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The headlights look odd...or am I nuts.
(Answer nicely)
Bob Rentfro
'77 300D 151K
Litchfield Park, AZ
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On Apr 11, 2006, at 6:10 PM, Jim Cathey wrote:
Where's the stupid emergency stop on these things, anyway!
Got it started and it wouldn't shut off with the key, had
a heck of a time rounding up a piece of vacuum hose to substitute
on the IP so I could suck on it to kill it.
I've been spending
Sort of, but not quite. First you'll need to remove your ALDA -
there's a pictorial at this link:
http://www.w124performance.com/images/OM603_injection/
Then, you either add a shim underneath of the correct thickness, or
you remove the tamper seal on top, loosen the locknut, and turn the
Bob, those are Euro lights...great looking. Had them on my W123 CD and
now on my R107 also
On 4/11/06, Bob Rentfro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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The headlights look odd...or am I nuts.
I realize they're Euro lights.
I thought the fog lights looked wrong...
Seeing round fog lights with the Euro lights didn't look right for some
reason.
Bob Rentfro
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No afiliation etc.
John Peterson
Kingston, RI
1991 300D 2.5 78k
no
Luther Gulseth wrote:
anyone out there???
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Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK
90 420SEL, 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE, 85 300D,
84 190D 2.2, 83 300TD, 81 300TD, 81 240D, 81 240D,
76 450SEL, 76 240D, 76 300D, 74 240D, 72 250C, 69 250
http://www.striplin.net
What kind of mileage are you getting with your SDL? Mine is doing about
22, almost all highway, no AC. My temp is running too cold though, need
a new thermostat.
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Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK
90 420SEL, 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE, 85 300D,
84 190D 2.2, 83 300TD, 81 300TD, 81 240D,
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
What kind of mileage are you getting with your SDL? Mine is doing about
22, almost all highway, no AC. My temp is running too cold though, need
a new thermostat.
You should be getting more like 25. A sticking thermostat will drop the
economy by 10-20%.
Marshall
thats what I though. Still MUCH less than my 190D
Marshall Booth wrote:
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
What kind of mileage are you getting with your SDL? Mine is doing about
22, almost all highway, no AC. My temp is running too cold though, need
a new thermostat.
You should be getting more
Just noticed tonight I have no brake lights at all, they dont come on.
Checked fuse, its OK. Assume only other thing it could be is the switch
on the pedal?
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Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK
90 420SEL, 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE, 85 300D,
84 190D 2.2, 83 300TD, 81 300TD, 81 240D, 81
How do I set the air gap on my AC compressor in my SDL?
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Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK
90 420SEL, 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE, 85 300D,
84 190D 2.2, 83 300TD, 81 300TD, 81 240D, 81 240D,
76 450SEL, 76 240D, 76 300D, 74 240D, 72 250C, 69 250
http://www.striplin.net
On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 08:51:57PM -0500, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Just noticed tonight I have no brake lights at all, they dont come on.
Checked fuse, its OK. Assume only other thing it could be is the switch
on the pedal?
Bulbs from a known working 126 to make sure both bulbs (or all
If the bulbs were burned out, the bulb out light would light, or it should
Kevin wrote:
On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 08:51:57PM -0500, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Just noticed tonight I have no brake lights at all, they dont come on.
Checked fuse, its OK. Assume only other thing it could be is the
The foggies are round but it does somehow look different to normal euro
lights, they could be some sort of aftermarket manufacture or just the angle
the pictures where taken at.
http://www.mercedes-damien.com/historique/modeles%20sous%20menu/W123/optionsW123.htm
Hendrik
with euro lights
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On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 07:36:09 -0700 Bob Rentfro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I believe sometime in the past 10 years or so they (whomever they are)
had talked of changing the designation of Rt 666, which goes north out
of Gallup, New Mexico, to something else. I do know, however, that when
666
On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 08:59:03PM -0500, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
If the bulbs were burned out, the bulb out light would light, or it should
unless its bulb was out too, or someone messed with the bulb monitoring...
K
I think it just happened, It seems I remember they were working just the
other day.
Kevin wrote:
On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 08:59:03PM -0500, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
If the bulbs were burned out, the bulb out light would light, or it should
unless its bulb was out too, or someone messed
I am getting about 25 since putting new o-rings, seals and springs in the
delivery valves.
