Help Mercedes 450SEL 6.9

[fitzsimons]

Any help will be appreciated; I am new to both MB and Internet forums. I have recently purchased a 1979 450SEL 6.9 (the first owner was Alan Jones the F1 driver) and it is a fantastic car, if a bit heavy on fuel. I would like to get it back to good condition and any advice will be gratefully received. As far as I know the major issues are:
Rust particularly around the sun roof (the previous owner advised that I should not attempt to open the sun roof) there is also rust around the doorframes.
The suspension on the front passenger side is hard.
Both of the rear electric windows are very slow.
The air con does not work.
The central locking works occasionally.
Engine wise everything seems fine.
I have been to a couple of merc garages but they gave the impression that they do not know a great deal about the 6.9 as they are very rare and I would like to learn myself and restore to forma glories.

Thanks

Mark

 

[guydewdney]

bit heavy on fuel..... its a ****** 7 litre engine dude! :lol:


the 116 is common enough - just the engine isnt - find a decent merc dealer - ahve a look around this website and www.mbclub.co.uk and find one that you like.

try george fraser in west london (hangar lane ish)

or http://www.mbnz.org/forums/forums/forum-view.asp?fid=24 http://www.busn.ucok.edu/mngmt/tullis/diversions/w116/w116page.htm
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mercedesw116/


etc - do a search using google.co.uk for w116?

 

[Wisher]

I'm just got some HAMMERITE stuff.. called KURUST, that should I hope stop the rust..

I will let you know if it works..

It says that it stop rust in it's tracks..
and coverts existing rust to a sound surface in just 15 minutes..
so it can be painted in three hours..

I've used the hammerite paint before.. it was for radiators,,but i used this on the inside of the wheel arch and it seamed to do the job,,...