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Hey all:
Anyone know where I can find a wiring diagram for my 81 wagon? It's not the Klima/monovalve type. The floor deflectors aren't working and it cools off when the engine is revving. I have lot's of spare parts from parts cars. But no information.
TIA,
Bogy.
I met up with Brain and his pristine 300D @ Monrovia , Ca. P-A-P this morning and we searched the yard for bits & bobs , I was able to find an un broken LF park lamp Ay. for SWMBO's '84/'85 300TD , we seperated and I went home and got to work , much accomplished ~ I am trying to get the TD ready for the bodyshop on Monday , Tom and I will be off hunting tie rods and W-126 parts to - morrow .
-Nate
Jeeze ~
The W-107 lifetime exhaust hangers are only $6.00 each.... just do the smart thing and fix it once , correctly and be done with that , move on to the other , more important things .
-Nate
Brian wrote:
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> Hmm, I bet I have miles of various sized hose in my trunk, and hundreds of coat
> hangers. Is this destiny calling re a new occupation?
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> brian from la verne, ca
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Thanks, Brian. My 300SD started shutting down OK for no apparent reason. It takes about 5 seconds for a short run and 30 seconds after a run at normal coolant temp and 70 mph. The seems normal for my Cummins. I don't know what is normal for a 300SD. This is all for low altitude. High altitude takes a longer cooldown in the Cummins.
However, the transmission doesn't shift right, so I suspect that there is a vacuum problem.
Larry
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, BStromsoe <bstromsoe@...> wrote:
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> Well Larry - I have one 300D that shuts down immediately, and I have one 300D
> that shuts down less than immediately (2 seconds in cold weather, and 30 seconds
> in warm weather). I am going to tackle the door vacuum lines first as I have
> issues there. I'll go for the fuel shut off last as I don't think that is my
> primary culprit. There are several on line "how to fix fuel shut off" problems,
> try Mercedes Source and Diesel Giant videos and pictorial walk throughs.
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> brian from la verne, ca
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> From: Larry <dittmer.larry@...>
> To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sat, December 25, 2010 9:55:52 AM
> Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Shutdown intermittent for "83 300SD
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> My "83 300SD won't shutdown after a drive at highway speeds. The shutdown
> occurs after a half minute or so when the driving has been slow. I'm getting
> the key release clunk and the steering wheel lockup, but I need to open the hood
> and do the manual shutdown after >10 minutes of cooldown idle. Has anyone
> installed a fuel cutoff solenoid, or is this a simple adjustment if you know
> how?
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> Larry
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To make a rubber loop with wire reinforcement, you can take a piece of 1/4" hose of the length you need, loop a clothes hanger wire through it twice, pull it tight, fold the two ends of the wire over each other to link it, cut the wire ends to a length you can stuff into the hose.
Jim
To make a rubber loop with wire reinforcement, you can take a piece of 1/4" hose of the length you need, loop a clothes hanger wire through it twice, pull it tight, fold the two ends of the wire over each other to link it, cut the wire ends to a length you can stuff into the hose.
Jim
