[diesel_mercedes] Re: 1982 240D alternator belt

 


Either the belt is oil soaked and stretching or , you're missing something .

I have a 1982 240D and the belt has only needed adjusting once or twice in the years we've owned it .

_ALL_ the various 17MM ATF nuts & bolts must be loosened to affect proper adjustment then they must all be tightened again to keep the alternator from creeping .

I wish I was there to figure it out as it really is dead simple once you figure our the system the Germans designed .

-Nate
Dan wrote:
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> it will just not stay tight no matter what even with proper technique on the adjuster bolt. this is not an early star wheel adjuster has anyone home built an alternative?
> thanks in advance as usual.
> Da
>

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Re: [diesel_mercedes] 1982 240d alternator belt

 

My 85 300d had the adjusting threaded rod snapped
I needed to get it running soon and didn't want the shipping time nor the high cost for a replacement
I ground a slot across the head of the old bolt and mig welded a threaded rod into the slot. I used a large washer and nut to tighten it

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Subject: [diesel_mercedes] 1982 240d alternator belt

 


it will just not stay tight no matter what even with proper technique on the adjuster bolt. this is not an early star wheel adjusterhas anyone home built an alternative?
thanks in advance as usual.
Da

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[diesel_mercedes] 1982 240d alternator belt

 


it will just not stay tight no matter what even with proper technique on the adjuster bolt. this is not an early star wheel adjusterhas anyone home built an alternative?
thanks in advance as usual.
Da

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[diesel_mercedes] Re : Door Panels

 


W-123 , clips hold the bottom and lower sides in , need to be -carefully- pried loose before lifting up to clear the top edge .

W-126 , is ALL held in by easy to break moulded in plastic tabs , remove the arm rest and inner handle plastics , the two rear chrome screws and plate , one or two tiny phillips screws in the upper rear window surround then -gently- bump the whole panel _UP_ from the very bottom , DO NOT pull at the top or you'll snap off the five black plastic tabs....

Once it's high enough up , about 3/4" (19MM) , the lower part can be swung away 1/4" or so then you can ever so gently lift the top edge loose .

I know about the No. Vegas P-A-P scrounger , he missed the European gasser bumpers on one badly rusted W-123 , I was in serious pain thay day and so onl;y took the rear one , not realizing it'd take me _years_ to fin the matching front Euro. bumper .

Gasser bumpers are *much* more svelte and pretty than are the Diesel Euro. bumpers , God help me if I ever have a collision tho' .

-Nate
Tony Asked :
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> Nate, not planning to go through Lost Wages this time, have been to the one on the north end of town, a couple of times. Does the door liner just pop off at the bottom?
> Tony.
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[diesel_mercedes] Re: Left Mexico, now in Yuma

 

Nate, not planning to go through Lost Wages this time, have been to the one on the north end of town, a couple of times. There is a Mercedes rebuilder that picks it over almost daily so you kind of have to take his leavings, but it has worked out pretty well for us so far. Will have to wait, till we get over on I5 for PAP / =. Will come over the Tehachapi to miss LA, then boogie N. Bought a little trailer in Yuma to help get stuff out of the car. Does the door liner just pop off at the bottom?
Tony.

--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "Nate" <vwnate1@...> wrote:
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> TWO P-A-P's in Las Vegas !
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> No. Lamb and way south on old Boulder Highway near where it begins to curve to to Henderson....
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> BOTH get in really nice and badly rusted out W-123's all the time , a fair amount of W-126 gassers too , mostly impounds .
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> Practice due diligence on the plastic vapor barrier sheet ~ it's *very* important and should be undone at the bottom and peeled up out of your way .
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> I need 1982 240D intake manifold & lower 1/2 of aluminum air filter .
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> -Nate
> Tony wrote:
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> > Yuma is full of old people and their parents, they drive much more calmly than in Mx.
> > Car did fine, except that I busted the window mechanism on the drivers door, the window is now stuck up, just like Mercedes drivers. (G).
> > Will hit a PAP in Lost Wages Nev,to get a new mechanism, am scared to pull off the door liner tho', so will practice on the donor car. Bought a little utility trailer today to tow North, so swmbo has gone SHOPPING to fill it up.
> > Max let us know when the snow is gone so we can come home.
> > Tony.
> >
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[diesel_mercedes] Re : Waiting on sunshine

 


Reading all this , I can't say I miss the Mud Season all that much .

To - day I went out for coffee for SWMBO in the very first Mercedes Diesel we bought , a 1982 340D that has well over 300,000 miles and still runs fine and is 100 % reliable in spite of the engine and tranny both being worn out .

This car is the one that set me on The Mercedes Road , I didn't know when we bought it for $1,500.00 and idling on three cylinders , that my life would change so drastically in a few short years, I can't drive cl;utches anymore easily so all my VW's and other old cars are gone ,I now have three Mercedes Diesels , a Metropolitan Nash FHC and a '69 Chevy C/10 pickup truck , _all_ have slushboxes , a thing I couldn't even contemplate five years ago but I'm still mobile and so happy .

Hang in there Trish ~ in time you'll learn how to power your Mercedes through deep mud , the trick (IMO) is : keep it in "S" drive and don't give it too much throttle but don't slow down either....

Tom and I got through a really bad patch in the absolute middle of nowhere New Mexico , miles from any pavement or help , the others before us in their pickups had scrubbed the trees pretty good , Tom and I surveyed the so called road (a mud bog) and decided we'd get through O.K. in his old '81 300SD and we did in spite of 1,000 # of crap he always carries .

As you have a dirt drive , consider some LT truck tires, the old typ that are tall and narrow and have good lugs for dirt & mud roads .

These really are good cars , they just -look- like Luxo - Boats but they're made to go the distance , safely , quickly and comfortably , what more can you ask ? .

-Nate
Trish wrote:
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> I know the feeling. In the winter I have to wait for it to freeze hard
> enough to get out.
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> Yesterday as Kevin sat rocking his F250 and saying colorful things he
> realized yet again that he needs to clean out the bed of the truck and
> bring home some of that free road base sitting at camp...a few years ago
> Cedar Hill State Park ripped up their parking/driving areas, first they
> asked camp if they'd buy the stuff..then they asked if they would take it
> for free. So it's there for the taking.
>
> I got the 20% rain today after an awesome near 80 degree sunny day
> yesterday. It's still going to be near 80 today. No need for the heat lamp
> on the chicks today, they're warm enough! I'm going to try to get out so I
> can get the exhaust mounted higher than the oil pan.
>
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