OK,
Here is what I just did... I put the miti-vac (mv) on the IP where the
brown line comes in... and turned off the key and pulled a vacuum
result = engine shut off...
Then I did the same thing but atached the mv to the brown line going
into the key... reuslt = engine shut off
Then I
Turbocharger?
Not a chance, unless someone has swapped in a 617 turbodiesel instead
of the V8.
There is no room for a turbo in there, believe me. Hardly room for the
V8!
Rust is a deal killer, for sure.
Make sure the rear end is OK, as well, they are getting somewhat scarce.
Peter
Jim -
Did the machine shop resurface the head? Some times the shops just run a
sanding block over it. Also, when you torqued down the head did you follow
an established torque pattern and use that pattern to torque the head down
in 3 or 4 successive levels of tightness. If you didn't torque it
On Sun, 01 Jan 2006 17:07:16 -0600 Kaleb C. Striplin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Most people here though buy from Rusty since he is the cheapest and has
the best service.
And that's a killer combination!
I showed Rusty's prices to my Indy in Austin, TX, while I was there and he
was rather
Wish Rusty sold BUICK parts!
On 1/1/06, Rick Knoble [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hell, I even buy my Toyota parts from Rusty. His prices are as good as
any,
plus he has sponsored these MB lists for years. It kinda chaps my ass when
someone wonders about buying crap from McParts, or adsuk or
In a message dated 1/1/2006 4:22:41 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I did nothing. The head went to the shop and came back 'done'.
The block was sleeved by them, and honed, but that was it. The
forest of studs poking out of the block were not removed, so
Allan,Ed -
Not sure how Chrysler does their locks, but with GM stuff the dealer can cut
a new key using a code that the dealer can reference. It would be cut just
as new.
Barry
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ed Booher
Sent: Sunday, January
AS 240D with a new filter isn't much better! I know, I just got back from a
60 mile round trip in mine.
I think it is just about time for an S-Class diesel.
On 1/1/06, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A 240D with a bad filter is a DRAG.
-Curt
--
1977 240D
1972 Honda CB-500K
I am sure Rusty can get them.
On 1/1/06, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
good luck finding parts
Rick Knoble wrote:
Pugeot close to me, no affiliation, ect
http://chicago.craigslist.org/car/121832447.html
Rick Knoble
1985 300 CD
I wouldn't go back to Greenville SC if they gave me the cars for free, plus
offered to ship them to Iowa for me at no cost.
On 1/1/06, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jim Cathey wrote:
Add NJ to the list that uses a fairly lengthy dynamometer emissions
test,
every 2 years.
WA does this in many counties. Used to be every year, now is every
two. Diesel is just a rev/opacity test. Dyno was (is?) used for
gassers, but only if 2wd, non-studded tires.
You're on your own.
Hendrik
- Original Message -
From: Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] the warp drive mystery
this one does have an o2 sensor.
Hendrik Riessen wrote:
http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/Tomlinson.htm
I think I need one of these babies for my little Gump. An 18 cyl
diesel engine would make her rip along. Too bad dude made it small.
Maybe I could drop it in a go cart with a 300sl body
--
Clay
Seattle Bioburner
1972 220D - Gump
1995 E300D
Couple of links to help you determine what you have created
http://www.boschautoparts.co.uk/pcPetr11.asp?c=2d=1
http://covintechnical.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/tech_2.htm
http://www.aicautosite.com/garage/encyclop/ency07c.asp
Hendrik
- Original Message -
From: Hendrik Riessen [EMAIL
http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/Tomlinson.htm
That _is_ nice. I wonder how strong it will be?
-- Jim
I think it's also only an OBD2 test for 1996 and later gassers, isn't
it?
The only thing we have post-86 is a 97 diesel pickup. Can't tell you!
-- Jim
wrong head gasket?
Sure looked right.
