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My 300D is drivable again!
After several unsuccessful attempts to use the tranny my 84 300D (the gold car in my sig) came with, I got a good used transmission with fairly low miles on it. My car is now drivable again, but....
No car that has sat for as long as this car has is without other issues. It sat for six years. Today I thought after bleeding the brakes I could take it for a slightly longer test drive. Wrong! My front brake calipers froze I knew the car couldn't be that sluggish. Luckily I have a spare set which I'm in the process of swapping in. I had also a bit of bad luck with the radiator a couple of days ago. I snapped the @#$! upper neck off when I tried to take the radiator hose off to install the fan shroud after which I then found out was the wrong one. I temporarily fixed the neck by "welding" the plastic neck fragments back together. It appears to be holding pressure for now. Either way, look for updates to follow, including mishaps and any cans of worms I'll open in the process.
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DJ 84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012 |
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Wow 6 years....I haven't even owned my car that long.
Nice to hear its back on the road though! Keep up the fixin'!
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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life- '15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800) '17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k) '09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k) '13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k) '01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km) '16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k) |
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Cool! Come drive by sometime.
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1979 240D- 316K miles - VGT Turbo, Intercooler, Stick Shift, Many Other Mods - Daily Driver 1982 300SD - 232K miles - Wife's Daily Driver 1986 560SL - Wife's red speed machine |
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Right now all I could do is drive by. No brakes.
I've only owned it since last summer.
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DJ 84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012 |
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Good job DJ. Keep after it, and keep us informed....
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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 |
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Today's a new day. We'll see what's in store for me. I'm going to finish up the front calipers and check the rear ones. I'm hoping my rears are fine since I don't have any spares for them.
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DJ 84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012 |
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Congrats!
It's gotta feel good!
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Ginny in Denver-ish 78 300SD, 265K (mine) |
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Yes, it's a feeling of success!
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DJ 84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012 |
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