Well I am pretty happy now. The 1981 300TD I bought last night was a bit of a fishing expedition but fishing was good!
A friend and I went up and winched it onto a trailer and we ran by Wal-mart and grabbed a battery and much to our surprise pretty much started right up. I had to give it some fuel to get it to catch but after running it for a few minutes it was holding a rough idle.
Since I was at Wal Mart I had them put tires on it so two things down and 102 to go.
The majors I see at this point.
1. Brakes, no boost.
2. SLS still dragging but the reservoir is empty, quick fix if I fill?
3. One of the rear CV joint boots is split, it appeared to leak oil but I am thinking it may have been from the SLS? It looks a lot more like hydraulic fluid than grease that would be in a CV boot?
4. Car will not shut down when ignition is turned off, have to manually kill it from the engine compartment.
5. I have the helicopter noise in the passenger footwell.
Overall I am pretty happy, I bought what seems to be a reasonably functioning car for $1000 (which includes new battery and new tires)
Let the games begin!