At 08:43 PM 4/11/2006, you wrote:
What kind of mileage are you getting with your SDL? Mine is doing about
22, almost all highway, no AC. My temp is running too cold though, need
a new thermostat.
--
Only a few hundred? That's just a days worth! LOL
How's the 300SEL doing?
The 300D 2.5 developed a rattle in the exhaust system - checked it and
found that the rear muffler was about to fall off - you might find
another muffler shop
I have not responded to many emails lately, I was
28mpg at 78mphx250miles over mtn passes on interstate
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From: Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What kind of mileage are you getting with your SDL? Mine is doing about
22, almost all highway, no AC. My temp is running too cold though, need
a
Sheesh - you need to stop evangelizing the older MBs - we need to keep
it a buyer's market!
On 4/11/06, Christopher McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I took my real estate agent on a little trip a while back in the SD. She now
has a very nice '84 SD. Her husband is now looking for a 300D
Either 24 or 26 - can't tell why the difference ---
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OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
'90 300D 243K, Rattled
'87 300SDL 290K, Limo Lite, or blue car
'81 240D 173K, Gramps, or yellow car
'78 450SLC 67K, brown car
'97 Ply Grand Voyager 78K Van Go
If the bulbs were burned out, the bulb out light would light, or it
should
unless its bulb was out too, or someone messed with the bulb
monitoring...
Occam's Razor, guys. It's probably the switch. Certainly
easy enough to test with a multimeter.
-- Jim
What kind of mileage are you getting with your SDL? Mine is doing
about
22, almost all highway, no AC. My temp is running too cold though,
need
a new thermostat.
Ours gets 27. Has beaten 30 a time or two, has done as low as 24.
Cold engines aren't efficient, take care of that first!
--
What Marshall and Dave said.
My SDL was exactly like yours when I bought it. I followed Dave's
instructions - now the car is a real pleasure to drive. Fast off the
line, no lag - just a good smooth increase in power. It had no effect
on the fuel usage.
--
OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
'90 300D 243K,
Pity he had the bad taste to install those chrome fender lip mustaches. Ruins
the car.
Now if it was a 600, well then...
RLE
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
How do I set the air gap on my AC compressor in my SDL?
It's set using shims. The only source I know of is from old Nippondenso
compressors. I have seen VERY few that aren't correct (unless people
have been playing with them).
Should be between 0.35 and 0.5 mm (as
On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 19:46:36 -0700 Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If the bulbs were burned out, the bulb out light would light, or it
should
unless its bulb was out too, or someone messed with the bulb
monitoring...
Occam's Razor, guys. It's probably the switch. Certainly
I know that feeling. It's like when someone says to me hey that's a totally
cool dog, what kind is it? I usually lie.
As for 123s, we enjoy being one of the few owners in our city (may have much
to do with the climate). But a cool feeling still. In some cities I've
visited recently, 123 ownership
I spied a vehicle this evening that I didn't know was being made. It was a
new vehicle, but it had the front end styling of an old Toyota Land Cruiser
- you know, the type that were small and Jeep-like. I didn't feel like
turning around to pull over and look at it close up. Vintage Land Cruisers
Kaleb,
I just took mine on a 2200 mile trip from NC to Oklahoma and back. Worst tank
was 23 in the mountains(Italian tune-up). Best tank was about 27 with a tail
wind coming back across Arkansas and Tennessee. All speeds were between 75 and
85. Harder I drove it, the better it ran. Met a
Yup. That's it. Thanks.
I'm not a real fan of SUVs, but I must say that that looks pretty cool. What
powerplants does it offer?
Brian
On 4/12/06, Alex Chamberlain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 4/11/06, Zoltan Finks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I spied a vehicle this evening that I didn't know
What's all this dithering about the two types of lights on that W123 website?
There were two types of light assemblies. The one with the two round ones,
under glass, was for the lower end models. The other was for the 280E and
probably 300D.
I ordered a set of lamps for my '78 300D and the
For the USA, just a big gas V6, 4 liters or thereabouts, the standard one
found in Toyota's other compact trucks and SUVs. I imagine the rest of the
world can also get a four-cylinder gas engine or a turbodiesel of some
kind. Sigh.
