Hello, new to the forum! I have been lurking around and learning a lot from you guys. I just picked up an 85 300D off ebay. I purchased the car for $1600. The car is really turning out nice. It has it's fair share of stuff that needs attention, but the body and interior are in great shape.

I have read a lot here and have repaired a lot so far. These repairs include.

Breaking off cap and setting ALDA (mega mega slow off line before)
Turning up the boost. (From 7.5# to 10.5#)
Pulled off wrinkled plastic around all inside door frames.
Fixed air conditioning to where it comes out where it should.
Added 2 cans of R-12 and now 38deg. air!
Replaced radio
Repaired flasher relay
Fixed air cleaner mounts
Replaced air filter and fuel filter
New tires
Replaced broken thermostat

Items that still need addressed:
Brake job.
Cruise control repair.
Fix squeaking suspension
Change engine oil
Adjust Valves
Replace leaking downpipe
Change transmission fluid and filter
Diesel purge

When I won the car off ebay. I flew one way to San Diego....Picked up the car and drove 1600 miles back to Texas!! Flawless operation and about 26 MPG!

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Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about........

1985 Mercedes 300D
2007 Mercedes C-350
1980 Mazda Rx-7 (SA22C)
2005 Jaguar XJR
2007 Jeep Wrangler

thats pretty sweet glad to have you aboard

Welcome aboard. There are quite a few Houston Members.

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91 350SD
14 F150 Eco
19 Fusion Hybrid
11 GT500

Howdy from another Houstonian!

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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.

Congrats....sounds like you got a good one. Welcome aboard!

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RT


1984 300D---Sold
1995 E420 - 106K - Brilliant Silver Metallic/Orion Gray --- Sold
1984 300SD - 151K Manganese Brown Metallic/Mostly Black --- Sold
1982 240D - 79K - Manila Beige/Palomino---Sold

Gotta love a road trip.. Congrats!!

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79 MB 280 SEL Euro 133k
77 MB 450SL 154k
05 Mustang GT Vert (3) 104k
12 TSX Wagon Tech (66k) (192k)
06 Subaru Outback base (135k) 164k
16 Acura MDX (109k) 111k
18 Silverado 2500 LTZ Midnight (212) 56k
97 Ford Ranger 163k
11 RAV4 154k
01 Escape 173k
04 Honda Pilot 292k
1967 Mustang (Resto Project)
1968 Mustang (Parts Bin)
00 Ford Ranger 124k

Did we talk about two months ago? Seems vaguely familiar....like you called and we discovered that my cars for sale were all the way up in Michigan!

I thought we talked of grease and such....

Small world

Diesel Don

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DAILY DRIVERS:
'84 300DT 298k (Aubrey's)
'99.5 Jetta TDI IV 251k (Julie's)
'97 Jetta TDI 127k (Amber's)
'97 Jetta TDI 186k (Matt's)
'96 Passat TDI 237k (Don's
'84 300D 211k Mint (Arne- Undergoing Greasecar Conversion)

SOLD:
'82 240D 229k (Matt's - Converted-300DT w/ 4 speed

No, that was not me. I have been looking at Mercedes Diesels off and on for a while. I started looking for a car to replace my wife's 2007 Mercedes. Her Mercedes is leased and will be going off lease in February. (YEAH!) It was a great car, but right now with the economy the way it is we are downsizing a little!

Anyhow, she has a love for Mercedes that has started since she was a child. She is happy even with the older Diesel Mercedes. To her she says "a Mercedes is a Mercedes"...... I just wanted a Diesel Mercedes.

When I was in high school, I remember taking my dates to the prom, homecoming, and other goodies in my parents "new then" 1979 300SD. I had a fascination with diesels ever since. My dad had an 1981 Totota DIesel truck at the same time as their Mercedes. Eventually the Toyota was passed down to one brother to go to college, then to another to go to college, then my stupid ex-brother in law and then (after about 300,000 miles) it went to me!

I have always loved diesels. I love to start them. Love the way they smell. They are very interesting.

Hopefully this one will indeed turn out to be a good one!

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Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about........

1985 Mercedes 300D
2007 Mercedes C-350
1980 Mazda Rx-7 (SA22C)
2005 Jaguar XJR
2007 Jeep Wrangler

Old school ,if you need any parts ,PM ME HERE ,Ive got tons of 300d stuff laying around ,up near the Woodlands.

Welcome to the party from a fellow Houstonian.

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- Brian


1989 500SEL Euro
1966 250SE Cabriolet
1958 BMW Isetta 600

The only thing better than an old Mercedes is an old Mercedes with a story. Your drive from the west coast provides that!
Welcome aboard from another Texan. We'll catch you at a GTG at some point.
Next, though, we will require pics of this car......

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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

Welcome to the old mercedes club from a fellow (ex) Houston resident. Time to post some pics.

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daw_two
Germantown, TN

Links:
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

Sound like a great deal. However, THIS THREAD IS USELESS WITHOUT PICS!!!

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Scott
1982 Mercedes 240D, 4 speed, 275,000
1988 Porsche 944 Turbo S (70,000)
1987 Porsche 911 Coupe 109,000 (sold)
1998 Mercedes E300 TurboDiesel 147,000 (sold)
1985 Mercedes 300D 227,000 (totaled by inattentive driver with no insurance!)
1997 Mercedes E300 Diesel 236,000 (sold)
1995 Ducati 900SS (sold)
1987 VW Jetta GLI 157,000 (sold)
1986 Camaro 125,000 (sold - P.O.S.)
1977 Corvette L82 125,000 (sold)
1965 Pontiac GTO 15,000 restored (sold)

you all are right!! My wife has our camera right now. She went on a mission trip to Cambodia with our church and has my camera. When she gets back I will snap away! This car is in unbelievable shape!
Slowly I am getting things repaired that suffered from deferred maintenance.

Another great addition to this story....I was driving back to Houston from San Diego and stopped over in Lordsburg NM for the night. When I woke up the next morning ice was all over the car and the temps were probably in the high teens, low 20's. I thought "here comes the test of the ole girl" put the key in, let the glowplugs do their thing and then the magic happened....started perfectly!!

JC

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Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about........

1985 Mercedes 300D
2007 Mercedes C-350
1980 Mazda Rx-7 (SA22C)
2005 Jaguar XJR
2007 Jeep Wrangler

Welcome! The next things I would do is change the fluids asap and adjust the valves.

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Brad
1981 300TD - daily driver
1963 Chevy II
2001 F-250 7.3 Power Stroke