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Suspension buffers
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I collected the 6.3 with my Mitsubishi L200 (same as the Triton in Australia but with a 2.5L TDI engine) the trailer was hired for £75/day. The biggest problem was loading as the air bags were full of holes.



Thank You all, Classic center is it.
Buy, always cheaper due to tooling costs.
Make or buy was always a decision in building hi-tec aircraft.

Brian O.
Michael has answered the question. Sorry, I only posted pictures of the 2 rear ones.

Gunter, they are used for long term storage as well as emergency failure of the air suspension and, in fact, the pictures of the rear ones that I posted show them on 6.3 #765 while it sat for several years waiting its turn for resurrection. Here is a picture of a front one on the 300SE coupe which I used while its air suspension was failed prior to rebuilding of the air valves. You can see that it is a heavy duty rubber unit that sits on top of the front suspensin lower A arm rubber buffer. That is why you need 4 of them, one for each buffer. The under side is concave to match the profil of the rubber buffer, so it does not crush the buffer like a piece of timber or the top A arm does.





Art
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Originally posted by ilpatino

these buffers, are they always installed, or do you have to install them for purposes of long-time storage?



No, they are installed for emergency use if the suspension fails. You should only drive very slowly with them installed. The pictures show the rear axle. The front uses four buffers of a different type.
Hi all,

these buffers, are they always installed, or do you have to install them for purposes of long-time storage?



Gunter

w109 6.3 #1452 '69
s124 300 TDT '90
Skoda Superb '09
Hello Brian,
buy the holders at the Classic Center in your country if you need some. 75 bucks less discount sounds very reasonable to me, I wouldnt be able to make them for that. Regrettably the holders were not available here in Germany. I paid 80 Euros for them each powdercoated....
I doubt that you need the original buffers at the rear, straight rubber blocks with correct shore hardness should also make it.

300 SEL 6.3 3478+5327
Oliver
They don't need to be reproduced. Irvine Classic Center has front and rear emergency buffers available. Rears are $75 each minus club discount - I've just bought a pair for Justin. Fronts are $150 each and you need 4[:0], but they last forever and they prevent damage to the existing buffers in contrast to the makeshift timber version which wrecks them.
Art







David,I hired mitsubishi triton V6 with a car trailer and towed a roundie( not much lighter than a 6.3 [:)] ) from Sydney to Brisbane . the ute didn't even know there was something on the back. It was one way haul and only cost me $350.
The big thing is to get a trailer that is long enough,load the car nose fist so the load is on the draw bar and don't tell the hire company that the car you are towing is so heavy.
Cops these days are mostly driving desks,leaving the law enforcemnt up to the camera system so unless you are seriously unlucky you wont get hassled . I posted a pic hear recently of my W126 with a W108 on the back. No self ;leveling meant the bum was down a bit ,but that was no problem.
Dan,the biggest issue in OZ is the sheer weight of the hire trailers which are often up to 2 ton and the primitive suspension system which is not designed for speeds over 80kmh (55mph) .

Melbourne is the home of the tow truck robbers, I almost had to pay $650 for a tow into Melbourne from a distance of 40miles. [xx(] the same tow here in Brisbane is around $100 ,often cheaper.


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12-14-2004, 11:49 PM #8
Tom Hanson
MBCA Member

What the heck, try to stuff a MB 6.9 liter V8 in it. What a machine that would be..
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Tom Hanson
Orange County Section
Thank you, good to know they are being repro'd.
Just how many euro's?

Brian O.
Hello,
I just found a source who refrabicated the bufferholders which is/was not available at MB here. The buffer itself can be bought against a pile of Euros...






300 SEL 6.3 3478+5327
Oliver
David, I can understand why some law might state that the tow rig must exceed the tow / combined of the trailer and 6.3's weight. Oregon's law? If you make it there without your pick up / lorry in Oz speak breaking in half; you are legal. LOL but true.

What you need is what we call a one ton. Like a Ford or Chevy 350 series. I have towed 6.3s for years with a Chevy 1/2 ton. It Works. Never a prob. A 3/4 ton would be better but then there goes your normal MPG. 1/2 ton rigs receive 20 to 21 MPG. 3/4 ton rigs 12 to 15.
Hi Dan

I have done a bit more research and it seems the trailer can't exceed
the weight of the towing vehicle. We have a lot of regulations around here. I remember years ago towing a tandem trailer full of building rubble with the 6.3 and it didn't even blink. That trailer would have been at least three tonnes. When we got to the tip I put the suspension on high and my sister said the car looked like an elegant lady lifting her skirt to avoid the mud. I think the hire places put a low weight on to avoid potential damage.
That is a great idea, and a philosophy too.
Next, how about sending those buffers past me for a digitizing to create the 3-D model to produce a mold for casting in the rubber of your choice or machine from a block of nylon, either way, your choice.

Why you may wonder? proper blocks will save you $,$$$.$$
I have a W109 which had 4x4's (Wood!) jammed between the rear axle and body, then transported 130 miles on a flatbed,
result, the corners of the wood ripped the sheet metal on the body, the wood poked thru and mangled perfectly fine, good sheet metal,
Another incident where a W108 300SEL received a ruptured rear air bag due to being to low for the tow truck and I was not there to stupervise, (yes that is the way I spell supervise correctly)

Brian O.
2000 KG? In USA terms, real close to 3950 pounds to 4050 pounds. The first # is what 1969s weigh and the later 4050 pounds is the 1970 model. Are you telling us that OZ has such dinky trailers that they have roughly 2400 pound limit??? Here in Oregon, the land of fruits and nuts, only single axles are in that limit range. You guys must have decent trailers.
The safety blocks: you 6.3 fans need a parts loan system. The M-100 Group should own the set and loan them with lets say, a 1000 $ deposit. Return in a week and get your 1000 $ back. Now that's a great idea. My definition of "great idea" is any idea I come up with.
I am finally ready to move my 6.3 to it's new home.
I am after a full set of suspension buffers to buy, hire or borrow.
I am in Melbourne. My other question is about car trailers.
I have looked at hiring one but they all seem to have a load limit of about 1200KG. A 6.3 is about 2000KG so it is either find a bigger trailer or a tilt truck. I was hoping on the trailer as I can take my time and a truck will not get all the way to the next garage. For a while there it looked like I was going to lose the car and have to offer it up as a "barn find" but things have improved since then.
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