Damn straight!

Anyway I repaired rust damage to trunk and welded (from scratch) a 304 16ga 2.5 inch exhaust - from turbo to back tip.

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80 280SL
85 300SD
87 300TD
92 300D 2.5 Turbo
92 300TE 4Matic

Klaus -

PS Return Hose
Oil Change
ATF Change
Valves Soon
PS filter
Seat Covers
Polk Audio speakers in the rear fill
Fan Belts
Got LR window to operate with door open but not shut

Karl -

Rewired Dash due to missing wires
Installed Stereo
Fixed Idle
Adjusted TV/Bowden cable
Adjusted accelerator travel
Installed stereo
Oil Change
ATF change
New Tie Rods
Reinstalled HVAC/Upper AC controls
Clay Bar/Polish/Glaze/Wax
New fuel filters
Went over vac system
Removed (for testing only) emission devices
Conditioned leather



Other stuff...

The Z -

Oil change
ATF change
Spark Plugs (GASP )
Conditioned leather
New PCV
New idler pulley
Fuel Filter

LS400 -

Oil Change
ATF Change (damn Taco's Type II stuff)
Air Filter and hacked the box... nice at WOT now
Front O2 sensors
New Cats
Injector Cleaning
Conditioned Leather
Fuel Filter
Paid for... Timing Belt, H2O pump, Thermostat, Fan Belt, and coolant flush. Made it to 198k on stock belt.

F150 -

New Injectors (Design III Bosch vs Design I)
Replaced EGR again
Regrounded MSD 6AL
Oil Change
ATF Change
Traded an extra roller 302 for cash to purchase roller 351W block



That's stuff I can think of and all aside from the normal vacuuming and upkeep like tire rotations + balance, etc. AND the summer isn't finished yet!

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I'm not a doctor, but I'll have a look.

'85 300SD 245k
'87 300SDL 251k
'90 300SEL 326k

Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford.

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty.[/IMG]

Nothing really on the SDL just super basic stuff like oil changes ect. Not to much yet with the SD but next week I will do the oil cooler lines.

Since I have two now I will try and do all of my projects during the season when the car is down. For the SDL I have like 3-4 major projects this winter. (sunroof rebuild, trans and driveshaft work, Ip rebuild, front end rebuild ect) The SD will get what it needs in the summer.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

300DT-

Adj. ALDA
Repl. fuel filters
Repl. Air filter
Adj. Transmission modulator
Flush Coolant
Repl. Injectors
2 Oil changes (every 3K miles)
4 new Michelin MXV4 tires
4 wheel alignment
Repl. Exhaust mount
Had carpets professionally shampooed and cleaned
Wash once a week, wax almost evvery other when i have time, and run BG 248 fuel additive every other tank.

Before suummer is over:
Replace driver side rear door glass (break-in)
Re-spring and upholster front seat bottoms
Add rear headrests

Shes rolling quite happily at 192K miles!

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1995 E420
1992 BMW 525i
1984 300D Turbo sold
1993 Volvo 244 sold
1995 Volvo 944T R.I.P!


"The details are not details. They make the product."
-Charles Eames

www.cbs.nu

Not really a lot to be boast about, considering the minimal amount of the automotive work I have done so far this summer, but there is still a lot of summer here- what- about 6 weeks or so officially? As you can tell, I am not very good when it comes to doing anything major on cars, so I will probably not have a lot to report.

Me:
Changed the rear shocks on my Suburban
Changed the spark plugs on the Suburban
Helped my dad put new rod bearings in my Caprice

Thats all.

Since my dad helped me on some of my cars and I helped him, I will also list what he has done as well.

Dad:
Finished restoring his 69' Camaro (but he will always be doing something to it)
Put new rod bearings in my 69' Caprice
Did some paint work on his Nissan truck
Installed universal joints on my Suburban
Installed new brakes on my Suburban
Installed new brakes on mothers Oldsmobile

I am sure I am leaving something out, but this was about it.

I try like H%$L to avoid direct cussing. Even today when I stripped the threads on two oil cooler lines and the cooler is not junk in my '87 300D project I didn't utter a single bad word or think a bad thought. I also removed the water pump and the fan assy and painted the fan, and started on the bushings (I'm bushed!)
RE: clergymen .
Maybe they just went away but lets not forget how many priests have been discharged (excommunicated or whatever) in the past few years due to people rising up and asking religious institutions (churches in particular) to take action against sexual predators that hide behind the cloth. My ex-wife was one of the abused. Until you hear it from someone you know you don't really understand the nature of that side of life.

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'95 E320 Wagon my favorite road car. '99 E300D wolf in sheeps body, '87 300D Sportline suspension, '79 300TD w/ 617.952 engine at 367,750 and counting!

