[diesel_mercedes] RE: RE: New Home Page 'Photos

 

Whatta laugh ! my fat arse on a bicycle......


To - Day Tom came over and we attacked my recalcitrant Diesel Sports Coupe , it turns out I'd waited too long to do a routine valve adjustment , two were tight , I adjusted them to spec. and , as long as we had the rocker box off and apart , took the big linkage plate apart and re swadjed the central pin as it was wobbling about .005" back and forth since I bought the car , this made for sloppy throttle operation , I had  to push further down than I liked before the engine revved up .

The pin proper was also grimy and had crud on it as did the middle of the black plastic pivot thing so I wire brushed the pin and scrubbed the hole in the plastic , lubed both with silicone  and Lo ! it now pivoted freely instead of sluggishly so I took the other pivot apart , cleaned and lubricated it and now the entire throttle assembly is easier to push and the engine responds faster .


I took it for a hard drive after and it still accelerates too  slowly for my taste but it doesn't miss , it does run out of power a bir at 4,000 RPM's where I suppose most folks don't run their engines anyway .


Once on the open highway it fairly easily accelerated to 85 MPH , there were other cars  so I didn't push it harder than that .


I guess either the turbo is getting really bad or the injectors need service or both most likely as it still smokes too much all the time .


I asked my Son to loan me the boost gauge he previously insisted I install , I just want to use it to see what the boost is, how it comes in etc. as I'm betting it comes in late to to turbo bearing drag .


He lost the darn thing .


To-morrow I drive SWMBO's 300TD to work then to the alignment shop to have the front end aligned .


It doesn't feel loose but if they find anything amiss , I'll buy new parts & let them sweat the no fun of front end service .


We also tinkered with Tom's S-Klasse a bit .


-Nate

       Taran Wrote :

I kinda liked the pic of Nate on the mountain bike.

T 




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[diesel_mercedes] RE: New Home Page 'Photos

 

I kinda liked the pic of Nate on the mountain bike.

T 



---In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 Sounds god to me Taran ;

 

Maybe you can make a folder of photos and collect them as they dribble in ? .

 

-Nate

     Taran Wrote :

Alright, a new photo is up, featuring my favorites of the submissions. Thanks to everyone for chiming in. If anyone gets tired of this one and would like a new image, post a jpg to this thread that is 1,020 pixels wide by 280 pixels tall and I will pass it on to our esteemed photo judges (aka me).



---In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, <jasperezra@...> wrote:

Has ANYONE figured this thing out yet. I see a post about a cover photo, I see it says 17 more messages on the topic, I can't find any more. They screwed up yahoo mail too. Max



 
Joe

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[diesel_mercedes] Fuel Economy Check '84 300CD Auto

 

This is the last tank full from my road rally , it was running poorly , missing/skipping a bit over 3,000 RPM in any gear , this has gotten worse now , this morning (Sunday 10/20) I was barely able to achieve 65 MPH on the freeway flat out floored .

 

It's definately running too lean , Friday evening I removed the in tank fuel screen  and it is spotless so now I'll be checking for air leaks in the rubber hoses , maybe it needs yet another secondary (spin on) fuel filter even though I changed it less than 10,000 miles ago .

 

506 miles (I drove it way into the low fuel warning light on to reduce the fuel draining & diesel bath , worked great ~ I spilled some diesel fuel on the cement but took _NO_ diesel bath atall this time)

 

28.8 MPG , it's been a long time since I got over 25 MPG .

 

-Nate

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[diesel_mercedes] Fuel Economy Check '84 240D Automatic

 

168 miles ,SWMBO driving , all in town , some AC use

 

21.3  MPG .

 

-Nate

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[diesel_mercedes] RE: Have a lead on a 92 300D. Any hints to look for?

 

 

Carl ;

 

IIRC this is the last of the mechanical injection models , an Inline 6 cylinder that's very powerful and great fueleconomy too .

 

Many of these blew head gaskets so closly inspect the coolant for crud , rust ect. and the oil dipstick for rust , indise of the oil cap for anything but oily residue black or brown only ~ any milky stuff , it needs engine work RIGHT NOW .

 

Maybe theyhave some old service receipts in the glovebox ? .

 

I'd say go take a hard look as these are good cars from what I hear .

 

-Nate

      Carl Asked :

I really don't need this car, but.... it looks like a great deal. I
already have an '81 and '82 240D and a '85 300D. I may just buy this to
resell it.

The want ads at work turn out to be a great find. The ad just says 92
silver 300D turbo diesel 254K miles, part of estate sale.

Looking on the internet, it looks like this could be the 124.133 body,
3.0L OM603.960 engine, inline 6. Is this an indirect injection? Any
other things to look for?

