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On Behalf Of Jim Cathey
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 10:44 AM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 115 chassis 220D
What are the bad actors on the car please.
Bad stuff? Cancerous rust, it's prone to rusting due to many
crevices and (I believe) no galvanizing
Scordato
Bellefonte PA
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From: Tom Hargrave [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 12:05 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 115 chassis 220D
Jim,
Since you mentioned the oil filter - there is one other item you need
speed demond
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From: Peter Frederick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 10:03 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 115 chassis 220D
They feel a bit breathless at highway speeds due to the low gearing
(84 mph is the top
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I am not certain how they differ, but my 1974 240D is an excellent
highway car. Fuel economy is impressive, and it gets up and cruises
all day at 75mph with no problems. It also has very little wind
noise, and feels very stable. When climbing
I loved driving my 220D (1970) on the highway. I think I got around 30
MPG. I think the 115 is a better highway driver than the 123 series -
the 107 shares a lot of the suspension.
I think mine had power steering. The AC was after market, and I
removed it to gain better access to the alternator.
On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:05:22 -0700 Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Too bad it didn't let me know before I filled up last week.
Oh, and the trick here (on diesels only!) is to stick the
shop vac hose loosely in the filler to draw a partial vacuum
on the tank. Doesn't leak then when you
: [MBZ] 115 300D Fuel Hose Q
Are you sure it is not overflow from refueling. The overflow hose runs
out the bottom. Notice the small hole in the bottom of the refueling
area behind the gas flap. It connects to a drain hose.
Tom Potter
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and they are smaller
and in a tighter spot to get to. Any
advice in regard to them? Have you changed them out?
Randy
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Cathey
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 5:04 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 115 300D Fuel
Does not look like basic hose clamps and they are smaller and in a
tighter spot to get to. Any
advice in regard to them? Have you changed them out?
Are they rubber or hard plastic? I've not done these, the only
total fuel line replacement I've done is on a 107. (Pesky and
persistent fuel
.
Will check it out.
Randy
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Cathey
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 11:50 AM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 115 300D Fuel Hose Q
Does not look like basic hose clamps and they are smaller
Just noticed that my car is dripping deisel fuel from the area sort of behind
the right rear tire but ahead of the
fuel tank. I am assuming this is about where the feed line from the fuel tank
comes out and that I need to change
the rubber bit that goes from the tank to the metal line. I have
Of R A Bennell
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 3:24 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: [MBZ] 115 300D Fuel Hose Q
Just noticed that my car is dripping deisel fuel from the area sort of
behind the right rear tire but ahead of the
fuel tank. I am assuming this is about where the feed line from
I am assuming this is about where the feed line from the fuel tank
comes out and that I need to change the rubber bit that goes from
the tank to the metal line.
Good assumption, both of our 114/115 cars have needed new line
there. But, it's not standard line, it's two different diameters:
big
Too bad it didn't let me know before I filled up last week.
Oh, and the trick here (on diesels only!) is to stick the
shop vac hose loosely in the filler to draw a partial vacuum
on the tank. Doesn't leak then when you pull the line off
the bottom. The diesel vapors aren't explosive. Never
Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 115 blower??
Tom Hargrave wrote:
I sold a Mercedes once for this problem and swore I would never own another
114 or 115 body Mercedes. Problem is, my 220D and both 240D's were the best
running diesels I've owned to date!
Great running, but not capable
Yellow??
On 5/27/06, Rick Knoble [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Rick Knoble
'85 300 CD
'87 190 DT
___
drip some AT fluid onto the shafts at the end of the motor
I have done this.
Can I get to it to do that?
Through the air intake grilles in front of the window.
Using a piece of tubing long enough to reach your mouth
too, I sucked up a little oil and guided the end of the
tube to the
Sounds about right. I've done the job twice - once by the manual -
took me about 20 hours, and through the speaker hole the second time -
took 6-8 hours. I had to glue the speaker cover frame back on to keep
it from rattling - the lip it snaps to had to be cut off to get the
fan out.
MB lists
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On Behalf Of OK Don
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 8:21 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 115 blower??
Sounds about right. I've done the job twice - once by the manual - took me
about 20 hours, and through the speaker hole the second time - took 6-8
hours. I had
Tom Hargrave wrote:
I sold a Mercedes once for this problem and swore I would never own another
114 or 115 body Mercedes. Problem is, my 220D and both 240D's were the best
running diesels I've owned to date!
