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08-01-2009, 01:08 AM
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Well I made the trip!83 300d
Took an trip from Philly to fort Jackson ,in SC to pick up my son from Army boot camp
 left as punk came out an man,well anyway the car ran well,down in SC/NC the speed limit is 70,I ran 80 and hit 90 and was getting pass,used up about 1/2 qt of oil,on this 1400 mile run,the only problem I ran into,on the last leg of my trip returning home,past one to many gas stations and ran out of fuel.My gauge was reading 1/4 I said no problem NOPE Die on the off ramp on 95 in Delaware,Dang!look in the back?Only had 1qt of 15/40 oil,pour it in the tank,she started upGot to fix this gauge!My temp ran at 82c at night but in the heat of the day it hit 90c,Man it was hot down there with out an working A/C,So all and all it was a good trip.
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08-01-2009, 09:01 AM
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Good to hear of a mostly happy trip. The sending unit in the tank is the probable culprit.
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08-01-2009, 10:08 AM
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better off...
reinforces my feeling that this country would be better off if every teen did two years of "service" to the country. boot camp for everyone.... it helped me a lot.
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1985 300SD 1998 Jetta TDI Previous: lots of diesel VW's, MB's, KW's, Pete, Freightliner Walking isn't a lost art: one must, by some means, get to the garage.
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08-01-2009, 06:35 PM
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Hear hear, mandatory military service for all...
I know there are some that manage to stay punks even after boot camp, but the great majority that I served with were much less obnoxious than the idiot kids I see wandering the streets locally. 
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08-01-2009, 09:21 PM
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Quote:
I served 13 months in Vietnam and I'm only mildly crazy.
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Charles 1983 300D, bought new, 215k+ miles, donated to Purple Hearts veterans charity but I have parts for sale: http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/mercedes-benz-cars-sale/296386-fs-1-owner-83-mb-300d-turbo-rebuild-parts.html
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08-01-2009, 09:17 PM
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The Military can be sort of a half way house to adulthood if you do not get unlucky and end up maimed for life.
I was fortunate and not sent to Vietnam; others were not. While I could see drafting people in the present state that our Military is in as a temp measure to relieve the what must be by now "burned out" combat troops. I otherwise do not think people should be forced into the Military. I also miss the society that I grew up in (I am 57) that did not let Kids get away with much so that they did not become "punks".
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