Ive had good luck with just deep conditioner, didnt consider redying. It photographs worse than it looks.

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

Nice find looking forward to seeing it when you get done with it.

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1983 300D Russett Brown, Euro Bumpers, Euro Headlights, Rear Headrests, lots of upgrades 256,000 (Sasha)

1980 300TD 200K Third row seat, original owner car with lots of documentation

We live in a world that goes faster every day and it seems there's a lack of time for each one of us

Great car, just like the one I picked up several months ago. You're going to love it. Hope that your oil filter housing gasket isn't leaking as bad as mine.

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'81 300SD

Have you tried tightening it?

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

I used navy blue shoe polish on my 84 500SEC. There were doggie scratches and faded places on the seats and it helped a lot.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Oh yeah, that's the first thing I did. I tightened as much as I could without stripping the heads on those allen bolts. I was hoping to wait until summer to do this job, but it's so bad that I'm going to tackle it next week.

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'81 300SD

Did you cure the polish with anything to keep it from rubbing off on your pants? I would think that it would start to lift on really hot days.

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'81 300SD

I was wondering if this car was number 20 for me on MBs. Turns out it was number 23. I'm losing track, so I wrote it all out here for my memory.

1: 85 500SL 2002
2: 85 300D 2007
3: 80 300TD 2008
4: 95 E320 2008
5: 83 300D 2008
6: 82 300TD 2009
7: 85 300TD 2009
8: 04 E500 2009
9: 85 300D 2009
10: 91 350SDL 2009
11: 76 450SEL 6.9 2009
12: 91 300SEL 2009
13: 95 E320 2009
15: 95 C36 AMG 2010
16: 91 560SEL 2010
17: 84 500SL 2010
18: 82 300TD 2010
19: 02 SL500 2010
20: 85 300TD 2010
21: 95 E300 2010
22: 80 240D 2010
23: 81 300SD 2011

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

Looks like another nice find for you, Tyler!

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Does this qualify for the cheap 300sd club,its about time to start one dont you think.Ive seen more 300sd models at the yard than 300d s.Im in love with my 85 300sd ,I dont know why I waited so long to buy one .I would say out of the diesel MBs for the 80s these are the smoothest rides in both looks and ride comfort.Time to look for some euro headlights now.

Hey Tyler nice pick up,

I got a nice crack free blue dash that came off an '88 420SEL. Had an airbag, so you would have to graft in the bottom support of the glove compartment door to make it work. PM me if interested.

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1983 123.133 California
- GreaseCar Veg System

Wooo I have number 3 on that list. You're welcome for starting all of this

I'm looking forward to seeing this thing in person, if we have time of course.

Well, it passed the overnight floor test with the exception of what appears to be a small leak on a power steering hose. The reservoir is about a centimeter off from full.

One pea size drop of oil otherwise. I noticed the oil cooler lines look to have been replaced as well.

Next week ill start searching threads on power seat troubleshooting. Hopefully they're not too much of a bear.

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

I like it! That'll make someone a nice car. Exact color combo / leather of my '83 300SD, btw.

I'm laughing from the lengthy list.......I've only owned (5) primary daily-driver cars in my life!!