it until 2003, a great reliable car (apart from me putting a new head gasket in it in 99). seeing inside again brought back many memories.

[@tastyclassics]

Excellent i'm glad, i'm definitely going to enjoy giving it a run around for a while!

[@The70s80scollection]

@@tastyclassics I'm now semi retired and have a part-time job as a chauffeur driving either an S or E class Mercedes, these cars are only about 2 years old and are not of the same build quality as Mercs from the late 80s early 90s, I drove 190s and 230E from the time and they where built to last, newer ones are great cars and full of great tech but have nothing on the reliability and longevity from the cars built 30 years ago, my current daily driver is a 2009 Jaguar XJ (x358) and it is by far a better driving car than the E Class, enjoy what was one of the last classic built mercs, when the engineers ruled, before the accounts came along and ruined it all...

[@mathewdavies6472]

Brilliant stuff, so entertaining and informative. Love the little dance when the alarm went off lol

[@robandchristheateam5053]

The David Attenborough of car shows. Marvellous meanderings.

[@Mathias-RetroFutureTech]

These abandoned car videos are pure gold! Really looking forward to watch the next couple of episodes as well! :D

[@moogsta16]

I love these videos you do- real time exploration of vehicles. I am inspired to go trekking around local woods to find abandonned gems like this by where I live. Keep up the great work chief

[@TheDenVamps]

i absolutely loved this video, briliant work and enthusiasm

[@mikebird2665]

That's an amazing looking car.

[@daveparnell4044]

I had a red 190E 1.8 with 72000 on it that i inherited from my dad. I kept it nice until 2021 when a young lady tried to drive her VW Polo through it while it was parked outside my house. Sad times

[@dianewilson4144]

great video Ben, can't believe you got this car running!! you have skills!!

[@Oyvind88]

Great video, work and this is one off my MB favorite cars, awsome entertaiment😀👏

[@lucythemoggy1970]

all 190e suffer from the door cards coming away, sure I saw a vid on KZbin about how to repair them, as long as the underneath isn't rotten, with a bit of TLC, it would fetch a nice price once little bits of rust scabs and a good polish have got it back to health.

[@BlueXonar]

Someone has been watching a lot of Vice Grip Garage lol Although... 20 minutes in, you figure out the fuel pump doesn't work 45 minutes in you figure out the fuel pump doesn't work, again. An hour in you figure out the clickyclack fuel pump you're trying to jury rig it with doesn't provide enough pressure. An hour and 20 minutes in you are trying to drip feed it petrol. Imagine... If you had gone and bought a fuel pump at the 20 minute mark. 😂😂

[@raymondpearce5245]

Great video Ben

[@ernestfrank1655]

They was good cars in They time and classic cars should be saved and put back on the road again I like watching them in summer time up and down my street and my road

[@andy-tu2rx]

Love the videos not a million miles from myself I live near Oldham and camp at Tarporley when I'm at oulton park so might pop over next time.keep up the videos

[@Brock_Landers]

The cluster in my dad's 1987 190e went to 160 mph, but it had the 2.3 4 cylinder. It was a fairly fast car too.

[@rob_evans]

Good old Holley to the rescue 💪

[@downtheshedwithjason]

bonnet hinges have a clip makes it go vertical in air lol

[@benstone5038]

Late to the party lol I was just looking into Merc 190Es starting issues and found your vid :) Enjoyed it thank you. Is this a 2.0 or 1.8? I have a 2.3-16 an the KE-Jetronic system is a nightmare, cost me a fortune to have it all refurbed, well exchange parts lol

[@100SteveB]

Wow, did not realise that Mercedes still used those old style fuses in 1993!

[@GGLee315]

A bad distributor acts just like no fuel… had that happen two different times, and it drove me crazy before we replaced them.

[@jmw0368]

Yup, certainly a strange buckeroo! 😬

[@PorchBass]

Golden age merc taxi!

[@kingfornjot]

It's like watching the English Derek from VGG LOL 😆 bring the thunder

[@k8vnl]

What I thought.

[@kingfornjot]

@@k8vnl pleased someone thinks the same

[@DamianGillett]

clicky clack pump is fine for carburettor, not enough pressure for efi

[@lucythemoggy1970]

the later 190 1.8 had fuel injection hence the e designation on the bootlid. the early 1.8's were carb fed.

[@lucythemoggy1970]

there should be a catch on the bonnet stay that when you press it the bonnet can go right up at 90 degreees

[@SoerenThorsen1972]

Nice hoodie!!

[@LeeKirkman88]

I subscribed a few days ago. You already have some likes from me.

[@ivanwhisker6932]

The clutch is an easy fix I had one go its the slave cylinder connected to the clutch pedal the fuel pump is underneath drivers side rear and rakes about 30 mins to change

[@Landie_Man]

How lucky are you! You’ve got a copy of “See Inlay Card for Details!”

