Yesterday Tom came by after work and we went off to my favorite local Self - Service Junkyard as I desperately needed the walking exercise and his SD needs glow plugs (yes , we're poor White Trash who use used hard parts , get over it) ~ I quickly found a _RUST_FREE_ 1979 300SD that still has the European headlights in it , it also had some very new glow plugs and injectors , too bad I didn't have my injector socket .
Then Tom found a complete AS-NEW toolkit in the rtrunk of a W-126 560SEL I'd walked past as I never find any dang tools =8-^ .
He also found the remains of a very nice cobalt bule 1980 300CD , there wasn't much left as this car was clean and shiny , I did manage to get the new taillight lenses off it for a wopping $ 27.98 the paur .
I also found a 1979 W-123 240D with the hard to find black matte finish panel around the gearshift lever , that cost me $4.99 .
It'll soon be cleaned up to look new and join the matching dashboard switches cover on SWMBO's '82 240D as the wood in it is beginning to die and it's easier , cheaper and IMO _better_ to have the black covers as they never wear out unless you break them .
Apparently the Pick-A-Part Corporation was just sold to some outfit in Chicago called LKQ , the P-A-P Employees told me they're being treated well .
Tom got a perfect saftey triangle for $1.00 wow .
After we left , we stopped in a local gas station with good cement and passable lighting , I took my hear blower motor out of the car and part way apart , the brushes are dead worn away to nothing and the armature doesn't spin freely ~ now I guess I know whay the heater alwaysdragged down the charge voltage so much .
I'll soon clean it up and open it up , try to lubricate the bushings and replace the brushes with new ones from Mercedes Source in Bellingham , Wa.
The brushes are soldered into place and the leads should be carefully routed so they can't touch the edge of the whizzing commutator , Fritz apparently wasn't feeling too good in 1984 when they built my Coupe as the braided brush lead has rubbed against the commutator and wore part way through , it's a good thing I'm fixing it .
After washing up in the squeaky clean rest room , I changed my shirt and we went off to a nice dinner @ The Souplantation .
-Nate
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