RE: [diesel_mercedes] Re: 300 D in San Jose CA....ready for wvo?

 

Lawrence – that is a clean 300D.      I am also considering selling my '70 220D.

 

warren

 

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Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re: 300 D in San Jose CA....ready for wvo?

 

 

Nate are you having a senior moment?  The URL was below my post and yours.  It's below this post.  Here is the body of the text but you are too slow. I'm not sure but it seems it went pretty quick after I mentioned it on three lists.  Seems to me it was a bargain.  AC didn't work but the turbo does and it chirps in second gear.  Lawrence...I talked to the owner and he is selling because he found a cleaner 1983 sedan.

 

I am testing the waters and selling my 1985 Mercedes 300d. It has 229,000 miles. I only put about 2000 miles on it since owning it. I bought the car from the original owner in December 2014 and confirmed it with MBUSA. I went through the car once I received it.

1) New Battery
2) New Falken Tires, Jan.2015
3) 2 Valve adjustments
4) Flushed and changed the automatic transmission fluid twice with Valvoline DEXRON
5) Changed the rear differential fluid with Castrol 80w-90
6) Pressure flush entire braking system with new Pentosin Dot-4 brake fluid.
7) Flushed power steering system twice with new filter and Pentosin CHF11S fluid.
8) Oil change with Delo 15w-40 and Mahle oil filter.
9) New air filter, Mahle.
10) glow plugs reamed and new Bosch glow plugs installed
11) New fuel filter screen from MB under fuel tank.
12) New fuel filters, Mahle.
13) New fuel cigar hose
14) New German Behr thermostat
15) Windows tinted with Madico film
16) New ignition lock cylinder with matching key, purchased through dealership


That's all the replacement work I have done so far to the car. I also took off the front A-Pillar interior pieces along with the top visor piece to inspect the sunroof drain pan, there was absolutely no rust in the sunroof drain pan and the interior doesn't not leak water. I removed the front emblem, put the original combination switch back in, and also there is no radio because if it doesn't sell soon, it will be donated. The original owner had the car parked in her garage up until she moved to a condominium where the car was parked under a car port. Also, the 1985 Mercedes 300d had the lower rear end differential which means lower rpms's on the freeway, bonus.

Thanks for looking!

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[diesel_mercedes] Re: 300 D in San Jose CA....ready for wvo?

 

Nate are you having a senior moment?  The URL was below my post and yours.  It's below this post.  Here is the body of the text but you are too slow. I'm not sure but it seems it went pretty quick after I mentioned it on three lists.  Seems to me it was a bargain.  AC didn't work but the turbo does and it chirps in second gear.  Lawrence...I talked to the owner and he is selling because he found a cleaner 1983 sedan.

I am testing the waters and selling my 1985 Mercedes 300d. It has 229,000 miles. I only put about 2000 miles on it since owning it. I bought the car from the original owner in December 2014 and confirmed it with MBUSA. I went through the car once I received it.

1) New Battery
2) New Falken Tires, Jan.2015
3) 2 Valve adjustments
4) Flushed and changed the automatic transmission fluid twice with Valvoline DEXRON
5) Changed the rear differential fluid with Castrol 80w-90
6) Pressure flush entire braking system with new Pentosin Dot-4 brake fluid.
7) Flushed power steering system twice with new filter and Pentosin CHF11S fluid.
8) Oil change with Delo 15w-40 and Mahle oil filter.
9) New air filter, Mahle.
10) glow plugs reamed and new Bosch glow plugs installed
11) New fuel filter screen from MB under fuel tank.
12) New fuel filters, Mahle.
13) New fuel cigar hose
14) New German Behr thermostat
15) Windows tinted with Madico film
16) New ignition lock cylinder with matching key, purchased through dealership


That's all the replacement work I have done so far to the car. I also took off the front A-Pillar interior pieces along with the top visor piece to inspect the sunroof drain pan, there was absolutely no rust in the sunroof drain pan and the interior doesn't not leak water. I removed the front emblem, put the original combination switch back in, and also there is no radio because if it doesn't sell soon, it will be donated. The original owner had the car parked in her garage up until she moved to a condominium where the car was parked under a car port. Also, the 1985 Mercedes 300d had the lower rear end differential which means lower rpms's on the freeway, bonus.

