How do I preform a citrus flush on a 1985 617.

By hitting search above and typing in "Citrus"........

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Jimmy L.
'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

Agreed - that's how I did mine!

Lots of info out there behind the search button

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83 300d - 390k

A little TOO much info. Too much to sort through. The search option is too much of a PITA.

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DJ


84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

I try to use it to avoid starting "you should have searched" arguments... but it is annoying sometimes. If you aren't specific enough, you get at least 300 of the 600 or 700 threads available... too much to sift through... if you're too specific, or you're just right but the words weren't in the right order or you weren't standing on your head right... then you don't get the very thread you wanted. Often times i've wanted to search for one of my own threads and entered a direct quote... nothing.

It's still a good first resort but I'll be the... not the first, but one of the first to admit I have to ask anyway usually.

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~Michael S.~
Past cars:

1986 300SDL
1987 300SDL
1982 240D
1982 300SD


Current:

1987 300SDL

Use Google as your search engine.........not the forum. Put in "Mercedesshop.com" as the domain name.

You get all the benefits of phrases such as "radiator cap" or "heater core". The forum software cannot handle a phrase.

Don't use the forum software to perform searches!

This can certainly be accepted as Gospel from a moderator.

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DJ


84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

You'd be amazed at the success I've had with Google when compared to the forum. There are threads that I know exist and I cannot find them with the forum search. With a few more terms, Google picks them out nearly every time.

You can also search for 2 letter words through google.

Then should there not be a sticky on just how to do it? In crayon form of course......

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Jimmy L.
'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

What's your thought on this Brian?

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DJ


84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

Well, stickys are limited. We just cannot have a sticky for every topic that people are interested in.

But, Roy has organized the important threads into groups based upon vehicle system. Check out "Do it yourself links by Parts Category". It's a special forum on the very first page, a few down from DD.

If you find a valuable thread that you believe should go into one of these categories, please let me or Roy know about it.

He's still got a bit too much junk in those forums, but, it's far better than searching the entire forum for what you're looking for.

Well, do we really need stickys for Vogtland Springs, Craigslist alerts, eBay alerts for that matter, Biodiesel and WVO?

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Jimmy L.
'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

True about limited stickies but I kinda think a good search method could be make better use of this site. Someone like me who has been around this forum a few years still needs to be reminded that you can use google more effectively.
BTW, I accidentally found out what a citrus flush was but reading another thread without really looking for it.

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DJ


84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

It's an ongoing battle.

The Vogtland springs should dissappear very soon.

Craiglist and eBay serve to eliminate the multitude of new threads that would appear if they were not stickies. Right now, I just move them over there.

Biodiesel and WVO does serve a purpose for those inclined to follow that topic.