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I recall reading somewhere that the early system kinda sucked anyways, Most people leave it be when it breaks. I think I read it somewhere on here.
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I mentioned the rear trailing-arm because thats how I acquired my first 240D for $225.
Water had been trapped inside the left rear arm and it eventually rusted through, cracking near the spring-shock mount. Except for moving it a few feet to make sure the automatic tranny would go forward and back, I didn't even attempt to drive that car until after I had it towed home and replaced the bad trailing-arm. It was a rustbucket anyway and I wound up repairing the floors under both front seats and patching numerous other holes. But the car was cheap, it had four new Michelins, and I wanted to learn about diesels. Happy Motoring, Mark
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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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^There is a 300D in the yard we went to last time with trailing arms still attached. Let me know if you need to borrow the spring compressor.
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Once the top of the shock is un bolted, the trail arm will drop down suddenly. then remove the lower 2 bolts. when the 4 13mm bolts on the diff mount are removed, the diff will drop down a foot or so, really fast. usually the PNP cars are up on welded rims, so up high. keep your head out of the way . Hey Joe, is that rust along the lower edge of the deck lid? looks like it these pictures. TheDon Bought a 240D You mentioned "Cheap 240D Club". you can get much cheaper than I did with our 80 240D. Lady gave it to us 16 months ago. and was orig owner. It has cruise, but won`t hold. will speed up when moving the stalk. You have a nice looking car. Charlie
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hmmmm, well if need be we could drop the subframe. But I will let you know.
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well keep an eye on it. I have 3 little places about the size of my pinky finger nail, that rust bubbling up under the molding along there. It is coming off real soon and get stopped in it`s tracks.
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there were three HP ratings on the OM616... 1) Not much power 2) Even less power 3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast. 80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works |
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Well, I bought a tan 81 240D like TheDon's the other day. It's now got 160K on the odo and the odo's workin'. It has a fine interior except for cracked dash and twisted seatbelts. Didn't even have wrinkles in the door tex. Sits up nice and high, runs like a top, auto and shifts well. Drives strait and tight but with some knocking when the steering is turned.
Damage on both front fenders, hood and passenger door. Otherwise sound in body. $840 USD. I think I got a good deal and mom's gonna love it. Wish I had TheDon's 240D hubcaps and undented body.
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Washed the car and cleaned the door jambs. I did notice the car was wired to tow something and the hitch was missing. That could be why the rear has some negative camber. I will have to get new tires for this car soon. If I can just swap on my ole CLK wheels I will be ok for a bit longer.
pics below with comments Do I need longer lugs for the CLK wheels or spacers, etc? I got under the car and noticed that unlike my previous W123 this one was not covered in oil on the underside and the car only left a spot the size of a quarter over the span of a few days. The shifter likes to bind when going from 2nd to 3rd. When it was hung up I got under the car and saw that the bushings on the shifter end were gone. That could be possibly why it binds. The bushings on the transmission end were fine. The whole shifter mechanism could probably use a rebuild to be freshened up. I haven't figured out why the idle adjust knob doesn't work. I need to clean the tex, what should I use to clean it. Tell me what I need to get and use. There is no structural rust at all. The car is very solid. what ever this is in the engine needs attention before clean-er! rear right left |
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Wow, that thing is really eating tires more than it would seem from the amount of camber in the picture. Are you sure these weren't swapped from the front? That looks more like tow (on the left side, the right is basically normal, but the ass end sits high)
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