Thanx fellas ! .
I'll have to jack it up and take a look, I didn't install the new tranny mount because I didn't overhaul the tranny, as far as I know, Victor only uses factory M-B parts unless they're no longer available .
Back when the Diesel craze was going on this was a common problem and there were many detailed posts about how to properly adjust it .
I guess I'll just have to take a look and see what I can do .
To - day was productive, I did a hot oil and filter change then I pulled up my big boy pants and finally adjusted the IP's vacuum rod, I was really worried I'd snap off the delicate and N.L.A. plastic clip but it came off O.K. then I popped the oddly shaped rod off, loosened the 8MM ATF jamb nut and carefully turned the ball socket 360 degrees clockwise, shortening it a fraction, snugged up the jamb nut, lubricated the ball joint and re assembled, it now shifts at a lower RPM, something I've been desiring for a while now .
As usual, I was worried I'd do it wrong and in the end it was fairly simple .
I don't think there's a drive shaft / U-Joint problem because it vibrates when I'm stationary in gear .
Then I began testing for a central locking vacuum leak, I began under the hood and my old MityVac tool couldn't hold so I couldn't really test it much, I noticed the two yellow pipes from the firewall didn't fit snugly to the yellow one way vacuum valve (any time you can easily pull off a rubber hose it's BAD), replaced the two short bits of rubber hose there and took the MityVac tool back to Autozone where they replaced it with a different brand one that also doesn't hold more than 5" of vacuum, oh well, at least I have a newer tool that holds _some_ vacuum, simply replacing the two short bits of hose makes it hold vacuum for a few minutes and shows me that the passenger side rear door takes longer to lock than the others do, want to guess where my vacuum leak is ? .
I'll fire off a note to Tom and get a new one coming .
Peach Parts has an order for me to pick up, I added some blue silicone vacuum hose to it and will begin replacing all those short bits that are now ten years or more older ~ the silicone stuff looks horrible but never gets stiff & leaky .
I tinkered with a headlight who's retaining ring had loosened, oddly none of the three little screws fell out, they just backed out a bunch, easy to fix .
I did a few more things but ran out of steam around 2:30PM and took a nap, Old Man stuff you know .
Maybe to -morrow I'll replace the broken throttle linkage isolator in my Coupe .
I still need to wash and wax both cars then do a LOF, valve adjust and other tinkers to the gray market 300TD....
-Nate
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