I want one on my 83 CD............

and those 15" wheels someday soon..........


Happy new year!

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'87 924S
'81 280SEL

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81 300SD -
93 300E w/ 3.2
85 300D-
79 300SD
82 300CD
83 300CD - CA
87 190E 5 spd
87 Porsche 924S

"..I'll take a simple "C" to "G" and feel brand new about it..."

That is SOOO cool. I would want to do it just for the looks!

--Matt

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KI6CCA

Current Stable:
1987 300SDL
1980 450SEL

Out to Pasture:
1982 300D KIA (Rice Rocket vs. 123: He hit me at 80-100MPH I walked away he went to the hospital. Sounds fair to me!)
1985 300D EURO Scrapped (got more money from state than car was worth)
1979 & 1980 300SD Great Cars!

Here is my intercooler:

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1979 240D- 316K miles - VGT Turbo, Intercooler, Stick Shift, Many Other Mods - Daily Driver

1982 300SD - 232K miles - Wife's Daily Driver

1986 560SL - Wife's red speed machine

And mine.

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Oh, wow! I guess a ton of routine stuff:-

In the last 2 yrs that I have owned the car (a ton of this was done in the the first, expensive, 3 months of ownership)

new coolant, new thermostat and rad cap
several vac switches and temp sensor
swop over to synthetic engine oil
replace air filter and remove cobwebs and leaves from filter housing!!
replace fuel filters
change P/S fluid and filter
rebuild front end, new tie rod ends etc., new steering shock
weld crack on front suspension mount
replace cruise control amp
replace climate control unit
replace wiper blades with genuine Bosch parts
replace monovalve insert and diagnose and repair wiring problem to valve
new brake pads all round, replace front rotors
flush brake fluid
new Bilstein shocks all round
replace diff oil
replace transmission fluid and filter

to be done this year

engine mounts
injectors
new Nokian WR tires to replace Michelin Harmony rubbish

Hahahaha... it's pretty funny what some folks consider upgrades! A cupholder? New filters?

For you guys with intercoolers, any measureable power increases?

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Current Stable:
1994 S500 v140, 210k miles, white with grey.

Former Mercedes in the Stable:
1983 300CD Turbo diesel 515k mi sold (rumor has it, that it has 750k miles on it now)
1984 300CD Turbo Diesel 150 k mi sold
1982 300D Turbo Diesel 225 sold
1987 300D Turbo Diesel 255k mi sold
1988 300 CE AMG Hammer 15k mi sold
1986 "300E" Amg Hammer 88k mi sold (it was really a 200, not even an E (124.020)
1992 500E 156k mi sold
etc.

Yes, I can safely hold full power for much longer.

mine is in but not hooked up yet, i have to check my timing and chain
i had to move the rad to the right and the oil cooler behind my licence plate

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1985 300D - 599,xxxk - blue interior #265 Monark Nozzle, AL129X, 15" Ronals, Gen II Big Brakes hunting
1985 300D - 491,xxxk - in prog-{A-A IC, 3" exhaust, psi\pyro, 28*BTDC, Hella Euros, IP Limiter removal
1985 300TD - 783,xxxk - parts car,used new engine with ALDA cap inplace
1987 Kenworth T-600 8LL 425 CAT Mech. - 6,000,000+k - DEI exhaust wrap, punched through resonators, 1 recent rebuild,

IC is not going to give you a power increase by itself, it will allow you to turn up the fuel and boost. It just helps keep the EGT's lower.

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1995 E420 Schwarz
1995 E300 Weiss
#1987 300D Sturmmachine
#1991 300D Nearly Perfect
#1994 E320 Cabriolet
#1995 E320 Touring
#1985 300D Sedan
OBK #42

I've done the 115 amp alternator upgrade for the purpose of replacing the stock fan with a Spaal electric and a Spaal pulse width modulator. My stock clutch had seized up and the fan and controller were comparable in price to a new clutch. This way I can have full fan speed while idling with the a/c on for better air flow over the condenser. That's very important during Oklahoma summers. Another reason for the alternator upgrade was to upgrade the wiring and add relays for the headlights to be able to use 100w high beams and to replace the fogs with additional 100w lamps. I drive lots of back roads at night coming from work and going to visit my parents so they're a necessity. I'll also be upgrading my condenser to a parallel flow unit in a couple of months, along with replacing my compressor that seized last September.

