just brought home my new baby! 1985 300d its immaculate condition inside and out, has a few things I would like to replace like the ashtray and the console cover. Its set up on a grease-car system also. The only problem it currently has is the rear drivers window will roll down but will not roll up. Thats my next task.

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Nice car, WVO or not. Welcome to the forum!!




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1987 300TD 147,000 miles- Palomino leather interior, 1995 facelift and body cladding, E350 wheels, Rebuilt suspension and sport springs, rebuilt turbo, New Monarch injection pump and injectors....and the list goes on and on...

WELCOME to the forum!
looks like a great choice, congratulations!
if you wish to remove the greasecar, here's the place for advice, if you want information and assistance with the use of it, use the alternative fuel forum above. either way,
WELCOME!

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"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 560SL convertible
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

Thanks guys, I will be keeping the wvo kit but will be doing all I can to restore the car to the way it was in 1985. This car is an absolute dream!

Wow. Nice car. It looks like it was garaged and well taken care of. No cracks on the dash. Is that real leather interior or MB Tex? The wrinkle on the drivers seat makes it appear to be real leather. You should be able to tell by the smell of the interior as well.

Where are you located? You can add that to your info on the upper right.

Welcome aboard. You will enjoy this forum.

Richard

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85 300D 75K Anthracite Grey 0-60 in 13 seconds **For Sale**
84 300D 333K Black (The Velveteen Rabbit) 0-60 in 14 seconds
00 Toyota Sienna 208K (Sold)
15 Subaru Outback 43K
11 Subaru Outback 67K
98 Ford Taurus 100K (Gertie - Was Grandma's - drove it to church and shopping - really) Daughter's car now.
30 Model A Ford 2 Door Sedan (Sold) 0-60 in . . . Never reached 60

John beat me to it !!
Welcome to Diesel Discussion !!

Like John says, the alt fuels forum will be a great place for you to get all the advice you want on running the car on what ever.
When you destroy the motor on WVO, we may be able to help you resurrect it.
It looks like a very nice car !!

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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

Nice steering wheel - is that leather?

(Welcome to the forum!)

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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!

your brake pad warning light is on- best check those pads/sensors

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1993 320TE M104
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1983 230E W123 M102
1994 E300D S124 OM606 (x2)
1967 250SE W108 M129
1972 280se 3.5 W108 M116
1980 280SE W116 M110
1980 350SE W116 M116
1992 300E W124 M103
1994 E280 W124 M104
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Lovely looking car!

Welcome to the best forum around.

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Thanks everyone!

RML its the MB Text I believe. That wear spot is actually all the way through in one spot and I can see fibers behind the material so I do not think its leather.

Army It is a wrap that goes over the wheel, I think its real leather but just a wrap.

Chazola The breaks work perfect to a T and the previous owner said his mechanic has looked at the breaks over and over and can not find why that sensor is still showing bad breaks

nice find. pick n pulls may have the parts your looking for.

if the window isnt going up, it seems like a switch to me. see if the switch on the door works. u can clean the contacts in the switches

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95 E320 24k
07 E550 4matic 20k Soon to go
1977 240d 481k
2013 SL 600


Non MBs

02 Ford F250 Lariat 4 Quad Cab 7.3 Diesel 95k
01 Chevy Suburban 249K LT 5.3 V8
88 Saab SPG Convertible 32k
06 Lincoln Mark LT 59k
62 VW Bug
52 Bentley Mark IV
53 GMC half Ton Pickup
08 VW Beetle convertible 2k
07 bmw x5 4.8i 17k
03 bmw x5 4.4i 40k
08 Range Rover S 9K

I cannot recall the brand name, but I've installed that exact same wheel wrap on about a dozen cars back in the Seventies and Eighties. It's not leather, but a pretty good grade of thick vinyl. Not expensive, and the larger U.S. auto parts stores should still carry them.

EDIT: Found it on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Superior-58-0500B-Superwide-Sport-Black/dp/B00029KA6S/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&s=automotive&qid=1272907537&sr=8-16

On the front Brakes there are sensor wires that maybe damaged where they plug in to the pads or elsewhere that could result in the wear indicator being lite up as you see on the dash. Only the front brakes have these indicator wires.

Where are you located ?

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Eric in Plano,Tx
85 300D 277K overall miles
65K on WVO (2 tank)
Rebuilt Transmission at 245k miles.

96 CE LT1
94 Nissian Hardbody
96 F250 XLT PowerStroke (also runs on WVO)