I've been to various auto parts stores, and een a hardware store and I cannot find the 3M #8090 spray adhesive required to place the hoodpad on my 300D. This 3M adhesive is the only way to go from what I've heard. Do you think the MB dealer will have it?
-Joe

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

Forget the stealer. Go to an auto paint supply. They'll have it.

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DJ


84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

I am just glad you read enough to know what to look for...
I got mine at the local small town O'Reilly's... but you can also check with " marine stores" ...just don't let the salesperson ( their first day on the job ) convince you that the other number will do just as good a job...

Yes, that's because I used the SEARCH button! That's right, use the SEARCH button. When in doubt, search, when you can't find it, ask.
-Joe

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

This site has a Search Function ? What percentage of newby's use it ? Is that what that Sticky at the top of the page is talking about ?

The search function is too broad.
It's easier to re-ask something if its not too recent.

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DJ


84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

Easier yes, but smarter , no....
Some of those threads are the result of dozens of people's input, and time to check stuff and come back and post updates....
If you are getting too many references be sure to limit the search to the diesel forum .... and sometimes it is best to choose someone you trust as the poster name in the advanced search....

I bought it at Napa. If you local one doesn't have it, they can get it, or try a better one.

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'82 300SD - 361K mi - "Blue"

"Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement."

listen, look, .........and duck.

Use liquid nails it will last, the 3M spray did not last for me

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2000 Ford 7.3 Powerstroke 4x4
2006 Mazda Tribute
1983 Black 300 D (donated to charity)
1993 Teal 300 D (160K) Sold
"I love the smell of burnt diesel fuel in the morning, it smells like ....VICTORY"

Semper Fidelis
USMC 1973-1976

TN-W124 Diesel , You either used the wrong can of 3M.. which is easy to do... the numbers are close... or you did not clean the hood correctly , or you did not use two light coats for each item or did not let it tack before you put it together...
We have no way of knowing which thing you did wrong.. but a spray on contact cement is clearly the correct glue to use for the hood pad... even if they did not specify it in the Mercedes shop manual... Which they do.

I got some at home depot....my hoodpad's been on there for years now with it....

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'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

Ditto the automotive paint store source. It took me a while to find it but that's where is was when I did. I've used it on both cars and it is still holding up great. It's one of the few contact cements (that work) that will let you pull apart and reposition the pad if you don't get it on straight the first time.

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1987 300D Turbo 175K
2006 Toyota Prius, efficent but no soul
1985 300 TDT(130K miles of trouble free motoring)now sold

Ditto what the others said. I found mine at a big Napa that also sold paint. 3 years later it is still in place.

Chuck

yeah, i've gotten bad about not searching for stuff first. sorry guys

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1985 300D Turbo "Eunis"

I have a very old can of this stuff and it worked GREAT for attaching interior things in the 69 bug when I did a restore.
I also found that for an old, oil soaked hood pad, as a temporary fix you can use pieces of cardboard with zip ties running through them and some structural pieces on the hood to hold the pad up. I did this on mine becuase the front got ruined by oil cooler lines.
If anyone wants pics I can take some when its light out