-- Jim
Did the machine shop resurface the head? Some times the shops just run
a
Don't know, actually.
sanding block over it. Also, when you torqued down the head did you
follow
an established torque pattern and use that pattern to torque the head
down
in 3 or 4 successive levels of tightness. If
Yes a reduction in power but without load the motor will still go to
the
redline, that's about 1500rpm in a 240D isn't it?
5100 is closer.
-- Jim
why not?
LT Don wrote:
I wouldn't go back to Greenville SC if they gave me the cars for free, plus
offered to ship them to Iowa for me at no cost.
On 1/1/06, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 5:27 PM -0800 1/1/06, redghost wrote:
http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/Tomlinson.htm
Nce. :9
-MMM-
I did use a front stabilizer bar from a C in my Olds V-8 powered MGA
- it was a nice handling car and sure surprized a LOT of folk.
At $4500, I could see it as a possibility. For $9000, you would have to love
the car enough to do a cost-is-no-object project. I don't think I could sell
a
www.bju.edu 1970-1974
On 1/2/06, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
why not?
LT Don wrote:
I wouldn't go back to Greenville SC if they gave me the cars for free,
plus
offered to ship them to Iowa for me at no cost.
On 1/1/06, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://seattle.craigslist.org/car/121149673.html
$6500 for a restored mgb shell
On Sunday, January 1, 2006, at 06:34 PM, OK Don wrote:
I did use a front stabilizer bar from a C in my Olds V-8 powered MGA
- it was a nice handling car and sure surprized a LOT of folk.
At $4500, I could see
Mercedes did turbocharge the 117 4.5 litre engine - in the C111, and
set several world records with it. They did this after setting all
those DIesel records with the turbo'd 617, and after porche stole a
record from them. Got it back with the C111/117.
On 1/1/06, Peter Frederick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dump the Buick and get another real car!
On 1/1/06, LT Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Wish Rusty sold BUICK parts!
--
OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
'90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC
The FSM created the Diesel Benz
http://www.venganza.org/
You and me both, pal.
Rick Knoble
'85 300CD
Wish Rusty sold BUICK parts!
Lots of other things are breaking on our '97 Plymouth Grand Voyager,
but not the ignition switch (knocking on wood). It's amazing how much
better the 10 - 15 years older Benz's hold up than the Chrysler.
That having been said, I am surprised that a lock smith would tell you
to spray parafin
Salutations! If you are offended by a random listing of cars, please
press your delete key and move on. Others who find this interesting,
please peruse and enjoy.
http://seattle.craigslist.org/car/121841558.html -- 94 S500 $7500
http://seattle.craigslist.org/car/121851564.html -- 62
AS a quick and dirty - I don't want to put more time/money than
neccesary into it - move, you could try one of the head gasket sealing
products. That engine isn't very high compression is it? Might be
worth a shot, but I'd bet against it working.
--
OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
'90 300D, '87 300SDL,
Anyone here ever work with one of these?
http://utterpower.com/listeroi.htm
Chris Kueny ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
78 Chevy Custom deluxe
'85 300TD
'02 Subaru Outback
- Original Message -
From: OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, January
So this has a turbo?
Is this dude a Craigslist crack smoker?
Is this someting to run from?
I love gleaning knowledge from all y'all.
Bob Rentfro
'77 300D 146K
Litchfield Park, AZ
- Original Message -
From: OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Talk about a PROJECT! That engine is complicated! However, it is a
spark vergasser, even though he modeled it from a Diesel -- heresy!
On 1/1/06, M. Mitchell Marmel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 5:27 PM -0800 1/1/06, redghost wrote:
http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/Tomlinson.htm
Nce.
He's holding out for a 126 ---
On 1/1/06, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
why not?
LT Don wrote:
I wouldn't go back to Greenville SC if they gave me the cars for free, plus
offered to ship them to Iowa for me at no cost.
--
OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
'90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81
Jim Cathey wrote:
Everything was very clean so far as I can remember. The leaks are in
the center, both sides.
How much does 6 gallons of Evans coolant cost?
I bet the leaks would be quite minor at zero pressure.
