Whahahah. Automatic ! Just ribbing you.
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From: "Randall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 2:39 PM
Subject: [Biofuel] New list member question
Any chances of people posting their experiences/suggestions to new list
members that have bought specific diesels? This is not the first diesel
that I have owned, but it is the first that I will have run non-dino. :-)
I just bought a 1982 Mercedes 240D automatic--slow yes, but should be simple
(I hope!). This is not going to be a daily driver--more of a test platform.
Whahahah. Automatic ! Just ribbing you. Why not a daily driver ?
Any tuning suggestions? Seals that need attention? Filter suggestions?
Tuning, yes. Get a valve adjustment, it is required regular maintenance.
Ahhh, the filters. Have you read my ongoing saga with the MB 240D's filters
? Mine is a 1983 4spd 4 cylendar manual. Before you get any further, pull
the screen filter out of the fuel tank and inspect it 'cause that little
beggar is going to clog up solid :)
Actually you could just strip the screen part out and then install a second
primary filter in the engine compartment and be prepared to change it often
at first (until all the deposits get flushed).
I just had the screen filter and fuel lines replaced so I don't really have
to worry about that anymore but had I known about what it would entail I
would have pulled it right off.
Does anyone know if this model will do ok if I try SVO? Performance
modifications? (snicker)
Peerformance? Ha, what performance? Actually, it performs extremely well, it
just doesn't do it very fast that's all. However, considering that that 67
HP is pulling around 3500lbs of metal it doesn't do too too poorly. Consider
this. If for any reason your Benz gets scrapped by a rear end accident or
somethig, God forbid, but it does happen, do you toss the car's engine, or
turn it into a fantastic genset or one of the funkiest three wheeled
motorcycles you have ever seen (both running on B100 of course)?
Some have converted them, but mostly the 300D, to WVO/SVO use with a second
tank system.Don't know the ins and outs of that one though.
Luc
Is there anyone on the list that lives in the Charlotte, NC area that can
suggest good places for methanol and lye?
Thanks in advance!!
--Randall Van Engen
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