I bought a 1980 240D near the end of August this year from a old guy who had stored it out in his yard for 9 years. I bought it, he got it running, and I replaced the bushings and a shift rod clip, and it ground when I went for reverse. I had a somewhat successful attempt a bleeding the clutch slave which solved the problem, but after sitting a night the problem came back, presumably because air got in somewhere. I bought a new clutch slave cyl. but the protruding side of it is on the wrong side, it would have to go on upside down to fit, and the fluid line can't do that. So for the time being I put the old one back in, bled it, but I pushed the pushrod on it down, so the clutch pedal has no resistance and does nothing, making gears impossible to get to from neutral.

PICS: https://imgur.com/a/BvHGC

PROS:
Changed Oil and filter
Lots of misc. parts, ones I mentioned and vacuum rebuild parts
Clean interior
Runs great
Original matching hubcaps, manuals, including chiltons and haynes
Good Coolant
Had brake work done before parked
Has plug in for cold starts
2 previous owners, passed through family
Lights work
Working Spare
Tinted Windows

CONS:
Vacuum Pump doesn't make vac. so no power brakes or key shut off
AC has leak somewhere
Dash is cracked
Paint above trim line is either gone or clearcoat peeling
Engine leaks around valve cover and oil pan
Clutch slave work needs to be done
Starter engages after about 2 cranks then will start.
Windshield cracked and needs replacing for safety insp.
Minor Rust near the rear of the front right wheel well
Glow plug wiring is shoddy
Odometer is broken, est. 300,000mi
Gas gauge is sporadic
Fuel injector line needs to be replaced
Some doors don't fully close (as if you closed it too lightly)
MUST BE TOWED

Price is nego. No scrap prices please.

I would have liked to have made this my daily but since I have moved it out of a friends house, I don't have a place to work on it, since it's in a outdoor storage place and it's against their policy. I work 6 days a week which means no time and I don't make much to support the car either. But, here she is, and I would like to, at least see, a picture of her fixed up, not sent to the scrapper.

Nice car, if it was closer to FL. I'd buy it

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