32mpg in a Soob??! I've got a '99 Forester that I keep around only for the rare few days when the snow in the Seattle area paralyzes my Mercedes. For me though I couldn't get better than 21mpg out of it if I drove it off a cliff. I suppose that having full time AWD and the wind resistance of a city bus doesn't help.
Bubba strikes again ! =8-) .
IIRC , many years of RR's came with GM 400 V-8's .
A buddy of mine was a RR Mechanic for a while , he hated them but he didn't like GM either , being as he was a Chrysler Man to his toes .
-Nate
Chip wrote:
>
> Just every now and then it will come across this board about stuffing a 350 Chevy (great motor by the way) into a MB. I think it was a popular swap into the old XJ6 Jags as well.
>
> The ultimate insult I saw the other night while pulling into a jazz club. One of the band members pulled in just before me in a yellow RR Corniche convertible. It was an absolutely perfect bodied car, great leather and a first class new top.
>
> He decided the car might be better parked out front and he cranked it up to pull around. It was like looking at a beautiful blond with a perfect body, only to see her smile through rotten teeth. It cranked up and sounded like total crap. I don't think I should have been able to hear the thing start if it had been proper. The he thumped it into reverse with that awful thud that my Range Rover use to make.
>
> I walked around front and commented on his car and the engine. Sure enough, it was a Chevy 350. Making it much worse, the guy was proud of the swap out! He clearly had the bucks to have all the right stuff under that wonderful hood. It was probably a $100,000 mistake on the resale.
>
> And, he couldn't play the drums worth a shit.
>
> Chip
> Houston
>
Ah, no, RR made their own engines, I think they used GM Hydramatics for a while.. bk --- On Mon, 8/29/11, Nate <vwnate1@yahoo.com> wrote:
|
So ;
There I was , purring along in my Turbo Diesel Sports Coupe , ripping up the Pasadena Freeway and back down through Central L.A. again , passing every one , nothing but corn , BIG smile on my face .
Then I stopped in front of SWMBO's house and the shaking idle began.....
Phooey ~ I popped the hood to see # 3 fuel pipe is squirting Diesel Fuel in little spurts , I decided it was prolly not tight enough so I schelpped on down to SEARS & bought a nifty set of crowfoot flare nut wrenches (didja know Craftsman tools are now made in China ?) and tried to tighten it , no dice , so I removed it and the rounded sealing end looked a bit cruddy , broke out my wire bristle toothbrush and cleaned both ends hospital clean then blew the pipe out as any tiny bit of crud would have ruined my new Monark fuel injector , screwed it back on carefully starting each 17MM flarenut then finger tightening them before touching with the wrench , lit that sweetie off and as soon as I revved it once to bleed out the # 3 fuel pipe , she settled back into a silky smooth idle again .
It still idles a little bit too slowly so I tried to loosen the idle speed adjuster locknut with my new 14MM crow's foot only to discover it's too dang fat and won't clear the IP ! .
DAMMIT . what do others use to loosen this nut ? I don't want to round off the corners using a regular open end wrench .
Grr......
-Nate
Bubba strikes again ! =8-) .
IIRC , many years of RR's came with GM 400 V-8's .
A buddy of mine was a RR Mechanic for a while , he hated them but he didn't like GM either , being as he was a Chrysler Man to his toes .
-Nate
Chip wrote:
>
> Just every now and then it will come across this board about stuffing a 350 Chevy (great motor by the way) into a MB. I think it was a popular swap into the old XJ6 Jags as well.
>
> The ultimate insult I saw the other night while pulling into a jazz club. One of the band members pulled in just before me in a yellow RR Corniche convertible. It was an absolutely perfect bodied car, great leather and a first class new top.
>
> He decided the car might be better parked out front and he cranked it up to pull around. It was like looking at a beautiful blond with a perfect body, only to see her smile through rotten teeth. It cranked up and sounded like total crap. I don't think I should have been able to hear the thing start if it had been proper. The he thumped it into reverse with that awful thud that my Range Rover use to make.
>
> I walked around front and commented on his car and the engine. Sure enough, it was a Chevy 350. Making it much worse, the guy was proud of the swap out! He clearly had the bucks to have all the right stuff under that wonderful hood. It was probably a $100,000 mistake on the resale.
>
> And, he couldn't play the drums worth a shit.
>
> Chip
> Houston
>
It's telling you it wants a new starter solenoid RIGHT DANG NOW ! .
Tom argued this with me and we tinkered every other damn thing on the car and it got back at us by dying in Washington State at night , when it was cold , far from home (you DO NOT change an OM617 starter on the side of the road) , blah blah blah.......
Do it now when it's cheap (you'll find a freshly rebuilt one with new solenoid @ P-A-P) or wait until it stops when you're out on the road with SWMBO......
BTW : NAPA has good quality Bosch typ solenoids .
-Nate
Brian wrote:
>
> PS - I reduced my "click, click" non start by 90% just by waiting for the glow plugs to cycle through until I can hear the "clunk" from the relay. Was getting in the habit of a premature start attempt, but slowing down on my release seems to have solved my problem somewhat.
>
> Â
> brian from la verne, ca
>
>
> ________________________________
>
_NO_ .
-Nate
(who just changed them again, the 'T' bracket too)
Barry Grumbled :
wrote:
>
> The air filter housing mounts have been repaired annually during the 12 years I have owned this car. Has anyone actually solved this issue?
>
YAY BEN ! .
Please detail the turbo overhaul as mine is Kaputi and I want to give it a go .
TIA .
