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Originally Posted by bradleykal
interesting... I always figured it for electrical, but it's been a long while since I've had it stall (knocking on wood).
I switched gas from Chevron to the BP up the street from me.... who knows. sure glad it stopped for the moment though!
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Boy you guys are great!
I have just saved a 380SL from being junked. It runs erratically and is not so much a victim of abuse as neglect in storage. Soon, after returning home, I'm going to go through the car and start cleaning things up to provide a base line for all future maintenance.
I've ordered and received a new oil filter, and I have been trying to get info on the car because it's a gray market 1984 out of Munich. I have the info from Germany on the data card, but I have no service records. I do know the main fuel filter was changed last year and only about 300 miles on the car since then.
If there's a thread specific to 380SL issues within the SL forum, you can bet I will be scouring.
I also found the chassis, air, maintenance and engine factory service manuals on paper.
Next quest is: what special tips and special tools apply to this car?
It's worth it to spend a little money and not break more parts than you repair!! I did discover how you pop the hood straight up for working on it, but that was a derivative of my work on older (1970) diesels.
I am mostly a diesel guy, originally non MB. My gas car experience has been on carbed Citroens from 1923-1975, especially the hydraulics, so Jetronic is not my strong suit.
Any/all threads, tips etc appreciated. I 'd like to contribute the fixes on this car as I do them, so we can have more SL DIY threads available to new users.
Thanks!