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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior  Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!
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04-13-2011, 07:59 AM
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Here's another one of sorts - small screws on the rear sedan light clusters and loads of other bits in the boot / trunk => 8mm - that's fine, but why use a 7mm head for the end of the external trim section (that curves round the rear corners of the car) when the thread diameter is the same?
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!
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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread "as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do! My drivers: 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!  1987 300TD 1987 300TD 1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere! Last edited by whunter; 03-17-2013 at 03:32 PM. Reason: attached picture
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04-13-2011, 11:43 AM
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04-13-2011, 02:20 PM
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!
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04-13-2011, 02:36 PM
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85 300D turbo pristine w 157k when purchased 161K now 83 300 D turbo 297K runs great. SOLD! 83 240D 4 spd manual- parted out then junked
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06-21-2011, 09:50 AM
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both my harbor freight, and sears stocks 46mm sockets... in 3/4 drive... VERY heavy socket about 6.00
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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread "as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do! My drivers: 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!! 1987 300TD 1987 300TD 1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!
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06-21-2011, 11:14 AM
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Volvos.
I was into Swedish cars before. I think Mercedes, and the W123's in particular, are much easier to work on. If you look at my sockets, very few show signs of significant wear. The 7,8,10,13,15,17,19,21 (close enough to 20.8 every time),22 and 27 - especially 13-19mm - are the only ones that are frequently off the rack. Those are all scuffed pretty good!
Sure, there are oddballs, but as one of my least favorite ex-bosses used to tell me, "You know, Jay, you're gonna' have that anywhere you go...." After hearing that one-too-many times, I quit complaining. Not too long after that I just plain quit. Thus ended my career as a refinish tech. Jay
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06-21-2011, 11:22 AM
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When I started this thread I had visions of making a nice list of all of the "what the %^%^ size is that?" bits on my car and putting the answer next to it so that other people had a reference point as well.
If anyone can think of any other W123 daft sizes that would be great - and then I'll get around to doing that list.
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!
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06-21-2011, 12:31 PM
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I dont think the lock nut up under the boot for the shifter knob has been mentioned. Its 15mm, for the manuals, dont know about automatics.
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 1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K 1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild 1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K 1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor 2014 Kubota L3800 tractor 1964 VW bug "Lifes too short to drive a boring car"
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