420SEL parts car update

I’ve had the 420SEL parts car for a few years now, and I have been rather slow and stripping it and getting rid of the carcass.  I had done a deal to sell it about two years ago, but the buyer messed me around for about a year before he finally decided he didn’t want it after all.

Based on that, I decided to strip more from the car and then send the shell to the scrapper.  The main issue is that I always prioritize my actual cars when I am doing work on cars, so the parts car always falls to the lowest priority.

The thing is, I could use the space, so I spent a couple of hours stripping fuel injection parts from the engine.   These don’t take a lot of space, and are good to keep. This included things like the EHA, fuel distributor, fuel pressure regulator and so on.  I’m not sure if the hard fuel lines are the same M116 and M117, I suspect not as the M117 is slightly wider.

Over the last year I have slowly stripped other parts when I had the time.  I used the motor for the drivers window on my 560SEL, and I’ve used various screws and nuts on the W124.   I’ve taken three of the four window regulators and motors out, the alternator, rear bumper and most of the interior.  I also took off the ABS pump yesterday.  There is not much left that I want.

The main thing is the self leveling parts and the gullideckel wheels.   I don’t think I’ll keep the doors, I don’t have space for something so bulky. I’ll also go through and make sure there is nothing else I want to take off the car before I get rid of the shell. The interior is already pretty empty but there are a few wiring plugs and the like that are worth saving.

I also need to get organized and sell some of the parts I do not want myself. I find selling parts online is so time consuming as people are always messing you around. It is handy to have the parts car around, but I just don’t have the space to keep it long term.