Re: [MBZ] Gotta brag -- Check out my $3200 '87 300TDT
I would not mind finding an 87 wagon. I guy I know will sell me his for 3k but its not quite as nice as yours. His as like 320k on it, new #22 head etc. John Robbins wrote: Joe Knight wrote: Excellent score, John! Was it part of an estate sale or what? What of the other 2 examples in that 1st pic? Nope, on a whim picked up an autotrader and saw an ad for it. Guy who owned it was a horse trainer, and needed a pickup instead. The other two are my '79 300SD (294k) and the 190D (204k) I bought off of Kaleb. The SD has a cracked piston though... so its not being driven outside of my driveway (it still runs!). How's your wagon doing? IIRC, you found a factory hitch for it... do you know where I might be able to find one as well? John ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 92 250D Turbo, 92 300E 4Matic, (2x) 91 300D 2.5 Turbo, 90 420SEL, 89 560SEL, 89 260E, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 84 190D 2.2, 81 240D, 81 380SLC, 80 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, 72 250C, 69 250 http://www.okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Gotta brag -- Check out my $3200 '87 300TDT
Joe, If you want, I can have a look around here for harnessesthere's millions of 124 T's floating around here! Jeff
Re: [MBZ] Gotta brag -- Check out my $3200 '87 300TDT
John Robbins wrote: The suspension is probably original it is VERY hard to drive in a straight line. The nitrogen spheres are also completely gone... I'm thinking about upgrading to Sportline suspension while I'm in there. Did they make a wagon grade sportline package? If you are talking about changing from SLS to springs/shocks, it will ride low unless you can find sportline wagon springs (which probably don't exist unless non-sls wagons were made for other markets). If you do want to delete the SLS, I'd be willing to trade my 1987 power steering pump for your PS/SLS tandem pump.
Re: [MBZ] Gotta brag -- Check out my $3200 '87 300TDT
Mitch Haley wrote: Did they make a wagon grade sportline package? If you are talking about changing from SLS to springs/shocks, it will ride low unless you can find sportline wagon springs (which probably don't exist unless non-sls wagons were made for other markets). If you do want to delete the SLS, I'd be willing to trade my 1987 power steering pump for your PS/SLS tandem pump. I'm keeping the SLS!! ;-) Thats the whole reason I love the TDs... I don't know about Sportline SLS parts, but all the frontend, swaybars, etc stuff should work. I've only recently got my W124 cd... so haven't explored all the options yet, but I think I saw a mention of a Sportline wagon.
Re: [MBZ] Gotta brag -- Check out my $3200 '87 300TDT
Congratulations! How many miles are on it? That will be my price range later this year when I have enough saved up to buy a TD. Nope, ain't sellin' my SD, nope, no way! Kevin in Hillsboro, OR 1983 300SD 267Kmi, Ursula
Re: [MBZ] Gotta brag -- Check out my $3200 '87 300TDT
John said... What do you guys think? http://www.ece.msstate.edu/~jer99/mercedes/300td/ Damn...now I gotta wipe all the drool off my keyboard Royce Engler 1985 300TDT 300K
Re: [MBZ] Gotta brag -- Check out my $3200 '87 300TDT
That is a beautiful vehicle. Congratulations. Tom Potter -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Robbins Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 9:51 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: [MBZ] Gotta brag -- Check out my $3200 '87 300TDT What do you guys think? http://www.ece.msstate.edu/~jer99/mercedes/300td/ Everything seems to work... from the cruise to the A/C. It has a brand new injection pump, and the tranny was supposedly recently rebuilt (have receipt for IP, not for tranny). The engine barely sounds like a diesel when driving around!! The suspension is probably original it is VERY hard to drive in a straight line. The nitrogen spheres are also completely gone... I'm thinking about upgrading to Sportline suspension while I'm in there. We'll see how all that goes. Will be a few months before I've got the time/money to get started on it. John ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Gotta brag -- Check out my $3200 '87 300TDT
Very nice. Congrats. Mike - Original Message - From: John Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 10:50 PM Subject: [MBZ] Gotta brag -- Check out my $3200 '87 300TDT What do you guys think? http://www.ece.msstate.edu/~jer99/mercedes/300td/ Everything seems to work... from the cruise to the A/C. It has a brand new injection pump, and the tranny was supposedly recently rebuilt (have receipt for IP, not for tranny). The engine barely sounds like a diesel when driving around!! The suspension is probably original it is VERY hard to drive in a straight line. The nitrogen spheres are also completely gone... I'm thinking about upgrading to Sportline suspension while I'm in there. We'll see how all that goes. Will be a few months before I've got the time/money to get started on it. John ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Gotta brag -- Check out my $3200 '87 300TDT
