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Old 05-20-2015, 10:28 PM
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It's been a few years maybe 5 since I've owned a Mercedes Diesel and this weekend picked up the pictured 1981 300SD . Lots of fun so far...I had the same color exterior 300SD in an '82 five or so yrs ago.

Not sure of the actual miles or history yet but the body and interior are good, the seats are almost perfect cocoa colored MB Tex. The inop OD shows around 256,xxx miles now. The engine runs good with nice pick up and no strange sounds ...transmission is going to need a mount but seems to shift well too. AC cold and blows strong but I may need to replace the compressor seals or the compressor. There is some dye there so I guess there was or is a leak there. Hasn't effected the cold yet.

The body is straight and pretty clean. I had the car up on a lift and checked out by an "indy" Mercedes Shop in Coral Springs , FL . The underside and suspension is in pretty good shape. The only rust I was able to find are the obvious two rust dimples next to both front wheel fenders, there is some inside the trunk under the windshield deck which does not look to bad, and a repairable piece near the front right jack position. I've used Corroseal from HD and it's easy non toxic and works great.

I have a bunch of projects to get to. So far, I removed the rear seats and padding as there's a small windshield leak from the rear seal. I had to dry out the rear seat carpet and foam padding on the passenger side. I ordered the new seal from Peach Parts and will have it Friday but I'll be trying some Permatex Flowable Silicone Sealer before on the advice of my "windshield guy", I take the 50/50 chance the glass cracking when it's installed due to age.

I cleaned inside all 4 window switches so now all 4 work vs 1 when I drove it home. Found my rear pass window is off the track as it slides down on it's own now.

I will rewire speakers and put in upgraded NVX 5.25's and hopefully some 6x9 MB Quart's which I have from my old truck.

I don't recall 300 SD's having Bundts, but mine does. I am going to start looking for some nicer 15's asap.
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