same motor a 230ce has in it, usually found in 86 up in an american model

Well, windshield is at least cheap... I just had a new one installed in my wagon last week in Chattanooga for 200 bucks....

If you buy it and find it needs seats, I have blue interior sitting here. Seats are like new.

It would be a great little wagon to put a 617 turbo into it. What a lovely little job and then you could easily slip that $17.00 release bearing at the same time. That is what happens when you try to save money. It will come back and bite you right where you carry your wallet. The 617 would have to have the correct head for that stupid hydraulic suspension. It does not have Uro lights. I think they are a little high on the car, and it is a long ways from Indy and I don't want to work anymore, anyway so I am going to forgetaboutit. But it is tempting!

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Junqueyardjim
Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important. C.S. Lewis



1983 Mercedes W123 240D 4 Speed 285,000 on the road with a 617 turbo, beautiful butter yellow, license plate # 83 240D INDIANA

2003 Jaguar Type X, AWD. beautiful, good mileage,
Mom's car, but I won't let her drive it!

nope--starter is on the DS of this motor

Well I was not aware of that, but that is the case. The starter is on the drivers side. However the problem is not impossible to solve as the bell housing on the manual transmissions used until 1982 late were cast separate from the transmissions and can be easily changed. A new one could easily be obtained from the dealer. If it is too much, then a used one could be had for the price of shipping plus a little for the part from junkyards in Great Britian and the Netherlands.

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Junqueyardjim
Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important. C.S. Lewis



1983 Mercedes W123 240D 4 Speed 285,000 on the road with a 617 turbo, beautiful butter yellow, license plate # 83 240D INDIANA

2003 Jaguar Type X, AWD. beautiful, good mileage,
Mom's car, but I won't let her drive it!

Just drop a 300TD engine and transmission into it! Here's one for sale:
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/mercedes-used-parts-sale-wanted/318832-fs-300td-engine-transmission-memphis-tn.html
Oh, DUH!!! I have that for sale.

And here's a you tube of the engine running:
Engine Run - YouTube

I'm picking these up this weekend as part of the 240D in my garage trade.

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daw_two
Germantown, TN

Links:
Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior
Cluster Needles Paint
New Old Stock (NOS) parts

Past:
3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda"
04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben"
& many more

The are two '200' engines. The old M115 series from the W115, which was used until about 1980. A 2.0 with 95HP and a 2.3 with 109HP. Both carburetted. The M115 2.0 never found it's way int othe wagon (too weak), but the 2.3 did for a very, very short time - designated as '230T'.

With the introduction of the new M102 engine (now 2.0 with 109HP and 2.3 with injection and 136HP), the 2.0 found it's way into the wagon. Designated as 200T, and the bigger 2.3 as 230TE.

The 200T is by far not as rare as the seller wants to make you believe... The realy rare wagons are the 250T (7.704 made) and the 230T, of which only 6.884 have been build.

Biut they produced 18.860 200Ts. They just didn't sell them on the US market, I think (too low speced engine probably).

The 280 never found it'S way into the wagon without injection

Oh and btw - the front plate is temporary german (valid for 5 days) plate Kreis Mettmann

That's one opinion.

A properly maintained SLS is actually pretty sweet. I managed to impress several folks (customers & employees) at Home Depot the other day when I loaded my wagon up with cement pavers.

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'85 300TD "Puff The Magic Wagon" - Rolling Resto
'19 Mazda CX-9 Signature - Wife's sled
'21 Morgan 3-Wheeler P101 Edition
'95 E300d - SOLD
'84 300TD "Brown Betty" - Miss this one
'81 240D "China Baby" - Farm grocery getter

All 123T have a SLS and a mirror on the right.

15 sec from 0 to 100 km/h. Almost like a 300 TD TURBO. While 300 TD need about 18 sec for 0 to 100 km/h.

A 200 T has 109 HP and 170 Nm. A 300 TD has 88 HP and 172 Nm. Not a greater difference...

Well I did say that kind of off the top of my head. I believe it that when the system is in good operating condition it can be very nice. But i think the system is unduly complicated and messy. We had a 95 Lincoln Town car for a decade and a half, it had a system much the same, but uncomplicated. A little electically operated compressor up front, so small you could hardly find it. Then at the rear the airbags were twinned with a good shock, it rode good, carried a heck of a load and never gave a hint of a problem. I thought it was sweet!

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Junqueyardjim
Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important. C.S. Lewis



1983 Mercedes W123 240D 4 Speed 285,000 on the road with a 617 turbo, beautiful butter yellow, license plate # 83 240D INDIANA

2003 Jaguar Type X, AWD. beautiful, good mileage,
Mom's car, but I won't let her drive it!

200T and 230TE were quite popular here in the UK.

There were many more 230TE than 200T around though. There were quite a few 200 (sedan) cars around too.

Of all the wagons though the 230TE and 280TE were the most popular here, not that many 300D/300TD in comparison.

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Alastair AKA H.C.II South Wales, U.K. based member

W123, 1985 300TD Wagon, 256K,
-Most recent M.B. purchase, Cost-a-plenty, Gulps BioDiesel extravagantly, and I love it like an old dog.

W114, 1975 280E Custard Yellow,
-Great above decks needs chassis welding--Really will do it this year....

Apart from a sliughtly cheaper entry price, the 200T is/was the least sensible choice... Less power, same fuel consumption as the 230TE - which was not much more expensive.

And a 230TE is fairly quick, absolutely no troubles in modern TDI turbo-trafic A 200T however... Hmm... As has been pointed out, it's the gasser that comes closest to a diesel

Btw: they also made a W124 200T!

The only thing that would scare me would be a carburetor. Oh, and rust.

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Codifex
1981 240D ChinaBlue (Got her running with a donor engine.)
1983 300DTurbo w/sunroof.
1984 300TD manual sunroof. (Electrical Gremlins)