I would use a manual tranny; otherwise sounds sweet!

My dad used to have a '75 FJ40; unfortunately, it had a blown engine and he didn't realize it until after he bought it...wound up having to sell it; no $$ to fix the engine... I wish I knew now what I didn't know then

Yes, manual tranny would be good if I can find a suitable donor. There is a 5spd manual MB on e-bay--hmmmmmmmmm......

Sometimes I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then either.

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1984 300SD 326,997 miles and counting . . . No wait, my odometer is still dead

Had to be on the farm with the IH diesels that started on gasoline and then you switched over to diesel fuel. Carb on one side of the engine, and injector pump on the other. 2 Pint gas tank and 12 gal diesel tank. It was a '44 MD. Went in the army and worked and drove diesels and multifuels; then as a maint mgr on big Cat diesels that started on Pony motors....

It was just a VW Golf, but it started the diesel wingnut in me.
So I've had and serviced 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 12 cyl diesels. Love em all....

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71 220D 169K wrecked
83 240D 118K sweet 4 speed
91 350SDL (one of the 60% good engines) 156K
84 300d (loaner to my sister) 189K
79 300SD (partswagen)
86 420SEL partswagen
70 220d (partswagen)
68 280s GASSER!!! under construction now
85 300sd 310K miles winter beater car retired
93 300d 2.5 turbo 168K wife's car
83 280SL euro 5 speed 155K
69 250S newest project 54K

I got obsessed with compression/ignition when I first learned about biodiesel. Then when searching for a reliable, comfortable (I'm 6'7") car I learned about the 300 series Mercedes. Now I'm obsessed with not only biodiesel, but veg-oil and MB 300's. I don't know where I'll find the time to feed the obsessions! or the money

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1983 300td 240k (down with bad tranny)
1984 300d 222k (daily driver) "Olive"
1997 GMC K2500 105k (sled dog limo)

"The scenery in ANWR is as spectacular as the Grand Canyon and the wildlife is more impressive."

I'm not real mad about the price of fuel lately, since gas costs so much more than diesel! Have to rub that one in from time to time when I hear people whining, WELL if you drove a DIESEL then you wouldn't have that problem!

Still working on the veggie oil thing, hopefully I'll have something good to say about it soon (like I'm burning it ).

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Jeff M.
Mercedes W123 DIY pages are now located here.
1983 / 1984 300D Sold
2000 CLK430 Cabriolet ~58k Sold
2005 Avalanche 4x4 ~66k

How could you even imply such a thing.

Got the F250 Diesel last year the Mercedes 300SD this year and I can quit looking in the want ads any time I want...............................................................................................W hat!!!!

Stephen

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85 300D 305K miles WVO(105K so far), Mine
82 300SD 235K miles BIO-D, Wifes
96 F250 SC PSD 4X4 285K MILES BIO-D, Ours
89 BRONCO 182K MILES sold
Finally Compression Ignition Only!

Jeff, it's good to hear that g@$ is more expensive than diesel in places still. Around here, diesel's still on par with (or even more expensive than) 91-octane g@$. Really scary, given that this is the first fuel spike I've ever experienced where diesel jumped up like this...

Stephen, I sympathize...

$.40/gal less at the moment, I'd feel so bad if the gap grew larger though. -- Or maybe NOT!

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Jeff M.
Mercedes W123 DIY pages are now located here.
1983 / 1984 300D Sold
2000 CLK430 Cabriolet ~58k Sold
2005 Avalanche 4x4 ~66k

Not me I can quit anytime I want, addicts go through withdraw not me! I can stop, oh yes I can .I can do without the smell the sound the tourque the miliage ,yes I can .............

74 240D
81SD
81Sd
86 Euro 500SE see I got a gasser that proves I can quit yes I can............

Are we related???

Between this forum and the VW TDI forum, laptop, sat TV, and world's largest recliner... need I say more?

USN Retired

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'10 Chrysler T&C Stow-N-Go White. Grandpa's ride.

'13 Chrysler 200 Touring Candy Red. Grandma's ride.

Age and cunning will always over come youth and vigor.

be produced by the hand of man.

Won't rest 'til I have more diesels than the Union Pacific.

Today's prices in Milford CT:
Diesel $1.79-$1.82

Gas $1.95-$2.15, ouch!

I'm glad I didn't buy a 560SEL.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

It is only coincidence that I have looked at three more possible buys this week.

Diesel is up to $2.07 to $2.17 for diesel here in the SW Washington area. It's as much as premium unleaded. Regular unleaded is $1.83 to $1.91. Good thing I've got a gasser MB now.

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84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

Well, in my case, even though diesel now costs $0.09 more than regular unleaded gasoline, my diesel is still more economical to operate because it makes up for the higher cost of diesel by obtaining a fuel economy figure waaay better than that of my gasoline V8s. If I really want to use as little fuel as possible, then I should be driving my Toyota Corolla which gets 31 mpg - better than the 24mpg I get from the 300SD - while running on fuel that is currently cheaper than diesel in my area. But I still use the 300SD more because I love it more than the Corolla.

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1999 Mercedes-Benz S600, 103K miles - garage queen
1988 Mercedes-Benz 560SEL, 89K miles - daily driver
2007 Hyundai Sonata Limited, 31K - daily driver