On 11/18/2012 7:45 PM, Nate wrote:
> Metropolitan Nash Coupe
My college room mate had a Metropolitan. Lots of adventures in that
car. Was there ever another model other than the "coupe".
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Since replacing the '82 240D's intake manifold & broken air cleaner , it's remained amazingly clean and oil free under the hood , I was checking the various fluids as I filled the fuel tank to - night .
On the other hand , my poor old '84 300CD Diesel Sports Coupe has broken yet another rubber air cleaner mount so I'll address that soon .
This week looks busy ~ I have what to do on my Metropolitan Nash Coupe . Tom's '81 W-126 needs a valve adjust , I'd like to begin teardown on the old 292 truck engine I scored and somewhere in there I want to eat turkey and cranberries until I pass out on # 1 Son's sofa......
-Nate
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Not much AC use this tank
202 miles , 23 MPG's .
Power Service Cetane Boost used , it runs like a scalded cat (for a 240 anyway) .
-Nate
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In that case ;
He should have to $ave up his own $ and buy , register and repair his own car ~ it'll teach him a valuable life lesson that giving him one , will not .
I'm a VW Mechnic and had a yard full of good VW's when my Son began to drive and he wanted a VW Beetle *very* badly ~ I decided to teach him and told him I'd help but he had to foot the _entire_ bill and he did .
I found him the *exact* year , model and color combination he wanted then beat the price down , it was a very nice car indeed and he took far better care of it than most Teenagers do ~ in time he built it up into a Street Racer that was phenominal as it was still nice to drive daily , he was kinda a jerk about winning all the time though so some bad guys followed him and stole it .
Oh well .
Me ? I'da been happy with a bicycle if my Father had cared enough to give me one .
-Nate
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> I showed it to him he wasn't impressed,I'll find him a Honda with a billion miles and throw a engine in it
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How could you possibly need to change the lock cylinder THREE TIMES ? .
-Nate
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> I just replace lock tumbler and all..It has 224,000 miles
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No, odometer works OK.
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> 22000/207=106.3 mpg?
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> Is that 22000 miles downhill--else I'd say your odometer is suspect (:
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I showed it to him he wasn't impressed,I'll find him a Honda with a billion miles and throw a engine in it --- On Sun, 11/18/12, corvallis@peoplepc.com <corvallis@peoplepc.com> wrote:
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A teenager’s first car is a throw-away; it’ll get crashed or trashed no matter what you tell them. Buy a 144 Volvo diesel with an automatic transmission. Bill in
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I dunno ;
In my old W-123's , I just ordered up new M-B Dealer keys & lightly lubricated the lock cylinders with graphite and all was well ~ this on every one I've bought so far as all are high milers , over 300,000 miles .
Or , are you talking about the vacuum & electrical part ? .
Either way , a decent $650 W-123 is a good thing , be aware it'll never be as fast as your W-126 due to aerodynamics , don't buy him any car he'll want to Hot Rod if it can't do that .
-Nate
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> I have a chance to buy a w123 turbo diesel for $650 for my Son. It has bad ignition switch. I replaced one 3 times in my w126,is the w123 easier?
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I just replace lock tumbler and all..It has 224,000 miles --- On Sun, 11/18/12, Nate <vwnate1@yahoo.com> wrote:
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I dunno ;
In my old W-123's , I just ordered up new M-B Dealer keys & lightly lubricated the lock cylinders with graphite and all was well ~ this on every one I've bought so far as all are high milers , over 300,000 miles .
Or , are you talking about the vacuum & electrical part ? .
Either way , a decent $650 W-123 is a good thing , be aware it'll never be as fast as your W-126 due to aerodynamics , don't buy him any car he'll want to Hot Rod if it can't do that .
-Nate
Nate R. Asks wrote :
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> I have a chance to buy a w123 turbo diesel for $650 for my Son.It has bad ignition switch. I replaced one 3 times in my w126,is the w123 easier?
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Yes but ;
You're a Hot Rodder Nate and Diesels seem to make more power when over fueled a bit .
Not for me , I'll just wait until the turbo spools up then GIDDYAP !! =8-) .
Street/Drag Racing isn't for me , Auto Cross and Canyon Carving is my meat .
I occasionally wonder how much trouble I'd get into with a 6 cylinder electronic injection system...
-Nate
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> thanks I was thinking that would burn fuel better
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> Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re : Injectors & Fuel Economy
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I have a chance to buy a w123 turbo diesel for $650 for my Son.It has bad ignition switch. I replaced one 3 times in my w126,is the w123 easier?
Nate Rector
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thanks I was thinking that would burn fuel better --- On Sat, 11/17/12, Nate <vwnate1@yahoo.com> wrote:
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