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I Sold My Diesel to Buy This...Hope I Did the Right Thing!
Sold my reliable driver, a 1985 300SD and I'm a bit bummed about it even though it happened in late January. I still lurk here and know in my heart that I will have another diesel one day. I bought a 1990 300SE with 77k and it's a fantastic car! It is SMOOTH as glass! Here's some pics.
FWIW...this is the best car forum on the net! |
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Wow that looks nice and clean.
Looks like it is an ideal OM648 conversion candidate!
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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! |
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your first tune up, and you will be back in dieseldom...
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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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LOL vstech! I know you are probably right!
I hope it'll be a while. I've always had a gasser around so I know what I'm in for. But I always put all the miles on the Ol' Reliable SD. Sure do miss it. But this thing is a beauty! It's almost like a new 126, far more smooth and sophisticated than the SD.
I'm about to do my first oil change on the SE. If any of you guys are familiar...chime in. Here's my plan: I'm going with Mobil 1 15w50. 1. Remove oil filler cap and dipstick from engine 2. Place a pan to catch the appx 6.5 qts of oil under drain plug 3. Remove drain plug (looks to be about 14mm to me) 4. While draining (I usually let it go about an hour or so) loosen oil filter (I have a 74 mm oil filter wrench) and let draining continue. 5. After draining, remove old filter 6. Use a bit of fresh oil on rubber filter gasket and install new filter 7. Replace drain plug with new washer fitted 8. Fill with 6 qts of fresh oil, check for leaks and proper oil level SUGGESTIONS AND/OR COMMENTS WELCOME AS I DON'T WANT TO SCREW UP MY FIRST OIL CHANGE! |
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Current: 1985 300D aka Miss Margaret 1991 300SE aka Alarice 1995 SL320 aka Samantha 1997 K1500 Silverado Past: 1999 E300 ex-wife got it and let her son ruin it 1984 190 2.3 ex-wife got it and let her son destroy a great car 1985 300D (CA version) aka Maybelline lost to deer at high speed. 1981 300D aka Madeline (went to salvage at near 400k) rusty, yet best car I ever drove Wishlist: McFarlan TV6 (only a few privately owned) ReVere with Rochester engine 1917 Premier (only one left) |
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I'd love to have a set of those wheels for my 380SE
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Buy a Mercedes that isn't diesel? I did that once. ONCE
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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar. 83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles 08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles 88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress. |
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You will enjoy the 300SE. The M103 is a very nice engine. Check your upper hose nipple on the radiator and expect to reseal the timing cover in the near future.
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What other models of this car are there? I am looking for a 6 cyl Gas MB for my wife. I know some are just asking for trouble but I like the looks on this one. I'm hoping to spend under about 6k for under 100K miles. Might not be possible or even doable but the diesel is not something my wife can put up with. The pumps are too dirty and too hard to find and she'll forget and put gas in it anyway.
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1985 300D 197K - Semi-Daily Driver Diesel 1998 Volvo V70 AWD 226K - Daily Driver 2 1998 Volvo S70 140K - Wife's DD 2003 GMC Sonoma ZR2 Option - Rusty Truck THE BABY 1958 220S Sedan 66K All original, never restored and never will be. |
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I love the way the interior is so similar to my old 116. MB continuity was amazing.
Very nice car!
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My occupational hazard bein' my occupation's just not around... 1980 300SD 1980 300SD |
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Hi-test gas hog....(Gluk gluk gluk)! Expect 20 - 21 mpg highway. As bad as 15 mpg around town.
The engine is very user-friendly. And it can take some hard abuse. Valve guides and seals notwithstanding. All in all, I'd say the most underrated W126 model going.
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I'm going to get 24 on the highway.........as soon as I can get it out of the garage..........
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... 15W50!!!
why? I'd go with what's specified for the motor... I'd expect 5w30 or similar... 15w50 would be if the bearings are bad or something... MASSIVE heavy oil!
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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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The low temp pour point of Mobil 1 15-50 is quite good. That oil will flow immediately on startup. Wouldn't be a problem.
I expect the pour point of my Delvac 15-40 is worse.
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