Great running, but not capable of climbing a hill at the speed limit in
most states.
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Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 9:14 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 115 blower??
Tom Hargrave wrote:
I sold a Mercedes once for this problem and swore I would never own
another
114 or 115 body Mercedes. Problem is, my 220D and both 240D's were
Tom Hargrave wrote:
Oddly enough, I would go no faster than 80 - 85 down hill which made no
since until I studied how the fuel injection system worked. The engine is
governed to a top speed of 5500 RPM.
I bet it'd go faster in Georgia overdrive.
Great running, but not capable of climbing a hill at the speed
limit in most states.
What's wrong with the Frankenheap? It doesn't slow down, and
is only a 200D. Stickshift, and a 616 head on it though.
-- Jim
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I forgot that the blower in the w115 must be
a close kin to the evaporator and designed by the same fiendish
engineer.
OK, curiosity makes me ask, how bad is this job that I have heard vague
references to before? The blower in my
car seems to be fine at this time. Is
i still maintain that the best course of action is that when your blower
motor goes, sell it to someone who doesn't need a fan and buy one with a
working blower motor.
MB lists the job as 18 hours labor, IIRC, to do it the Benz way. If you go
the trans-speaker hole route, it can be cut down to
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=8054956307
--
Luther KB5QHU
Alma, Ark
'83 300SD (231,xxx kmi)
'82 300CD (159,xxx kmi)
'82 300D (74,000 kmi) needs MAJOR work
115 Experts,
The passenger side wiper does not move on the 75 240D. The shaft does not
turn. I think the wipers were turned on when they were frozen to the
windshield. Would someone be so kind as to post the short version of how to
fix it? I hope it is not an onerous a job like the
The passenger side wiper does not move on the 75 240D. The shaft
does not turn. I think the wipers were turned on when they were
frozen to the windshield. Would someone be so kind as to post the
short version of how to fix it? I hope it is not an onerous a job
like the heater fan...
Thanks Jim. I won't get to it this very moment but at least I won't fret over
it...for now...
Thanks,
Bruce
Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The passenger side wiper does not move on the 75 240D. The shaft
does not turn. I think the wipers were turned on when they were
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Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK
89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE, 85 300D,
84 250 LWB, 83 300TD, 81 300TD, 81 240D, 81 240D,
76 450SEL, 76 240D, 76
You can just as easily suck the oil out the dipstick pipe on a W115 as
on any later model, but changing that oil filter
Peter
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On Behalf Of Rich Thomas
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 5:56 PM
To: Mercedes mailing list
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 115 - 300D question about oil filter
Do you have a $2 oil sucker or something similar? You won't even get your
hands dirty using the vac method.
--R
R
the 115 was not designed for oil sucking like the newer models.
Tom Hargrave wrote:
The issue with the 115 body 220D, 240D or 300D (I've owned all three) isn't
the oil draining from the pan, it's the oil that runs down your arm when you
unscrew the filter! It's mounted under the engine.
Thomas
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 5:56 PM
To: Mercedes mailing list
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 115 - 300D question about oil filter
Do you have a $2 oil sucker or something similar? You won't even get your
hands dirty using the vac method.
--R
R A Bennell wrote:
I was changing the oil in my car
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 5:56 PM
To: Mercedes mailing list
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 115 - 300D question about oil filter
Do you have a $2 oil sucker or something similar? You won't even get
your
hands dirty using the vac method.
--R
R A Bennell wrote:
I was changing the oil in my car last
For a quick answer, wipe the dirt off the side of the canister, there
should be a diagram there. I believe the wider lip goes up, to seal on
the housing, but do not have my old manual handy to check right now.
by the way, that mesh is the full flow part of the filter, the
replaceable part is
On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 10:32:44 -0800 R A Bennell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was changing the oil in my car last night and began to wonder if there
is a right side up to the nylon mesh disk that sits on top of the filter
cartridge in the filter housing.
There most certainly is. It's been years
Do you have a $2 oil sucker or something similar? You won't even get
your hands dirty using the vac method.
--R
R A Bennell wrote:
I was changing the oil in my car last night ...
