My 1985 300SD is dying of rust.
Just got a Texas W126 1991 350SD no interior or drive-train.

Moving the OM617 drive-train and interior should be easy.
I may need to swap the total vehicle wire harness = not fun..


I will post the spare parts after the swap.

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1985 300SD
1983 300D
1984 190D
2003 Volvo V70
2002 Honda Civic

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Sounds like a kit car project

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Pete Williams, President emeritus - MBCA-International Stars (Eastern Mich.) Now Wi. & Az.
1985 300D Manual 4 speed Green Hen's tooth
1979 MGB triple black Az car nice
1969 back 1/2 of MGB (Az home built trailer)
1991 Volvo 245 Wagon Nice AZ Restored Gold Brick
1983 Jeep CJ7 37,600 Miles Summer use only

Let me know when you're doing this, I'd love to come help.

Too bad you didn't get the updated interior with the 350. Does the 350 shell have ASD?

-Jason

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1991 350SDL. 230,000 miles (new motor @ 150,000). Blown head gasket

Tesla Model 3. 205,000 miles. Been to 48 states!
Past: A fleet of VW TDIs.... including a V10,a Dieselgate Passat, and 2 ECOdiesels.
2014 Cadillac ELR
2013 Fiat 500E.

Did the orginal motor bend some rods?

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1986 300SDL, 211K,Dealership serviced its whole life
1991 190E 2.6(120k)
1983 300D(300k)
1977 300D(211k)

Strip party! I'm there. Oh wait, nm.

(yes! I'm the first to make a joke about the title of this particular thread!)

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

I had to NOT post my thoughts. I'd still like to be involved when a car was being stripped. The day I took the entire blue interior out of a 1985 300D was interesting......but nothing like the "strip parties" they have up north.

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daw_two
Germantown, TN

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Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior
Cluster Needles Paint
New Old Stock (NOS) parts

Past:
3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda"
04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben"
& many more

At the risk of sounding creepy...where do you work on your cars, if you don't mind me asking? After learning that you are a MB guru, I'd love to soak up some knowledge in person...

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1984 300D: 275,000 miles (soon to be for sale)

In search of my 1987 300D in anything but white.

PM sent.

Are you going to sell parts after the swap is complete?

I could use some things, probably off the 85.

Message me.

Yes, when it is done.

Beautiful! I know I need at least the rear passenger side little quarter panel cladding behind the rear door.

I need some other things also.

I will need drivers side rear door window regulator.Let me know how much?

Strangely enough, as explained at the Texas GTG these engines also suffer from another "all too common" malady. There is some type of baffle in the lower oil pan area. The screws back out of this, eventually get ingested into the oil pump after tearing though the screen, hand grenade it which causes lack of engine oil and you get seizure.
I think Sunny got the interior from this car, which was nice!
Good looking body for Roy to transplant his stuff to with minimal issues.
Gonna have to deal with extending the drive shaft a bit?

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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

Is the later SD longer?

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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

I'm very disapointed, I was looking for pictures of very hot girls stripping on a W126.

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1969 280SE
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