On 1/1/06, redghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://seattle.craigslist.org/car/121851564.html -- 62 220sb $150
Damn you Seattle for being so far away from Indianapolis!
--
Knowledge is power... Power Corrupts. Study hard... Be Evil.
The albatross was the flying boat with the side drop-down landing gear?
My dad flew in those, SR.
Actually, all four of Grumman's flying boats used that gear design.
RLE
On the other hand, and to the other Listers who may have replied with some
unneeded remarks, I say that I did not know that it was mandatory to buy
from a certain vendor or that it was Taboo to even contemplate the
existence
of several vendors who cater to the MB community!
I was one of 'em.
They dropped down not quite one at a time, but with enough of a time lag
that it took lots of rudder to correct when the first one (starboard side,
if I remember) started its path down.
On 1/2/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The albatross was the flying boat with the side
First, let me say the 1985s are the most complicated and vacuum (emmssion)
control laden of all the W123 diesels, and I don't know precisely how
everything works exactly, but-
The photo (63) -the red circeld bit should have a Y that on one end has
the small black tube that leads into the
The Gold Monkey airplane was a Goose and the Fantasy Island plane was a
Widgeon.
RLE
Vince, have you seen what those crazy Finns do to 123s?
For instance, if you take time to download this video,
you will see one with an OM606 (3.0L 24V diesel) lay
an incredible amount of rubber down before the driver
(rehtijii) figured out he couldn't just floor it from a
standing start. He did
Hoping to. Except dump will mean it becomes the daughter's college car.
On 1/2/06, OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dump the Buick and get another real car!
On 1/1/06, LT Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Wish Rusty sold BUICK parts!
--
OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
'90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81
On Sun, 1 Jan 2006 17:27:11 -0800 redghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/Tomlinson.htm
VERY impressive!
Craig
May be, but NOT in a W108 chassis! There's barely room for the
exhaust, let alone turbo piping, and it goes fast enough as it is -- I
have one.
The 617 swap was fairly common in Germany -- reduced the taxed
considerably and didn't take too much off performance.
Peter
What did you use as the electrolyte?
What did you use for power?
Thanks
-Dave Walton
94 S350, 99 E300
On 1/1/06, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was curious how you got the piston out of the rusted bore without
beating
the crap out of it to get it out.
What do you mean 'without'?
Anyone here ever work with one of these?
http://utterpower.com/listeroi.htm
No, but I'd like to!
-- Jim
Jason Greene wrote:
Hi, I'm sorta new to the list..
I have a vacuum leak... I think. My engine will not turn off.
This happened after I change my oil. I noticed a line had come out of a
joint so I replaced it... I still can't turn off the engine with the
key. The two brown hoses that come
What did you use as the electrolyte?
Washing soda. Sodium carbonate. Found it in the laundry room.
What did you use for power?
Battery charger. Found it in the garage.
Net capital cost: Zero. Net result: OMFG this stuff is magic!
-- Jim
This is kind of dumb, I wrote out this response earlier this afternon and
then I forgot about it when a new member (41!) came over for his
appointment, and he stayed awhile and and we talked shop for about 4 hours
and it was just cooking here in my email unposted, which is why it looks
AS a quick and dirty - I don't want to put more time/money than
neccesary into it - move, you could try one of the head gasket sealing
products. That engine isn't very high compression is it? Might be
worth a shot, but I'd bet against it working.
10:1 compression, it's a for-LPG motor. I'm
Many heartfelt expressions of sympathy are in order for your poor
beleagured daughter. May she forgive you, in time.
On 1/1/06, LT Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hoping to. Except dump will mean it becomes the daughter's college car.
Casey
Olympia, WA
Biodiesel: I drive in a persistent
In a message dated 1/1/2006 3:31:04 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
How does this look...those of you familiar with this model.
I emailed the dude and he still has it. He says
Yes I do. I just happened to be answering emails when yours came in. Here
is some
No, but will TRY to download it and see it (computer allowing) when I get
back from the store tonight. I thought the Finns wern't allowed to mod
thier cars due to regulations. This is based on a segment of video (I am
reviewing right as I type) of a Finnish immigrant named Antti Rahko, who
WOW, thats cool. That was one great show.
