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Major milestone on the '95 E300D
Original injectors, original trans, original timing chain, original wiring harness, original radiator, original alternator, original A/C. Now on to the next one, half a million...
Rgds, Chris W. '95 E300D, 400K
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and a still working outside temp display!
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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread "as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do! My drivers: 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!! 1987 300TD 1987 300TD 1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere! |
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Very good. I'm a long way off that...not even half yours.
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Congratulations! I should be so lucky. My 95 needs a wiring harness and a bunch of other work.
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'82 300D - Light Ivory, 2nd Owner (Back in the wind April 2013!) '95 E300D - White, grey interior. (Suffering from stuck/broken glow plugs) Deuteronomy 22:4- "Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again." |
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Very nice....gives me confidence with mine (currently at 305k).
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14 E250 Bluetec "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 153k miles 06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 171k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU 91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver, 142k mi, wastegate conversion 19 Honda CR-V EX 61k mi Fourteen other MB's owned and sold 1961 Very Tolerant Wife |
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The horse has now woken up. Dont let the miles fool you on an OM606 in a W124 chassis - its a drivers car and was built to last a few decades a few odo rolls too.
Very durable car. Miss driving mine (parked waiting for body repair) the current W210 Im driving is not all that.
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Good for you Chris keep it up.
Jeremy
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"Buster" in the '95 Our all-Diesel family 1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car 2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022) Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762 "Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz." -- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970 |
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Congratulations! That is huge...
Keep on trucking...er...I mean driving
Does the wiring harness show any signs of deterioration? What non-routine maintenance items have you encountered? What fluids are you running inside?
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-- Chris '95 E300, 216k miles, Silver Surfer '05 E320 CDI, 138k miles '07 S550 4matic, 69k miles Gone but not forgotten: '76 300D, 350k miles?, SOLD in 1995 '75 240D, 300k miles, SOLD in 1991 |
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With regard to what fluids, I run Rotella 15-40 dino oil, and change at 3-4K. I know this is pretty conservative, I'm sure it could be extended, but I find that getting under the car every 6-8 weeks for an oil change in my case allows me to eyeball things and give everything a good look-see. I'm running Amsoil synthetic trans fluid. Diff fluid has only been changed twice during this time, can't remember what my indy used for the last one, which was done when he did the diff mount bushings, but it was not synthetic. MB coolant only.
Harness is certainly crispy and I baby it if I have to disconnect anything. Have had spring perch failure on the LF. Vacuum pump went at ~289K. I did voltage regulator preemptively in 2005. New wiper motor and trans from a boneyard several years ago. Shocks and front steering links done at about 150K, still on those. Rear calipers replaced once with rebuilds at maybe 250K, they seem to not last as my rear disks are wearing funky once again, front calipers have been fine. Trans has 2-3 flare, did K1 piston but although it firmed the shift itself, the flare remains. Now I just back off the throttle at the shift and get firm shifts. Car "eats" front tires, but with carefuly swapping I still get about 50K, so I can't complain. Have had high quality alignments but it still wears the front tires. Clear coat has totally failed on horizontal surfaces, I painted the roof and trunk a few years ago and the hood needs it now. I don't care that much about the cosmetics however. I will be sorry when something major blows up, this car has never stranded me and I still smile while driving it. Bought in 2004 for $8K with 140K on it, I'd say I've gotten my money's worth! Rgds, Chris W.
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Fuel injectors?
Hi Chris -- Have you serviced your fuel injectors at all? If so, what have you had done?
-- Chris
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-- Chris '95 E300, 216k miles, Silver Surfer '05 E320 CDI, 138k miles '07 S550 4matic, 69k miles Gone but not forgotten: '76 300D, 350k miles?, SOLD in 1995 '75 240D, 300k miles, SOLD in 1991 |
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these are taxi fleet cars in EU - some fleets dont even shut them off for a week straight - the engines remain running even when swapping drivers.
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That's awesome ... I am still just crawling towards 300K.
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1987 300D, arctic white/palomino--314,000 miles 1978 240D 4-speed, Euro Delivery, light ivory/bamboo--370,000 miles 2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited, light khaki/slate--140,000 miles 2018 Chevy Cruze diesel, 6-speed manual, satin steel metallic/kalahari--19,000 miles 1982 Peugeot 505 diesel, 4-speed manual, blue/blue, 130,000 miles 1995 S320, black/parchment--34,000 miles (Dad's car) |
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No service done on the injectors whatsoever.
Rgds, Chris W.
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I'll have a long way to go from 46k then...
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