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Seth

1984 300D 225K
1985 300D Donor body
1985 300D Turbo 165K. Totaled. Donor Engine. It runs!!!
1980 300SD 311K My New Baby.
1979 BMW 633csi 62K+++? Dead odo

My 240D had a cassette tape holder with these junky spring-loaded chambers that I think may have come from the factory but who needs tapes, so I ripped out the tape holders and built a wooder pair of cup holders out of it... Perfect.

But to possibly make a considerable contribution to the group, how about a hydrogen supplement to the system? It works pretty great and I will take some pics of what I've done if anyone is interested.
It's basically a simple hydrogen electrolyzer in the trunk, made from a plastic paint can, that converts salt water to 3psi of hydrogen right off the battery power. It's a very un-intrusive mod that can only be noticed as an extra tube and power wire under the hood and the same in the trunk.
At the moment I have it relayed off the subwoofer signal from my stereo because I had already run a wire for a butt-kicker sub under my driver's seat before I began this project. (I guess that counts as a mod as well.) This keeps it from running the battery down when parked (and also makes me have to drive with my stereo on if I want to experience the benefits... which it is always on anyway.)
I have tried two destinations for the hydrogen gas feed; one directly to the air filter housing to dump the hydrogen in with the incoming air, and more recently I built a small brass fitting assembly that injects the hydrogen directly into the diesel fuel right after the secondary filter.
Total price for all the parts was around $35. Took me a couple hours to get it all hooked up, which would go a bit faster if I were to do it to my wife's 300D.

What I know is that I was getting 29-30 mpg before I started, on Michelin X all-season radials. Hooked up the air-filter feed version of the system the same week that I had to change over to snows for the winter, and noticed a significant difference in acceleration and highway cruising. Unfortunately, any mpg rating at the moment would be heavily distorted because of the snow tires... So I don't have empirical data yet on this.

Then I disconnected the feed for two weeks to get used to how it used to drive, to be sure I wasn't kidding myself.

So this afternoon I hooked up the direct-to-fuel version (would that be fuel injection-injection?) and also noted a change in acceleration and cruising immediately. I still have plenty of examination and tweaking to do on this method though, to try to get the best possible results. If I had to guess, I'd say the air filter version had a better immediate result than the fuel-injected version.

At first I was thinking that I'd like to get the hydrogen directly into the fuel because some of it would burn on contact with the air as it traveled into the manifold, making the amount that actually gets to the cylinder less than what I sent in.
I was especially convinced that the air filter method was suffering once I found out that there is not always vacuum in the air filter housing. In fact, more often than not, there's positive pressure. Not what I expected from my years of dealing with gasoline engines. So my guess is that hydrogen enters the filter housing (directly over the hole that drops into the manifold; it bypasses the filter) and then must swirl around a bit in the semi-vacuum that exists there. No good for a gas that begins to combust with its first contact with air.
So I am still learning what's the best method but I can tell you it's easy to build, easy to install, and definitely exhibits a difference in drivability.
I can describe the process I went through to come up with my solution if anyone expresses interest; again with photos that I have not yet taken.

And thanks to the group for helping me learn that I had to take two screws out of the side of the auto transmission my wife's 300D to get the vacuum modulator out. Can't see much up in there, even with the driveshaft disconnected and the rear of the tranny dropped a few inches! I hope to be able to make some sort of return contribution in the years ahead.

Best regards

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'83 300D

Yes by all means post pics and more details. Great idea.

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1985 300D Gretchen (Astral Silver) 220k
1983 240D 4-speed Evelyn (Orient Red) 203k


TANSTAAFL

Most of the stuff I've done on my wagon has been to bring it back to acceptable daily driver condition.

"Upgrades" I've done are:

1. The leak-free Primer Pump
2. clear turn signal lenses
3. Blacked out grill
4. LED bulbs in gauge cluster
5. Keyless entry that utilizes the vacuum central lock system
6. New head unit, speakers and subwoofer (mounted in spare tire cover) with amp (mounted in first-aid kit location).
7. 16" Reproduction SLK wheels (some may not think of this as an upgrade)
8. Limo tint

I'd like to add a boost gauge as another upgrade.

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Chad
2013 Jeep Unlimited Rubicon
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

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1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL

Yes, please send pics. My son in law is experimenting with a hydrogen system on his Subaru. The first time I heard about such a thing is when he came over and built a small unit in my shop a few weeks ago. He has since ordered a commercial unit. Very interesting stuff.

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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"