But, I am more impressed with this diesel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4frzQdh6GE
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> I'm impressed.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqVpUUeBzOw
>
> brian from la verne
>
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I'm impressed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqVpUUeBzOw
brian from la verne
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On Friday, January 3, 2014 11:03 AM, Carmine <drnickv@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
1. Where can I find a latch for the glove box for 1984 300D? Tired of the globe box falling down. I do not need the part on the door itself, but the plastic piece that the latch catches on. . Can not find it online yet.
. . .
thanks, Nick
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1. Where can I find a latch for the glove box for 1984 300D? Tired of the globe box falling down. I do not need the part on the door itself, but the plastic piece that the latch catches on. . Can not find it online yet.
2. Recently my glow plug light comes on intermittently. Get in the car, turn key and no glow plugs. Crank the car, it tries to start or maybe starts and then light will come on. Next time I get in the car, light will come on. Then it will not. Fortunately we live in CA and car will usually start without it. But if I use the correct starting procedure (two glow plug cycles then start) when plugs are working, it fires up immediately. I believe it is not a light issue but the whole system. Where do you start on an intermittent issue.
thanks, Nick
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Quite a list of fixes.
Laughed at this one, I can hear the swearing:
"Install customer supplied emergency flasher switch (defective)"
Happy Motoring!
Rob
Garden Grove, CA
On 1/3/14, 3:31 AM, diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> Sylvia - 1984 300SD - 300K/mi service + mileage check
> Posted by:barton.fiske@gmail.com bartonfiske
> Date: Thu Jan 2, 2014 7:26 pm ((PST))
>
> It's time I put some updates out here on Sylvia - as many of you know the odo has been busted for some time so I've been logging the amount of fuel going in and assuming an average of 22.5mpg ever since. Assuming those figures are correct, last month it was time for the 300,000 mile service. I've also mentioned a few other ailments, so I made a list, allocated a set budget and contacted my favorite Benzomatic automagician and begged for a few days of his time.....here's what got done....
>
> Symptom: Engine won't shut off, glow plug light won't go off, battery draining...
>
> New vacuum pump ($394.00 + labor)
> New glow plug relay ($240 + labor)
>
> Quote from service invoice: "Re-tightened all 9 electrical pin bushings and terminals which were loose from improper removal/testing by non-qualified technician. Test individual glow plugs, replaced glow plug relay. Glow plug light now goes out normally"
>
> Complete Filter service & Fluid hot drain / fluid flush:
>
> Engine: Repl filter, seal ring + 8.5 qts Mobile1 5W-40 ESP: $100.05 + labor
> Trans: Repl: pan (warped), gasket, filter + 9QT fluid: $80.10 + labor
> Brake: Castrol GTMA, 1 Quart: $19.35 + labor
> Power Steering: filter + 3 quarts P/S fluid: $19.35 + labor
> Rear transaxle: Flush, fill w/ 2 Qts 75w/90 Syn lube: $33.78 + labor
> Coolant system: Drain, flush, 1.5 Gal Antifreeze/MB Blue: $52.95 + labor
> New radiator cap: $12.50
> Air filter: $38.25
> Fuel Filters: front/rear: $22.55 / $6.04
>
> Adjust/check all belts
> Inspect brakes, exhaust system, check tire wear and suspension prior to inspection
>
> Install customer supplied emergency flasher switch (defective)
> New emergency switch + turn signal / hazard relay: $47.50 + $114.00 + labor
>
> Driver side hood latch lubricated/adjusted (no charge!!)
>
> Install used exterior door handle pulls & locks (I can now lock my car again!)
>
> Repair corroded terminals on right rear tail light cluster, solder new bridge.
>
> After all the work above, I took it for a shakedown cruise from home to Boston to Providence and back home at an average speed of 65mph - 70mph....I was able to track the miles via GPS and got the best MPG Sylvia's ever clocked @ 27.5 MPG. I'm attributing that to the Mobil1 and less so to the shiny new trans and transaxle flushes. At this rate, if I get an extra 3-5 MPG, the various oils will more than pay for themselves.
>
> Still need to be done (prior to inspection on Feb 29, 2014 - hooray for LeapDay
>
> -Replace entire exhaust: $1600 including labor
>
> -Right front upper control arm: $750 including labor
>
> -Front end alignment: $75.00
>
> -Replace parking brake cables, shoes + pivot: $550 including labor
>
> -Replace front windshield and seals: $800
>
>
> That's it for now, happy motoring...
>
>
>
>
>
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Always nice to hear good news from proper detective work. Thanks for the update.
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, Roland Hyatt <wrolandhyattjr@...> wrote:
>
> Nate (and others interested):
>
> Sorry for the long post, but it has been a 3 year problem.
>
> I have written about the goofy stalling problems I've had with my 1981
> 240D stick. Here's what I wrote on a mercedes forum 3 years ago:
>
> Here we go again guys:
>
> I hope I can do this without too lengthy an explanation because hunt and
> peck is a terrible way to go.
