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my new 83 300sd
hello all, I finlly got my car and I love it, Its blue with light blue interior, has 224,000 on the body. It has 202,000 on motor and has 192,000 on tranny and drive train. I've already changed oil, filter, fuel filter. tranny filter and fluid, and rear end fluid. The car cost me $ 3,800.00 and another $400.00 for 4 really nice oem bottlecap wheels and 4 new goodyear tires. I really love this car, as I have always wanted a benz. I really enjoy reading all the posts and the advice has helped me already. I am looking forward to a long and fun filled time with this site and my new perfect car. steve lewis
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Congrarts on your SD... they are really great cars, problem is after you get used to the comfort and "drivabalitY" you wont want to drive anything else.
Do you know why an engine was replaced after only 22K, thats a little strange.
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1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K 1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild 1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K 1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor 2014 Kubota L3800 tractor 1964 VW bug "Lifes too short to drive a boring car" |
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Yea, curious about all the "swaps". Would like to see a picture of you new Benz though.
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'85 300SD (formerly california emissions) '08 Chevy Tahoe '93 Ducati 900 SS '79 Kawasaki KZ 650 '86 Kawasaki KX 250 '88 Kawasaki KDX200 '71 Hodaka Ace 100 '72 Triumph T100R |
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Congrats. Can we get some pics though. Also where'd you find a set of oem wheels and tires for 400$.
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W126 1983 300SD 286,000 miles and ticking Baby blue exterior Grey MB tex Recent work: Replaced air cleaner mounting brackets and heat shields Replaced alternator, fan and power steering belts Replaced positive battery terminal Replaced negative battery terminal and cord New Duralast Battery My car needs work. |
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CONGRATULATIONS, Now you are a Honorary member (at least!) in this distinguised order! I hope you have many a happy experience in it. There is not many that have a 1983 SD. BHCulp
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Stevo,
The engine could have been replaced at any time in the car's life with a used engine with 22K miles less than his
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The Golden Rule 1984 300SD (bought new, sold it in 1988, bought it back 13 yrs. later) |
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Welcome. These are truly wonderful cars all the way around, and, if you work on them yourself, suprisingly affordable. I haven't owned a car I enjoyed working on this much since my 71 Datsun 510. We like driving them so much we look for excuses to go places. Each one seems to have its own personality, our 83 rides softer and is faster, but our 84 handles better, is smoother, and gets better mileage. Since getting them the Town Car just sits.
Enjoy Jerry
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my 83 300sd
the reason for the change in engine, tranny and drive train is that I couldn't find a 300sd I liked so at the suggestion of a fellow on this board[ I don't remember his name] I went in search of a mb speicalist, and found one on Rt 1A in plainville mass. This guy, Russ, has 40 or 50 mb's in his back woods and field. He had my car with a over heated moter and bad tranny, but the body an insides were great. So he said he had a good moter with 202 on it and another one with a good tranny and another with drive train, We talked price and he was sure he could do all the work and it would cost around $3,500.00 for everything. So I gave him $400.00 down and off we went. All he asked was for me not to be in a hurry and I understand, He's a 65 or 70 year old flight mecanic from the korean war era, as he wooked on a aircraft carrier, fixing the last of the prop driven airplanes. He has some great stories and loves to sit and talk. It took him 6 weeks to do my car and every satuday I would go down to see how he was doing, he would ask me if I was in a hurry and I would reply," no, not really", what a lie, but I kept It to my self. When I took delivery of the car he said start a list of the things you find wrong so he can correct them. All in all its been a great experence and a lot of fun. The wheels on the car were the wrong ones and he wanted then for another car he was putting together, so he dug around his storage barn and came up with the right wheels with the new goodyears already mounted and asked me ifg I wanted them for an extra $400.00. He said it was a good deal,so I said ok! so thats the story of why so many different parts in my 300sd. steve
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Steve
It sounds like you saved another nice SD. Hope you got into some of the fun stuff like lowering the new engine into place. Did he put new rubber parts in, motor mounts, flex coupling and tranny mount? Enjoy your new ride.
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1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K 1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild 1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K 1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor 2014 Kubota L3800 tractor 1964 VW bug "Lifes too short to drive a boring car" |
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