It was listed in the CL yesterday and I pretty much jumped on it because i have a soft sport for these cars. I took a look this morning and cranked the engine which fired pretty quickly. I did not need to listen any more and handed the cash.

When the tow truck dropped it off, I realized that the brakes were non existent so i''m going to bleed the system out today and maybe swap the master cylinder if need be.

From my very brief assessment, the trunk lid has some rust and so does the trunk floor but not through. The seal is pretty useless. The windshield will need to be released and probably replaced as it's starting to fog up.

No a/c (of course) but the paint while dull will shine up.

I know the W114 body quite well but as I mentioned, this is my first diesel. I would be grateful for any advise that y'all can give.

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With best regards

Al

Buy all your diesel fuel from a Walmart Supercenter that has a Murphy's Oil sales store on the grounds that sells diesel. That's where I buy all mine for the MB and my diesel motorcoach. It's fresh and it's usually but not always the cheapest in any area.

Be careful - like SLs, MB diesels are habit forming.

Thanks for the tip, yep, it's not like me to get suckered into buying cars for no good reason. I really want to try the bio-diesel thing.

Is it true that these things can get close to 30mpg?

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With best regards

Al

Nah, I thought they got 40MPG... just kidding!

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Erich Loepke
2010 Ford Focus
Currently Benz-less

Routinely....that's why they make such good daily-drivers - they don't need to be fed so often.

My Dad's '74 240D auto trans got just under 30 mpg over-the road when new.

My '99 E300 gets 27 to 28 mpg freeway/city driving combined - but without the A/C turned on, around town.

oil bath air filters!

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Over 21 years I owned several:
w108
w110
w111
w115
w116
w123
w124
w126
w212

Congrats.

The W115 300D does NOT have a oil bath air filter. The W115 240D does though.

The best my 76 300D has got was 27 MPG.

Keep us up to date on the progress your new diesel.

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1985 300TD Turbo Euro-wagon
1979 280CE 225,200 miles
1985 300D Turbo 264,000 miles
1976 240D 190,000 miles
1979 300TD 220,000

GONE but not forgotten
1976 300D 195,300 miles
1983 300D Turbo 175,000 miles

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...e485-1-2-1.jpg

aha. I had a 240D very cool car. Rusty Russian steel floors...

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Over 21 years I owned several:
w108
w110
w111
w115
w116
w123
w124
w126
w212

you can get bio diesel at the green spot. there's one on buckner close to the white rock lake. people say they have good breakfast tacos. BUT, they are not made on site. i think they are opening up one on oak lawn ave. not sure. my car has been down for over a year and a half. my 90lbs wife demands 6 meals a day and killing my budget for fun stuff -breast feeding!

beautiful car!

Looks like you haven't added it to your signature line yet. Are you waiting until you get the official adoption papers back in the mail?

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85 300D 75K Anthracite Grey 0-60 in 13 seconds **For Sale**
84 300D 333K Black (The Velveteen Rabbit) 0-60 in 14 seconds
00 Toyota Sienna 208K (Sold)
15 Subaru Outback 43K
11 Subaru Outback 67K
98 Ford Taurus 100K (Gertie - Was Grandma's - drove it to church and shopping - really) Daughter's car now.
30 Model A Ford 2 Door Sedan (Sold) 0-60 in . . . Never reached 60

Ha, something like that. I'll try to get it registered tomorrow.

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With best regards

Al

Nice.

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Chris Brown
"OC", So-Cal
1979 240D, 122K, 4spd, Colorado Biege w/Tobacco, Pwr Roof, AC, Cruise, Becker Corona - SOLD
Past Benzos: 71 250 • 83 240D • 84 190E • 04 C240 • 11 GLK350 • 13 c250 Coupe
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/...ine=1276896801

If you would like to buy the Factory Service Manual on CD direct from Mercedes.

http://www.classictechlit.mbusa.com/MB/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=Retail&category%5Fname=1009%28ClassicTechLit%29&product%5Fid=QL%2D6516%2D0507%2D02%28ClassicTechLit%29

$19.99+$7 shipping

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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel

$00.00

Thats a deal!

These are cool, a guy near me has a yellow one, he drives the hell out of it.

Enjoy!

Thanks, I think that I may already have that manual and a paper chassis manual that I got when I bought one of my CE's.

Ha, it was cheap but not that cheap. Now that I have a diesel I have to learn how to be really cheap and start doing things like tracking mileage running cars on used oil.

Any other suggestions?

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With best regards

Al