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Need some advice from the Pros please help
I am new to the MB world and need some serious advice from people who have years of experience with diesel MBs. History of the car. I was given an 87 300d turbo about 300 miles ago. My father in law bought this car new from the factory and had it shipped back. It has had all service completed by the MB shop on time. All other repairs have also been done by the MB shop. I have all records for everything that was ever done on the car.
Now this is where I need some advice. I have to go to Biloxi for 6 week training course and want to drive the car. I am in Omaha so it will be 1000 plus miles. The car runs and drives like a dream. Every thing works on it as it should. It has 104K on it. After reading the forums for 40+ hours since getting the car I am a little worried about the reliability of it. It has the crap 14 head on it and then I read today about the air pump blowing up. It has the old pump. It has had a new radiator and fan installed and I have replaced any questionable vacuum tubing.
I ordered air, oil, both fuel, and PS filters from Fastlane and will install them before I leave. I got two gallons of Mobil 1 5w40 turbo diesel truck oil to use and some seafoam to do the purge. It has had a new radiator and fan installed.
Would you recommend taking this car on that long of a trip? Are there any thing else I should do before driving? Should I also change the Dino tranny fluid (3 years old with 1500 miles)?
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1987 300D Turbo
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08-07-2007, 01:06 PM
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