The other thing I have decided is that I am going to invest in some rubber
gloves before I change the oil
I was changing the oil in my car last night and began to wonder if there is
a right side up to the nylon mesh disk that sits on top of the filter
cartridge in the filter housing. The disk is different on the one side than
the other. One side has a raised ring in the middle. I believe that the
I don't think it matters - mainly because in my old 74 240D, there was no
longer a mesh disk, and oil was filtered fine.
On 11/3/05, R A Bennell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was changing the oil in my car last night and began to wonder if there
is
a right side up to the nylon mesh disk that
oh it matters, if yours is missing, you need to get a new one ASAP.
Sunil Hari wrote:
I don't think it matters - mainly because in my old 74 240D, there was no
longer a mesh disk, and oil was filtered fine.
On 11/3/05, R A Bennell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was changing the oil in my car
I really need that tan interior
On Friday, October 28, 2005, at 06:11 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mercedes-Benz-200-Series-1975-Mercedes-
Benz-230-two-for-the-price-of-
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--
Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore,
Go for it dude.
redghost wrote:
I really need that tan interior
On Friday, October 28, 2005, at 06:11 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mercedes-Benz-200-Series-1975-Mercedes-
Benz-230-two-for-the-price-of-
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Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK
89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE, 85 300D,
84 250 LWB, 83 300TD, 81 300TD, 81 240D, 81 240D,
76 450SEL, 76 240D, 76
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Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK
89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE, 85 300D,
84 250 LWB, 83 300TD, 81 300TD, 81 240D, 81 240D,
76
Thank GOD, too far away! And look how much he wants for that thing!
On Friday, October 28, 2005, at 05:59 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mercedes-Benz-200-Series-1975-Mercedes-
240D-w-4-speed-in-
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--
Kaleb
My '76 300D owners manual lists disk wheels for both the 240D and the 300D with:
5 ½ X 14 with 175 SR 14 tires on the 240D and 6 X 14 with 185 HR 14
tires on the 300D. The exploded view parts book also only shows steel
wheels.
The EPC doesn't list the option codes for my old car, and only shows
I think I might have asked this before but I cant remember. Does
anybody know for sure if the 115's, more specifically, the 115 300D
could be ordered with alloy wheels, or were all 115's with steel wheels
and hub caps? I know the standard equipment was the steel wheels but I
want to know if
Both of my '76 300D 115 cars came with alloys -- now I didn't buy the
cars new, but I doubt that both POs did an after market switch --
On 6/14/05, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think I might have asked this before but I cant remember. Does
anybody know for sure if the 115's,
Yea, OK. That sounds reasonable, but I still would like to hear from
somebody who knows for sure if it was optional or not.
OK Don wrote:
Both of my '76 300D 115 cars came with alloys -- now I didn't buy the
cars new, but I doubt that both POs did an after market switch --
On 6/14/05, Kaleb
On 6/14/05, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think I might have asked this before but I cant remember. Does
anybody know for sure if the 115's, more specifically, the 115 300D
could be ordered with alloy wheels, or were all 115's with steel wheels
and hub caps?
Anyone here
Try http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/~mtor/mbcodedsc.html
There are a lot of alloy wheels in the codes - just have to dig through them.
--
OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
'87 300SDL
'81 240D
'78 450SLC
I seem to recall I have a 76 one laying around somewhere, let me see if
I can dig it up.
Steve MacSween wrote:
On 6/14/05, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think I might have asked this before but I cant remember. Does
anybody know for sure if the 115's, more specifically, the
thanks
OK Don wrote:
Try http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/~mtor/mbcodedsc.html
There are a lot of alloy wheels in the codes - just have to dig through them.
--
Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK
89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE, 85 300D, 81 300TD,
81 240D, 81 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, 74
I could have sworn that they were all alloys, and some were in the
Bundt shape, and others looked like standard wheels and came with
hubcaps. Reason I thought they were all alloy was because they felt
so light compared to my 14 steel wheels on my Civic.
On 6/14/05, Marshall Booth [EMAIL
no, they were not back then, about 81 up they were alloys with hubcaps.
Sunil Hari wrote:
I could have sworn that they were all alloys, and some were in the
Bundt shape, and others looked like standard wheels and came with
hubcaps. Reason I thought they were all alloy was because they felt
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