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I spent a hour or two in the Sacto airport today. The view at night climbing to 30,000 feet was spectacular.
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Nate,
One New Year's at a time.
Chinese New Year is on Feb 8th.
I need a few things, maybe I can head out to the local PAP for 40% off.
I think that there's a few 123s in OC. We'll see, as I have a bunch of things to do.
My earlier joy at regaining heat with the monovalve, has sunk a bit, as while it's hot around town, on the freeway the heat disappears. Still better than the little or no heat in either situation.
Rob
'85 300D
Garden Grove, CA
1/1/2016
Welcome to The Year Of The Monkey !
Since I didn't get drunk nor shot last night , Tom and I headed off to LKQ Pick-A-Parts annual " FOUR DAY 40 % OFF SALE Dec. 31 , Jan. 1 , 2 & 3 " .
Me , I'm a High School dropout so I thought that made four days but what the hell do I know ?.
Anyways , I was most pleased to find a recently impounded drug dealer's W126 500SEC with a freshly rebuilt Becker radio in it , more so because they sold it to me for a whopping $9.00 ~ SWEET ! .
They know me there so the Counter guy didn't even ask if I wanted the warranty (of COURSE not !) .
Tom was able to score two fully electronic radios for his 1979 Dodge D200 Pick Up Truck , also for $9.00 each , they even threw in a Dodge to DIN # 1 adapter because who the hell wants/needs radios for 37 year old Dodge trucks ?!.
Just in case he ever gets a wild hair , he can now correctly and easily install any modern radio and it'll look proper , no cutting etc.
He was also able to grab an inside hood locl , some undamaged plastic dashboard bits and bobs so all in all it was a very good day out .
That's it for now , not a single W123 to be seen in the yard and all the W126's were gassers =8-( .
-Nate
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A few weeks ago. I tied that first.
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When were the fuel filters last replaced??? Usually the most common cause of lack of power.I think they are causing problems. The car is smoking, running rough and getting very low power. I am guessing they are a main cause.
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I think they are causing problems. The car is smoking, running rough and getting very low power. I am guessing they are a main cause.
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If you don’t think they’re giving you problems, don’t mess with them.
Maybe follow some of the fuel additive advice that Nate suggests, to start with.
Here are some Youtube videos on the subject. Bill in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlLlgWpKYJw
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Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Fuel Injectors
Is it better to clean the fuel injectors or replace them? My Mercedes is 51 years old and almost everything under the hood looks untouched/original. If it it better to replace, where is the best place to get them? If cleaning them is best...can I do that myself? What kind of cleaning solution do I use?
Thank you so much!
Laura
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Is it better to clean the fuel injectors or replace them? My Mercedes is 51 years old and almost everything under the hood looks untouched/original. If it it better to replace, where is the best place to get them? If cleaning them is best...can I do that myself? What kind of cleaning solution do I use?
Thank you so much!
Laura
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