Nice purchase. You might want to replace the close-up of the IP with a new once once the red-dyed tax-exempt fuel has worked it's way out of the system. Get rid of the green antifreeze ASAP. Do a citric acid flush or two to rinse out the crud. -Dave Walton On 5/15/07, John Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What do you guys think? http://www.ece.msstate.edu/~jer99/mercedes/300td/ Everything seems to work... from the cruise to the A/C. It has a brand new injection pump, and the tranny was supposedly recently rebuilt (have receipt for IP, not for tranny). The engine barely sounds like a diesel when driving around!! The suspension is probably original it is VERY hard to drive in a straight line. The nitrogen spheres are also completely gone... I'm thinking about upgrading to Sportline suspension while I'm in there. We'll see how all that goes. Will be a few months before I've got the time/money to get started on it. John ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Gotta brag -- Check out my $3200 '87 300TDT
Excellent score, John! Was it part of an estate sale or what? What of the other 2 examples in that 1st pic? -joe
Re: [MBZ] Gotta brag -- Check out my $3200 '87 300TDT
I thought I'd already replied to your comment, but didn't see it sent to the list... Wonder why I'm not getting my emails back? John Robbins wrote: dave walton wrote: Nice purchase. You might want to replace the close-up of the IP with a new once once the red-dyed tax-exempt fuel has worked it's way out of the system. Get rid of the green antifreeze ASAP. Do a citric acid flush or two to rinse out the crud. I wasn't too thrilled about that red diesel either... I've only run one tank through it, so when I start driving it I hope that will go away fairly quick. You guys keep reminding me of all these little things I need to do... So I started a todo list. Anything else I should add? http://starquake.ath.cx/wiki/doku.php?id=mercedes:wagon:todo John
Re: [MBZ] Gotta brag -- Check out my $3200 '87 300TDT
Joe Knight wrote: Excellent score, John! Was it part of an estate sale or what? What of the other 2 examples in that 1st pic? Nope, on a whim picked up an autotrader and saw an ad for it. Guy who owned it was a horse trainer, and needed a pickup instead. The other two are my '79 300SD (294k) and the 190D (204k) I bought off of Kaleb. The SD has a cracked piston though... so its not being driven outside of my driveway (it still runs!). How's your wagon doing? IIRC, you found a factory hitch for it... do you know where I might be able to find one as well? John
Re: [MBZ] Gotta brag -- Check out my $3200 '87 300TDT
dave walton wrote: Nice purchase. You might want to replace the close-up of the IP with a new once once the red-dyed tax-exempt fuel has worked it's way out of the system. Get rid of the green antifreeze ASAP. Do a citric acid flush or two to rinse out the crud. I wasn't too thrilled about that red diesel either... I've only run one tank through it, so when I start driving it I hope that will go away fairly quick. You guys keep reminding me of all these little things I need to do... So I started a todo list. Anything else I should add? http://starquake.ath.cx/wiki/doku.php?id=mercedes:wagon:todo John
Re: [MBZ] Gotta brag -- Check out my $3200 '87 300TDT
dave walton wrote: Nice purchase. You might want to replace the close-up of the IP with a new once once the red-dyed tax-exempt fuel has worked it's way out of the system. Get rid of the green antifreeze ASAP. Do a citric acid flush or two to rinse out the crud. Yeah, I wasn't too happy thats what the PO used. I've only put one tank of fuel in it, so haven't gotten it all out. I'm going to have to sit down and make a todo list for this thing... John
Re: [MBZ] Gotta brag -- Check out my $3200 '87 300TDT
Forgot about that in the first post 316k. From what I've seen on eBay... this thing was pretty cheap. They seem to go for about 4500-6000 there. Even some of the W123 versions!! Hehe, I'm up to 4 vehicles and one driver... '79 300SD, '84 190D, 87 300TD and '95 Mazda B2300. I don't really have plans to sell any of them either. I can't hide from my addiction anymore ;-) John Kevin Kraly wrote: Congratulations! How many miles are on it? That will be my price range later this year when I have enough saved up to buy a TD. Nope, ain't sellin' my SD, nope, no way! Kevin in Hillsboro, OR 1983 300SD 267Kmi, Ursula ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Gotta brag -- Check out my $3200 '87 300TDT
