Hey Adriel:

Good to see you "getting into" the car.

Yeah, sorry the seat didn't turn out better, but a couple of the cracks suddenly got much worse, so something had to be done. I'm keeping my eye out for a good used seat bottom cover for you.

I think you'll be fine with cleaning the hazard switch, also. Like I said in our Email stream, it's in a bad spot- especially when you have a pup- they love to stand on the console and work the windows and the flasher!

Now, as to "not touching" the linkage... I think from what we discussed and you responded, that you're going to mark original positions and not just adjust willy- nilly, so have at it. Just try to do it logically, and do things a little at a time... "less is more".

Incidentally, the injection pump actually has a brand- new rack damper bolt, and it needed to be screwed in all the way. The new one required to be screwed in farther than the old one- which I just replaced because it was original! For a Diesel, that one idles smoother than most others I've serviced and driven, even with it in gear at full op temp even with the A/c at full cold.

Anyhow- enjoy the car, and let me know when you get back home- I have another box of spare parts to assemble and get off to you.

I have to say that, so far, that 300TDT was the best car we've ever owned overall. Annette loves the "new" E320 4Matic wagon, but time will tell if it is as tough and reliable as the old W123.

if you need anything else... yell.

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1968 230S Automatic, Elfenbein
1975 O309D Executive Westfalia Camper Bus, Blau/ Weiss
1972 280SEL 4,5 Dunkelrot
1966 VW Type 34 "Grosser" Karmann-Ghia
1963 VW 1500 Variant Pearlweiss
1969 VW Variant Automatic, Perugruen
1971 VW Squareback Automatic, Clementine Orange
2001 E320 4Matic Wagon- Our belated welcome to the 21st century! Polar White
1973 280SEL 4,5 Sliding Roof "The Bomb", Dunkelblau.