Congrats ! .
Get some Rustoleum paint on that rust ASAP as it can ruin the whole car by rotting through a suspension mount .
If you stop the rust now , then you can simply remove the battery tray and glop the rust hole closed so cold air , water & engine fumes don't invade the Passenger Compartment .
There's a comprehensive writeup of doing this on some old 300TD , I know not where but it has pictures etc. and the young fellow was able to turn a $500 pig's ear into a nice Turbo Diesel Sports Wagon with American Ingenuity and lots of elbow grease .
It's (? Her ?) name will come to you as you work on and drive it...
-Nate
Kevin wrote:
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> All I had to do to get her running was to hook up the new battery! One 45 second glow cycle and it lit right off like it was sitting overnight! The idle is a bit low and the shift notches don’t line up with the gates, but the drivetrain performs as it should, even the kickdown function! Holding true with any 35 year old survivor, she does have some bad and a bit of ugly thrown in too. There’s a rattle/grinding somewhere in the left rear when the car is moving. I thought it was the muffler dragging, but the exhaust seems to be buttoned up tightly. It doesn’t sound like a sway bar link, more like something rubbing. It came with a set of brake pads, so it could be something with the left rear caliper. The back of the hood is up, probably bent hinges, and the UGLY is the rust through under the battery tray and a very small spot under the trunk seal! The rear window gasket is quite dry and cracked, and the front isn’t far behind. It’s straight with a decent interior other than the warn driver’s seat. All in all, it’s a great car for $750!
> Kevin in Hillsboro, Oregon
> 1977 240D, 315K miles, Unnamed
> PS. Still working on some German names, Irmgard, Liesel, ideas? I thought about Ismelda, (I smelled her) from a mile away hahahahaha!
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