My 1985 300D (Pics, finally)

[frankengrant]

Picked this up about 2 weeks ago in CA. Single owner, all serviced at the dealer, with 165,500 miles.

I got 4 new speakers and a head unit installed last night as well. Sounds amazing. Went to Audio Express in Phoenix.

[04 Diesel]

That looks great, nice car.

[charmalu]

That is definately a Cali car looking at the engine. and has the original Blue plate.

That is really a nice looking 85, you did good.

Charlie

[andrewjtx]

All this talk of car stereo and you sound more proud of that than you do of what looks to be a kick ass car!

Here. I've got a banged up '84 wagon body you can throw new speakers in. I'll take your one-owner cream puff of a sedan.

[Colorado220]

Beautiful!

[dude99]

I love that color...

[euroamg]

Your w123 looks great! Nice find.. I had a 300dt the same color i just sold not so long ago but still have one i'm keeping...

[t walgamuth]

Looks really nice except for the shiny fender lips!

[gatorblue92]

Originally Posted by t walgamuth

Looks really nice except for the shiny fender lips!

x2

beautiful car but those need to go...they can be a good place for rust to hide

[frankengrant]

Ok a few things on the invoice. I supplied 4 shocks, the labor for installing them was 225.00.

For 2 front lower ball joints, 4 sway bar bushings, and 4 upper control arm bushings: The labor for installing them all plus R+R of the springs and spindle, including alignment was 540 dollars.

Total 1536 dollars to:

Repair and recharge my AC with R-12, as well as fit new O-rings in the compressor, they had to diagnose the problem and it was a bad crank position sensor, which they replaced. A benefit of this is my tach (woot!) AND my A/C work now.

Change the transmission fluid, filter and gasket.

Replace all control arm bushings, front lower ball joints, sway bar bushings, and the front and rear shocks with Bilstein HD's.

Replace the shifter bushings and linkage bushings.


The car handles like it is on rails now, it is amazing! I feel like I am driving a new car (again), the HD's are not too stiff for me, it is just right, the car is responsive and does not bounce around when going over bumps.

The A/C is cold and comes on quickly, really will be happy about that come summer.

I think I got a pretty reasonable deal, what do you guys think?

[Stretch]

Very nice - good find!

[charmalu]

I just noticed the ALDA still has the cap on it. usually a black one, haven`t seen a red one before.

so you have a virgin unmolested car. I would take pictures of the engine bay as it is now, how all the vac lines run to each component. then maybe these could be added to the section at the top in the stickies for future referance for other 85 owners. the 85 expecially the Cali model, is set up a little different.

maybe even from the under side showing how the starter and trap are mounted.

Yeah the Chrome fender trim looks nice, but can harbor rust, or can be a sponning ground for it. maybe pull it off for a check, and wash out any dirt. If you remove it, there will still be the holes in the body from the screws.

check to see if rust has started in the screw holes. maybe treat with POR to seal the raw edge where the holes were drilled. Iam sure the hles were just drilled w/o treating the bare metal in the hole area.

You really have a beautiful car, the chrome trim with the dark color looks nice. I like Chrome, more the better.
Look through the PNP`s for a nice set of Chrome cowel vents.

New cars are so,,,,,,,,,,,,Blaw, yuk, plain Jane.

Charlie

[frankengrant]

Originally Posted by charmalu

I just noticed the ALDA still has the cap on it. usually a black one, haven`t seen a red one before.

so you have a virgin unmolested car. I would take pictures of the engine bay as it is now, how all the vac lines run to each component. then maybe these could be added to the section at the top in the stickies for future referance for other 85 owners. the 85 expecially the Cali model, is set up a little different.

maybe even from the under side showing how the starter and trap are mounted.

Yeah the Chrome fender trim looks nice, but can harbor rust, or can be a sponning ground for it. maybe pull it off for a check, and wash out any dirt. If you remove it, there will still be the holes in the body from the screws.

check to see if rust has started in the screw holes. maybe treat with POR to seal the raw edge where the holes were drilled. Iam sure the hles were just drilled w/o treating the bare metal in the hole area.

You really have a beautiful car, the chrome trim with the dark color looks nice. I like Chrome, more the better.
Look through the PNP`s for a nice set of Chrome cowel vents.

New cars are so,,,,,,,,,,,,Blaw, yuk, plain Jane.

Charlie

Thanks for the tips, I will take pictures, just let me know the specific areas you want photos of.

Originally Posted by lietuviai

You need to check if the trap has been replaced under recall. If you don't know or have paper work, your local MB dealer can check it for you.

Trap has not been replaced, I am taking it to MB on Monday to have them inspect it and replace it.

[lietuviai]

Originally Posted by frankengrant

Trap has not been replaced, I am taking it to MB on Monday to have them inspect it and replace it.

They should be able to do it for free. Don't let them try to tell you otherwise or let them charge you for any incidental stuff.

[charmalu]

Originally Posted by frankengrant

Thanks for the tips, I will take pictures, just let me know the specific areas you want photos of.




Trap has not been replaced, I am taking it to MB on Monday to have them inspect it and replace it.

I don`t need pictures, as I have an 85. but the 85, and probably the 85 Cali is set up a little different than the past year models as far as the vacuum routing.
take some pictures of both sides of the engine bay showing how the components are connected for future reference.

maybe VSTECH has some pull to get them in the vacuum sicky section for future reference.

Charlie