Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re : CHEAP NA 1980 300CD

 

Don't give up - there is someone out there for whom that car is waiting. A special person, perhaps.
 
brian from la verne, ca


From: Nate <vwnate1@yahoo.com>
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, February 20, 2011 6:57:02 PM
Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re : CHEAP NA 1980 300CD

 



Well ;

This is the one you alls have been reading about me rebuilding foir the last few years ,it has a brandy new servo (aluminum body of course) along with God alone knows what other stuff , the dash is cracked and the original seats tired but not ripped etc.

It does need a new heater core .

I just cannot deal with hordes of strangers trooping past my house looking for whatever they can steal when the return late that night....

Someone here please buy it before I send it to the crusher just to get rid of it .

-Nate
Kevin Wrote :

Re: CHEAP 300CD

If I had $2500.00, I would buy it! The extra $500 is to fly myself out there, drive back with a friend or one of my sisters, and fly them back. That's what I did with my '78 300CD. I paid $1000 for that one over 5 years ago, and it needed new engine and tranny mounts, front seats and dash, glass grommets, side window gaskets, and, of course, the ACCI servo. It did have ice cold AC, and, with some fiddling, I got the heat to work when it needed to. It had a great body and tight suspension, should have kept that thing!!!!!

Kevin


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RE: [diesel_mercedes] Re : CHEAP NA 1980 300CD

 

I'll take your servo!

Ben near Detroit

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From: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
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Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 9:57 PM
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re : CHEAP NA 1980 300CD

Well ;

This is the one you alls have been reading about me rebuilding foir the last
few years ,it has a brandy new servo (aluminum body of course) along with
God alone knows what other stuff , the dash is cracked and the original
seats tired but not ripped etc.

It does need a new heater core .

I just cannot deal with hordes of strangers trooping past my house looking
for whatever they can steal when the return late that night....

Someone here please buy it before I send it to the crusher just to get rid
of it .

-Nate
Kevin Wrote :

Re: CHEAP 300CD

If I had $2500.00, I would buy it! The extra $500 is to fly myself out
there, drive back with a friend or one of my sisters, and fly them back.
That's what I did with my '78 300CD. I paid $1000 for that one over 5 years
ago, and it needed new engine and tranny mounts, front seats and dash, glass
grommets, side window gaskets, and, of course, the ACCI servo. It did have
ice cold AC, and, with some fiddling, I got the heat to work when it needed
to. It had a great body and tight suspension, should have kept that
thing!!!!!

Kevin

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Re: [diesel_mercedes] Fuel Milage Check 1984 300CD Auto W/ AC

 

And, piggy backing further, two rains ago I had moisture in Mary's trunk, but last 2 days of rain = no moisture. Another Mercedes mystery. But not as great as my disappearing loud "whang, bang, clang" noise (on a 6% grade). Has only happened 3 times (twice to Las Vegas, once to San Marcos). Someday I will get serious about it, maybe when I head for Las Vegas in June.
 
brian from la verne, ca


From: Nate <vwnate1@yahoo.com>
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, February 20, 2011 7:05:11 PM
Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Fuel Milage Check 1984 300CD Auto W/ AC

 


317 miles

23.5 MPG's .

This was during our recent rains to heat was used , not much high speed driving .

-Nate


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Re: [diesel_mercedes] W-123 Park Brake Light & Release

 

I only use my park brake once every year or two so I am not very smart about such things. One thing I do know - old people should not walk dogs - friend Duane had hip surgery Saturday morning in some hospital near Pico cuz his dog leash tripped him up and his femur did a "Max" job on him.
 
brian from la verne, ca


From: Nate <vwnate1@yahoo.com>
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, February 20, 2011 7:03:36 PM
Subject: [diesel_mercedes] W-123 Park Brake Light & Release

 


FWIW ;

The park brake warning light is a separate light from the low pads / hydraulic failure light . that one is red .

Has anyone here ever suffered the park brake release knob dragging or sticking ? .

My '84 Coupe's began dragging and in a week or three , stayed pulled out making the park brake unreliable .

To night I held it pulled out with one hand and rubbed the black plastic shaft with a clean paper towel , I was amazed at how much crud , dry crumbly stuff , stuck to the towel .

After a few repeats of this between working the knob in and out a few times , it turned glossy black again and freed up again .

Weird .

