wow.. all I did was find and fix a water leak, resolder my CCU, repacked the front bearings, and replace front lower ball joints & bushings.

Oh, and I enjoyed driving it a lot too

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'83 300DTurbo http://badges.fuelly.com/images/smallsig-us/318559.png

Broadband: more lies faster.

Besides routine maintenance, I retrofit in a passenger side airbag on my 300TE.
I polished and waxed the heck out of the 300TE and 300SD.
I acquired just about all the components necessary to substantially complete the 280SL project.

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Peach Parts W124.128 User Group.

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

Ah, lets see, for summer 2009:

-Injector rebuild on one SD
-Full engine pull and trans swap on my SD
-Differential swap on my dad's other SD
-Rear Shocks on 300E
-Oil changes on all of them
-Rear light assembly on 300E
-Seats/visors/mirror swap in my 300SD to the interior of a 350SDL (1991)

Probably more stuff I can't remember

Still to do:

Injectors on 300E
Front Strut mounts on 300E
Rust repairs on 300SD
Timing chain tensioner and slide rail on my dad's 300SD
Upper control arms and all shocks on my brother's 300D....

Ah, it never ends.

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'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)

Well, I was going to wait until I completed everything I wanted to get done before I did a post like this, but then I realized I may never finish all the jobs I have planned. Anyway . . . for this summer,

Bought the '83 240D and managed to get it home, since then:
-degreased the engine bay (what a mess)
-replaced starter
-replaced tie rods
-replaced motor mounts
-replaced anti-vibration "T" mount
-replaced headlight and all fuses (new ceramics)
-got some Hazet wrenches and did a valve adjustment/replaced the valve cover gasket
-got a MityVac and diagnosed some vacuum problems
-replaced fuel filters
-new air and oil filters/oil change
-refurbed the dash light rheostat so I have dash and console lights

In the process of:
-rebuilding the clutch (new pilot and throwout bearings, pressure plate and clutch disc)

Waiting around the corner:
-replace CV boots and replace diff oil
-replace rear brake hoses and flush system
-replace front upper control arms
-replace font lower control arm bushings
-replace lower ball joints
-replace exhaust/intake manifold gasket
-fix parking brake
-flush and replace coolant
-replace the hood pad (or what used to be a hood pad)


Haven't done much to the '95 E300:

-replaced the serpentine belt tensioner spring

Need to:
-change out the trans filter and fluid
-replace motor mounts

If I just had a week to do nothing else

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'95 E300D ("Tank") - 231,000 miles
'79 240D ("Biscuit") - 197,250 miles (Sold)
'83 240D ("Ding-Ding") - 217,000 miles (Death by deer)
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"Back off, man. I’m a scientist” ~ Peter Venkman

300 SDL

Oil change
Installed new headlight doors (thanks ebay)
Found wooden console shifter piece and installed (thanks ebay once again)
Voltage regulator
new tires yokohoma AS430, car rides like a dream

Ben

I pulled my sweet heart out of storage. After the typical maintence our relationship has been very strong.

I love Mercedes!

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-Typos courtesy of my mobile phone.

I put some air in my tyres. 33 psi to be exact.

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'98 E300 turbodiesel

I checked the air pressure in the tires and added some washer fluid, on the Silverado.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Put new Michelins on the Jetta today

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1981 240D 143k 4 spd manual -SOLD

2004 VW Jetta TDI 5 speed 300k -still driven daily

Rebuilt the top end of my 602.911 - also installed a killer sound system (Pioneer, Polk Audio, Kicker)
Productive 6 months for me.

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327K on 1986 W201, 602.911, 722.414 2.5 190D ("The Red Baron")
139K on 1993 W124, 104.942, 722.433 2.8 300E ("Queen")

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Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.
- Albert Einstein

take a walk down memory lane...

Not as big as many, but it got me thinking how much it could have cost to have all this work done

Removed rebuilt and replaced engine in friends 65 Cadillac (429)
Removed rebuilt and replaced engine in wife’s 99 Subaru
Replaced alternator in wife’s 99 Subaru
Removed rebuilt and replaced head, water pump and timing belt in 98 Honda CRV
Replaced broken rear shackles in 98 dodge 1500 4X4
Fixed SONAR on 3 submarines in Bremerton WA (work, doesn’t really count…)
Replaced rear brakes on 87 300 SDL
Front brakes on neighbors F350 dump truck
fuel filters on 87 300SDL
7 oil changes on various vehicles
Just bought a new car for father/son project (84 300SD)

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Dean

i drove mine
didn't need to work on it, everything works
went to ABQ a bunch of times, Las Cruces, Co Sprgs, etc

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1985 300SD
1998 Jetta TDI
Previous: lots of diesel VW's, MB's, KW's, Pete, Freightliner


Walking isn't a lost art: one must, by some means, get to the garage.

Changed my license plate, took a break between the first screw and the second.Really hot summers here in Texas so I try to do anything mechanical late night or early morning ,axle shafts was the only thing that took more than 2 tools to tackel, driving it to pick up breakfast after install was the test drive.

I didn't do much on MB cars this year because I got sick, but earlier in the year, I made a piston for a Citroen A-425 2CV out of a hunk of aluminum alloy and so far the car is still working. So I guess it works ok.

Damn near took me forever since I did it by hand on an older but pretty steady lathe. Plus the 2CV s are forgiving. Haven't gotten the nasty call yet about the job, so far so good. It's not a work of art, but it does work.

I really sweated the ring grooves and some of the little oil holes etc.


What is it they say? 30 seconds or 30 feet? lol

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Strelnik
Invest in America: Buy a Congressman!

1950 170SD
1951 Citroen 11BN
1953 Citroen 11BNF limo
1953 220a project
1959 180D
1960 190D
1960 Borgward Isabella TS 2dr
1983 240D daily driver
1983 380SL
1990 350SDL daily driver alt
3 x Citroen DS21M, down from 5
3 x Citroen 2CV, down from 6

this is for 2-300SDLs

air filter (x2)
oil change (x2)
fuel filters - multiple
parking brake cable (thankfully, only one)
injector pump valves, crush washers and o rings (once again, only one)
removed/bypassed leaking fuel heater (both)

unfortunately, there are numerous things left to do......

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87 300SDL - 215K Miles !!
99 F-350CC Dually PSD - 190K
86 300SDL - 189K
All on B-100