Well, I didn't do much myself, except lubricate a few cables, linkages, rods, and catches that probably hadn't been relubed since June 1982, tightened up a few bolts, stuffed my driver's side seat with a pool noodle, did some A/C duct work, installed a manual antenna, installed a zebrano shift knob and wheelskin and although I didn't do the following items myself, I had an oil and filter change done with Mobil 1 15W-50 last month, a nice detailing provided me with a shiny 300D for a few weeks, and flushed the cooling system out and refilled with proper MB coolant and a bottle of Redline Water Wetter. I had new front rotors and pads installed today, and I found out that I had Kleen Wheels on my brakes!! I had them removed of course. I don't mind cleaning some brake, but I do mind having warped brakes and decreased safety.

I'm not quite done yet though, I am going to install a 125 mph speedometer with a working odometer in a few days, maybe paint the needles back to their original orange, install a retaining bracket for my newly acquired manual antenna which looks quite good I must say, and install a new latch on my glove compartment door, which is being held up now with duct tape. Other possible projects before school begins include... installing pool noodles in the back seat and passenger's seat, some more A/C duct repair, "reyellowing" the fog lights, clean the engine bay out and painting the grille black.

-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.

'83 Euro 300D:
1) Install sport steering wheel
2) Remove rear springs, replace with wagon rear springs - - stiffer, and purportedly shorter - - makes the rear-end ride a little high, have to switch them back. Noticably firmer ride, with less body roll; may just have one coil removed and try them again.
3) Install Bilstein HD shocks in rear
4) Install Euro headlights
5) Replace RF wheel bearings
6) Change tranny fluid
7) Install brake anti-sqeal shims at all four corners
8) Install BMW sport seat from the other sedan

That's it so far. The fam is heading for Minnesota next week, so it should be a banner week for me in the garage!

Thanks, again, to everyone who has helped me out with info on any/all of these projects!

Jay.

On my '85 300D

1st oil cx since owning it...thanks, forum
also minor rust repair
air filter cx
fuel filters
running on WVO /RUG mix
learned how to prop my hood up at 90* angle instead of using my stickball bat I keep in the trunk,,,

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'87 924S
'81 280SEL

Sold ->

81 300SD -
93 300E w/ 3.2
85 300D-
79 300SD
82 300CD
83 300CD - CA
87 190E 5 spd
87 Porsche 924S

"..I'll take a simple "C" to "G" and feel brand new about it..."

Swapped a head on my 280Z with a performance turbo cam installed. Hello power band!

Replaced a clutch on the Subaru Outback, PITA!

Not a dang thing on my 240D turbo, running great. I did, however, build a biodiesel processor. Two weekend trips in the Benz on homemade fuel, $0.60 a gallon!

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'83 240D with 617.952 and 2.88
'01 VW Beetle TDI
'05 Jeep Liberty CRD
'89 Toyota 4x4, needs 2L-T
'78 280Z with L28ET - 12.86@110
Oil Burner Kartel #35

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hehe....yeeeeaaahhh....

I did one oil change. washed it once.

But I always make sure there is fuel in the tank, I keep that my number one priority.

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1982 240D.
My name is Michael, and I am an 18 year old binge-drinkin', cigar-smokin', novel-writin', all around unsavory and unnattractive guy. I tell long-winded stories, and I only shave once a week, although I've had to do it every day since I was 16.

lets see,on the sd:
changed the oil
air cleaner mounts
rebuilt the front suspension
changed the motor mounts
changed the blower motor
added some r12
had it aligned at the dealer
new tires
front brakes
cleaned the evaporator
washed it several times
and soon to rebuild the rear and do brakes and rotors all the way around.
on my truck,
rewired the cab
new brake shoes all around
new drums
wheel cylinders
ebrake cables
jet the carb
install all new power steering lines
fix the drivers door handle.

cleaned the carb on my great grandmas car

replaced:
o2 sensors,maf sensor and coolant temp sensor on my buddys camaro

and finally changed the powersteering pressure line on a hondai on of the stupidest cars made

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have no worries.....President Obama swears "If you like your gun, you can keep it

-300TD Turbo Wagon-

Work that I did:

1) Replaced the rear suspension's hydropneumatic pressure cannonballs, SLS flush and filter replacement
2) Changed the oil
3) Tranny fluid and filter
4) Fuel filters
5) Valves Adjusted
6) New air filter
7) Rust treatment and painting around the battery area
8) LOTS of pressure washing
9) Installed a skid pan from the parts car!! (what a find)

**EDIT** 10) Brake pads, rotors, and fluid flushed

Work other people did:

1) Oil undercoating

Work I still have to do:

1) Fix odomedter
2) Power steering flush and filter
3) Parallel heated fuel system with backflushing and seperate tank opposite the spare tire for veg.
4) maybe some sort of IP or injector work?? Running a little smokey, white, seems like it wants fuel, still smokes dark when i floor it
5) "zero time" engine rebuild...sleeves, pistons, rings, bearings, valves?... sometime (hopefully a long time) in the future

**EDIT** 6) Install Espar coolant heater before winter

Ive got you all beat!

wont start for anything! 1985 300SD

not a single thing, yet... but once I get my Super Beetle, I will redo the interior, and do some body work...