78' Mercedes-Benz 300D Diesel

pretty ordinary ad that i almost ignored. click on the "photo journal" link and see how much work this guy did to the car after finding it sitting!!
no affiliation, lots of admiration

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James 4:8

"...let us put aside the blindness of mind of those who can conceive of nothing higher than what is known through the senses"
-Saint Gregory Palamas, ---Discourse on the Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ


Centrally located in North East Central Pa.

Nice. 123LEATHER SEATS

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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!

Wonder how much of that sunroof rust he fixed...didn't show anything of that besides that one pic. I'll give him props, though. Way to clean up an old Benz!

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- 1979 W123 240D 4-speed, 390k miles

heh....I should write up one. The amount of work I'm doing to these two W123s is either considered epic or insane.

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Eric, CPO, Submarines, retired.
Here's a sig line...
Mine: '68 Corvette LS1/4L65E, 83 240D, 2000 GMC 4x4, 08 FLSTC Anniv
Hers: '72 Corvette 454/4spd, '99 MB SLK, '93 Metro vert, 78 240D, '92 Silverado, '65 Fjord Rustang, '59 Fjord Fairlane, '17 Slingshot.

This guy is on here....I remember the thread on this car.....got to be to much so he bought another....

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After looking at the pictures, I remember that thread. I don`t remember seeing that color of green except on a CL listing a while back.

Guy is going into the USAF, sucks he has to sell his car, he put a lot of work into it.

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

I would call it British Racing Green (I just might be an Anglophile). When I was hunting for repair parts after my 300D got rearended, I saw a W123 at the Pick N Pull in that color. Even sitting in a junkyard with a layer of dust on it, it still looked great. I somewhat considered a color change, but decided it would be too expensive to do it right.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

Looks like"forest green"

http://www.astralsilber.de/farbcodes/822_eibengruen.jpg

Love it, but I really lust after an agave green 240d!

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Current Mercedes
1979 maple yellow 240D 4-speed

Gone and fondly remembered:
1980 orient red 240D 4-speed

Gone and NOT fondly remembered:
1982 Chna Blue 300TD

Other car in the stable:
2013 VW Jetta Sportwagen TDI / 6-speed MT

Are leather seats that rare? Both of my wagons have had leather (and cracks).

After sitting on MBTEX in the 124, I'm liking those seats much more than I ever liked the leather in the 123s.

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'85 300TD "Puff The Magic Wagon" - Rolling Resto
'19 Mazda CX-9 Signature - Wife's sled
'21 Morgan 3-Wheeler P101 Edition
'95 E300d - SOLD
'84 300TD "Brown Betty" - Miss this one
'81 240D "China Baby" - Farm grocery getter

Nice price - I hope it goes to another good owner.

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Oof, here is the documentation of all that work. Too bad he.cant store.it.somewhere till he returns. Obviously a labor" of love...and the top post of.all time on reddit /r/mercedes_benz!!!!
78 300D Full Photos - Imgur

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Current Mercedes
1979 maple yellow 240D 4-speed

Gone and fondly remembered:
1980 orient red 240D 4-speed

Gone and NOT fondly remembered:
1982 Chna Blue 300TD

Other car in the stable:
2013 VW Jetta Sportwagen TDI / 6-speed MT

Green MB's are awesome. My longtime dream is to find a nice W126 in the lighter shade of green.

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

Located the thread about the car...

300D Challenge (Parts List)

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Ha! I love the comment I had on the car...

I never heard from him, so I guess he never wanted a better car... the guy likes projects!

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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!

He went out and bought an 1984.....no idea how that one is holding up....he posted about it here....should have took you up on that offer though!

Are OM617 injectors universal?

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