Engine detailing on a 3.0

[sfdon]

Forward relay holder on a 74 should go to the aux fan.
Jumper 30 to 87 and listen for the fan.

 

[Stevehose]

+1 I forgot to add this part, like Chris, I go to Belmetric and order up all of them in the same brand. I have the same infection, however my wife is immune!

Steve has pointed you in the right direction. Once you have sizes I went to Mesa Performance. However, Belmetric has all of these, I am a nut and always make sure they are the same brand such as Gemi so they look identical. Mesa will have a mixture of brands usually.

 

[HB Chris]

Don,

A/C fan relay on earlier cars is below coil and the 74 got a lo beam relay I though that fills the third slot.

 

[Ives]

Oil Dipstick Color

My 1972 Sahara Coupe has an original dipstick that had some nicks and scrapes on it that showed to the metal. It was painted to the edge of the vulcanized rubber. I wanted to paint it and the dipsticks for Sixto's engines. I went to a local specialty paint distributor and found, what I think, is a perfect match. It is a Rust-Oleum product called SpecialtyFarm Equipment and says "Matches Old Caterpillar Yellow" on the cap. On the back the number preceding that phrase is 7449830. The barcode is 0 20066 74498 4.

This color is not really yellow it is more of a butterscotch hue.

Regards, Jon

 

[David]

Not that I know of, but if you go to Penske and find all the clamps you need one by one it will say the size needed (and number needed in some cases), for example this radiator hose clamp:

07129952119 HOSE CLAMP - L42-48

the L42-48 is the mm range.

Or this fuel line clamp:

13531257243 HOSE CLAMP - D=12MM

Is D the diameter, and L the circumference ?

Belmetric doesnt seem to have all the Gemi, but this source does: http://www.germanautoparts.com/Mercedes/1958/3171/4/11573/0

Here is the list Ive put together:

D=12MM 6
L=47-54MM 1
L=9-12 11
L10-12 12
L10-16 6
L12-15 6
L28-33 6
L42-48 6

 

[HB Chris]

L is the size range the clamp can accommodate. The width is pretty standard, don't drive yourself crazy trying to match those! Be sure all the big clamps on rad hoses for example are identical. Smaller less visible ones should also match but it would be OK with a different brand IMHO.