Thanks for looking!

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[diesel_mercedes] Re: diesel price

 

Yahoo - I'm trying to get them to do diesel in their Glendora store, but so far no luck.

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[diesel_mercedes] MercedesSource Videos

 

Would recommend you check out these new videos. First one is about the OM617 engines.


"Kent's Garage" - Episode 1: Weekly Happenings Around the Shop


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[diesel_mercedes] diesel price

 

Costco in Tigard, Oregon is now pumping diesel. $2.20 per gal.
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[diesel_mercedes] Re: 300 D in San Jose CA....ready for wvo?

 



If this is a for sale advert , it needs some pix or link to same .

Dents / rust ? .

AC works ? .

Holes / rips in seat covers , headliner etc. ? .

It's not currently a WVO conversion , correct ? .

Or was it and you took the heaters etc. out ? .

Details , man ! we need the juicy details ! .

-Nate
        Lawrence  wrote :

This vehicle seems to be in running shape. It will be donated Friday if not sold for 1000 dollars cash. I believe it's in San Jose, CA. Buy at your own risk. ( I can advise converting to run on veggie oil) I've been doing this for more than a decade waiting for electric car technology to catch up. I'm confident now that it has so I'm selling my 300 TD for a Nissan Leaf. But old habits die slowly and this 300 Mercedes which is an 85 was the last year of this amazing series. I thought one of you diesel guys here might be interested. I already have a buyer for my 1980TD. BTW I just installed Monarch injector tips and glow plugs from Mercedes Source in the 300TD. Fires right up on VO and idles. No accelerator pedal. No Diesel. Fast idle knob on. Takes a few seconds to run smooth but what a difference. If you are in the SF Bay Area we might even have some free WVO for you. Lawrence Rhodes


>http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/cto/5270797999.html

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[diesel_mercedes] Re: Sway Bar Bushings

 



Understood Brian ;

There's got to be other Indie M-B Shops who are hungrier that he is .

His shop is always jammed up so he doesn't discount much .

-Nate
        Brian   wrote :

After reviewing his billing, I don't think I will let him do mine. Granted, I had him do a lot of work as it's the wifes car and everyone has to make a living, but I don't want to pay for someone else's Christmas either.

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[diesel_mercedes] 300 D in San Jose CA....ready for wvo?

 

This vehicle seems to be in running shape. It will be donated Friday if not sold for 1000 dollars cash. I believe it's in San Jose, CA. Buy at your own risk. ( I can advise converting to run on veggie oil) I've been doing this for more than a decade waiting for electric car technology to catch up. I'm confident now that it has so I'm selling my 300 TD for a Nissan Leaf. But old habits die slowly and this 300 Mercedes which is an 85 was the last year of this amazing series. I thought one of you diesel guys here might be interested. I already have a buyer for my 1980TD. BTW I just installed Monarch injector tips and glow plugs from Mercedes Source in the 300TD. Fires right up on VO and idles. No accelerator pedal. No Diesel. Fast idle knob on. Takes a few seconds to run smooth but what a difference. If you are in the SF Bay Area we might even have some free WVO for you. Lawrence Rhodes

>http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/cto/5270797999.html

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[diesel_mercedes] Re: Sway Bar Bushings

 

After reviewing his billing, I don't think I will let him do mine. Granted, I had him do a lot of work as it's the wifes car and everyone has to make a living, but I don't want to pay for someone else's Christmas either.

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Re: [diesel_mercedes] Bushings

 

Sounds like the right thing to do. Thanks, Max

On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 9:23 AM, vwnate1@yahoo.com [diesel_mercedes] <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com> wrote:




Max ;

I just checked the box for contents and put it in the car , I'll try to get you the prices soon .

For the labor involved , I'd highly suggest replacing all six sway bar bushings at the same time .
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-Nate
       Max   wrote :

How much does this cost? I noticed one of my "rubbers"? was split and looked bad. Gonna need work sometime. max

On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 7:20 AM, bstromsoe@... [diesel_mercedes] <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


Interesting. My wife leaves for 2 weeks tomorrow and I considered having Victor do a complete front end overhaul on Mary (my car) while she was gone. He did the same job on Martha last year (I saw that he bought a "kit" of some sort to do it). Anyway, if you excel at the job I will let you do mine too. Take lots of pictures. I am really happy with the job he did on Martha - her front end is as tight as when she came off the line.





