You're forgetting I'm an originality freak. I'm happy to keep the series plugs :)
They work! Jaime On Thursday, January 29, 2015, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Auto box twin to the '78 240D that Dwight, Dimitiri and I have (or in > Dimitri's case currently) owned. I can't really tell from your link but it > looks as though theres probably no hole in the roof.. > You ought to buy the '78 from Dimitri and transplant the 4spd. > The series plugs are easy to do away with and the car starts so much > better with parallel. Make big cables for it. I used 10ga which was an > upgrade from what I think was probably 18ga when I got it. Fred gave me > some 8ga wire that I'd intended to use but eventually used for battery > cables on my Cub Cadet. > -Curt > From: Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com > <javascript:;>> > To: Kaleb C. Striplin <ka...@striplin.net <javascript:;>>; Mercedes > Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com <javascript:;>> > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 7:58 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] I must be pregnant > > Funny you should mention that... I picked up an automatic 79 240D in > December with 100k miles on it. The body has had its share of paint and > repairs from some fender benders, but its not rusty and the interior is > wonderful. Its the first 240D I've had since about 2004... and the second > one since my first mercedes, a 82 240D with a four speed that i had from > 1998-2001. > > Its slower than I remember these cars being, but after sometime behind the > wheel I remember just how enjoyable they are. Every bit of acceleration > seems like a gift, and keeping up with highway traffic (or even passing > someone!) seems to prove that you don't need more than 62hp in reality. > Very satisfying. You are forced to carefully think out your moves on the > road and be more aware of your surroundings. It makes you a better driver. > > I love the simplicity of the car. Series glow plugs, mono radio, manual > everything, no sunroof. Big options on the car are AC and the automatic. > I rebuilt the injectors and set the cam and injection timing to get out > every hp I could. Its really lovely to drive. Here are some crummy > pictures I took of it in the rain earlier this month: > http://images.jaimekop.com/2015_01_04_240D/ > > I need to find another one with a 4 speed and keep it long-term. But, > they're getting pretty impossible to find these days. > > Jaime > > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 4:26 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > Because I have a strange urge. I have the urge for about a 77-79 240d > > automatic and I'm not sure why. Maybe it's because that was my first car. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > > > > > -- > Jaime Kopchinski > http://www.jaimekop.com/ > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > -- Jaime Kopchinski http://www.jaimekop.com/ _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
