http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/vbpicgallery.php?do=view&g=2489

Nice, I like the 8-hole wheel upgrade.

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Gone to the dark side

- Jeff

I like the wheels too. The previous owner just put them on. They are from tire rack. They are 16s with ZR1 tires. Nitrogen filled but I will probably just use free air. I still can't believe I got this car for $2000

Free air, which is primarily nitrogen. Sounds good to me. The air that is in the tires now is probably around 90% nitrogen since they started with a tire full of of normal air, and added 2x more in nitrogen. One of the more laughable scams out there.

The fog-light lenses look smoked, I think it looks nice, is this just the photo? Is the interior as nice as the body looks? My '91 SDL was smoke silver with mushroom leather, I really like that combination.

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Looks like you got a great deal. Nice looking car.

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1984 300D, 228k, Light Ivory, Java MB-Tex

I see what you did there

Nice car. I might move on to the world of 603 engines one of these days. Probably not for a while though.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

Here are the tires http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Fuzion&tireModel=ZRi&frontTire=255WR6ZRI&rearTire=45WR6ZRI&vehicleSearch=true&fromCompare1=yes&autoMake=Mercedes-Benz&autoYear=1987&autoModel=300SDL&autoModClar=
The wheels use the original MB center cap so at first they look like very nice factory wheels.
The fog light is trashed because someone broke the clip that keeps the fog light sealed. I wanted to buy a junk 420sel just to get the light housing. So it isn't the fog light per say but the entire housing. It still works though. The interior was perfect. It is an icky yellow color now but I know that wasn't the original color. There are a few broken things now but I did them fixing electrical issues. The plastic looks perfect but is very brittle. Driver seat spring is a little weak. There seems to be diesel soot throughout the car, The carpet is a very light tan almost off white and shows the soot easily. I think the soot was from the under hood exhaust leak from my other post.

Once I got this 603 running correctly it is an amazing engine. Power is great. It is pulling hills like a champ. It seems to pull hard in top gear from 80 MPH. This is a big car so getting 28MPG on original injectors at 80 MPH I think is amazing. I still can't believe it upshifts from first gear at 5200 rpm. It really feels like a gas motor

What are you worried about?
I was almost killed seven times not on the road, and had a doctor misdiagnose a collapsing artery as acid reflux, necessitating midnight surgery right from the ER.

And you're worried about a vacuum pump?

I almost woke up dead that day.

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Strelnik
Invest in America: Buy a Congressman!

1950 170SD
1951 Citroen 11BN
1953 Citroen 11BNF limo
1953 220a project
1959 180D
1960 190D
1960 Borgward Isabella TS 2dr
1983 240D daily driver
1983 380SL
1990 350SDL daily driver alt
3 x Citroen DS21M, down from 5
3 x Citroen 2CV, down from 6

Ok in comparison to a collapsed artery it is nothing.

I like this car so much I think my next car will be a rod bender. I have a friend that wants to sell it to me "one day"

don't forget ya don want the oil cooler lines to take a dump

awe man, oil cooler lines???? hadn't heard that one, how do I check? I had to replace the return lines for the fuel injection, leaking all over the place

pretty sure there's also a serpentine belt tensioner scenario

Perhaps the daughter will end up with another car. Kids frequently don't appreciate old cars.

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85SD 240K & stopped counting painted, putting bac together. 84SD 180,000. sold to a neighbor and member here but I forget his handle. The 84 is much improved from when I had it. 85TD beginning to repair to DD status. Lots of stuff to do.