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Brought home another car
Just bought this beauty from fellow forum member rs899 to replace my girlfriends wonderfully engineered Chevy Malibu (that was sarcasm) Anyways, I'll give more details later as I am making a list of parts I need to order today. it's a 1983 300D Turbo with around 238k on the clock and its red on parchment interior.Runs nicely, better than my old 300D I had. |
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Sweet machine. Christmas red!!
Did it come with service records? How long did the PO own it? PK |
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That's cute.. I like the red. If you could get it to blow ice cold a/c in the FL heat I would be sold.
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No records really but I trust ricks word on what he replaced.
The front seats seem to be stuck and I cannot adjust them. I just replaced the hazard switch since the original had failed. I need to get a new center console wood or redo the piece that is there but the plastic tab is broken I will make a list shortly of work I need to do. But most important at the moment are the seats and get the heat working because apparently the heat does not work nor the AC. I used to have a ton of w123 parts but I sold them all off. Looks like I will be frequenting the yards more often. Hopefully one of the w126's at the yard has a nice climate control unit I can use and switches, I am getting more switches. The yard I go to just got in a 123! I also need some of those clips for the emblems. |
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NICE! Congrats! the 300d is on my hitlist too...right under the 300CD if I can find one!
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Thanks! I really wish I still had all of my W123 parts. I had a perfect "oel" cap in the box too... Darn it!
Tomorrow at the junk yard Im going to grab the following interior door handles bolts for grill injectors (maybe as spares) Rear view mirror driver mirror handle switches 14" bundt (if there) cluster HVAC control unit plus anything else that grabs my eye. |
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The plastic tab can be replaced with plastic or nylon epoxied in place. Just make sure it isnt too long.
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I didn't know about the Malibu connection. That's odd because SWMBO and I had an old Dodge that crapped out. We went looking at new cars in 2002 and almost settled on a Malibu , but bought the 300D. And that started the disease. There's a lot of my blood sweat and tears in that car (we painted it twice, gave it all it's "shots"), but it wasn't getting used and SWMBO has moved on to an extremely reliable 380SL. And I hate automatics, so I would never drive this myself. I STILL have 3 MB diesels left, after selling this one to Joe. Really needed to get my W116 into the garage and out of the weather. I am also itching for another car on my bucket list, like a BMW 633csi or 2002, or an Alfa Duetto, or another (non rusty this time ) Citroen. If you can't find what you need at the Airport, there's a 240D listed at the Daytona LKQ.
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80 300SD (129k mi) 82 240D stick (193k mi)77 240D auto - stick to be (153k mi) 85 380SL (145k mi) 89 BMW 535i 82 Diesel Rabbit Pickup (374k mi) 91 Jetta IDI Diesel (155k mi) 81 VW Rabbit Convertible Diesel 70 Triumph Spitfire Mk III (63kmi)66 Triumph TR4a IRS (90k mi)67 Ford F-100 (??) Last edited by rs899; 12-22-2012 at 05:50 PM. |
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Nice. I need to get the seat tracks freed up so Megan can move closer to the pedals.
I could have sworn that the ccu's in the 80's cars were all the same. |
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Anyone know?
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80 300SD (129k mi) 82 240D stick (193k mi)77 240D auto - stick to be (153k mi) 85 380SL (145k mi) 89 BMW 535i 82 Diesel Rabbit Pickup (374k mi) 91 Jetta IDI Diesel (155k mi) 81 VW Rabbit Convertible Diesel 70 Triumph Spitfire Mk III (63kmi)66 Triumph TR4a IRS (90k mi)67 Ford F-100 (??) |
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anddddddddddddddddd she doesnt like it at all
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How much ya want for it?
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-SpecialDelivery 1985 300CD Silver/Blue H&R Suspension (Sold, still cryin over that) 1982 300SD Silver/Blue '85 OM617 (Sold) 1982 300D - Blue/Blue (Sold) |
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$2k obo and it's yours.
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Time for a new GF.
Pretty car. Charlie
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there were three HP ratings on the OM616... 1) Not much power 2) Even less power 3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast. 80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works |
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