-Nate


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[diesel_mercedes] Fuel Milage Check 1984 300CD Auto W/ AC

 


317 miles

23.5 MPG's .

This was during our recent rains to heat was used , not much high speed driving .

-Nate

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[diesel_mercedes] W-123 Park Brake Light & Release

 


FWIW ;

The park brake warning light is a separate light from the low pads / hydraulic failure light . that one is red .

Has anyone here ever suffered the park brake release knob dragging or sticking ? .

My '84 Coupe's began dragging and in a week or three , stayed pulled out making the park brake unreliable .

To night I held it pulled out with one hand and rubbed the black plastic shaft with a clean paper towel , I was amazed at how much crud , dry crumbly stuff , stuck to the towel .

After a few repeats of this between working the knob in and out a few times , it turned glossy black again and freed up again .

Weird .

-Nate

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[diesel_mercedes] Re : CHEAP NA 1980 300CD

 



Well ;

This is the one you alls have been reading about me rebuilding foir the last few years ,it has a brandy new servo (aluminum body of course) along with God alone knows what other stuff , the dash is cracked and the original seats tired but not ripped etc.

It does need a new heater core .

I just cannot deal with hordes of strangers trooping past my house looking for whatever they can steal when the return late that night....

Someone here please buy it before I send it to the crusher just to get rid of it .

-Nate
Kevin Wrote :

Re: CHEAP 300CD

If I had $2500.00, I would buy it! The extra $500 is to fly myself out there, drive back with a friend or one of my sisters, and fly them back. That's what I did with my '78 300CD. I paid $1000 for that one over 5 years ago, and it needed new engine and tranny mounts, front seats and dash, glass grommets, side window gaskets, and, of course, the ACCI servo. It did have ice cold AC, and, with some fiddling, I got the heat to work when it needed to. It had a great body and tight suspension, should have kept that thing!!!!!

Kevin

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[diesel_mercedes] Re: Hard starting black puff when starting.

 


Reamer yes ,also replace pre chambers when they get all full of carbon & crud .

Nate R. explained this a while back , I've never needed to do it .

I's suggest checking your glow plugs , do it the easy / accurate way , not by taking it all apart .

Also , the glow plugs continue to heat after the lamp goes off , try waiting 10 seconds after the GP lamp goes out then try crankinbg the starter , this makes a world of difference in cold weather .

Also , it's prolly time to adjust your valves again , maybe add some Cetane boost , this also helps a lot .

-Nate
Lawrence wrote:
>
> I think my glow plugs are not working properly.  We have to cycle twice. 
> Sometimes in cold it won't start quickly even then.  She catches then stops. 
> Again and again.  Once started black smoke.  Once however with no throttle pedal
> she started and ran in cold weather.  I am stumpped.  Over night cold and
> started with no throttle. Idled like a dream.  I've heard of a glow plug reamer
> to clean the carbon.  Is this true?   Lawrence Rhodes....
>

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[diesel_mercedes] Re: 240D parking brake light switch?

 


Yes , it has a yellowish light at the bottom edge of the dash binnacle .

The park brake switch should be near the top of the park brake ratchet assy.

Hard to reach . test by grounding the wire , if the lamp lights , the switch is prolly dirty & in need of cleaning .

-Nate
Dave wrote:
>
> I have a 1980 240D. My parking brake light hasn't worked since I got it about 4 yrs ago. Well, after burning out a set of parking brake shoes, I really want to get that light working. I replaced the bulb with a known good one but it still doesn't work. I did have the key in the 'on' position. Next step is the brake switch. I looked under the dash near the pedal and didn't see anything that looked like proper switch. There's no mention of it in my Hanyes manual and I couldn't find anything on this group and through internet searches. The light DOES turn on when the p-brake is applied with this car, right?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Dave
>

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Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re : CHEAP 300CD

 

If I had $2500.00, I would buy it!  The extra $500 is to fly myself out there, drive back with a friend or one of my sisters, and fly them back.  That's what I did with my '78 300CD.  I paid $1000 for that one over 5 years ago, and it needed new engine and tranny mounts, front seats and dash, glass grommets, side window gaskets, and, of course, the ACCI servo.  It did have ice cold AC, and, with some fiddling, I got the heat to work when it needed to.  It had a great body and tight suspension, should have kept that thing!!!!!
 