So I guess my $600 83 300TD with 298K and a tranny that went bad in 500 miles was a really good deal.And who was it that said there is no such thing as a cheap Mercedes? ;) Mike - Original Message - From: John Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 9:13 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Gotta brag -- Check out my $3200 '87 300TDT Forgot about that in the first post 316k. From what I've seen on eBay... this thing was pretty cheap. They seem to go for about 4500-6000 there. Even some of the W123 versions!! Hehe, I'm up to 4 vehicles and one driver... '79 300SD, '84 190D, 87 300TD and '95 Mazda B2300. I don't really have plans to sell any of them either. I can't hide from my addiction anymore ;-) John Kevin Kraly wrote: Congratulations! How many miles are on it? That will be my price range later this year when I have enough saved up to buy a TD. Nope, ain't sellin' my SD, nope, no way! Kevin in Hillsboro, OR 1983 300SD 267Kmi, Ursula ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Gotta brag -- Check out my $3200 '87 300TDT
Check the flex discs on the drive shaft and the transmission mount too. I just changed those on my 87SDL. Was able to remove the center mount to get enough play to get the drive shaft off - but make sure it does not separate at the middle, or mark it so you can put it back the way it was. I've been told it is balanced as a unit. If the transmission fluid is very bad, I suggest doing a few changes with cheap ATF until it runs clear before filling with synthetic. Be sure to drain the Torque converter in the process. Put some magnets in the pan to attract the little suspended metal bits. They will come out covered with black slimy gunk. Wipe them off and put them back each fluid change. -Dave Walton On 5/16/07, John Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dave walton wrote: Nice purchase. You might want to replace the close-up of the IP with a new once once the red-dyed tax-exempt fuel has worked it's way out of the system. Get rid of the green antifreeze ASAP. Do a citric acid flush or two to rinse out the crud. I wasn't too thrilled about that red diesel either... I've only run one tank through it, so when I start driving it I hope that will go away fairly quick. You guys keep reminding me of all these little things I need to do... So I started a todo list. Anything else I should add? http://starquake.ath.cx/wiki/doku.php?id=mercedes:wagon:todo John ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Gotta brag -- Check out my $3200 '87 300TDT
dave walton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Put some magnets in the pan to attract the little suspended metal bits. They will come out covered with black slimy gunk. Wipe them off and put them back each fluid change. I've noticed that my newer cars have had magnetic drain plugs on the oil pan, as well. Guess the idea is that microscopic bits of iron will stick there even if they would pass through the filter. Wouldn't do much for other metals, e.g. bronze bearings. Not sure if there's a significant benefit to this, really. Allan -- 1983 300D 1966 230
Re: [MBZ] Gotta brag -- Check out my $3200 '87 300TDT
It could be from putting an ATF tonic in the fuel... Or Marvel Mystery Oil... -Curt Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 09:20:20 -0400 From: dave walton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] Gotta brag -- Check out my $3200 '87 300TDT To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Nice purchase. You might want to replace the close-up of the IP with a new once once the red-dyed tax-exempt fuel has worked it's way out of the system. Get rid of the green antifreeze ASAP. Do a citric acid flush or two to rinse out the crud. -Dave Walton On 5/15/07, John Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What do you guys think? http://www.ece.msstate.edu/~jer99/mercedes/300td/ Everything seems to work... from the cruise to the A/C. It has a brand new injection pump, and the tranny was supposedly recently rebuilt (have receipt for IP, not for tranny). The engine barely sounds like a diesel when driving around!! The suspension is probably original it is VERY hard to drive in a straight line. The nitrogen spheres are also completely gone... I'm thinking about upgrading to Sportline suspension while I'm in there. We'll see how all that goes. Will be a few months before I've got the time/money to get started on it. John ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com - Don't be flakey. Get Yahoo! Mail for Mobile and always stay connected to friends. