Ady’s finished up work on our Mercedes 220 Engine rebuild. The engine has had a brand new bespoke machined flywheel, valve seals cut, valves refaced and new valve guides. The camshaft has been re-profiled and the engine block completely re-bored. The crank shaft has been re-ground along with new gaskets and bearings being fitted. Check […]
Ady, Bridge Classic Cars engine specialist has completed another engine build on our 1953 Mercedes 220
Whilst cleaning up our original flywheel we have discovered a very small crack through the moulding. This has resulted in the flywheel being unacceptable to refit. Having searched online for some time and speaking to some very useful contacts we have been unable to source a suitable replacement. We have therefore called in the services […]
With all the new parts sourced and the existing parts restored we can now put our engine back together ready for a test run.
Ady is currently cleaning out the corrosion in our Mercedes 220 engine.
As you can see from the video below. The piston rings are of the wrong size, resulting in a lot of play and causing damage to the engine.
Ady has now stripped our 1953 Mercedes 220 engine to identify the running issues. As you can see, we have discovered two major problems which will most certainly require repairing. Firstly, the pistons have been picked up in the bore causing scoring and the lines that you see. Upon further investigation we discovered a 26 […]
With the 1953 Mercedes 220 installed on our test bed Ady and Pete are running up the engine for the very first time.
The engine is now set up on our stand ready to be run.
Our objective is to investigate the poor running of our 1953 Mercedes 220 engine. Already, we have discovered a defect in the carburettor. As you can see from the images below, we have laid a flat edge across the top and one edge shows a slight concave whereas the other shows a convex. This should […]
Due in later in the month for a full engine rebuild we have our 1953 Mercedes 220 W187. The car will be with us for a short time having the engine removed before heading back home until the engine is rebuilt and ready to be refitted. Stay tuned for more images, coming soon… Secondly we […]