Got a really good deal on this, just started working on a LONG list of things to repair.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPmpk1vIBPg Three minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcrubBMIiXc One minute.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svMbZQllGBA 40 seconds.

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fresh oil change, new valve cover gasket, and valve adjustment, you should be leak free.
new o-rings on the air cleaner, and disassemble and clean and reseal the oil catch can in the air cleaner, replace the crank case vent hose ends... that blow by is NOTHING! looks like a good purchase.

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I agree, no blow by, that mechanic didn't want to deal with this car.

There is no "O" ring on the bottom of the oil separator, I have a few.

Also, no, or disintegrated lower "U" tube gasket, have another of those too.

Bigger issue, the separator drain tube is loose. May have to replace the "O" ring on the oil pan, not looking forward to that.

Yeah, a valve adjustment and new gasket are in the works.

How do I disassemble the oil separator?

The egr valve is closed, I may just put it back on instead of installing a block off kit.

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Nice one - what are you going to do with it when it is done?

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1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
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Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Haven't decided Stretch, gonna depend on many factors.

Rust through on the rear passenger footwell.

Rear hatch doesn't stay open, broken antenna, rust here and there, broken seat springs here and there, don't want it to turn into a money pit.

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Is there a vintage mb....that isn't a money pit?

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lol, more than likely, not.

Still assessing.

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Pictures of the rust if you dare!

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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!

You can see some red paper I put on the ground in the first pic, just behind the front seat.

Second shows at the back of the floor.

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Going over a bunch of records, a valve adjustment and new gasket were done eight months and 6,000 miles ago. Over $250.00, yikes.

Glow plugs replaced four years ago and 34,000 miles ago, bet they're Autolites.

The air cleaner was soaked in oil too. I'm thinking the PO mentioned his son always made sure it had oil. Maybe he over filled it sending oil all over the place to include a bunch of smoke. Car stopped, perhaps stalled, was towed home, yet driven after that.

The misses doesn't like the 123 body cars. So it's in my driveway now.

Still going over the records.

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Looks like a project! I love how you basically spend the whole video trying to scream over the 617 .

Saw your fourth video, and man, that floor not pulling up is weird. As far as the rust, I would really think that you'd be best off welding it, since it is so close to the seatbelt anchor. Having a shop weld that up shouldn't be too scarily expensive, either, (if you don't weld/don't want to learn how to weld) but I could be wrong.

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Found out how to open the floor, the handle does turn to release a locking mechanism.

I vacuum out around the pivot point, sprayed some PB Blaster, opens right up.

Yeah, screaming over the engine, you can actually hear me some of the time!

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Nice looking project. I also dig the custom Key Head!


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Both of those pictures look like trouble - I think if you were to try to weld to some of that it would just vaporise.

Can you weld?

If you don't want to spend lots of time and money on this project I'd be treading carefully. I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news but I don't like the look of that rust.

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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!

No, I don't weld and agree it looks bad.

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