This is precisely how I got our near pristine '82 240D for $1,500 in the middle of the hipster wave of popularity .
A mechanic @ work bought it and complained it was too slow , bought a turbo charged 300D and sold me the 240D .
I realized straightaway there was some sort of throttle issue , some one had made a bumbled repair of that rubber block so it took me a while to figure out how it was supposed to be assembled....
204's don't have a lot of ' oomph ' but every bit of it should be on tap at all throttle positions and loads .
-Nate
Max wrote :
When I drove the 4spd 240 to Reno this spring I had a linkage problem but didnt know it till I got back home and did the next oil change. I dont drive this car at all in winter, I drive a Outback. So to get ready for Reno I did everything, all filters, oil change valve adjustment, transmission oil. I always like to take a little spin just to check for leaks and such but I could not because we were in spring breakup and I would not of made it back home so I just took off for Reno. When I hit the paved road and put the pedal to the medal not much happened. It seemed like half throttle or my engine suddenly wore out, after a while it got up to speed, sort of. So any I drove to Reno, passed one truck, came home. When I was changing the oil next time I noticed the part of the throttle linkage(I would swear this is designed by Dr. Seuss), the part that is vulcanized together, it has the stop lever on it. anyway the rubber stuff was almost all the way torn off and I was only getting partial throttle. Ha, Ha, maybe that was why I got great fuel mileage. Anyway its soooooooooooooooo nice to have parts cars. This part is the same on 300's. Max
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