Diesel RVs: Re: [diesel_mercedes] PHOOEY (W-123 Door Checks)

Gonna start my 240 4spd today for the first time since October. I will run the block heater for a couple hours while I'm out plowing snow, when I'm done the car should be ready to start. Wow, we have had a pretty warm snowy winter this year. The weather folks were wrong about the north country this winter, lots of snow and even some rain. Max

On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 5:10 PM, vwnate1@yahoo.com [diesel_mercedes] <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

So ;

I go home last night and sans help I didn't want to go sticking my hands under neath the engine as I rocked it back and forth trying to slip the heat shield back in......

Instead I decided I'd get back to the door checks I stopped working on a month ago .

Of course , now that I have some WWII surplus long fiber EP rifle grease , I can't seem to figure out where the heck I put the box of good used door checks I bought in Las Vegas in Christmas time.... this same box of course has my old metal can of Lubriplate Lithium brake grease .

So , I unloaded my truck , rummaged in my house , looked in the trunk of my Coupe etc. in a fruitless search for the box of door checks then took the door check out of my spare 240D door and didn't wrap it in a rag as I took it apart for inspection , service and cleaning.....

One of the large ball bearings went !POING! and disappeared into the 43Rd. dimension , I heard it hit the steel drip tray under my truck as it vanished but isn't to be seen anywhere .

I finished taking the check apart and laboriously cleaned away all the old black stiff EP grease so as soon as I find some more door checks for parts , I can grease it up and re assemble it .

SWMBO had me take her shopping in Gardena to - day so I went by the Russian Self Service Junk Yard , popped in and found -no- W123's at all , a few rather nice W126's but no diesels .

The shiny black 1977 300D now has a price of $3,000.00 on it , it's a nice little car and all but IMO only worth about $1,500 , it needs some upholstery work , window switches and of course , at the very least a major tune up and the rest of the usual things any 35 year old vehicle needs before being in any way reliable .

They also have Grandpa's 1970 ? Plymouth Scamp two door hard top in VGC for $1,999 , with AC and current tags , I have no need for more cars nor anyplace to store it else I'da made a cash offer on the spot ~ these are very good little cars and few are not run ragged or rusted out , this one showed 97,000 miles and looked pretty good .

Maybe Tom will go to Pick-A-Part with me early Saturday morning to harvest a few W123 door checks .

The Peach Parts Sales manager called me personally to apologize for the close to one MONTH wait for a left front ATE brand caliper , that was nice , I hope it arrives soon .

More to come .

-Nate