Dave, I was in San Jose yesterday and forgot to wave as I went by you!

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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

Can someone tell me who Phil (noob alert) or if he no longer has them where i might find this part?

Click on the "Buy Parts" link towards the top of the page - just right of center.

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09 Jetta TDI
1985 300D

1235200342 PROTECTION P
1235200442 PROTECTIVE P

There is also another one that goes is installed between that one and underneath the radiator. I have been meaning to do this mod. Nice write up.

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Current Stable:
1994 S500 v140, 210k miles, white with grey.

Former Mercedes in the Stable:
1983 300CD Turbo diesel 515k mi sold (rumor has it, that it has 750k miles on it now)
1984 300CD Turbo Diesel 150 k mi sold
1982 300D Turbo Diesel 225 sold
1987 300D Turbo Diesel 255k mi sold
1988 300 CE AMG Hammer 15k mi sold
1986 "300E" Amg Hammer 88k mi sold (it was really a 200, not even an E (124.020)
1992 500E 156k mi sold
etc.

just tried to order the 'radiator protection plate' as it's called, no longer available
got the oil pan protection plate from Phil

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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)

His pics reminded me I need to order a couple of new radiator drain plugs.......

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'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

603-engined cars are the ones that need a real skid plate. It's waaay to easy to tap the 'glass jaw' of a 603's sump with a plus-height curb. Believe me.

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reviving an old thread just to say thanks to Jeremy5848, answered all my installation questions with a good write up and great pics! plate is going on this weekend.

thank you!

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1985 300D - 1984 Euro 280E AMG Clone (SOLD) - 1978 280CE (SOLD) - 1983 300D (SOLD) - 1981 300D (SOLD)

I lost a 240D engine in a freak nose dive into a think iron plate a couple years back. Such a skid plate probably would have saved the engine.

I'll be talking to Phil about a plate for each of my cars.

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1981 240D ChinaBlue (Got her running with a donor engine.)
1983 300DTurbo w/sunroof.
1984 300TD manual sunroof. (Electrical Gremlins)

For those trick fasteners into the frame-rails, I'd probably use some sort of 8mm speed-nut/blind-nut, possibly like the ones Mercedes uses to anchor the W123 front seats.
Or fashion something sturdy from some 1/4" x 1" bar-stock, with 8mm threaded holes.
Either way, it might avoid the prolonged frustration of struggling with needle-nose pliers or computer-chip tools, and losing nuts & washers.
Plus it would make it much more pleasent in the event the skid-pate needed to be removed for engine-repairs.

Happy Motoring, Mark

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Original part number: A123 990 0891

Nice! Wish I'd remembered that when I did mine.

Jeremy

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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

That is a nice plate, i could use one of those on the 300TD (I foolishly lowered it an inch)

I plan on making one, mud season here gets deep/rough.

Not MB related, but here's a plate I made for the Audi. It was a piece of 1/4 scrap I bent to fit, cost nothing and offered good protection for the very vulnerable crank pulley, filters, pan on these cars.

It took a hard hit during this incident but I drove it home thanks to the skid plate!







I also installed a "panzer" skid plate on Wife's A4, already has saved the pan once.

If you decide to go with those factory speed-nuts, you might want to apply a bit of antiseize to the threads. Those speed-nut 'U' brackets aren't real sturdy in the event that a bolt gets rusted in there. I had one tear loose under a 240D seat, then it was impossible to remove or tighten it!

Happy Motoring, Mark

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