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07-28-2006, 03:57 AM
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Intro - new 240D owner
Hey all,
Just a quick hello...I just bought a 1979 240D with 168k miles on the ticker. Mostly in great shape in and out...but am frantically searching the forums for as many trans-flare related and kickdown-lever/throttle-linkage adjustment posts as I can find.  2-3 flares pretty badly, kickdown does not engage, and it shifts 2nd-4th by the time I hit 30mph. Needless to say, the shift points at the moment don't exactly help the throttle response much.I have a bit of experience with w201's and w107's, and am pretty active on 190revolution.net...my style is DIY everything I can (why buy tools when you can machine/weld your own?) and I'm stoked to finally join the bullet-proof-diesel club... Aaron 
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07-28-2006, 11:29 AM
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Congrats and welcome.
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 "Buster" in the '95 Our all-Diesel family 1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car 2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022) Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762 "Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz." -- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970
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#3
07-28-2006, 12:11 PM
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Welcome. I like your style. Check the DIY- transmission links. Somewhere in there you should find references to articles by Steve Brotherton and Sun Valley Dismantlers and Peter Schmidt. Those are required reading. Let us know whether the specific transmission you have has a vacuum modulator, bowden cable (or bellcrank) etc. There are many variations and what works on the turbodiesels may not apply to the 240D.
Rick
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80 300SD (129k mi) 82 240D stick (193k mi)77 240D auto - stick to be (153k mi) 85 380SL (145k mi) 89 BMW 535i 82 Diesel Rabbit Pickup (374k mi) 91 Jetta IDI Diesel (155k mi) 81 VW Rabbit Convertible Diesel 70 Triumph Spitfire Mk III (63kmi)66 Triumph TR4a IRS (90k mi)67 Ford F-100 (??)
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07-28-2006, 12:19 PM
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Quote:
No vac modulator, it has the kickdown lever connected to the throttle linkage. I'm still digesting the dozens of posts I've found here, so it'll be a while before I have any serious questions about it, I'm sure. I've got a couple hundred dollars in parts on the way (refresher stuff) and that should go a long way. Other than that stuff, neat car!!! I bought it for the wife as a DD, for her daily 40 mile freeway commute. I overpaid (in my opinion) simply because it's Southern California and the a/c is ice-cold...but considering she traded her Ford Exploder (16mpg) for this, I still think of it as a bargain. Now, if we could only get a station closer than 40 miles away to carry B100, we'd be in heaven...
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1973 280 - Current Project Car 1979 240d - 100% Stock 1982 380sl - 100% Stock 1985 190e 2.3 - Heavily Modified
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07-29-2006, 02:43 AM
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Welcome
Welcome to the club - hope we can help as needed.
John
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 John Hughes, was in Landstuhl, Germany but currently in San Antonio, TX 1978 280CE Astral Silver now 59,xxx miles and counting  "Silber-Kugel"1986 300E Black Pearl Metallic 143,xxx miles 5-spd daily driver w/ blk leather "Schwarz-Schönheit" 1989 190E 2.6 (euro) 5-spd Desert Taupe 112,xxx kms Had to leave behind in Germany!!! "Helga" 1983 300D Pastel Beige now 312,xxx + miles SOLD  OBK#24
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