Why would someone go to that much trouble and have such a crappy interior on the car? Looking at the door panels you would think they ran out of money about the time they got around to the interior...
Dan --- On Sat, 9/5/09, Thomas Savage <tesav...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Thomas Savage <tesav...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] BMW M > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Saturday, September 5, 2009, 10:21 PM > Alex Chamberlain wrote: > > > "Hydraulics cost money---how high pressure do you want > to pump?" > > Yeah, obviously, but I still want to know the > details. I wonder if > > the car from which the engine was pulled (a late-model > S-class, > > presumably, but I don't know which chassis just by > looking at the > > engine) had SLS, and if so, if the SLS hydraulic pump > was powerful > > enough to run all the systems in the Grosser (windows, > seats, locks, > > automatic martini mixer, etc.). Or did they > figure out a way to run > > the pump from the 600 engine with the new V12? > Since I bought my Euro > > 126 project car with four-wheel SLS all this hydraulic > stuff is > > suddenly of great interest to me. > > I don't know anything about W140 S600s or their hydraulics, > but the W100 hydraulic pump is set up in tandem with the > power steering pump. That's it mounted on the right > side of the v12, with the cooling fins on it. > http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/1518/68600pullmanengine7ht.jpg > > The M100 has a big fluid reservoir alongside the > pump. That might be it on the left side of the > firewall, though the original was black metal. The fluid > that goes in it is $42 for 500mL. > > So my uneducated guess is that it was just a matter of > mounting a pump and rerouting lines. That part was > probably child's play for the mad scientist with the skills > to undertake such a project. > > Speaking of mad scientists, check this out: http://mbgrand600.com/Page80.html > > Tom > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
