Happy birthday my lovely wife

Enjoying the view of Kuningan

 

Duhai bidadari bertabirkan halimun senja, selamat ulang tahun sayang. Ayah tahu bahwa Ayah tidak pernah memberikan hadiah terbaik untukmu, dan Bunda memang tidak pernah menuntut untuk itu.

You know what, dari perjalanan bersama kita Bunda lebih banyak memberi, dan tidak pernah mengharapkan imbalan apapun. I thank Allah for that for having a caring and giving wife. Having said that you are Allah's gift to my life, Bundalah hadiah terbaik untuk Ayah di dunia fana ini dan semoga berlanjut juga di akhirat nanti.

Semoga di usia Bunda ini semakin bisa bersyukur, bersabar dan memberikan manfaat lebih kepada lebih banyak mahkluk Allah.

Semakin sabar dalam membantu Ayah dalam mendidik anak-anak kita yang luar biasa, semakin tegar dalam mendalami ilmu dan semakin menyayangi keluarga.

Terimakasih untuk dedikasinya, terimakasih untuk pengorbanannya dan terimakasih untuk ketulusannya.

 

Love you Bunda,

 

 

Ayah

Mercedes Benz W123 suspension and interior restoration.

Having all the body works almost completed, I started to tackle the suspension and interior section. As part of the vision in building this car, I replaced most of the fast moving parts of this car. Surprisingly the parts’ price were not too expensive.

Razan my second son was so happy that day :)

At the same time I started to source the original Palomino interior for my car. Typically 1986 W123 came with velour type of interior, but I don’t like this kind of fabric because it is very difficult to maintain and very difficult to remove stain from it, the other thing is when touch to your skin it will make you itchy.

It was quite a challenge to get the full Palomino set, many MB W123 enthusiasts told me that Palomino is one of the most preferred color scheme, that’s why it’s very rare to find.

With the help of good friend of mind Wilfi Thalib and Irwan Dwiputranto, I managed to get two set of Palomino interiors. And Joshua Autoworks helped me in cleaning, repairing and installing it  to my car.

Selecting the best parts!



Cleaning and repairing at Joshua Autoworks

Only best parts are installed



All hands on deck!

Final detail is important!

Balancing and aligning

Details are everything

Polishing the head cover

Pheeew it wasn't easy

Polishing all the chrome parts 1

Polishing all the chrome parts 2

Polishing all the chrome parts 3

Boy, it was a very long and tedious process, thank god all the job is done now, only few things are left; Replacing the exhaust pipe, installing new window film, fixing the air conditioner, and polishing the front side windscreen.

Mercedes Benz W123 86 Engine Restoration

Mercedes W123 Engine Restoration

 

The engine was completely stripped down
 and thoroughly assessed

While being completely dismantled, I started to ask my mechanics to deconstruct the engine. The engine works really fine, and there was this accident when I forgot to left the key inside the car while the engine is running for more than 4 hours, but fortunately the temperature is still normal. And I drove the car multiple times reaching 120 km/hour with no problem.

Changed all the essential parts

Even though there’s no mechanical problems with the engine, with the same principle as the body, I also plan a complete restoration of the engine. I replaced and overhauled most of the parts, and keep all the invoices for my documentation.

As part of my childhood dream, I also replaced the gearbox to automatic, lucky for me the parts is still available.

Here are some of the list of the spare parts that was replaced;

Too many parts!

1.       CDI

2.       Radiator

3.       Piston rings

4.       Oil filter

5.       Air filter

6.       New throttle cable

7.       Fuel pumps/Rotax

8.       New spark plugs

9.       New cables

10.   New fuel filter

11.   New oil filter

Pak Rady is checking all the new parts, the car was on the background

New set of radiator

I also took the engine to the machine shop to have it ported, balanced and polished. When we tested the engine it runs so smooth. Thanks to Pak Rady for the great Job.

The engine was completely overhouled

I also took the engine to the machine shop to have it ported, balanced and polished. When we tested the engine it runs so smooth. Thanks to Pak Rady for the great Job.

The talented mechanic done a great job!