My 300TD is still doing a nice smooth idle and does seem to have
more power and oddly enough the engine is quieter both at idle
and going down the road. I have the impression that it
accelerates as well now as it did before I put in the lower ratio
differential from the 84 TD. After I had put the differential in
I noticed a definite slower acceleration that is now gone. The
mileage on the first tank, and I always fill till I see the
actual liquid fuel at the top of the fill pipe, with the 5%
correction for the difference in the gear ratios has gone up to
26.2 from 24.6. That was mostly a trip down to Orlando including
a lot of stop and go both on the way down (441) and in town there
as well as using the AC all the way back. I expect that it may go
up a bit with my normal driving around the G'ville area.
Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
Did the spring stretch on the 300D pressure valve. The spring is definitely
the original based on a visual inspection, and was barely 2 cm long. I
stretched it to 27 mm and installed it. A definite difference in idle
smoothness - he engine doesn’t sway nearly as much as it had previously, so
this is good.
Might just do the steering stabilizer on the 350SDL in the driveway, since it
won’t take but a couple of minutes. I’m thinking I’ll save the SL500 for
tomorrow. Gotta pace myself….
-D
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