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Part 3 Then came the exhaust! The manifolds were corroded at the mating surface...so onto the mill... After some clean up these looked way better. Then I needed to order a new center section from Europe...which was $$$$ ... This required a lot of custom welding, and I'm still fine tuning...

Upon installing the gauge, I noticed the shift indicator here would not sit in Park! The gauge came back out and the tiny Bowden cable was removed.. The resultant was this frayed cable which was about to snap... This. part is unobtanium again! It needed to be remade from scratch. Sadly to...

Part 2 So when the engine was removed, the mechanical fuel sensor broke....these are filled with ether and act as a closed loop system... There are many YouTube video's on this as a warning... I tired to re-attach the coolant bulb.... Then I tried refilling the ether using several...

Part 1 Oh boy...it's been forever..... Let me try to update this thread. Current status in the garage... back to the bike project. What about the German barge? well I almost set fire to the thing and walked away....but after emptying my bank account on NOS parts... It runs and...

Really quick update, nothing overly exciting but the work on the "German barge" continues. First to tackle those heads... The corrosion in the water jacket was pretty bad. I was going to repair these with epoxy until I realized it was wasted effort. After removing the valves I noticed: The...

OK folks let's continue on with the catch up on the "German Barge"... Inevitably I found a few broken bolts when tearing down the engine. Welding a nut on the end of the broken stud and slowly working it out was the quickest way to deal with these..... Here's one after being extracted. Not...

OK folks, I did warn you that the "German Barge" may consume time and it certainly has! The next few posts will play catchup to present day..... Disclaimer: Those expecting a perfect restoration should promptly click away. Functional repairing follows. My previous post talked to removing the...

Thanks all for the fantastic input. I can't promise that I will match your skills but it's great to learn from folks with more experience. @ez-duzit really nice part!

I could not agree more with this quote. The YouTube nation has bred a ton of "experts" who have yet to even strike an arc... Again this is all about the journey! Thanks @jake28!

@RoninB4 Its probably 2 and 3. This is my first time trying this with cheap tools...

@jake28 TBH your recent fantastic updates inspired this post. Your garage is amazing!

Oh great...the long posts with photo links clearly don't work well. Let me edit this...

Wow...another lengthy pause there.... Happy New Year all. So lets catch you folks up a little.. Be warned! Another long rambling thread will follow. Proceed with caution... So as mentioned previously, the next step is to practice the welding. Now note! Everything you see here is 4130 and as we...

Ok.... enough of the old german barges and back to the bike.... I left you with this last time....clearly a lie! In the background progress was made on the JIG. First a few cross bars were fabricated..These had bungs turned down on the lathe and then welded. Then I started attaching stock...

Wow its been forever and a day...... The bike project was put on hold due to another mechanical money pit....... I previously lived in Northern California (wonderful place) and enjoyed driving the area in this fantastic beast! These old cars (1973 Mercedes Benz 280 SEL) have the ability to...