Mitch Haley wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The Gold Monkey airplane was a Goose and the Fantasy Island plane was a
Widgeon.
De Plane was up for auction on eBay a couple of years ago, IIRC many of
the guest stars had signed the seats. Anybody
YOU went to BJU?!?!?!?!?!?!
On 1/1/06, LT Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
www.bju.edu 1970-1974
Casey
Olympia, WA
Biodiesel: I drive in a persistent vegetative state
'87 300TD intercooler (211k)
'84 300D (207k)
Gashuffer:
'89 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition (186K)
Well, if this thing has a factory turbo motor I would suggest you get
yourself down there with the dosh and don't haggle.
Factory M117 turboed motor. Wonder how much that is worth?
If it is factory, don't run the motor just get it trailered back to your
place.
Hendrik
- Original Message
Maybe he is using the vergasser as a test bed to build a proper engine:-)
One running on nitro that is:-):-)
Hendrik
- Original Message -
From: OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 1:40 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] [Banned]
Apparently the factory did not think the 4.5 went fast enough, hence the
6.3.
Now lets try putting a turbo on a M100 and then making it fitinto a
truck maybe:-)
Hendrik
- Original Message -
From: Peter Frederick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL
According to a pretty reliable source ALL (sorry Marshall couldn't resist)
Mercedes V8 engines came with fuel injection.
Hendrik
with no V8's :-(
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 2:39 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] '72 280SE 4.5
V Layton wrote:
No, but will TRY to download it and see it (computer allowing) when I get
back from the store tonight. I thought the Finns wern't allowed to mod
thier cars due to regulations.
I always thought they could not install an engine with a higher
(from the factory) power rating.
When I said get under the car I actually meant get down next to it with a
torch and check the underside (getting under a car without it being properly
secured is dangerous and dumb).
Might want to take a water proof mat or tarp to lie down on.
Also I take it for that sort of money there are not
Something strange here. My '82 SD has a 722.2xx in it but is turbo charged.
Modulator is green.
On 1/1/06, V Layton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The technical transmission series numbers aren't my best subject, (very
complicated, little data access) but I always understood the red were for
Take that back. I clicked on the wrong button (Send instead of Discard).
My '82 300SD has the 722.3xx and green modulator.
I bought a 722.3xx tranny out of an '84 300SD and it has the red modulator.
On 1/2/06, Hans Neureiter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Something strange here. My '82 SD has a
Hi Bob,
I owned one of these as well as a couple of other W108s - but not one with a
turbo. A properly tuned 4.5 in a W108 will chirp the tires going from 2nd
to 3rd - at least mine would. Also, when properly tuned it would get 14 or
15 mpg's - could never get better than that - and used
yea, they all did.
Hendrik Riessen wrote:
According to a pretty reliable source ALL (sorry Marshall couldn't resist)
Mercedes V8 engines came with fuel injection.
Hendrik
with no V8's :-(
--
Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK
89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE, 85 300D,
84 250 LWB, 83 300TD, 81
all the turbo trans that I have seen have a green one as well.
Hans Neureiter wrote:
Something strange here. My '82 SD has a 722.2xx in it but is turbo charged.
Modulator is green.
--
Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK
89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE, 85 300D,
84 250 LWB, 83 300TD, 81
you wrote:Apparently the factory did not think the 4.5 went fast enough,
hence the
6.3.
The 6.3 300SEL was the 1st real supercar - it was the one salesmen would put
a $100 bill on the dash and tell the potential buyer if he could grab it
while the driver accelerated to 100 mph he could have
oh the later ones have red, OK.
Hans Neureiter wrote:
Take that back. I clicked on the wrong button (Send instead of Discard).
My '82 300SD has the 722.3xx and green modulator.
I bought a 722.3xx tranny out of an '84 300SD and it has the red modulator.
