I have had one of my cars (Mary 1983) since she had 50,000 miles. She is the one where I poked holes in the oil pan and lost the engine which was replaced by the 1982 TD engine from Minnesota. The car sat in the garage for 5 years while I meditated on what to do. When I decided to replace the engine, I picked up Martha which was a twin to Mary. But after driving Martha up to Tacoma and back, she performed so well I just could not use her engine in Mary. So that is the story of how I ended up with two twin 83's. All to say that both were well maintained by PO's - but after 25-30 years all cars will suffer from rubber rot, plastic rot, and maybe even metal rot in some select areas unless the car is garaged 95% percent of its life. So, I have begun to replace everything part by part, system by system. After all, what's a retired guy with a bunch of tools who goes to PAP yards for fun to do with his life. The only thing I miss is the 1940 and 1950 GM cars with all that space under the hoods.
brian from la verne, ca
From: Chip <czulli@gmail.com>
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 5:01 PM
Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Like Sands through the Hourglass
I don't suppose anyone on this board has been with their 240 or 300 d since the beginning. Yet I am curious when the onset of age was apparent in these cars. Did the doors stop locking 10 years from new? The transmission start "flaring" after 15 years? The rough idle until 20 years?
The problems seem so predictable now, we all post in about the same shit. (me excepted because I drag race mine)
But who among us has lived through the aging process of these great cars. Was the first 20 years flawless?
Someone please tell us of the early years, when sun roofs flew open and shut and not a cracked dash to be found.
Chip
Houston
The problems seem so predictable now, we all post in about the same shit. (me excepted because I drag race mine)
But who among us has lived through the aging process of these great cars. Was the first 20 years flawless?
Someone please tell us of the early years, when sun roofs flew open and shut and not a cracked dash to be found.
Chip
Houston
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