85 goes into shop sat morning, it's getting lower inner control arm bushings, front and rear both sides, (I replaced everything else in the front with lemforder not that long ago) all new Bosch Quietcast rotors, pads on all 4 wheels and the inner and outer front wheel bearings. (Drivers side humming and noisy on curves plus can hear drone at speed) Still have to do the rear frame mounts pass Axel etc, but will drop the rear sub-frame this summer after I have a couple other cars back on the road. Also have new linkage and shifter rubber, to solve a rattle it has plus a box of other goodies. Next order is the rear hatch seal, all 4 door seals and all 4 window seals. slow but sure.

That sounds like an unfortunate, expensive order.

keeping it going.

I've STILL got that wagon sitting up on the truck...

Not unfortunate, 30 year old car and stuff wears out. Want to keep her in tip top shape since I drive this car and hour to work each way every day. Clock reads 280,000 now and still going strong :)

The one I got all the parts from? Man I wish I would have save the hydraulic rams for this one, They still seem to work but idk... need to get under there and follow the MS worksheet to troubleshoot the system, first place to stare is replacing all the rubber back there and the rear springs.

This morning she got all new Brakes/Rotors and Front wheel bearings on both sides... Made a huge difference. Still on for the inner control arm bushings Saturday. Local shop is also willing to let me come in on a Saturday to drop the rear sub frame and replace all the rubber bits etc in their off time. So will be gathering all the parts for that project soon.

New starter going in in the morning. Have a list of parts to replace, all rubber in rear/body, springs, trans mounts, center support, drive shaft rubber etc.. blah blah... Should drive like new car when done. Will take pictures as I get into it.

New Starter in and working perfect. Replacing Drivers door window regulator and both electric center window switches, (Found a set of original unused old stock out of Canada!) Placed larger order for wagon love today... More coming.

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1 Air Cleaner Bracket

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3 Air Cleaner Mount; Metal Heat Shield/Mounting Cap

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3 Air Cleaner Mount; Round Buffer;

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1 Auto Trans Mount; Rear; Large Square Type; Heavy Duty

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2 Auto Trans Shift Linkage Bushing; At Shift Rod, White Plastic

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2 Auto Trans Shift Linkage Bushing; Gear Shift Bushing for Floor Shifter

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1 Axle Shaft Assembly; Rear; New

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5 Diesel Injector Heat Shield; At Base of Injector; 10mm Orifice

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1 Door Mirror Switch; Adjustment Switch in Center Console

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1 Door Seal; Front Left Door Seal

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1 Door Seal; Front Right Door Seal

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1 Drive Shaft Center Support Bearing; 30x55x13mm

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1 Drive Shaft Center Support; Driveshaft Center Support without Bearing

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2 Drive Shaft Flex Disc/Joint Kit; Front or Rear

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2 Fuel Hose/Line; Braided Hose; 3.2mm ID x 1.9mm Wall; Per Meter;

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2 Stabilizer/Sway Bar Link; Rear Sway Bar to Trailing Arm

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1 Subframe Mount; Rear Subframe to Frame

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4 Trailing Arm Mount Bushing; Rear; Trailing Arm to Rear Subframe

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1 Wheel Bearing Kit; Front; Short Kit

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1 WEATHERSTRIP (Rear Hatch Seal Wagon)

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1 SUBFRAME MOUNT KIT (Wagon subframe kit, Mercedes)

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1 LINK (Leveling System Height Control Valve)

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1 RUBBER CAP (sls dipstick)

Looks like you have a project on your hands and a couple weekends worth of work of fun tinkering. What happened to the 87 300D project? Is that still going on?

Got trans for the 87 on Tuesday, going to be working on it over the long weekend. :)

Steering box... what a pain. I'll be trying for the third time to install it this weekend. I can not get it centered.

Replaced both flex disks, center carrier bearing and trans mount yesterday. Also got the new rear hatch seal in.

Finally had time to replace the front door seals. hoping to have time to put in the new window switches etc tomorrow. My antenna just failed, Grinding when trying to go up and down... I believe they make a rebuild kit for it so going to order one if they do and repair that.

pretty good antenna how to at the bottom of this page

https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Mercedes_W123

nice!

She's getting some attention today. The Alternator seems to have failed (11.8V) I've replaced the voltage regulator already. So I grabbed the alternator off my spare engine (the one with less than 10k on it) Also grabbed the good alternator bracket and adjusting bolt.

The oil cooler is leaking at the bottom, so I got it and the lines and am going to swap.

Also, I have noticed that the IP is leaking from the top. I took the one from the newer engine, plus the lines which all look a lot nicer. I don't have the tool to set pump to 15 while instilling so I'll have to find one or order a new one before I go ahead with it's installation. I've never dripped timed the current IP, but the one one I grabbed I did when I put it on the other engine, and its the pump that got me the best MPG I have ever seen from one of these cars, 32. There is a thread about it somewhere.

Figure installing the newer IP, go a head and to a valve adjust and I've always wanted to try 27 setting on the timing instead of the stock 24.

I still have not put on all the new parts I got, so many other projects. I may tackle the new window switches etc today...

Also noticed that I have a compressor on the other engine. One I had forgot about. It seems free and turns good. I think I'll try one more time to install it. If it doesn't work then I'll work on doing the A/c swap upgrade to the newer style pump. only been putting it off since I had 3-4 compressors laying around and was kind of hoping one of them worked...