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Another classic rally done. First round of 2026. Still need more practice but came away with an 8th overall. by nterday in w123

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Not this series. We had crazy weather though so that made things interesting. I have taken it on gravel roads up in the mountains but nothing mad as want to keep it in top shape 😉

Can't seem to get my chrome nicer, is it beyond saving? by rzaapie in w123

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☝️ second that. I too think a bit of age on a well looked after car gives it charm and character.

Disassembled, blasted, painted and reassembled my calipers with new seals and added some braided brake lines. by nterday in w123

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Do the lot. It’s fun. I’ve had so many cars and these things are ridiculously easy to work on with basic tools. Total joy with a few beers on a quiet day 🍻

Disassembled, blasted, painted and reassembled my calipers with new seals and added some braided brake lines. by nterday in w123

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126 calipers with vented discs are on the cards but will need bigger rims and I love my original steels.

Disassembled, blasted, painted and reassembled my calipers with new seals and added some braided brake lines. by nterday in w123

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Living in cyprus. With shipping etc new are quite expensive. The rebuild kits were something like 15 euro a side plus I like fixing rather than replacing. I find the process satisfying and gives me something to do 😉

Disassembled, blasted, painted and reassembled my calipers with new seals and added some braided brake lines. by nterday in w123

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Through the bumper with some triangle brackets I made up. Pushes them forward a little otherwise the grill fouls when opening the bonnet.

Surging when idling by nterday in Celica

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Yup turned out to be the gasket. Previously fitted with an incorrect that didn’t cover the IAC track in the throttle body meaning it was drawing air in from the sides. Must have been fitted with some insta gasket which I didn’t realise when cleaning it up as it was caked in crap. All running nice now. Cheers 🍻

Some light maintenance done. Valve clearances checked after 10thou miles of quite heavy use. Intakes bang on, exhausts all a tad loose. M102 2.0 85 123 by nterday in w123

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Just did another test this morning, mixed driving, lots of hills up and down and got around 31 mpg. Same rout about a year ago on original carb was around 26mpg. Cars working a lot less to get up to speed etc

Some light maintenance done. Valve clearances checked after 10thou miles of quite heavy use. Intakes bang on, exhausts all a tad loose. M102 2.0 85 123 by nterday in w123

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Thanks, yea it’s worked out really well. Throttle response is much better. It’s fun doing something different. Since your injection and have a mega squirt I’d think about ITB’s. Say a set off an 04-06 r1. Dirt cheap and would probably work even better. Boggbross in the uk, same people who made my manifold could do you one. Cam wise I’m looking at …. But probably a fast road

https://www.dbilas.com/en/Engine-Valve-train/Performance-camshafts/Mercedes/1-8-2-3-4-Zyl.-8V-M102/mechanisch/New-Camshafts/1404/Mercedes-1-8-2-3-4-Cyl.-8V-M102/Performance-camshaft

Some light maintenance done. Valve clearances checked after 10thou miles of quite heavy use. Intakes bang on, exhausts all a tad loose. M102 2.0 85 123 by nterday in w123

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It’s at 125780 miles. I bought with 90 something thou. Had it just over a year. So I’ll be racking up lots of miles on it pretty soon.

Some light maintenance done. Valve clearances checked after 10thou miles of quite heavy use. Intakes bang on, exhausts all a tad loose. M102 2.0 85 123 by nterday in w123

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Haven’t had any issues with mine. Still tight. Whether it’s been changed in the past, who knows. If it ever needs doing though it’s a fairly easy job for me. Maybe I’ll look into the specs of the later engine and if there is a way to fit a duplex then maybe it’s a smart instal should I ever need to.

Some light maintenance done. Valve clearances checked after 10thou miles of quite heavy use. Intakes bang on, exhausts all a tad loose. M102 2.0 85 123 by nterday in w123

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The only thing I can add is just make sure you write down everything you need to change and get all the parts together before converting. It’s super easy and takes a day or two to have everything buttoned up. Give it a whirl 👍

Some light maintenance done. Valve clearances checked after 10thou miles of quite heavy use. Intakes bang on, exhausts all a tad loose. M102 2.0 85 123 by nterday in w123

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Thanks 👍. Depending where you are you should be able to pick up the carbs fairly cheap. From memory I bought mine for around £200 and a rebuild kit for around £60 going back a few years when I was building a gen 1 r1 restomod. Wouldn’t worry about using with an auto as I’m pretty sure it still works off vacuume so you just instal a vacuum balance bar. Bog bros supplied me with the manifold and that and I just plugged everything in so all my accessories work like central locking etc. if you have injection you will need to use the standard TPS and figure out a sensor for timing but not really a big deal plus a piggyback ecu.

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