>
> My 1981 240D suddenly got squirrelly at idle a few days ago. It would
> seemingly run fine at speed, but when slowing down to idle it seemed as
> if it were running on 2 or 3 cylinders - really rough. Using the
> throttle I could rev it a little and it would seemingly smooth out and
> be OK - until last night. I think if I let it go long enough it would
> have stalled. I looked at the engine and there was a lot of fuel all
> over #1 injector. I tightened the nuts fastening the lines to the
> injectors, hoping that loose fittings were leaking fuel. No change. I
> suffered it for a few days until last night. It was pretty much running
> the same way - badly at idle - until I drove into my brother's yard to
> show him the situation. It was idling really badly. Finally it
> stalled. I got it started and stumbled 700 feet to my place across the
> road. It stalled as I slowed to pull into my driveway. I couldn't get
> it started and keep it running to pull into the driveway, so I left it
> at the end of the driveway for the night.
>
> Do I have 2 problems? It seems as if the fuel return lines are wet and
> maybe seeping. It appeared that the fuel on #1 injector was above the
> terminal where the return line fit on and above the nut boss for
> disassembling the injector, which is why I initially suspected a leaking
> line nut. Can severely leaking return lines cause the problem I'm
> having? I think not, but certainly don't know.
>
> It seemed as if the problem got worse as the engine warmed up. It
> pretty much started normally - it's moderately cold - and ran OK for a
> little bit. 3 miles into town for the first stop at a light and the
> idle was bad.
>
> I'm somewhat baffled with no direct experience with this condition. Of
> course I suspect fuel. But, because full power operation seems
> somewhere near normal, I'm mentally eliminating the usual suspects like,
> filters plugged. I just went out to try to start it and move it into
> the driveway. It took a couple of trys after it having stalled last
> night (fuel starvation?) and then it started and I drove it into the
> driveway. It seemed normal. I had it on high idle with the manual cold
> idle adjust. It's about 40 this morning. When I lowered the idle with
> the manual adjust it was idling normally.
>
> I inadvertently pulled the return line at the first injector, the one
> that returns to the filter, because it came off so easily. Clearly,
> that explains the leakage around that fitting. However, I expected fuel
> to spurt out of the fitting on the injector. It did not. I'd say it
> sputtered out. It was not anything like a stream.
>
> Anyone have a clue about what might be going on here.
>
> Roland Hyatt
>
> Then I recently posted this:
>
>
> 3 years ago I posted the below missive - or should I say, "massive" -
> about an intermittent stalling problem. Well, it's now been 2 weeks
> since I think I found and fixed the problem, because there hasn't been a
> recurrence since. It has plagued me off and on for 3 years. Even to
> the point that I didn't use the car much - it was too unreliable. It
> would always restart when it stalled, but what a hassle. I had a
> thought, as always and as others had suggested along the way, that it
> sure seemed like fuel starvation. Lately I have been chasing a vacuum
> issue that I suspected may be activating the shutoff on the pump. Wrong!
>
> One day, as it happens, I was daydreaming about the problem and
> solutions. Eureka! The fuel primer pump. I had never looked at it
> because it wasn't leaking. But frustration is the mother of invention.
> I jumped over and worked it - it was the old style - thinking that I
> might realign an O ring. As soon as I pumped, it leaked like a sieve.
> I had one of the new style and 10 minutes later it was replaced. It
> hasn't stalled since.
>
> Here's the irony..... This morning I was looking in the archives to find
> my original post. Along the way I found one in 2006 from Christopher in
> reply to a question about stalling from Barry:
> " Is there a fuel leak as well? I am wondering if the primer pump is
> leaking air... " Duh!
>
> So, another for the archives. While mine was not leaking fuel, it was
> obviously sucking air from time to time.
>
> Onward and upward - only 3 years to solve the problem.
>
> Roland Hyatt
>
>
> So, Nate, it appears the problem is solved as it has been over 2 weeks
> of near daily, cold weather driving, without a stall. It was fuel all
> right. My experience may help someone else.
>
> Happy New Year!
>
> Roland Hyatt
> with a bunch of klatta klatta Mercedes in Fallon, Nevada
>
>
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I think it is called "the holidays"
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> It's Thursday 1/2 8:42 PM and no messages on the home page......
>
> Is this just one more yahoo goof ? .
>
> -Nate
>
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Now is a good day to try that. Five degrees below zero . |
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Only cranking it for 10 / 15 seconds before giving up floods it and yes , you _CAN_ flood a Diesel engine by injecting too much fuel and not allowing it to burn off ~ you didn't mention it coughing or trying to start one one cylinder , black puffs of smoke etc. so I imagine you're not following the cold starting drill 100 % ~ my first Mercedes Diesel was a totally clapped out NA 5 cylinder Coupe , it was hard to start when at or below 40° F until I learned to trust Mercedes and follow their regimen 100 % ~ glow the plugs twice , hold the throttle to the floor and crank until the engine began running on all 5 cylinders , this caused it to belch out a HUGE cloud of noxious black smoke the AQMD went crazy about but once I got it running and learned the proper regimen , that P.O.S. started every morning reliably until I sold it . The Primary Fuel Filter is a clear plastic screen in the flexible fuel hose between the body and the primer pump . -Nate Mike Wrote :
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