well... I wouldn't go THAT far... i've just been on here a LOT and I seem able to remember what I've learned from others on here. my mechanic general skills are fine, but the mercedes specific stuff is entirely gleaned from THIS wonderful forum (originally MercedesShop.com of course)

I do post on here a lot... sometimes i pull up the threads I've commented on and it blows my mind how little I knew back then.

it's THE FORUM POPULATION that REALLY knows what they are talking about, I'm just good at re-dispensing knowledge... and I'm glad to do it!

(of course, buying each and every kind of vehicle to have one to work on helps...)

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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!

ok, is that another way to say I need to get a life?

yeah... I type a lot.

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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!

Join date - 9/22/02

Started a nube here, still a nube, but enjoying Mercedes still! Still my go to site. I was 16 when joined :/ wow..

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Dave

1985 190D 2.2 auto--gone
1975 240D 4-speed--storage
1985 500SEL--daily driver
1985 300TD--bad rust, soon to part out...
1982 300SD--waiting on engine from RD
1984 190E--storage
1996 Dodge 2500 Cummins--daily driver

Well next month (May) will be nine years. Lurked for a while till I decided to open my big yap and say something.

If it wasn`t for the early pioneers that started "Mercedeshop" Forum and trudged on posting how to do things and what worked and didn`t.
What part fit other models etc... we wouldn`t be where we are today.

Everything I know about these old Diesels I learned from this Forum.
Started out with one 85 300D, and now have six MB`s that followed me home.

Just noticed Iam at 9256 posts, I should hit the 10K mark by next may.

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

Time flies for all of us.

I guess it is reasonable and understandable that many members will move up to newer models. For those that do this site will be needed more than ever. Locally the 123s are almost lost to history.

wow ! i really DO miss my 300D !

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1984 300D Turbo - 231k....totalled 11/30/07 RIP

6 years here.

10 Years this last January...One would think I'd have the car completely figured out by now...LOL

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1986 300SDL 440,xxx

On another note of forum trivia....you're only a few hundred away from Brian Carlton's mark of 25,397 before he got banned.

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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

This really is a tremendous forum. I don't know nearly as much as vstech and a lot of others...but what I DO know has come almost entirely from this forum...or from forum members via email.

I started in the fall of 2003 complaining to Firestone that they must not have changed the oil in my newly-acquired 92 300D since it was still black! I guess I've come a long way.

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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

tic tic tic . . .

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Peach Parts W124.128 User Group.

80 280SL
85 300SD
87 300TD
92 300D 2.5 Turbo
92 300TE 4Matic

I am coming up with my silver/blue anniversary also. I think pelican parts should give us a major parts discounts for milestone anniversaries like that... Any Pelican folks listening?


.

4 years later, and I exceeded his count by a bit...

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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!

You are a very big asset to this forum John. Congratulations on your anniversary. For me it has been 15 years. I am backsliding a bit on my posts as my Mercedes knowledge remains static and technology forges ahead.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.