--
Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore,
My high school girlfriend's father had one of these cars. I have a *lot* of
fond memories from that car, some of them involving actual driving. :)
Between that and the fact that I learned to drive on a 240D, I guess it was
fate that I would own an MB someday...
Lee
'93 300D 2.5 181K
So despite the ever growing Honey-Do list, I scooted off to the garage
yesterday and swapped out the gizmo that locks/unlocks the trunk. The
plastic connector that grabs the arm leading to the lock had broken and the
trunk would not lock/unlock with the rest of the locks.
After an hour of
According to data I have, the green modulator was used in the 300SD and SDL
cars with the 617 and 603 motors, and the red was fitted to W126 with the
350SDL (1989-1991) OM603 motor, so perhaps the trans isn't ORIGINALLY from a
1984? Little help, but this is what I understand is the case with
Europe tends to have higher regs and more taxes for older cars, which makes
me glad to be a car enthusiast guy here. Cool video, Finns having fun
definately. I think it's neat there is an apparent USA car enthusiasm
group, odd to realize Chevys and such are exoctic to them, but very cool.
Thank you all. I'll know more when I pick up the thing.
The claim was that this tranny fits both 123's and 126's. After asking, I
was told it came out of an '84 126. with ~90k miles.
My couriosity was mainly what makes the difference between these colors.
Must be the calibration of the hydraulic
Think about this. In Germany there are no Junkyards. Older cars that do not
pass the inspection (TUeV), which includes body, suspension, oil
leaks and emissions, and can not repaired at reasonable cost are being
scrapped, I mean shredded, and the owner pays a fee.
On 1/2/06, V Layton [EMAIL
I'm still not sure I got it right as the car will not unlock from the
trunk,
but that's not a big deal. The trunk locks/unlocks with the other
buttons...
I think you got the adjusted length wrong on the arm that threads
into the pod. It's the switch _inside_ the pod that drives the
locking
Jim writes:
I wrote:
I'm still not sure I got it right as the car will not
unlock from the
trunk, but that's not a big deal. The trunk locks/unlocks with the
other buttons...
I think you got the adjusted length wrong on the arm that
threads into the pod. It's the switch
I am just guessing, but maybe the lock has to come out.
My thinking approach to these puzzles is always that someone in the assembly
plant puts these things together. Not smarter and more skillfull than us,
but knowing how.
On 1/2/06, Lee Levitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jim writes:
I
I'd kind of like to install Remote locks on my car. My failing memory
prods me that one of our listers did just that. I believe it was
uncomplicated using trunk access to the sucking motor and bypassing
the HE-HAW alarm system.
Thoughts?
--
Peter T. Arnold
Windsor, Connecticut
U.S.A.
1987
This is the procedure per FSM:
Door/Trunk lining remove
Sliding sleevePush back
Control rod Push out
Screws? loosen
Actuator disconnect
Tension unloading lever Push away
Electric cable, pneumatic pipe Remove
Bring actuator in install position
Push sliding sleeve fully back and pull control rod
Yep, this is pretty much what I did. The actuator and the control rod are
threaded, and it's unclear whether they're simply supposed to be forced
together or whether you're supposed to spin one to thread the rod into the
actuator.
I think this is one of those BTDTs. Anybody? Buehler?
Lee
I am going to pick my newly aquired $ 300 tranny up.
Is there something I should know to look for?
--
Hans Neureiter, Houston, TX
'82 300SD, '95 E300D
V Layton wrote:
According to data I have, the green modulator was used in the 300SD and
SDL cars with the 617 and 603 motors, and the red was fitted to W126
with the 350SDL (1989-1991) OM603 motor, so perhaps the trans isn't
ORIGINALLY from a 1984? Little help, but this is what I understand
Yeah well, just be glad the filter isn't plugged, it can get ALOT worse, and
you could be really late and trying to hurry, and traffic could be very heavy
and it could be real hot and...
-Curt
Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 01:00:15 +
From: LT Don [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] the
they shock me too, more than you can imagine.
