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The R129 SL600 is back after a year of repair, and she needs some love

the 1997 Mercedes Benz R129 SL600 is back from 14 months away at the body shop after a minor collision. ADS suspension issues, a steering angle sensor kept it from driving, but now we have it in the shop and we can figure out what's next on the list to make the car solid once more!

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  • @edwardrivera206
    @edwardrivera2065 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing with us

  • @caddiman9834
    @caddiman98345 жыл бұрын

    Dam dude, u got alot of patience bcuz i would have given up. U must really love that car.👍 good job brother.

  • @OvalboreCars

    @OvalboreCars

    5 жыл бұрын

    haha, the alternative is let it die. I'm not about that at all :)

  • @sayporsha
    @sayporsha5 жыл бұрын

    Very informative, thanks for sharing.

  • @hennricc-5238
    @hennricc-52385 жыл бұрын

    Love to see where this goes. We have a 96 SL600 in white with the bi-xenon and same wheel option with a Renntech exhaust. Need to tackle an ADS issue that is putting it in limp mode, contemplating an actual air suspension, not sure how far into the deep end I want to swim though.

  • @OvalboreCars

    @OvalboreCars

    5 жыл бұрын

    I couldn't believe when the ADS issue was a steering angle sensor. lol Really hope that Star diagnostic computer system project actually shows up some day so end users can read and write to the modules in these cars

  • @smedoz
    @smedoz5 жыл бұрын

    What a cool car

  • @e36blur
    @e36blur5 жыл бұрын

    Love M120

  • @OvalboreCars

    @OvalboreCars

    5 жыл бұрын

    pretty robust mill

  • @CM-bm9xl
    @CM-bm9xl5 жыл бұрын

    Curious, looked like throttle body has an o-ring for the cover, maybe it's overfuelling that bank. It's a busy engine bay.

  • @OvalboreCars

    @OvalboreCars

    5 жыл бұрын

    they are weather tight due to so many sensitive electronics inside. this throttle body is quite compromised, so needs replaced either way.

  • @daveh2612
    @daveh26125 жыл бұрын

    The R129 xenon headlights are not hard to find used, just pricey. Like $500-600 for a decent one on eBay. If you need fans I have a 91 500SL parts car.

  • @OvalboreCars

    @OvalboreCars

    5 жыл бұрын

    I call anything unreasonably expensive 'hard to find' but you're right. the hard to find part was the radiator. I found fans, but I do need the cross bars in front of them and an AC pressure switch and pigtail if your parts car has those

  • @daveh2612

    @daveh2612

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ovalbore yes it has those.. if you give me a way to contact you I can shoot you pictures this weekend

  • @OvalboreCars

    @OvalboreCars

    5 жыл бұрын

    theres a contact form on my website linked in the channel about -- if you'd be so kind as to reach out there, I'd appreciate it! Thanks!

  • @Emils2006
    @Emils20065 жыл бұрын

    Any pictures of how it looked before ?

  • @OvalboreCars

    @OvalboreCars

    5 жыл бұрын

    like, crashed, or before the crash?

  • @Emils2006

    @Emils2006

    5 жыл бұрын

    Crashed, just to compare.

  • @OvalboreCars

    @OvalboreCars

    5 жыл бұрын

    just posted a before and after in the ovalbore facebook page.