Alex Chamberlain
'87 300D Turbo
'93 Isuzu Trooper
On 4/11/06,
What temp should my SD be running at?
The 84 runs just a little less than half way up the gauge. The 85 just a
quarter of the way up.
Just changed the water pump in my 94 Cummins which used to run about
half way (90 degrees C) and it's now running about a quarter of the way.
Martin
84
while fueling up. He pulled up to the diesel pumps in a very clean,
rust free 240D. We got to talking, he mentioned he had just purchased
this one owner gem for $2500.00. Wanted to know if he got a good
deal. I offered him $500 more than he paid for it, he said he might
as well keep it.
Mercy, Jim...
your write-ups on the cars you want to sell are awesome.
Bob Rentfro
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while
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
256-656-1924
www.kegkits.com
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Howdy -
Since buying my '91 300D 2.5T in mid Feb I've been checking the mileage
carefully. It started around 25 and slowly increased as we put miles on it
(it only had 100k when we bought it - or 6750/year average) the more its
been driven the better it gets. Also, I recenty changed the
The diesel version is supposed to be available in the US as well. Four
Wheeler mag just did a write up on them and had a diesel to test.
Mike
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There still lots of 123 and 126 cars here - probably left over from
the '80's oil boom. Not as many 124s or 201s around. Interestingly, my
123 came from MN --- but wasn't driven much there.
On 4/11/06, Zoltan Finks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I know that feeling. It's like when someone says to me
Sounds like you need to sell it to me.
~Just noticed tonight I have no brake lights at all, they dont come on.
~Checked fuse, its OK. Assume only other thing it could be is the switch
~on the pedal?
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~Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK
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Luther KB5QHU
Alma, Ark
'83 300SD (231,xxx kmi)
I deserve bragging rights for driving the LEAST fuel efficient 123 300TD in
North America. I defy anyone to achieve 18 mpg for combined city-hway
driving in a moderate climate. The odometer is OK, the are no visible
fuel leaks, and the car runs BEAUTIFULLY (except that it stalls with a cold
Everything old is new again.
http://www.automobilemag.com/reviews/suvs/0505_toyota_fj_cruiser/
Based on the 4Runner so bigger than the original I'd think.
I'd surely love to have about an '80 FJ. One downside that springs to mind
immediately if you regularly haul people is the rear
No, but I think I might sell my 1 ton truck, I never drive the thing
since I have my 6.2 suburban.
Luther Gulseth wrote:
Sounds like you need to sell it to me.
~Just noticed tonight I have no brake lights at all, they dont come on.
~Checked fuse, its OK. Assume only other thing it could be
My 85 300D usually gets around 17, ALL city, constant stop and go.
andrew strasfogel wrote:
I deserve bragging rights for driving the LEAST fuel efficient 123 300TD in
North America. I defy anyone to achieve 18 mpg for combined city-hway
driving in a moderate climate. The odometer is OK, the
carbucks wrote:
What temp should my SD be running at?
The 84 runs just a little less than half way up the gauge. The 85 just a
quarter of the way up.
The mid mark is 80, the next mark is 100. The needle should be between
those two marks almost all the time (except when driving slowly with
Curt Raymond wrote:
Hi Larry,
I'm seeing similar results in my 190D, once I get some pesky fuel leaks tracked down I expect it to settle down around 40mpg.
The thermostat makes a HUGE difference. When I first got my 240D it was
running cool and bringing in around 24mpg the best tank
Check your turn signal accuator..when my fog and headlights went out the
fuses were all fine...a new accutator solved the problem
Rhonald
1985 300D
288,000 miles
Washington, DC
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My auxiliary fan has come unplugged, where does this three prong plug connect ?
Thanks,
Dan Elliott
82 300D-T 94kmi
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Ok diesel heads, check this out. I just went to South Georgia this past
weekend in my newly acquired 1995 C280. Drove it 542 miles. I got 27.1
MPG and burned zero oil. Not to bad.
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I never understood why but I got consistantly worse mileage with
snowtires on, I went from around 29mpg average to 28mpg average. Thats
averaged over a year with each set of tires. ~40,000 miles total. The
car was a beater so I just ran the snows all year.