-Nate
(who usually finds the light is the headlamp of an on coming train)
Ben wrote:
>
> Brian has been on my rear to do an update on the '79 300SD head redo so here's where things are. Project began in early Dec 2010 when I picked this beast up in Florida and tear down commenced in Feb 2011. Spent the better part of the past 6 months in a series of fits and starts. The "while I'm in there I might as well" list includes:
>
> Rebuilt head and all new innards
> Rebuilt turbo (myself)
> Rebuilt starter
> New (rebuilt) injectors from Mercedessource with Monark tips
> New water pump
> Rebuilt double diaphragm vacuum pump (myself)
> Probably $500 in sundry nickel and dime crap
>
> Finally over the course of the past couple of weekends I've been able to get all the parts I've been collecting and actually install them on the car. Things are moving from the trunk to under the hood where they belong!
>
> If I can find some diesel return lines I just may try to fire this thing up today...
>
> Photo journal if'n you're interested: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2206062424453.127340.1034176557&l=9fb9f9cd10&type=1
>
But , But ;
They're so _BEAUTIFUL_ in Beige ! .
A color change usually is the death knell for any vehicle , beware .
-Nate
Brian Wrote :
Re: 300D paint job.
If I ever paint my (2) desert tan 83's, I am going to go with WHITE.
brian from la verne, ca
Who cares ? I just want my parking space back .
I've been told I have a long history of building vehicles for others....
I usually sell at a dead loss but I enjoy the works and learning .
Buying a Diesel Mercedes for investment purposes is foolhardy to the extreme .
I stopped counting the $ when it _passed_ $7,500.00 .
-Nate
Chip wrote:
>
> Nate, as usual, is setting another terrible example for all of us. We all know that he must have $7500 in this coupe that he is letting go for $2500. How do the rest of us expect our rare coupes to appreciate with this shit going on?
>
> Chip
> Houston
>
Hi Everyone,
Does anyone know where I can get a passenger side hood hinge for a '77 w123, 240D? Let's just say I had an issues with an ajar hood and leave it at that.
So if anyone has any ideas let me know.
Thanks,
Johnathan
'77 240D 223,400
'92 300E 2.6 282,300
My father died and left behind a lincoln with the 350 ho engine. The interior of the car is a mess (my dad was a bit incontinent), but it has not one spec of rust in it and the motor is practically silent when it runs. So I'm not gonna change out the interior but I thought I might pull the motor and use it a kit car or something. It seems a pity to send it to the PAP; yeah I know it is not a Great Car. Is it possible to run the motor on a different platform and do i have to yank the Computer and all the controls, too? Is it possible to get a universal controller, so I can run the engine & tranny in a volvo wagon? I'd like to get one of those Shelby replicas but it is too much cash.
Mercs are great...just want to stay in the MB thread.
--- On Mon, 8/29/11, Lost but making good time. <aldridgetony97@yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: Lost but making good time. <aldridgetony97@yahoo.com>
> Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re: The Frankensteining of Great Cars
> To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, August 29, 2011, 8:39 PM
> The swap I would like to make is to
> put a MB 5 hole turbo into my Toyota Sunrader Motor home -
> The MB eng is only a couple of inches longer & what it
> would do to the mountains around here (sigh)would make me
> grin like a bull dog eatin peanutbutter.
>
> --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com,
> Alan Boucher <alstheone@...> wrote:
> >
> > On 8/29/2011 3:52 PM, Nate Rector wrote:
> > > They make adapter kits for almost any car.I like
> a 327stroker with
> > > Ford trans and rear end.
> > >
> > > *From:* BStromsoe <bstromsoe@...>
> > > *To:* "diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com"
> <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com>
> > > *Sent:* Monday, August 29, 2011 3:16 PM
> > > *Subject:* Re: [diesel_mercedes] The
> Frankensteining of Great Cars
> > >
> > > Lets lift a toast to the Chevy 350 engine with 2
> four barrels. I miss
> > > mine sorely at times.
> > > brian from la verne, ca
> > > *From:* Chip <czulli@...>
> > > *To:* diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> > > *Sent:* Monday, August 29, 2011 11:38 AM
> > > *Subject:* [diesel_mercedes] The Frankensteining
> of Great Cars
> > >
> > > Just every now and then it will come across this
> board about stuffing
> > > a 350 Chevy (great motor by the way) into a MB. I
> think it was a
> > > popular swap into the old XJ6 Jags as well.
> > >
> > > The ultimate insult I saw the other night while
> pulling into a jazz
> > > club. One of the band members pulled in just
> before me in a yellow RR
> > > Corniche convertible. It was an absolutely
> perfect bodied car, great
> > > leather and a first class new top.
> > >
> > > He decided the car might be better parked out
> front and he cranked it
> > > up to pull around. It was like looking at a
> beautiful blond with a
> > > perfect body, only to see her smile through
> rotten teeth. It cranked
> > > up and sounded like total crap. I don't think I
> should have been able
> > > to hear the thing start if it had been proper.
> The he thumped it into
> > > reverse with that awful thud that my Range Rover
> use to make.
> > >
> > > I walked around front and commented on his car
> and the engine. Sure
> > > enough, it was a Chevy 350. Making it much worse,
> the guy was proud of
> > > the swap out! He clearly had the bucks to have
> all the right stuff
> > > under that wonderful hood. It was probably a
> $100,000 mistake on the
> > > resale.
> > >
> > > And, he couldn't play the drums worth a shit.
> > >
> > > Chip
> > > Houston
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > There are times when engine swaps are justified
> I'm not talking about
> > the Corvair engine in a Porsche, but I had a ride in a
> 53 Ford
> > Convertible along the Malacon in Havana last
> year. The brakes were
> > questionable and the seat belts nonexistent but the
> Isuzu engine ran
> > perfectly.
> >
>
>
>
>
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