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[diesel_mercedes] Re: Clink , Thump , OH ~ SH*T !

 



The rain was only for that day , very heavy then it cleared out .

Didn't help our drought at all but the reduction in dust was nice .

I've been looking for the squeak sound before the car failed , for a long time ~ over a year and even paid several Shops to have a look , no one found anything amiss ~ after it failed I can't see how no one say it failing , not even I  but I looked at it the day before the bolt came out and didn't see anything amiss .

Go figure .

I don't think a newer car would stand up to the typ and amount of driving I do , nearly as well as do my oldies .

I did see the goats in the pic , I thought them eating the brush was a good thing , this last message makes it sound bad...? .

-Nate
        Bronwen  wrote:


Gees Nate,
One of these days you are going to kill yourself.!!!
You are precious package , as is Shirley.!
You have to keep up with maintenance on your old cars if that's all your going to drive.
Seriously!!!.
You too Tam.!
You're always, both of you, writing about going places fun, but have theses horrible car problems that can kill you along the way. Whether around LA, or the mountains, or up north, where it took so long to fix, a nice man gave you a beach umbrella s y'all would die of heat stroke this summer you were out there so long.
Please, please be careful. You always,Nate, make it sound funny, but you can tell by Amity and I, that we are worried for your safety.😦😦
OK, enough of that. I am amazed at your skills, for sure.  How's the rain ??? It's good for you, yes??
We are getting the end of Patricia today,tomorrow and on and on for at least a few more days.
Pearl and I went hiking 4 miles in sprinkles with my Tuesday group this am. Only four people showed up. We had a good fast hike. Then the rain got harder and harder ,so we made a right turn said high to the goats, and left.
Did anyone see the picture of the goats standing behind us I sent last week?? They are munching down the climbing and spreading unwanted brush all around the park.
In the picture there's a few black goats right in the middle of everyone. You have to zoom it up. Then look to the bottom rt and seexPearlstanding on her hind legs. She's wearing as lavender sweater. It was cold that morning.
Bye for now.
Love
Bron
On Oct 23, 2015 12:48 AM, "Nate" <vwnate1@yahoo.com> wrote:
Shirley and I were driving up the I-405 freeway this morning when I heard something go 'tink' as it fell loose then it bumped the bottom of the car as it went under neath , then the steering wanted to make a sharp left turn .

Good thing we were in the slow lane going  50 or so ! .

The left end of the sway bar is attached to the upper control arm (Mercedes don't use ' A-Frame' suspensions) by two hard rubber donuts , two washers and one bolt ~ apparently the bolt had worked loose and fell out , the sway bar was only in the control arm 1/2" Max. , had it popped all the way out things would have been very bad indeed .

I was able to take the next exit and stopped in a petrol station , grabbed my flashlight and looked under the car and saw what you see in the photos except it was further apart ~ it slipped back into position @ home when I jacked up the car , blocked it and took off the wheel .

I was far from some , drove *very* slowly to Shirley's house , let her off and called good old Tom Hansen (my white knight in shining armor) and left him a message I needed all six sway bar bushings , I plan to change the two on the firewall as long as I'm in there .

This is a heavy job and I'd planned to let Victor struggle with it but as I was pre cleaning I thought about it and might tackle it my ownself , I have the tools (coil spring compressor etc.) and have so far done all the front suspension repairs on my old Metropolitan Nash that has ' killer ' coil springs , this Mercedes looks less dangerous .

(Mets have super long and strong coil springs , if they slip off the compressor , they'll simply rip you head off , not good)

I think I'll sleep on it and decide to - morrow or next week when my new parts arrive .

I want to shampoo the entire under car as I haven't for a year or more , plus I noticed the front brake pads are getting thin so I asked Tom to toss new pads in the box along with bushings , washers and bolts .

Maybe I can find the Mercedes E.P.C. again and get it to work on this computer , anyone have a link to it ? .

-Nate




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