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed May 16 19:00:28 2007 Received: from web35501.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([66.163.179.125]) by server8.arterytc8.net with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) id 1HoOjb-0002XT-LB for mercedes@okiebenz.com; Wed, 16 May 2007 19:00:28 + Received: (qmail 21552 invoked by uid 60001); 16 May 2007 19:00:25 - X-YMail-OSG: FK6E8F8VM1lZAhPWkkDsi9NLurQUU1VQQPKuV3VZPpSkmOXRA7zC9Pn5ulIRq4HlnPGp3MruYd1Y9LcMD1F7aJ_9YVr_o_3cuKhO7U4VXcR6iZ_8LOS.n8UzRGSgbg-- Received: from [75.0.35.17] by web35501.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 16 May 2007 12:00:25 PDT Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 12:00:25 -0700 (PDT) From: denis wier [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mercedes@okiebenz.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.9.cp2 Subject: [MBZ] 87 300 TDT X-BeenThere: mercedes@okiebenz.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9.cp2 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes_okiebenz.com.okiebenz.com List-Unsubscribe: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Archive: http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com List-Post: mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com List-Help: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Subscribe: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 19:00:28 - That's a bute , Great lookin and a great deal to boot. And the hard to find rear head rest as well - Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed May 16 19:29:34 2007 Received: from pop-satin.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([207.69.195.63]) by server8.arterytc8.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) id 1HoPBh-0003Sx-1o for mercedes@okiebenz.com; Wed, 16 May 2007 19:29:33 + Received: from user-1120efk.dsl.mindspring.com ([66.32.57.244] helo=OFFICE) by pop-satin.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1HoPBg-0005OD-00 for mercedes@okiebenz.com; Wed, 16 May 2007 15:29:28 -0400 From: BillR [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' mercedes@okiebenz.com References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 15:29:26 -0400 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AceX1SnkGqaWtZuFTUuLW0eolGyegwAGwp9g X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT the Amish - was Pesky Sleazeballs - hey at least I labeledit OT X-BeenThere: mercedes@okiebenz.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9.cp2 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes_okiebenz.com.okiebenz.com List-Unsubscribe: http
Re: [MBZ] Gotta brag -- Check out my $3200 '87 300TDT
Nice wagon. It's a dead ringer for mine except my interior is a lighter beige Tex. Not to brag or anything but I got mine from Jeff Zedic for $2400. I added some foam inserts from MB to the front seats to stiffenen them up a bit. Worked well. Joe did that as well I believe. I saw a factory hitch on Ebay.de the other day for 100 Euro. Ralph W. '83 300CD '82 300TD (parts car) '90 300D '01 E320 Wagon '87 300TD - Original Message - From: John Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 10:02 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Gotta brag -- Check out my $3200 '87 300TDT Joe Knight wrote: Excellent score, John! Was it part of an estate sale or what? What of the other 2 examples in that 1st pic? Nope, on a whim picked up an autotrader and saw an ad for it. Guy who owned it was a horse trainer, and needed a pickup instead. The other two are my '79 300SD (294k) and the 190D (204k) I bought off of Kaleb. The SD has a cracked piston though... so its not being driven outside of my driveway (it still runs!). How's your wagon doing? IIRC, you found a factory hitch for it... do you know where I might be able to find one as well? John ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Gotta brag -- Check out my $3200 '87 300TDT
John Robbins wrote: Nope, on a whim picked up an autotrader and saw an ad for it. Guy who owned it was a horse trainer, and needed a pickup instead. So that was tractor diesel and not heating oil. Mitch.
Re: [MBZ] Gotta brag -- Check out my $3200 '87 300TDT
Got lucky found a factory hitch with electrics on german ebay. Buddy was bringing in some vehicles parts at about that time so I hitched a ride for it in his container. The hitches turn up fairly regularly over there but the electrics are a bit more of a poser; lots of sedan harnesses but very few for wagons. -joe
