Abandoned 1993 Mercedes 190e, sat for 16 years, can I get it running and driving in a day? 

You are not doing my blood pressure any good,I had one of these for years and I keep shouting instructions on how to fix it! Really entertaining stuff, thank you and keep going at it, absolutely brilliant. 😀✅

You, sir, deserve to have waaaay more subscribers. Great channel!

My dad had a 1987 Mercedes 190e here in the US and I loved that car. It was black with a cream leather interior. The speedometer quit working at 256,000 miles and my mom drove it every day for another 5 years afterwards. It had the single windshield wiper and the Bosch motor for the wiper would go bad frequently, it was $1,000 USD alone. She sold it to the mechanic who told her that the water pump was bad and the timing chain (or belt, I can't remember which it had) was worn out and it was going to be $2500 to replace them both. My dad had a 1994 BMW 525i at the time and my mom bought a 1990 Toyota Camry to replace the 190e. When it shit the bed she bought a 1994 Hyundai Excel hatchback. I had it up to 135 MPH down the side of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa, Florida at 4AM. When it died she bought a 1999 Mazda 626 that was REALLY nice. Now she has a 2018 Prius...I hate it, but her and my dad love it. They drove from Florida to my house near Pittsburgh for $40 in gas.

Hey buddy, I'm an expat from the UK now living in Namibia. Really like the channel and the work you are doing. Your dead right about G3 and autoglym, you can't beat it. Shame about the 230ce, after 1997 mercs really did get cheap with the rust proofing. God I was shouting at you when it wouldn't fire.... I knew the leads were wrong.... I had the same problem many moons ago with a Marina. Take care and all the best from the colonies. Maurice.

No doubting this was a lovely machine in its day, but the onset of immobilisers, relays, and ECU's brings with it a whole new can of worms. I bet thousands of these went to the scrapyard with perfectly good bodies and interiors. I'm just amazed you even got a peep out of it. Really looking forward to seeing the rest of this playlist now.

Had a 1991 190E auto from around 97 till 2000, gave it to my dad with around 65K miles, he had it until 2003, a great reliable car (apart from me putting a new head gasket in it in 99). seeing inside again brought back many memories.

These abandoned car videos are pure gold! Really looking forward to watch the next couple of episodes as well! :D

I love these videos you do- real time exploration of vehicles. I am inspired to go trekking around local woods to find abandonned gems like this by where I live. Keep up the great work chief

I had a red 190E 1.8 with 72000 on it that i inherited from my dad. I kept it nice until 2021 when a young lady tried to drive her VW Polo through it while it was parked outside my house. Sad times

The clutch is an easy fix I had one go its the slave cylinder connected to the clutch pedal the fuel pump is underneath drivers side rear and rakes about 30 mins to change

Someone has been watching a lot of Vice Grip Garage lol Although... 20 minutes in, you figure out the fuel pump doesn't work 45 minutes in you figure out the fuel pump doesn't work, again. An hour in you figure out the clickyclack fuel pump you're trying to jury rig it with doesn't provide enough pressure. An hour and 20 minutes in you are trying to drip feed it petrol. Imagine... If you had gone and bought a fuel pump at the 20 minute mark. 😂😂

i absolutely loved this video, briliant work and enthusiasm

all 190e suffer from the door cards coming away, sure I saw a vid on RU-vid about how to repair them, as long as the underneath isn't rotten, with a bit of TLC, it would fetch a nice price once little bits of rust scabs and a good polish have got it back to health.

great video Ben, can't believe you got this car running!! you have skills!!

The cluster in my dad's 1987 190e went to 160 mph, but it had the 2.3 4 cylinder. It was a fairly fast car too.

The David Attenborough of car shows. Marvellous meanderings.

Wow, did not realise that Mercedes still used those old style fuses in 1993!

Great video, work and this is one off my MB favorite cars, awsome entertaiment😀👏

A bad distributor acts just like no fuel… had that happen two different times, and it drove me crazy before we replaced them.

If Tommy Cooper had been a car mechanic. A brilliant original.

The radiator was really tiny if the car had a manual transmission and no air conditioning.

That's an amazing looking car.

Great video Ben

Love the videos not a million miles from myself I live near Oldham and camp at Tarporley when I'm at oulton park so might pop over next time.keep up the videos

It's like watching the English Derek from VGG LOL 😆 bring the thunder

I subscribed a few days ago. You already have some likes from me.

the later 190 1.8 had fuel injection hence the e designation on the bootlid. the early 1.8's were carb fed.

From English Auto Electrics purchase an arasole of 3 in 1 oil. You will thank me 😮

Good old Holley to the rescue 💪

bonnet hinges have a clip makes it go vertical in air lol

there should be a catch on the bonnet stay that when you press it the bonnet can go right up at 90 degreees

... someone has been watching VGG 😉

Я бы завел этот 190 за 15 минут ke jetronic не такая сложная, тормозной жидкости надо долить чтобы прокачать сцепление

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You've got a Stuttgart Taxi Cab

Yup, certainly a strange buckeroo! 😬

Golden age merc taxi!

Nice hoodie!!

Looks like the Merc's been parked in a River

one of the lads i used to work with had two of these, His 1st one he pulled off the road for a week or so due to the MOT running out, he put the car on SORN, until his mate was free to sort it out. From what i gather, he had failed to park it off the street, and DVLA, crushed it. We kept taking the piss out of him, saying that his Merc is a tin of beans. He bought a replacement one, practically identical. That one had some tricky imob to the coil, that they had to by pass. So he had a toggle switch to start it which was funny. it had rotten fuel lines too. He had one of the lads scared shitless, who he gave a lift home too. He was smoking a fag and flicking the ash out of the window, while driving. The poor lad said i thought the thing was going to go up! A part from that he had no trouble with it, a few years later. After he left, My mate and his dad clocked it at a local scrap yard.

WD40 Water displacement No 40 😊

That's really funny trying to get the car to drive

Its like watching play school.what will we do next children

Look at this dudes size...he looks like he can just pick up the car😂

48k views and only 3 people commented on the dinopenisauris standing on the valve cover.....

totally not watching this because im hopefully buying a 2.5 diesel model soon that's been sat for 10 years, driven down a mountain, and then sat for another 10

i miss my old 2.6 190e. wish i kept it. would be worth ten times what i paid. (556) ebay auction

Have you not learnt how to chk a high pressure fuel pump runs. Or not. It’s so easy. Just go to the fuel pum fuse Put your multi meter on amps. Crank the engine. And chk the draw. If no draw. The puma running but no fuel. If. Draw more amps. Say 10. The pumps. Stuck. Easy.

You're a funny man, love it🫶

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chromium bell end ??

Bonjour salut hello 🎉😅

what the hell is that thing on the rocker cover @ 30:34 in the video ?????????

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Get on with what under the bonnet to much dramatic

Blasphemy bro come on eh