More rolling resistance. Also
I dug out my new on-sale Harbor Freight bearing puller (a flanged
bolt-on collar) and took the jaws off my large 3-jaw Harbor Freight
puller and put them on my largest (but too small) 2-jaw Harbor Freight
puller so that I could pull off the driveline center bearing. (Do I
sound like a commercial
If you can read French then you'll see that the two round lights are
what came on the bottom of the range W123's. I always thoght they were
just the earlier lights.
I have the full size Euros on my W123 and my W124.
Those are definitely Euro lights as supplied from the factory. A
neighbour
Kaleb,
It's set with small shims from Nippondenso and if not done correctly,
not that it's difficult, it'll eat the clutch! I saw that happen a few
times during my days with Toyota. Nippondenso is a spun off subsidiary,
or was anyway, of Toyota Motor Corp.
I suspect the ones not done
Curt,
Wait until you take one out for a drive before loving it!
The transmission has straight cut gears and they are VERY noisy! I mean
you have to shout to be heard, noisy. The are also a short wheelbase and
you feel every bump.
Don't get me wrong, I used to drive a BJ70 and a BJ42 which
I wish Jim's 240D was a manual tranny! I'd love to have one of those!
Jeff Zedic
Toronto
Jeff Zedic wrote:
If you can read French then you'll see that the two round lights are
what came on the bottom of the range W123's. I always thoght they were
just the earlier lights.
They are both. Originally the square Bosch lights were fitted only to
the 280s (and maybe the lesser model
You should get a prize for advertising honesty. You make me wish I had room for
another car. I'd buy it.
Randy B
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Hey, _I'm_ selling a very clean, rust-free 240D. And you won't even
need
your extra $500! It's in WA, though.
I wish Jim's 240D was a manual tranny! I'd love to have one of those!
The car would be a good recipient for the drivetrain out of
a wreck or one the tinworm got. Definitely a serious DIY
project, though. I think such a swap would be easy, as
such things go. Lots of room to work under the
What city??
On 4/12/06, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My 85 300D usually gets around 17, ALL city, constant stop and go.
andrew strasfogel wrote:
I deserve bragging rights for driving the LEAST fuel efficient 123 300TD
in
North America. I defy anyone to achieve 18 mpg for
Hmph, I'll believe it when I see it. That would be the first diesel Toyota
sold in the USA in what, 20 years?
Alex Chamberlain
'87 300D Turbo
'93 Isuzu Trooper
On 4/12/06, Mike Canfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The diesel version is supposed to be available in the US as well. Four
Wheeler
The last diesel Toyotas in the US would be the 84 Camry TD, and possibly
as far up as the 87 LN51 pickup with the 2.4TD. Not sure when they
stopped the diesel Corollamaybe 84.
In Canada we had the diesel Landcruiser in the wagin version until 87
and in the two door until 89 (?)
The US
ohh
James Jetton wrote:
Kaleb,
It was one of those in and out training sessions for the Postal Service. Not a
lot of free time, I had to drive almost straight through to get a little rest
for work.
James S. Jetton
1987 300SDL 142k
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Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 08:46:30 -0500
From:
I spied a vehicle this evening that I didn't know was being made. It was a
new vehicle, but it had the front end styling of an old Toyota Land Cruiser
- you know, the type that were small and Jeep-like. I didn't feel like
turning around to pull over and look at it close up. Vintage Land Cruisers
Ok diesel heads, check this out. I just went to South Georgia this past
weekend in my newly acquired 1995 C280. Drove it 542 miles. I got 27.1
MPG and burned zero oil. Not too bad.
Precisely what my '95 C280 did. Excellent car.
RLE
So #2 is out, I ran snows for a whole year, in the summer the mpg increased a
bit but was still lower than the year before. In fact I noticed the drop in mpg
immediately after putting the snows on (in December).
As to increased friction, is that just because they're stickier? The snows
Here is an online magazine, it looks good
Darrell
http://www.windingroad.com/about
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'87 190 DT
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It appears the Challenger will rock.
They will make the Chargers and the fellers that bought one look silly.
Bob Rentfro
'77 300D 151K
Litchfield Park, AZ
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Are the later ones straight gears too? I thought that went out with the 3spd.
I have driven them. I very nearly bought a beautiful '82 years ago. Bright
yellow, 33 tires which are the max I'd ever consider. I didn't buy it because
I'd just finished highschool and was fortunate to have parents
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