LOL yeah Army that is a bit more than I want to tackle. . . it sounds good though. I suppose if I had a shop or an inside place to work on it at that I would try it though. I think I will stick with the diaphragm and IP for right now. I did find a slip in the glove compartment where the previous owner had taken the car in to be checked due to she thought that there was a water leak around the water pump... hopefully this is where the loss of coolant is coming from. It is really slow and the car will, sometimes not always, heat up when idling for a long period of time in drive or reverse where the engine is turning slowly. Just as soon asyou begin moving or rev the engine, it jumps right back to normal. I'm thinking not a head gasket issue because of all the clues. Hopefully just the IP or Diaphragm, probably a vaccum pump diaphragm as well just to be safe and hopefully that will take care of it. HOPEFULLY :-) we shall see. I think that all of the above should get it right though...

Water loss appears to have become a red herring - there seems to be little evidence now of a head gasket problem.

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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!

Keep us informed Ron.

I'd like to see one of your (soon to be legendary) videos of the car working properly!

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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 must say, I do like your videos. They have a certain documentary quality to them, rare in diagnostic footage, kind of like the Blair Witch Project, but about Mercedes.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

LOL thanks guys! I just posted a video that is very exiting... I won't tell you yet, I want you to watch it and tell me what you think! Junkyard find injection pump 240d mercedes 1975 - YouTube

Unfortunately the new thread naming software kills the suspense your title has been printed!

If I were you I would strip the first 240D you show for as many goodies as I could pay for. Those oil free tubes do suggest that the scrap yard car are a good sign but that might not be the case. Still if you can get the parts for a good price it might be a gamble worth taking.

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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!

Lol! It did! He said that I can get the ip for 15 dollars.. I'm not keen on taking mine off but eh I guess I will!

Bargain of the month goes to Ron!

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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 like the fact that the subplot has changed from caterpillars to women.

I think you're right about the vacuum pump feeding oil into the engine and causing someone to think the engine was bad.

I'd probably buy the IP from the junkyard but just transfer the diaphragm from the junkyard one over to the other car to avoid having to deal with timing the new pump.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Smart idea kerry! Hmmmmm .. I owe u guys 3 dinners! Lol

Army, that was a great deal! Hopefully I can get it on tomorrow or Saturday

Lol Kerry, I did change up a little! I'm just glad i didn't see a spider, if so the camera would have hit the ground and you would have seen a pair of feet getting very small in the distance ha ha!! :-)

Should I pull some injectors and glow plugs off for this car as well?

From the parts car "Yes".

Spare:

* Injectors.
* Instrument cluster, "don't break the gear indicator cable".
* Heater plug starter switch = Glow plug switch and cable.
* Hazard light switch.
* Throttle link rods.
* A/C compressor ???

For all practical purposes there are just no older mercedes laying around my part of the country anymore. There apparently still are in yours. This is a real break that they still are in your area.

Since his parts prices are so reasonable. You may want to take all the components dealing with the four speed manual transmission to convert yours someday. They should be resalable for far more than you are going to pay him if you do not use them.

Fifteen dollars for an injection pump is like him almost giving it to you in this economy. I visualise he has had no activity or demand for parts from this car. Still that is dirt cheap. Transmission,flywheel,clutch, driveshaft, pedal assembly etc for say 50.00 or less would probably never come your way again.

If you like your car then if and when the automatic failed you would have a cure that would make it a different car. Or eventually sell the total package for a few hundred dollars. These things are getting closer to being scarce all the time.