Great W123 300D Road Test Video From 1976 - Page 2 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

#16 01-15-2006, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Biodiesel300TD

The part when the car is driving the circle track as fast as it can reminds me of myself about 2 month ago. The only difference is you have to imagine my girlfriend driving, and me chasing the car around desperately trying to keep up in the inside part of the circle trying to hear a ticking noise, my girlfriend giggling at the situation, and me getting frustrated at teh situation. It's pretty funny now. I sure it was funny to watch too.

Axle ticking?

Lovely mental image...

Biodiesel300TD · #17 01-15-2006, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Brandon314159

Axle ticking?

Lovely mental image...

It ended up that I have the wrong tie rod end on the driver's side wheel, It's too long. I also may have a bent spindle, the car was in a front end accident before I owned it, and may have bent the spindle, so they put on a longer tie rod assembly to fit. When turning right the tie rod would hit the wheel weight that was on the inside of the wheel. I had the wheel weight put on the outside of the wheel for now, and will replace the tie rod assemblies when it warms up again.

#18 01-15-2006, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Biodiesel300TD

It ended up that I have the wrong tie rod end on the driver's side wheel, It's too long.

Very trick to find out! Glad its not TOO serious though

pawoSD · #19 01-15-2006, 11:34 PM

I'd love to tear through that course with mine too!!

Then again, I practically have already, just not all at once, MI roads are way worse than that "bump pattern" road they have, as our holes are deep enough for the car to hit the ground.

Also, I've gone through standing water about 2x as deep as they did, about 3x as fast....

As for the offroading, snowy roads and dirt roads around here are the same as the track.....so I guess I have done most of it already, including the "Kalt wetter startup"

Deezl · #20 01-16-2006, 02:42 AM

Cool video, thanks for posting it, Joe. Amazing that it's 30 years old!

Artic, good luck with the translating. It would be interesting to know what he is saying esp. around the 9:27 til about 9:49 timeframe.

pawoSD · #21 01-16-2006, 03:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Deezl

Cool video, thanks for posting it, Joe. Amazing that it's 30 years old!

Artic, good luck with the translating. It would be interesting to know what he is saying esp. around the 9:27 til about 9:49 timeframe.

I am not very good at german(yet), but it sounds like he might be talking about the maximum cruise speed and such, I'll ask my dad about it tomorrow....

mbzkid · #22 01-16-2006, 03:06 PM

Can anyone figure out that db (sound level) reading they measure on the autobahn? They have a close up of the meter.

I'd also be intrested in a translation, especially the max cruise speed.

H-townbenzoboy · #23 01-16-2006, 04:37 PM

He's holding the cruise speed around 150kph, which is about 92mph. The top speed is around 156kph according to the last dash on the speedometer. Looks like the cabin sound level is at 2dB on the highway. It makes me want to find an empty highway and run mine flat out like they are doing.

Eskimo · #24 01-16-2006, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Deezl

Cool video, thanks for posting it, Joe. Amazing that it's 30 years old!

Artic, good luck with the translating. It would be interesting to know what he is saying esp. around the 9:27 til about 9:49 timeframe.

My German's not good enough to provide a real-deal translation, but I'm pretty sure he's commenting on the top speed and recommending that M-B should press on with the development of more powerful turbocharged diesels.

speedy300Dturbo · #25 01-16-2006, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by H-townbenzoboy

Looks like the cabin sound level is at 2dB on the highway. It makes me want to find an empty highway and run mine flat out like they are doing.

That's got to be the quietest 300D in the world, considering that noise level in a typical library is 30-40 dba! Realistically though, highway noise level in a 300D is probably 70-something dba.

Eskimo · #26 01-16-2006, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by speedy300Dturbo

That's got to be the quietest 300D in the world, considering that noise level in a typical library is 30-40 dba! Realistically though, highway noise level in a 300D is probably 70-something dba.

The driver says, "72".

H-townbenzoboy · #27 01-16-2006, 05:12 PM

I'm trying to understand. How does it read 72? I can't get the picture of it up, but it clearly says 2. Is there some special way to read a decibel meter?