[@danielwalker2613]

I think they are possibly the wrong door cards - hence the reason why the central locking stalks don't fit through the holes

[@TiagoNevesNET]

... someone has been watching VGG 😉

[@ალექს]

Я бы завел этот 190 за 15 минут ke jetronic не такая сложная, тормозной жидкости надо долить чтобы прокачать сцепление

[@sayurikitamura7109]

You're a funny man, love it🫶

[@procta2343]

one of the lads i used to work with had two of these, His 1st one he pulled off the road for a week or so due to the MOT running out, he put the car on SORN, until his mate was free to sort it out. From what i gather, he had failed to park it off the street, and DVLA, crushed it. We kept taking the piss out of him, saying that his Merc is a tin of beans. He bought a replacement one, practically identical. That one had some tricky imob to the coil, that they had to by pass. So he had a toggle switch to start it which was funny. it had rotten fuel lines too. He had one of the lads scared shitless, who he gave a lift home too. He was smoking a fag and flicking the ash out of the window, while driving. The poor lad said i thought the thing was going to go up! A part from that he had no trouble with it, a few years later. After he left, My mate and his dad clocked it at a local scrap yard.

[@gregh7042]

Look at this dudes size...he looks like he can just pick up the car😂

[@andrewbowen4544]

You've got a Stuttgart Taxi Cab

[@Marklin15]

The radiator was really tiny if the car had a manual transmission and no air conditioning.

[@robandchristheateam5053]

If Tommy Cooper had been a car mechanic. A brilliant original.

[@ItsBuster]

Feel sorry for the starter motor 😂

[@thomasmurgatroyd7103]

the bad thing on the 190 was thr heater matix went alot on them

[@rock.doctor]

48k views and only 3 people commented on the dinopenisauris standing on the valve cover.....

[@tastyclassics]

Hahaha forgot about Dinodick!

[@marcberfelo8751]

Ga zo door groetjes marc uit Nederland

[@stevedaniells813]

From English Auto Electrics purchase an arasole of 3 in 1 oil. You will thank me 😮

[@downtheshedwithjason]

i miss my old 2.6 190e. wish i kept it. would be worth ten times what i paid. (556) ebay auction

[@keironastbury9399]

what the hell is that thing on the rocker cover @ 30:34 in the video ?????????

[@andrewbowen4544]

Looks like the Merc's been parked in a River

[@kebabra1777]

he sounds EXACTLY like eddie hall

[@boothy201]

Hey, You might not like spiders, but you Like Gorillaz, so it's all good. 👍

[@stevedaniells813]

WD40 Water displacement No 40 😊

[@thewasteoid2684]

chromium bell end ??

[@Ghosty_06]

totally not watching this because im hopefully buying a 2.5 diesel model soon that's been sat for 10 years, driven down a mountain, and then sat for another 10

[@martinparker9249]

Those 5 pot Merc diesels are bombproof mate , many are still used as taxis in places like Turkey ,north Africa ,most with over half a million miles on them !! its rust in the floor and jacking points that killed mine

[@Ghosty_06]

@@martinparker9249 the one I was looking at is still sitting in the auld fellas garden, he wants 1500 for a 300 euro car and I don't have that money. the visible rust isn't bad but I'd rather not start stripping her and finding rust in places it should be impossible, it's a pain because the sunroof is still perfect as well

[@martinparker9249]

@@Ghosty_06 youre right its a 500 euro car tops stood out there

[@Ghosty_06]

@@martinparker9249 the only thing adding any value to it is that he has a beautifully clean 2.5 cosworth spoiler for it with the paint matched already. I'd only pay 1200 tops if he was throwing in the E220 he has sitting up the road rotting as well

[@ciarandarcy681]

Its like watching play school.what will we do next children

[@unclegargameldgargameld4888]

went to see a Skoda Favorite estate ,from the smell the previous owner had a dog ,then I noticed a deceased dog flea behind the dash glass , needless to say I did not buy

[@DominiqueBiard-q9f]

Bonjour salut hello 🎉😅

[@iainmack9715]

It’s the ginja buttercup, how are you sweetie??

[@colletteodonoghue5940]

U.K Vice Grip. Well I'll be dipped!

[@thewasteoid2684]

39.33

[@garethparkin9498]

That's really funny trying to get the car to drive

[@clivelambourne8377]

Have you not learnt how to chk a high pressure fuel pump runs. Or not. It’s so easy. Just go to the fuel pum fuse Put your multi meter on amps. Crank the engine. And chk the draw. If no draw. The puma running but no fuel. If. Draw more amps. Say 10. The pumps. Stuck. Easy.

[@FTW523.]

Blasphemy bro come on eh

[@ciarandarcy681]

Get on with what under the bonnet to much dramatic