It has NO vacuum lines over top of oil filter so you can knock them off at change and then try to figure out which one it is when she wont shut down.

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'85 300 Turbo Diesel- 308K

When I used to live in Germany in the 70's, I remember there being a big deal about IG Metall union being on strike for a long time.
If you can't get steel from them, you have to buy it elsewhere, or stop building cars. So, Benz did what it had to do. Unfortunately it brought them a little closer to Fiat when it came to rust.

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It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so. Robert A. Heinlein


09 Jetta TDI
1985 300D

My car was an Arizona car.....so no body cancer, at all....and I plan to keep it that was as long as I can. That means never driving it with traces of salt on the road.

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

History of IG Metall strikes in Germany see table here:


http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2002/05/feature/de0205205f.html

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The Golden Rule

1984 300SD (bought new, sold it in 1988, bought it back 13 yrs. later)

The rust seems to be a problem with the steel -- they were known to rust terribly in northern Germany where salt isn't an issue. Worst spot is the upper sway bar mounts, rusting out from inside, and floors.

The steel was a mix of Russian and Italian due to the protracted German steel strikes, and even German steel in those days was prone to rusting (as any W114/5 owner can tell you!). The W126 and later cars use high strength, thinner steel and rust much less.

Peter

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1972 220D ?? miles
1988 300E 200,012
1987 300D Turbo killed 9/25/07, 275,000 miles
1985 Volvo 740 GLE Turobodiesel 218,000
1972 280 SE 4.5 165, 000 - It runs!