There also was a 4Matic around that time (124.330 with OM603.913
engine). This may be possible as it is in New Hampshire.

From what I have seen, this appears to be a steal at $1000.

Anyone have any warnings?

Carl

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[diesel_mercedes] New Home Page 'Photos

 

 Sounds god to me Taran ;

 

Maybe you can make a folder of photos and collect them as they dribble in ? .

 

-Nate

     Taran Wrote :

Alright, a new photo is up, featuring my favorites of the submissions. Thanks to everyone for chiming in. If anyone gets tired of this one and would like a new image, post a jpg to this thread that is 1,020 pixels wide by 280 pixels tall and I will pass it on to our esteemed photo judges (aka me).



---In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, <jasperezra@...> wrote:

Has ANYONE figured this thing out yet. I see a post about a cover photo, I see it says 17 more messages on the topic, I can't find any more. They screwed up yahoo mail too. Max



 
Joe

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[diesel_mercedes] Re: door seal

 

Max, I put on a drivers side front door seal without adhesive (maybe a dab just to hold things. The seals pretty much go in freely, but talcum powder is useful. I should have gotten an MB seal from Classic as the one I put on (from 2nd source) is a tad fat, so it is not a "perfect" fit.

--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, <jasperezra@...> wrote:
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> Hey Brian, how did your seals go on? Did you use any glue? Did you just shove them in? Do they seal good? Where did you order them? max
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[diesel_mercedes] Yahoo's Latest Screwup

 

 

Max ;

 

I can't even print out my E-Mails anymore since the latest screwup .

 

I now hve to read the forum messages by clicking on " conversations " on the home page , it shows them all in date order ,  then I have to  right click each one and select " open in new tab " read it then at the bottom is a hyperlink to read all messages in this group , then there's a funny looking double arrow thing in black and white I have to click , then I get a long list of messages from the original posting , many are just repeats, others are new subjects where the poster was too lazy to create a new thread so those will get lost/overlooked .

 

I'm insanly jealous of Rob who apparently is the only person on earth still able to see everything as it was before .

 

-Nate

      Max Asked :

Has ANYONE figured this thing out yet. I see a post about a cover photo, I see it says 17 more messages on the topic, I can't find any more. They screwed up yahoo mail too. Max



 
 
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[diesel_mercedes] Joe's 300CD

 

 

That's a nice one Joe .

 

-Nate

      Joe Wrote :

Here's my 300CD.
 
Joe

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[diesel_mercedes] "Picture Of Nate "

 

?? _WHAT_  picture of Nate ?? I don't see one and I'm struggling to find ll the various messages in this thread~ I clicked ' expand messages ' and get mosty duplicates .

 

-Nate

       Tony Wrote :

 As one of the few people on this site that have actually met Nate,I can attest to the fact that its a picture of him.

Tony



 

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[diesel_mercedes] RE: RE: Pebble In My Shoe

 

I actually got some compliments on the wax job , at work so I guess it's not as bad as I think .

 

~ wow , I just saw a bunch of replies to my original post , I wonder where they've been hiding ? yahoo , you really messed things up here when you decided to HIDE mssages from Forum members .

 

I'm niggly because I was born that way .

 

I drive a lot so I need to have a reliable vehicle .

 

Any older machine is going to need careful attention else it'll wind up in the garage unused or back on the used car lot ~ I'm not rich so whatever vehicle I have , need to be reliable for daily service .

 

Being a Journeyman Mechanic I'm usually keenly aware of the various thngs that can go wrong or need periodic attntion .

 

-Nate

  Max Wrote :

Park it so he will side-swipe the other side, then it will look really good. max

 



---In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, <bgthegreat@...> wrote:

Why are you two being so niggly?
 
Boyd
From: BStromsoe <bstromsoe@...>
To: "diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com" <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2013 2:00 PM
Subject: Re: [diesel_mercedes] RE: Those Niggly Details
 
I just thought he was being erudite.
 
brian from laverne, ca Mary (195K)  Martha (280K)
1983 w123 300d's
On Saturday, October 12, 2013 10:42 AM, Stan George <ssgkag@...> wrote:
 
 I don't like the title used,it offends me. What is offensive about it?

niggle  

      vb  
1    intr   to find fault continually  
2    intr   to be preoccupied with details; fuss  
3    tr   to irritate; worry        n  
4    a slight or trivial objection or complaint  
5    a slight feeling as of misgiving, uncertainty, etc.
--
Stan George Portland <<

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[diesel_mercedes] Geico Commercials

 

 Well Max ;

 

I tend to agree but apparently they're working so maybe not quite the stupidest....

 

-Nate

       Max Wrote :

And they win for the stupidest commercials. Max

 



 

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