Kevin in Hillsboro, Oregon

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Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re : CHEAP 300CD

 

On 2/20/2011 5:13 PM, Nate wrote:

 


_OR_ ;

For $2,000.00 buy my 1980 300CD with low miles , new Oriental Red paint , new ball joints , rebuilt transmission , new custom made all metal radiator , new water pump , rebuilt high output alternator , new German (Monark) glow plugs & rebuilt (could be new I forget) injectors , new shocks , new shaded windshield and new front & back glass grommets , the stupid list goes on , over $7,000.00 in this California , rust & dent free original blue plate car , Becker radio etc. windows work as does everything on thew whole dang car including the vacuum central locking....

ICE COLD AC .

WHY doesn't anyone want to buy my car ? .

CURRENT TAGS & TITLE ~ drive it anywhere .

-Nate
Warren wrote:
>
> $1500 as is
> Wb
> Kevin Asked :
>
>
>
>
>
> How much do you want for it? I've owned 2 300cD's, a '78 and a '81.
>
> Kevin in Hillsboro, Oregon
>

Why is all the cheap good stuff in California,  all we see here is $3,500 rusty rats. 

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[diesel_mercedes] Re: No 3-4 shift

 


When I had this in SWMBO's '82 240D , my Indie Mercedes Mechanic simply adjusted the front band and it's still working years later , prolly over 20,000 mkiles .

-Nate
Mark wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I have an '85 300SD with no 3-4 (high gear) shift. Is that a/the B-2
> problem or something else. The other functions are okay and it does not
> even try the 3-4 upshift. No flare, nothing. Any ideas?
>
> It's a CA emissions equipped car if that makes any difference.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark in Texas
>

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[diesel_mercedes] Re: Replacing B2 Piston on W124 Diesel 1987 TD

 


I'd use a slab of plywood the same size as the tranny's pan , the gusseting should prevent any denting .

Also , stop now and take the time to de grease & wash the body tunnel and tranny side as _one_ bit of road grime will kill the tranny and you're going to be rubbing the backs of your hands on the body tunnel
whilst the tranny is open....

-Nate
Albert wrote:
>
> I have an 87 300TD. I lost all my forward gears. I suspect a broken B2 Piston. I want to remove the B2 without removing the transmission from the car. The car has is up on stands. I have removed the 4 bolts on the cross bar that holds up the transmission. In order to drop the transmission further in order to access the B2 Piston cover I believe I need to disconect the transmission from the drive shaft. This is accomplished by undoing the flexidisk bolts.
>
> My question is is this correct?
>
> Where do I place the floor jack under the transmision. Currently it is under the transmission mount, but I need to move jack somewhere else to get clear access to the flexidisk bolts. If I place the jack under the Transmission pan I fear I will damage it.
>

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[diesel_mercedes] Re : New starter 82 240D

 


Fun , wasn't it ? .

Tom and I went through this on his W-126 SD on an out of state road trip , I too agreed the rebuilt starter with new solenoid made more sense .

I'da prolly kept the old starter were it my own car .

Could you be more specific as to how it ' crapped out ' ? .

-Nate
Jim wrote:
>
> My 240D starter crapped out on me yesterday afternoon. I picked up a reman at Advance Auto. I had a choice of just the solenoid for $99 or the entire starter including the solenoid for $79. Guess which one I bought.
>
> For this job I needed a 10mm allen socket, a long-handled socket wrench, some PB Blaster, the usual screwdrivers and misc other sockets, and a few very special curse words. I got the starter loose, but had no freaking idea on how to get it out. I struggled with it for 15 minutes, finally jacked the engine up and turned the steering wheel hard to the right. That opened up an exit hole with less than an eighth of an inch to spare. Oh, I momentarily forgot these cars are metric. I had 2mm to spare.
>
> Shoving the new starter back up through the hole restored my memory of muscles I had forgotten I ever had. Those starters feel like they weigh 50 pounds, although in reality they probably aren't heavier than 49.
>
> Once in place, all I had to do was hold the heavy b*st*rd in place and get half a turn of thread to catch and then the hard work would be over. Within thirty minutes I was successful.
>
> The great news is that this same starter also fits my 300D, which is overdue for the same job, albeit a more difficult one from what I have read on this board. The core charge was only ten bucks. They must not really want these old starters turned back in.
>
> Jim
>

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