On 1/1/06, Craig McCluskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sun, 01 Jan 2006 17:07:16 -0600 Kaleb C. Striplin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Most people here though buy from Rusty since he is the cheapest and has
the best service.
And that's a killer
Steel wheels with plastic wheelcovers, too, I think. Never seen any like that.
And manual climate control.
That aftermarket sunroof is atrocious. Still, if it had a stick
instead of the AT, I'd buy it.
Alex Chamberlain
'87 300D Turbo
On 12/30/05, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think I posted before about this. Yes if its out of a 126 it will work
in a 123 as long as you swap out the tail section.
Hans Neureiter wrote:
Thank you all. I'll know more when I pick up the thing.
The claim was that this tranny fits both 123's and 126's. After asking, I
was told it came
can you imagine all the cool euro parts that are just thrown away over
there all the time. There is probably some money in shipping container
loads of cars/parts over here for resale.
Hans Neureiter wrote:
Think about this. In Germany there are no Junkyards. Older cars that do not
pass the
what do you mean? Is there any way to tell if its good short of
installing it? No. Not unless you just go ahead and tear it down and
inspect the clutches etc.
Hans Neureiter wrote:
I am going to pick my newly aquired $ 300 tranny up.
Is there something I should know to look for?
--
Hans
I'd kind of like to install Remote locks on my car. My failing memory
prods me that one of our listers did just that. I believe it was
uncomplicated using trunk access to the sucking motor and bypassing
the HE-HAW alarm system.
No bypassing of anything is needed. I've done this on my SDL,
I agree with Kaleb.
The clutches are wear items and just like brake pads and you can't tell
their condition until the last bit of friction material breaks through and
you start slipping. Because of this, I've never bought a used transmission -
I've always had then rebuilt. But I also drive 50,000
I looked at going down and fetching that one. Pretty car and cheap
too. Told a buddy as a joke not to have it show up on my doorstep. I
fear he may not obey
On Sunday, January 1, 2006, at 07:18 PM, Ed Booher wrote:
On 1/1/06, redghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am liking having Vince here. He is full of information that is good
to know and has almost no bearing on Gump. So really esoteric for my
uses
On Sunday, January 1, 2006, at 07:32 PM, V Layton wrote:
First, let me say the 1985s are the most complicated and vacuum
(emmssion) control laden
The original modulators from early 772.3 transmissions were rather crude
and were revised in the mid/late 80s to smooth out the rather harsh
shifting (especially when cold). The color was changed. There may have
been other revisions as well. I have seen a listing of the various
modulators and
With trannies, when I get a car in that I have been able to drive and
verify, then I can call the tranny good for future use. IF not, its
sort of a risk.
Tom Hargrave wrote:
I agree with Kaleb.
The clutches are wear items and just like brake pads and you can't tell
their condition until
A very good observation, although a sickening thought! Perhaps the Nigerian
W123 company could set up an honest business utilizing that! Surely someone
is clever enough to market that stuff, especailly euro lenses, bumpers and
special body parts like front air dams and stuff. I guess that's
From: redghost [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] vacume leak/no engine stop
Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 10:40:18 -0800
I am liking having Vince here. He is full of information that is good
to
my '82 300CD driver's door doesn't completely shut. You can see along the top
trim line and the top rear corner of the window that it's not all the way
closed. Is there an adjustment for this?
Luther KB5QHU
Alma, Ark
'83 300SD (happily running diesel/WVO mix)
'82 300CD slate grey, black
Best used trans story I have is the $150 parts car I got for that price
BECAUSE of the bad transmission. With a new hollow fluid screw, some
related gaskets, and the two MISSING housing bolts and FLUID- I got it to
work pretty good. In fact, I sold it to a member for $100 and he had me
The deal on this tranny is it came out of a '84 car that had been rear-ended
at under 90k.
The guy had the 617.9xx engine for sale also. Sold ~ $ 600.
He tells me the car could have been fixed, but the owner settled for the
total-out and didn't want it. So now it's junk (can't title a car in Tex.
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