What Sillyness.... anyone knows it is more important to Go than to Stop..... until you actually need to stop...

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1980 240d ,

chain elongation, cam marks reference:
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/10414-help-i-need-check-stretch.html

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/305365-9-degrees-chain-stretch.html

evap fin cleaning:

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/156207-photo-step-step-post-showing-w123-evaporator-removal-1983-240d-1982-300td.html?highlight=evaporator

A/C thread

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/297462-c-recommendations-mb-vehicles.html

Wow! What a LOT of great responses! ( Kinda reminds me of my first day at planetisuzoo years ago! lol)

To "clean up" some questions:
It sat for a cople of years because the old man who had it died and it sat for over a year and half before a freind of mine bought it at an estate auction, it started up & drove, but he owns a roll-back tow truck, so he hauled it to his shop where it has sat outside untouched since November.

I kinda AGREE with Yak on the stop & steer thing. That is why Saturday I took the wheels off & checked the brakes all around, and then (thankfully) had discoverd that everything up front had been rebuilt somewhat recently. (brakes, shocks, ball joints, ect...) Like I said in first post, it rides & drives (steering) as good as most brand spanking new 2011 cars you could go test drive. It WILL go 70 MPH. Just takes a lunch break to go from 0 to 70! :-0

I forgot who sent me the link to the MB service info, but thanks a bazillion for that!
I will try my best to learn everyones name & personality in here. I know from past experiance that after a year or two on some of the GOOD forums, everyone starts to feel like true freinds. And after several years on the same forum, you start to get the family member relationship kinda feel for most of them. Even if you dont like them or agree with them all the time, you still love them anyways! lol

The ALDA service WILL be preformed when I do all the fluids / filters here in a couple of weeks. Things will be slow going at first because 1) It's farming season & 2) My wife & I have just purchased a MUCH MUCH nicer house & will be moving throughout the month of July, so my time will be spread out as thin as a newspaper page over the next 4 to 6 weeks. Then comes my anniversary, followed by another 2 rounds of crops coming out (Corn in late September, followed closely by soybeans allmost immediately after)
WHEW! This is gonna be a VERY busy year! lol

HOWEVER! I WILL sqeeeeeeze in some MB bonding time in between all of that. SOMEHOW! lol

With all my heart, THANKS GUYS! (And gals if there any in here that replied)

BTW, as you will learn from my posts, my typing sucks, and my spelling is even worse! lol

Welcome aboard.

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Jim

Lets don't get carried away there....

It is nice to have another farmer on board...

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1980 240d ,

chain elongation, cam marks reference:
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?threadid=10414

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/305365-9-degrees-chain-stretch.html

evap fin cleaning:

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/156207-photo-step-step-post-showing-w123-evaporator-removal-1983-240d-1982-300td.html?highlight=evaporator

A/C thread

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/297462-c-recommendations-mb-vehicles.html

Are you a farmer then leathermang?

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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!

I am not a farmer. I am a farm hand! lol
( Mostly a grain truck driver, with the occasional bush hoging & sod busting thrown in)
And I am the Parts Dept. Mgr. at a AGCO / Gleaner dealership.
So crop season tends to be a bit busy for me! :-)

I play at growing Tifton 85 for horse feed...

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1980 240d ,

chain elongation, cam marks reference:
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?threadid=10414

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/305365-9-degrees-chain-stretch.html

evap fin cleaning:

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/156207-photo-step-step-post-showing-w123-evaporator-removal-1983-240d-1982-300td.html?highlight=evaporator

A/C thread

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/297462-c-recommendations-mb-vehicles.html

We grow blueberries and pine trees here.

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Jim

Those are really pretty...

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1980 240d ,

chain elongation, cam marks reference:
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?threadid=10414

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/305365-9-degrees-chain-stretch.html

evap fin cleaning:

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/156207-photo-step-step-post-showing-w123-evaporator-removal-1983-240d-1982-300td.html?highlight=evaporator

A/C thread

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/297462-c-recommendations-mb-vehicles.html

ok, this evening i changed the oil & filter, drained the fuel tank & pulled out the strainer and cleaned with carb cleaner & reinstlled (THAT made a MESS! I just THOUGHT all the fuel was out! :-o )
Changed both fuel filters, re connected some lind of linkage rod that I found out had been taken off or maybe fell off of the arm connected to the ALDA ( no clue exactly what it does or what it is for. it is the one under some kind of heater hose and is almost touching the oil filter canister) cleaned out the banjo bolt and it now is running WORSE than before!

Currently:
Missing horribally at idle, smoking LOTS of diesel smoke (not oil smoke)
and runs very very rough at all engine speeds.

Still to do: Next thing is to check timing, then check valve clearance and adjust as nessisary.
Also next Friday I am going to pull the injectors & have Ryan run a compression test and test the pop off pressure of the injectors. If they are bad, he can rebuild them.

Hey Dingo !! ( Australian coyote)
When you are playing with it on Friday, try testing the banjo with air pressure & see what pressure it releases at. Some one else will tune in soon & say what the correct pressure is or you can search "banjo bolt" & find it.
It maybe that the worse running is being caused by a little air still in the fuel system compounding bad injectors.
Compression test results will tell us if we are on the right track.
Good luck !!

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Grumpy Old Diesel Owners Club group

I no longer question authority, I annoy authority. More effect, less effort....

1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving