I'd love to have him make my W108 engine bay look like that...then it will look as clean as the interior....so when I get the body and paint done it will sparkle.

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Its really strange you guys mention the W108...

My father had one when I was younger, also a 280SE. Beautiful cars, lots of character. Notorious for rust though, right? I remember being able to see the road through the floor pan:

"Dad...? Why did Mirzaydeez make the car so you can see whats under you?"

We always joke that he planted the seed into me. Its a genealogical sickness.

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Mines not all that bad...floors are good shape, some rust in the rockers, bottom of right fender and the left quarter. But like you said....these were built back in the days before they got any good at rust prevention.

I've got new parts to fix that except the front fender I'll fab a patch panel for that and mig weld it since the rust is confined to one area.

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Remove the air filter, coolant tank and battery and they all look like that.

Removing the battery alone dramatically opens up the engine bay.

Got it running early this morning / late night.

Runs like 5hit. Needs a break-in and tuning. No oil leaks though.

I forgot how 'clunky' the 617 was... its been over a year now. Anyone wanna buy a wagon?

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CLUNKY ??? You just forgot what a real Diesel engine sounds like .

I`ll be in your area today at the Foster yard grabbing a few parts. Swing by to see what you are up to.

It`s a good feeling when the come to life.

Charlie

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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

No video?

I'm planning a video just to show how daft I've been fixing stuff that ain't broken - not that I'm nervous of course!

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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!