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Costco in Tigard, Oregon is now pumping diesel. $2.20 per gal.
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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
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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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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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Max wrote :How much does this cost? I noticed one of my "rubbers"? was split and looked bad. Gonna need work sometime. maxOn 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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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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