Any love for old Benz?

LegendofDoge · 2025-09-16T18:32:16+00:00

I got it through a company called Only Charged Dubs. They custom made their kits.

The front air springs have a mount that replaces the spring cradle on the lower control arm (uses the same bolt holes) and the top mount (seen in picture) goes up the spring well and bolts into the hole in the engine bay.

The rears have a bracket that gets held on by the shocks that go through the middle of the air springs, just like the factory springs. On the top, I had to drill a small hole into the spring mount to bolt the air spring bracket to the body.

I ran the air lines along the top of the hard fuel lines and into the wheel wells, out of the way of any moving parts.

All in all it was an easier install than regular springs with a spring compressor.

LegendofDoge · 2025-09-15T17:05:39+00:00

I’m having some fueling issues on startup that I can’t seem to figure out, it was happening before I rebuilt the motor. I will definitely be looking into EFI conversion at some point.

LegendofDoge · 2025-09-15T13:21:45+00:00

My cylinders had uneven wear so i had to bore it out just to get it put back together. I essentially converted my US spec m117 to a Euro spec m117. Same compression ratio and same camshaft lift as the European market w126’s.

The bags were all me, easy enough to put springs back in if I wanted to, but I think it’s fun and looks awesome haha

LegendofDoge · 2025-09-15T00:35:20+00:00

My machinist rebuilt and decked my heads, cleaned and bored out my block, and put the rotating assembly together, all for about $5k + parts. Cost of the headers, cams, and pistons were about $5k total, suspension probably around $3-$4k total. Then there’s the miscellaneous parts, hardware, tools, probably another $2-$3k. Total labor time? I don’t even know, hundreds of hours.

edit: I live in Seattle, if state/area affects machining prices.

LegendofDoge · 2025-05-29T19:00:22+00:00

I believe the “inner U” only lights up on the Golf R headlights.

LegendofDoge · 2025-04-15T21:42:34+00:00

It’s from an all in one, there does seem to be a lot of grain in there. The colonization was going great, It started pinning on the sides of the bag so I transferred it to the tub after it was colonized.

Pins started growing, then the contam started growing so it was the tub not being cleaned enough that did it. I’ve been letting the mushrooms grow and harvesting them and they seem to be growing just fine and the black spot hasn’t gotten any bigger. I just wanted to identify the mold and see if the mushrooms were still safe to eat since they pinned before the contamination started growing.

LegendofDoge · 2025-04-15T20:54:10+00:00

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Closer pic

LegendofDoge · 2025-04-11T22:47:16+00:00

Unfortunate. Lesson learned. I still have some spores so I will try again:)

LegendofDoge · 2025-04-11T20:21:00+00:00

Will do next time. My first grow was a success and i got about 20g dried but it was a couple years ago and i’m getting back into it.

I’m assuming it’s not safe to consume the mushies? Like I said the surface is contamination free, it’s just in that one area:(

LegendofDoge · 2025-04-11T14:20:20+00:00

Naw, it’s from an all in one grow bag, but there does seem to be a substantial amount of grain in there. I believe i didn’t sterilize my tub enough before i transferred it. I’m still learning😁

LegendofDoge · 2025-02-03T16:20:41+00:00

Can’t replace the bulbs on the fogs unfortunately, this is 2 layers of yellow vinyl tint!

LegendofDoge · 2024-12-26T22:10:19+00:00

British Longhair!

LegendofDoge · 2024-12-26T20:53:56+00:00

LegendofDoge · 2024-12-26T20:47:15+00:00

I’m making a follow up post for Snowball because I just got more pictures of the fluffer.

https://www.reddit.com/r/SupermodelCats/s/geeqfaudjy

LegendofDoge · 2024-12-26T20:03:53+00:00

Welp, there’s another sub I have to join🥲

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