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85 300cd ,rough on start up ,smoothes out after a few minutes.What steps?
A find with a very clean body ,the engine bay needed 3 cans of engine degreaser before I would even go close to digging in.New air filter,changed the oil ,new fuel filters,and it runs much better .Still have to do a valve adjustment,would like it to purr right off the bat.It sounds normal after about 3 minutes of ideling.Any other maintenence I can go after?Shes a real beauty ,I can say this is my best find yet
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Glow plugs.
Maybe you have some glow plugs not operating correctly?
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------------------------------- '85 300D, 'Lance',250k, ... winter beater (100k on franken-Frybrid 3 Valve Kit) '82 300D, 'Tex', 228k body / 170k engine ... summer car '83 300TD Cali Wagon 210k, wife's car |
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Check valves, check glow plugs, after those are eliminated, maybe injectors and heat shields, IP timing.
Good luck! I'm a bit jealous, I'd love to find a CD in the neighborhood that was for sale for some reasonable amount of money....
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1983 300SD 467,000 km - 473 champagnermetallic location: 34°5' N 106°53' W (Socorro NM, USA) |
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I do still have alot of work to do ,its all around condition is a solid 7 ,the seats are about what you expect ,some rips on the driver .The interior is missing the floor mats ,ash tray ,and radio.The trunk had some trash ,but I did find out were the drivers door panel was located after cleaning it out.So far I cant complain ,the grit and grim work is still ahead with the brakes and valve timing ,I also believe theirs a suspention piece or two I need to go after with the car wandering abit.The advantage I have in my favor to all this is most of the parts Ill need are sitting in my parts car I bought last year ,what was once a Restore project is now to be a parts car for this 85 beauty.Ill post some before and after pics at the end of the Month .
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