1983 300CD Blue/Blue $4000
 

SOLD 3/14/2011


1983 300CD Mercedes Turbo Diesel Coupe

286,000 miles Very good mechanical condition, paint needs work.
Reliable, comfortable, everything works except cruise control (and I have a replacement amp if you want to try to fix that).
"Everything" includes all vacuum pods, lights, rear windows, antenna

All work listed has been done since July 2009 (more was done than listed here)

Suspension/brakes:
Rebuilt front suspension and steering: new LCA bushings, UCAs, tie rods, steering damper, shocks, torsion bar bushings
New front/rear pads, new rear rotors + parking brake pads
New rear shocks
New front subframe mounts
Nearly all suspension rubber has been replaced

Engine:
New motor mounts and shocks
New oil lines
New turbo oil return and intake o-rings
NO oil leaks
Compression checked @ 440, 420, 390, 420, 440 Dec 2009

Comfort/Interior:
Rebuilt A/C with parallel flow condensor and new compressor; 134A w/ PAG oil
Crack free dash and refinished console
Painted and cleaned instrument cluster
Repaired driver's seat springs
JVC HD radio on Crutchfield harness w/ Kenwood speakers
(Fader eliminated, but factory harness intact - no cutting wires)

Rear glass in perfect condition with NO delamination.
5 new tires w/ less than 4000 miles
Rims refinished, painted & clearcoated

Most records from '93 available. Receipts for all repairs listed above.
Texas car since '93. One spot of surface rust shown in pic.

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Looks nice. Good luck with the sale! :)

*little kid in Toys R Us voice* I want it! I want it!

Wish I had the means. I have a soft spot for the coupes. Hope you sell it quickly!

bump -

on San Antonio and Austin Craigslist now

GLWTS
 

Good luck with the sale! These cars are tanks!

Well there's a nice car for the price of the repairs done to it (and probably then some)...

Good luck with the sale - wish I was closer

Have you done a leak down test? What's up with cal 3 (390 psi) or is that Ok with a diesel?
I'm know more of gassers and more than 5-10% deviance is getting out of spec...but then again, with those miles, probably not bad :)

#3 was the first I tried to measure and ended up being the last one done since I was having trouble. The engine had cooled a bit by time I got it right. It was also right after my first valve adjustment.

The FSM says normal is 24-30 bar, min 15 and max difference of 3. Converted to PSI that's 348-435, min 217, difference of 43. My numbers in bar are 26.9-30.3 with a delta of 3.4.

Assuming the cheapy HF gauge is in the ballpark but not dead-on balls accurate (that's a technical term) and that my technique wasn't the best when I took the readings, I consider the numbers very good since they're all on the high end of the normal range.

Yak do you still have it ? I will PM you.
Alan

see top of ad. sold 3/14.;)

OOOOps!, Now what do I do with the money burning a hole in my pocket ?