[diesel_mercedes] Monrovia PAP Visit

 

Went to the Monrovia PAP this morning. Looks like a lot of European cars died recently. In addition to the normal 4 or 5 rows in the far southwest corner, they had 25 cars across that section to the north. Lots of w126 gassers as usual. Two or three 4 & 5 cylinder diesel engines that had not been picked over yet. Lots of grills, and plastic lamps. Quite a variety of colors and models (including BMW's, Jags, Volvo's, etc). Even an old battered Nash.

brian from la verne

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[diesel_mercedes] New Skins

 


Two new Michelin 185/70R14 ' Defenders ' on the rear of SWMBO's '82 240D , one of the old tires was good enough to retain as a spare .

My buddy mounted and balanced them for $10 the pair .

One wheel is a 6.5 dated 1977 , the other 4 are 5.5 dated week 51 1981 so I guess it's off to Pick-A-part again soon for the correct wheel .

-Nate

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[diesel_mercedes] Re: TD, CD & Sedan automatic antennas.

 

My mast is broken off. I'll go to A&F in Oakland and get the new mast.
Lawrence Rhodes

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[diesel_mercedes] Re: TD, CD & Sedan automatic antennas.

 


Wagon Hirschmann antennas are different .

The Sedans and coupes more or less interchange , there's different support brackets depending on the length of the tube between the motor and the fender .

Plus , some have smaller pins in the electrical plug , be sure to look in your trunk and see what typ you have before paying any $ at the junkyard .

99 % of the time , if it's fully retracted , it's fine and needs only cleaning the mast then lubricating it with some silicone spray on a rag to make it work properly .

Some have a rubber pop in fender grommet , others have a chrome screw on part .

There are only two different masts , some have teeth on the nylon drive cable , some do not .

I've had mixed but mostly good results using the wrong mast in the wrong motor .

Unless you're a fanatical fool like me , it's *much* easier to $pend le$$ and buy a nice Japanese made Harada power antenna , new they're under $50 and the old ones in Camry's etc. all work fine and cost about $15 .

I like my original Hirschmann power antennas and clean and lubricate the mast with silicone every month or so or whenever it begins to squeal or not go all the way up or down and SWMBO complains.....

-Nate
Lawrence wrote :
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> Are the antennas for all W123 models the same. Can they be interchanged? Is
> there a hack to eliminate extender and just use a standard mast? Lawrence
> Rhodes.......I own a TD now but I have an antenna from a sedan somewhere.
>

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[diesel_mercedes] Re: OC PAP 50% off in SoCal/ There's a 300TD sitting there

 


I wish I'da gone .

Tom and I walked the Sun Valley Pick-A-Part to -day and I found a full set of all three middle seat head rests ! I've been looking ever since I bought SWMBO's '84 300TD , I almost got them out of the yard clean , just a few finger marks I'll clean up with Meguiar's # 40 cleaner before sneaking them into her Wagon , she'll be well pleased as I'm always ' On The Hunt ' for some little thing to make it ever better .

If that Volvo backlight has a rubber grommet , you'll need a carpet knife with a brand new blade , I always make sure to take several blades as I usually break one or two in removing a glass ~ if it rattles when you shake it , there's new blades inside the handle .

-Nate
Rob wrote :
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> I walked the 2 OC PAPs today (Stanton & Anaheim) SoCal, as they are
> having their 50% off sale this weekend.
>
> I remember someone on this list was looking for 300TD parts recently,
> and I noticed that there was one at the Anaheim PAP (Katella). There was
> also a couple 300Ds which were quite picked over, though there was a
> nice set of Bunts on an SD.
>
> I was looking for stuff for my MB 300D and my wife's Volvo 240. I may go
> back and pull the rear glass for the Volvo, as ours is quite scratched
> up in the inside. There was one, yet I was hoping for a more pristine
> donor at the 2nd lot, which didn't happen.
>
> Rob
> '85 300D
> Garden Grove, CA
>

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[diesel_mercedes] Re: TD, CD & Sedan automatic antennas.

 

You can buy universal replacement antennas on ebay starting at $7 with free shipping. They work OK but not good for road trips. Reception fades about 30 miles out of town. Stock antenna gets 60+ miles reception same stations. You can probably find some better ones...I am thinking about dropping $8 on a replacement metal mast for my universal rubber antenna. That mast is 31 inches long (vs the rubber mast of 16 inches). Doesn't retract but I'm guessing it would perform similar to stock antenna, without the retract fun and games.

Jim

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> Are the antennas for all W123 models the same. Can they be interchanged? Is
> there a hack to eliminate extender and just use a standard mast? Lawrence
> Rhodes.......I own a TD now but I have an antenna from a sedan somewhere.
>

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Are the antennas for all W123 models the same. Can they be interchanged? Is
there a hack to eliminate extender and just use a standard mast? Lawrence
Rhodes.......I own a TD now but I have an antenna from a sedan somewhere.

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