i know that some roads are slanted to some small degree. but my car has lots of free play that has nothing to do with the road i travel on. i am not claiming to be an expert, otherwise i would not be asking questions.

if i want to take the rear windshield out, do i first remove the chrome and then have to cut the rubber?

also the driver side door lock wont turn with the key. i have to unlock the passenger door first and then reach through to open the driver door. is there a cheap way to fix these locks? i want to avoid having to rekey the whole car.

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Grey '91 350SDL 214k Dad's car
Beige '81 240D 4 Speed 254k SOLD
Blue '82 300D 225k SOLD
White '95 E300D 46k SOLD
Blue '87 190D 2.5 Turbo 315k SOLD
Brown '80 240D 4 Speed 716k SOLD
Beige '80 300D N/A 119k SOLD
Blue '85 300D Model 186k T-Boned

The glass comes out simultaneously with the rubber and trim. To install, the rubber is installed on the glass, the trim installed into the rubber and then the assembly installed in the window opening.

Doing this any other way may result in seriously damaging the trim.

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Your steering wheel needs to be centered by a good alignment shop. Normally they center the wheel in the car AND then do the alignment.

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84 300DT Puke Yellow. Totalled after 438,000
84 300DT Orient Red. 169,000 (actual mileage may vary)
2002 Explorer EB (wife's)

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"the trans cant be shifted from 1st to 2nd too fast or it grinds. i read that some people put heavy motor oil in the trans instead of trans fluid. i am ready to do that, but want to know what exactly people used. 15w 40 synthetic?, rotella dino.."

The syncros are worn and heavy oil wont make the problem go away. I would try using Red Line MTL.


"wheel is turned to about 1.5 o'clock (if it were a watch) if i want to drive straight. the steering is really loose, "

Some times when the steering wheel is not lined up its an indicator that an alignment was done by a shop that did'nt have the proper tools and knowledge for working on a Mercedes.
just to clarify...The allen adjustment is turned CCW to tighten the steering, but go easy.

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1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K
1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild
1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K
1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor
2014 Kubota L3800 tractor
1964 VW bug

"Lifes too short to drive a boring car"

Congrats on your "new" 240D... and I thought mine had a lot of miles on the odometer! Here's the link to the oil dipstick seal, hopefully that takes care of your oil leak.

http://catalog.eautopartscatalog.com/mercedesshop/sophio/wizard.jsp?partner=mercedesshop&clientid=catalog.mercedesshop&baseurl=http://catalog.peachparts.com/&cookieid=1ST0O7BRE1T00OF9GT&year=1982&make=MB&model=240-D-002&category=All&part=Oil+Dipstick+Seal

Redline MTL is great stuff but can be hard to find; I had to order mine from eBay. Mobil 1 gear oil, which I use in my differential, is probably almost as good.

Here's an idea for your door lock problem... try swapping the driver and passenger outside door handles. They are interchangeable. The inside handles can also be swapped front to back. I did this a few months ago when my door panels were taken apart for repainting, just to squeeze a little more life out of the existing handles instead of getting new ones. Typical frugal Yankee...

Nate

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1985 300DT, Classic White, California, 159K
1982 240D, Metallic Silver-Blue, Manual Everything, 376K
1981 240D, Orient Red, Parts Car/Engine Donor, 145K

"When nine hundred years old you reach, look as good you will not. Hmm?" - Yoda

morpheus over on benzworld is getting close to a million i want to say he has 725k ish

710k!!!!! Is the drivetrain original? Suppose there's no way you could know for sure. That's insane!

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'02 BMW 325i
'85 300D 450k
'93 190E 2.6 170k(killed by tree)
'08 Ducati Hypermotard 1100S 6k
'06 Ducati S2R800 14k(sold)

well i took the lock appart and just cleaned it up. it works great now, and that makes it alot nicer.

thanks for the link to the dip stick seal. i will order that.

the previous owner filled out the high mileage award, and mercedes sent him the 250k, 500k, 750k and the 1million k award. but there was a small problem, the box and certificate stated 1million kilometers, but the hood award is actually the 1 million MILE award. it is nice to have that, but i want the 1 mil k award on the grill first.

the air filter has lots of oil in it. the blowby is more or less the teakettle effect. it huffs and puffs, which i think the reason the airfilter has soo much oil in it. anything i can do to lower the oil consumption by the air filter.

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Grey '91 350SDL 214k Dad's car
Beige '81 240D 4 Speed 254k SOLD
Blue '82 300D 225k SOLD
White '95 E300D 46k SOLD
Blue '87 190D 2.5 Turbo 315k SOLD
Brown '80 240D 4 Speed 716k SOLD
Beige '80 300D N/A 119k SOLD
Blue '85 300D Model 186k T-Boned

arc,

U might have to overhaul or rebuild the engine to stop the blowby. With that many miles, what do U expect?

P E H

I had great success in removing rear glass by slicing lip off rubber seal from the INSIDE.

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

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

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

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Here's an idea for your door lock problem... try swapping the driver and passenger outside door handles. They are interchangeable.

Nice idea....how much ware is on the passenger side, most likly not much, espically the lock. Which door usually needs a door check strap? I'v not done a door handle, maybe I'll start now.

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1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K
1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild
1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K
1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor
2014 Kubota L3800 tractor
1964 VW bug

"Lifes too short to drive a boring car"

i was not complaining, but the blowby is less than other diesel benz engines i have seen, with way less miles. it must have had a rebuild at some point in its life, but i dont know how many miles it has been since then.

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Grey '91 350SDL 214k Dad's car
Beige '81 240D 4 Speed 254k SOLD
Blue '82 300D 225k SOLD
White '95 E300D 46k SOLD
Blue '87 190D 2.5 Turbo 315k SOLD
Brown '80 240D 4 Speed 716k SOLD
Beige '80 300D N/A 119k SOLD
Blue '85 300D Model 186k T-Boned

710K is amazing - I thought Strider had a lot of miles. Sure be nice to know the engine's history.

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1984 300Sd 210k

Former cars:
1984 300D 445k (!!) (Strider) Original (and not rebuilt) engine and transmission. Currently running on V80 ( 80% vegetable oil, 20% petroleum products). Actually not, taking a WVO break.
1993 300d 2.5 275k. Current 120/day commuter
1981 300SD 188k (Hans) Killed by a deer

wow, tough crowd.

the only thing i really hate to see is folks degrading other folks. pretty much everyone here is just trying to help. who cares if he doesnt know the correct term for crown. if we disagree we can surely do so politely. if you think a post is worthless the best thing to do is ignore it (like everybody does mine!) unless it contains anything potentially harmful. then you can disagree politely. this all is supposed to be fun, and helpful, and sometimes theraputic!

tom w

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.