[diesel_mercedes] Re: [126diesel] RE: Thanksgiving Repor

 

Yeppers ~ it certainly was .

It took me back to the time we buried a pig in a cast iron bathtub @ HCS in....'69 ? .

-Nate
     Leslie  wrote:




Sounds like an excellent day!
 
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Subject: Thanksgiving Repor
 
My beloved 1984 300CD Diesel Sports Coupe has been mostly sitting since September so I decided to drive it out to Johnson Valley, Ca. to visit my Son who'd gone out there in his motor home with this buddies and invited me to join them . Pic. # 1


Arriving I found Zach already had the pig roasting . Pic. # 2



As the day went on everyone chipped in to help maintain the fire, inject tasty liquid spices, so on and so forth Pic. # 3



After close to 12 hours the meat was nearly falling off the bones at it rotated, a thermometer was used to ensure proper temperature had been reached throughout and it was cut up and we had quite the feast ! . lots of ancillaries were provided, everyone ate and drank like Royalty, the little kids have much fun too, SMORES were had for desert . Pic. # 4



After eating I snoozed in a chair for a bit then joined the various Families around the campfire with the Children running to and fro, everyone talking about what they were thankful for .


Both going and returning the traffic went along at a pretty good clip ~ on the two lane winding highway I didn't exceed 72 MPH, I followed some guy in a Jeep to get better long distance view .


Reaching the I-15 Freeway the pace picked up to 79 MPH, I saw no collisions nor drunken driver stops by Police .



Arriving back in the San Gabriel Valley I stopped by my Son's place and few his dogs then went home to feed mine and do some works in the dark getting ready for to - day's work .


All in all another nice quiet if mileage intensive holiday , makes me glad to be alive and seeing so many young families doing O.K. is good too .


-Nate




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Re: [diesel_mercedes] New Drive Belts

 

Nate, et al -  x2 on the drive belts.  Use the metric ones that were designed for the car, as the SAE version
will not ride correct in the groove.  And this will not transmit the torque, 
thanks for the reminder.



On Monday, November 28, 2016 8:20 AM, "vwnate1@yahoo.com [diesel_mercedes]" <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


 
In my limited experience it seems that using good quality German made V-Belts of the *exact* size, is the key .

Hopefully everyone here knows the importance of occasionally looking at the -inside- of your various V-Belts with a flashlight and if any cracks are seen, buy new ones straightaway, save the old ones in the trunk for emergency use .

-Nate
Rob   wrote :

Changed the belts today, after noticing one of the Alt belts had gone
missing, which explained the weird thump sound about a month ago. The AC
belt was a bit of a pain, and I had to look online to find the adjuster,
yet over all not too bad. Hopefully, these last as long as the previous
ones, about a 100K.

Rob
'85 300D
Garden Grove, CA


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[diesel_mercedes] Re: 300D will not turn off with key

 

Remove the under dash cover panel on the left side , slide the driver's seat all the way back and jamb your face up under the dashboard (I know) , look at the back of the ignition switch ~ there are two brown plastic pipes leading to it, connected by short bits of soft & rubbery vacuum hose ~ this hose *MUST* be firm and take a twist to remove . 90 + % of the time they're oily and soft, ready to fall off in your hand .


Go to M-B Dealer or European Partshaus  and buy one meter (minimum) of the correct vacuum hose and replace those two short bits then pop the hood and look at the back of the injection pump until you find those same brown plastic pipes and replace the rubber vacuum hose bits there too .

Now , carefully begin pulling at the other plastic pipes and rubber connecting hose bits, ANY that you can pull off without twisting are BAD AND LEAKING so replace them one by one ~ never disconnect more than one rubber hose bit at a time ! .

There's a goodly chance you'll need two or more Meters (3' lengths) of rubber hose but it's $pendy so be aware before you buy it .

I always buy at least TWO METERS (6') before even looking because they're always more bad hose bits than one can imagine .

I *think* the hose size is 3.5MM but not positive .

If you cheap out and use Pep Boys, O'Reilly's Kragen, Shuck's etc. vacuum hose be aware it'll go bad in about 12 months, I don't like doing crappy repairs but you might be forced to .

-Nate
     wmscawaz wrote :

My 1982 300D runs rough at idle and does not turn off by turning the key.  When the key is in the off position, the engine runs smoothly.  Please prioritize  ideas on checking the vacuum system.

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[diesel_mercedes] New Drive Belts

 

In my limited experience it seems that using good quality German made V-Belts of the *exact* size, is the key .


Hopefully everyone here knows the importance of occasionally looking at the -inside- of your various V-Belts with a flashlight and if any cracks are seen, buy new ones straightaway, save the old ones in the trunk for emergency use .

-Nate
Rob   wrote :

Changed the belts today, after noticing one of the Alt belts had gone
missing, which explained the weird thump sound about a month ago. The AC
belt was a bit of a pain, and I had to look online to find the adjuster,
yet over all not too bad. Hopefully, these last as long as the previous
ones, about a 100K.

Rob
'85 300D
Garden Grove, CA

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