A high density polyethylene barrel should probably be okay. HDPE aka #2 plastic aka PE-HD you get the idea. IIRC that's the standard plastic drum material.

A cheap easy pump is to seal the drum, hook up an outlet tube with a dip tube that goes to the bottom of the barrel, and pump in some air into the top of the barrel to get things flowing.

That's something I miss about having a diesel...you can get fuel delivered and have your own fuel station at home

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$60 OM617 Blank Exhaust Flanges
$110 OM606 Blank Exhaust Flanges
No merc at the moment

$2.7/gal ain't bad either.

Got this fender off just in time. There's surface rust on the inside under the trim. Got to sand it down a bit and paint it. Suggestions on a product to clean oil and grime from paint without harming said paint? My hands were nasty when I took the fender off. I think I'm going to get NCfriend's euro bumper before I replace the fenders.

Looks like I've tracked down a W115 intake manifold. Does the exhaust manifold from those offer any better flow?

Simple green then rinse shouldn't eat the paint

If you don't plan on turboing the engine, the regular NA intake is pretty much the same as the W115 intake. If you're going turbo, W115 intake all the way.

The W115 exhaust has two outlets, I think either manifold would flow similarly with some porting. I don't have numbers to back that up though. superturbo is down otherwise I'd send you a link to the manifold bible

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$60 OM617 Blank Exhaust Flanges
$110 OM606 Blank Exhaust Flanges
No merc at the moment

I'm not paying a fortune for the W115 intake. So I figure what the hell, since I want to delete my EGR anyway. I want it to look cleaner, so I'm going to replace the manifolds instead of modifying them. If this deal falls through though, I'd be looking for an early regular intake manifold, sans EGR.

The 78 and 79 300SD W116 intake/exhaust manifolds have no EGR. but then those are for a Turbo.

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

What were the years of non-turbo, non-egr?

Thinking about picking up another parts car.

81 might be the first year of the NA EGR. My 80 240D is none EGR, so going from that assume 81 is the first yr. I know the 82 240 has the egr, the 300D`s are probably the same.

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

Mine is an 80 and has EGR...I think. Wait, is it in the same place on the turbo and NA models?

Well, pictures of my car..kinda boring. It is just an ugly dark blue wagon. Nothing special.
This picture, that I saved from one of my surfs on the webs, is way better.
Reading your ideas I thought of this one;

Jan.

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That's exactly what I'm going for, except more colorful. I've discovered some new rust, so it's going to look a bit more hacked up. haha.

Picked up some bundt pans from NCfriend (Thanks NCfriend!). Started cleaning them up yesterday.

Start.


Round 1: dish soap.


Round 2: Simple Green.


And then I didn't feel like spending any more time on them. I swapped on the good tires on the back of the parts car for my front wheels and had everything balanced. The car seems to ride a bit better.

Bleh. So this will be coming to a sad and abrupt end. I wish I hadn't, but I decided to go poking around under that coating they sprayed on the top and bottom of the floor. There's no metal between it. The rust is extensive, and kind of scary to look at. Not sure what to do. I don't know how to weld and I can't afford to have someone weld it for me. Even if I did, the car really isn't worth it. I guess I'm going to try and buy another car and part this one out. I really hate the idea, because this car has really grown on me.

Thats a downer. Had a feeling this car was gonna have hidden rot tho from the earlier photos. Take it that green wagon fell through?

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1980 300CD - 130,000 Daily Driver
1984 300CD - 325,000 Dad's summer cruiser

1977 K10 - The Grinch - lifted, locked, winch, 37's. Beadlocks.. 379 t Detroit Diesel
1956 Willys Wagon - buick 225 oddfire v6
1982 SJ 410

No fun!

There was a nice 85 300TD for sale locally, rust free, white etc. Said it had rod knock, but motor was recently rebuilt (May just be nailing?)

I will dig it up

ALSO!
If you part it out, I would like 1st dibs on the grill badge!

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