Thought I'd introduced myself when I first joined, but I guess I never did. 94 posts later, I'm doing it. Never owned a Mercedes before, but owned and raced lots of Porsches and have owned a few BMWs. Also have another V-12, in a Jag XJS.
When I first joined here, it was right after I saw a video from Mercedessource on his S600 coupe. I was intrigued with the car, so I started hanging out here well before I found one. Never considered anything except the S600 coupe. I'd been looking on eBay and Craigslist all over the Southeastern part of the US and California for rust free examples, when one popped up locally. Surprised me. Went to take a look. Didn't run right, and knew it would take some work, but it was rust free, straight, no accidents, and most things worked. All of the wiring harnesses had been changed, and the throttle bodies rebuilt. Engine was in limp mode, and was obviously only running right on one bank. I knew from watching Victor's YouTube videos that the issue was mostly EGAS related. Price was right, and I ended up buying it. Ordered my C4 scanner for HHTWIN the same day. I've been gradually working on it, mainly awaiting an EGAS module at a decent price. Communicated a lot with Martin (MAVA), and he found one that worked at a local wrecking yard. He also helped me with other parts. Finally got it running right today after finding two cross wired sparkplug leads.
Interesting comparing the engineering between my XJS and the S600. The XJS, an 87, was built when Jaguar and Britsh Leyland we're struggling for money, and the lack of refinement shows. Zero built in diagnostics, which makes it a pain to trouble shoot. Contrast that with the no expense spared Mercedes, and pretty good diagnostics, and the differences are night and day. The Jaguar is all electromechanical controlled (and Lucas electrics to boot), except for the engine ecu which is pretty basic, while the Mercedes uses computers for everything, sometimes to a fault. And I find the Mercedes no harder to work on than an Audi allroad 2.7 biturbo I owned.
Turn all my own wrenches, and am retired, so I have the time. Enjoy this forum, especially the international flavor.
Enough for now.
Jon
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When I first joined here, it was right after I saw a video from Mercedessource on his S600 coupe. I was intrigued with the car, so I started hanging out here well before I found one. Never considered anything except the S600 coupe. I'd been looking on eBay and Craigslist all over the Southeastern part of the US and California for rust free examples, when one popped up locally. Surprised me. Went to take a look. Didn't run right, and knew it would take some work, but it was rust free, straight, no accidents, and most things worked. All of the wiring harnesses had been changed, and the throttle bodies rebuilt. Engine was in limp mode, and was obviously only running right on one bank. I knew from watching Victor's YouTube videos that the issue was mostly EGAS related. Price was right, and I ended up buying it. Ordered my C4 scanner for HHTWIN the same day. I've been gradually working on it, mainly awaiting an EGAS module at a decent price. Communicated a lot with Martin (MAVA), and he found one that worked at a local wrecking yard. He also helped me with other parts. Finally got it running right today after finding two cross wired sparkplug leads.
Interesting comparing the engineering between my XJS and the S600. The XJS, an 87, was built when Jaguar and Britsh Leyland we're struggling for money, and the lack of refinement shows. Zero built in diagnostics, which makes it a pain to trouble shoot. Contrast that with the no expense spared Mercedes, and pretty good diagnostics, and the differences are night and day. The Jaguar is all electromechanical controlled (and Lucas electrics to boot), except for the engine ecu which is pretty basic, while the Mercedes uses computers for everything, sometimes to a fault. And I find the Mercedes no harder to work on than an Audi allroad 2.7 biturbo I owned.
Turn all my own wrenches, and am retired, so I have the time. Enjoy this forum, especially the international flavor.
Enough for now.
Jon
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