FANTASTIC to hear the insurance is being cooperative!!!

Don't forget my offer. My dark gold 90 300E is undamaged on the driver's side, and has ANYTHING you would need. I'm happy to toss it into the pay it forward thread for ya!

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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 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 so much for the door offers, guys! I'll let you know when I get to the body repair step of the road back. I figured I'd start with the suspension because if that's fixed, I can drive it to body shops to get estimates (and find out if I need both doors or just the rear). Will the later-w124 doors work OK with the old-style trim? They look like they have the same structure aside from the trim. Hopefully the body shop will be willing to let me supply the door(s). I haven't had a lot of experience with body shops, so I'm not sure how flexible they generally are. I'd love it if they could do the big stuff, and I can take care of compounding, replacing trim and all the "elbow grease" stuff. I think while I'm at it I'll work on some of the little rust spots that need touching up. Paul, I do have some rockers from a 92 400E I also got from Hanno, but haven't gotten around to learning to weld and install them (maybe a good time for me to try) ... thanks for the offer!
Well, Bodhi is with my indy now. I drove slowly on lower-traffic roads all the way with my dad just ahead making sure I didn't have trouble ... not the most relaxing drive I've ever had! My indy didn't see anything bent on first glance, but agreed that wheel is quite toe in. Another clue is the front end of the cars climbs up when the car rolls forward, and goes back down when backed up. My dad had to explain to me why toe-in would do that, but at least I'm getting a physics lesson. My indy did also suggest it could be a bent spindle. He's going to look at it more closely, and have the alignment specialists take a look. I'm really eager to find out what's wrong.

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1987 300D, arctic white/palomino--314,000 miles
1978 240D 4-speed, Euro Delivery, light ivory/bamboo--370,000 miles
2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited, light khaki/slate--140,000 miles
2018 Chevy Cruze diesel, 6-speed manual, satin steel metallic/kalahari--19,000 miles
1982 Peugeot 505 diesel, 4-speed manual, blue/blue, 130,000 miles
1995 S320, black/parchment--34,000 miles (Dad's car)

May I suggest that you get yourself a heap of junk steel to practice welding for a long while before trying on your car. start with 1/4" thick sections & when you become proficient, try thinner bits. It is a real art to weld something like on your car. Not the sort of thing for a first welding project.

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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

Bodhi, If you need any body or suspension parts come get them. Cost is your labor to help remove. Only issue is they are on a 1995 so trim holes may be different on the panels.

Hanno

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Hanno
'79 6.9 Sold (after 27 years)
'83 280SL, 5 spd.
'94 E320 Sdn. 5 spd conversion
'02 E320 Sdn.(on loan to mom!)
'87 300E (5 spd. conversion) Sold
'05 E500 Wagon