My 82 300TD started having a weird hesitation when you have it at full throttle. When it started I replaced both fuel filters cleaned the banjo fitting and tube that feeds the ALDA. It is like the alda is opening then closing real fast. The car used to be real fast compared to my SD. But I contribute this to weight and gear ratio difference. The banjo fitting was full of a wet soot build up. Is there any way to clean the intake without removing it. I also replaced the air filter. Added fuel additive. Still does the same thing. Could the switch that activates the ALDA be bad. Help please. Also I read that you can change the shifter bushings in an hour. They are pulling your leg. It took me along time to figure out the short cuts. Now mabe 2 hours. Any thread on replacing the center bushing and support.

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77 Celica GT 295000 sold
80 Volvo DL 168000 sold
84 Volvo GLT 342000 Real fast sold
86 Crown Vic. 258000 cheap to keep
84 Ford Van 6.9 360000 sold Great
88 Ford Dulley 7.3 311000 still have
90 Ford Van 7.3 235000 sold great
92 Ford Van 7.3 223000 Excellent still have
82 300TD 1st Benz Great Car 205000Sold
85 300SD 245000 What a ride
84 300SD project car with son, Rod knock
85380SE What a RIDE
90 420SEL Nice Ebay Addition Great buy

Well my wife took the car on a trip this morning. She said it acted like it was not getting fuel then it was. After about a 100 miles it runs better than ever now. Maybe the intake was full of carbon causing the alda not to open. Don't know but she says it runs great now. I have done all of the hop up and sevice tricks I have read about on here. The car is real fast. Got a ticket for 112MPH
I told the trooper this car cannot go that speed, and his radar was not right. He gave me a ticket anyway. Thanks

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I like to Drive
77 Celica GT 295000 sold
80 Volvo DL 168000 sold
84 Volvo GLT 342000 Real fast sold
86 Crown Vic. 258000 cheap to keep
84 Ford Van 6.9 360000 sold Great
88 Ford Dulley 7.3 311000 still have
90 Ford Van 7.3 235000 sold great
92 Ford Van 7.3 223000 Excellent still have
82 300TD 1st Benz Great Car 205000Sold
85 300SD 245000 What a ride
84 300SD project car with son, Rod knock
85380SE What a RIDE
90 420SEL Nice Ebay Addition Great buy

112???? They'd suspend my license if I got a speeding ticket for 112 in NY.

Alex

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1983 300D (parked for four years)
2012 VW Sportwagen TDI Manual
2001 Miata SE
1962 Chevrolet Corvair Rampside

In PA they (used to, anyway) suspend your license 15 days automatically, for anything 31 mph and over the speed limit. So in a 55, the max is 86, or 96 in a 65 I was going 128 mph in a 280Z once, and the cop "let me go" with a ticket for 100 mph in a 55. Still caused a 15 day mandatory suspension. So now I seldom go over 80 ....

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Bob Roe
Lehigh Valley PA USA
1973 Olds 88, 1972 MB 280SE, 1978 Datsun 280Z, 1971 Ford T-Bird, 1972 Olds 88, 1983 Nissan Sentra, 1985 Sentra, 1973 230.6, 1990 Acura Integra, 1991 Volvo 940GLE wagon, 1983 300SD, 1984 300SD, 1995 Subaru Legacy L wagon, 2002 Mountaineer, 1991 300TE wagon, 2008 Murano, 2007 R320CDI 4Matic 52K, some Hyundai, 2008 BMW 535xi wagon, all gone... currently
2007 Honda Odyssey Touring, 2014 E350 4matic