Just so ;
When I bought that POC Euro Spec 1975 350SLC in Nevada , I got it running to drive it home then the fuel pump packed it in an hour or so before sunset....
Luckily for me , the FLAPS nearby didn't have the correct one in stock but , the nice lady Manager allowed me to gently and carefully open boxes until I found one that had the same size hose nipples and pressure (32 ~ 34 PSI) , I bought it , installed it dangling loosely , held by tie straps and drove the car home in the POURING RAIN , found a good one on an W-116 S - Klasse in the Junk Yard a few weeks later .
That dang pump was $125 IIRC and I still have it in the box in my garage , I don't know what I'll -ever- do with it but it got me home .
Then of course , the MAP sensor died , it's "maybe" available from Mercedes $800 (GASP) , I was off to look for more D-Jet equipped W-116's , then the dizzy's F.I. contact trigger points died , then ,
oh crap it was awful but D-jet cars always are when they go kaputi .At least it was a total hoot to drive with the stick shift and all ~ I drove it on one of the very last No Frills Iron Bottom Motoring Tours and very nearly flew off a mountain road with it , that's when I decided to sell it before I got arrested or killed in it .
-Nate
Mark wrote :
Wow! That's great! The last time I had to get a vane-type fuel pump for a Mercedes they were ten-times those prices from my wholesaler. List was over $550! But, then again, there was no ebay 30-years ago....
I know of more than one W108 chassis car in decent, not perfect, but not bad condition, that were scrapped for want of an expensive fuel pump.
Mark
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