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Old 03-14-2016, 12:54 PM
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1984 300sd 280k $1500 Southeast Tennessee

I have owned this car since 2004 (12 years). It has been and continues to be my daily driver. I originally purchased it for forum user jim16671836 who lived in Illinois.

I have kept pretty thorough records the whole time in the form of a spreadsheet. Sometimes a repair would not get logged due to forgetting but most everything substantial has been logged. You can look through my post history to see issues Ive had to tackle in the past.
I have upgraded the wheels to 16” mags that are also wider than stock. The original stock wheels are 14” and it is difficult to find good tires. This extra width improves the handling and smoothness of the ride.
I have slightly taller tires on purpose to bring the rpms down a little bit on the highway. This makes the speedometer off by 5mph too low but it is worth it for all the upsides. It makes 70mph a perfect 3000 rpm (instead of 3500)
I have added a 1&1/4 trailer hitch. I did not haul things with it other than moving the trailer in the yard. It is handy for a bike rack or a hitch hauler.

I have an extra full set of injectors with brand new Monarch nozzles in them. I wasn't completely happy with the startup smoke so I put some other injectors in with the intention of spray balancing the new injectors but havent gotten to it yet.
I am sure that there are all manner of parts and implements around that I will gather up to go with the car.

The car is set up to run on vegetable oil blend. I have run this car on veggie blends in the warmer months since 2006. It has a flat plate heat exchanger plumed into the coolant and fuel system. Additionally I have added a large spin on Goldenrod filter. My oil was always from quality sources and I put care into preparing it properly to run in the car. I filtered it to 1 micron and heated/dewatered and centrifuged it.


It has little things wrong with it like you would expect with a 30 year old car. There may be more but here is what I can think of off the top of my head:

Interior dome light doesn't work.
Blinker usually requires manually moving the blinker stalk to blink. It needs a new relay for this.
No cruise control.
Passenger front window does not roll down. All other electric windows work fine.
Rear door on drivers side has had a few parts scavenged from the handle to repair the front door.
The odometer broke at 260K miles. It is probably around 280k actual miles right now.
It doesn't always turn off properly. The vacuum is on the weak side and sometime it takes pushing the throttle pedal a little after turning the ignition off to turn the car off.
The AC has been converted to r134a and works fine but is leaky and must be topped up every 3 weeks or so in the summer. The leaking o rings can be seen in the engine bay and are easy to get to.
Cracks in dashboard and console has cosmetic flaws.

It drips oil. The rubber piece at the bottom of the turbo oil return tube seems to be the main offender along with the crankcase breather.
It smokes on startup. This is mainly when using winter diesel. It behaves a lot better with summer diesel and behaves perfect with a little veggie oil in the blend.

It is slow and leaky and smokey but it has treated me well and never once in all these years left me on the side of the road with an unexpected repair. I would like to see her go to a forum member.

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Old 03-14-2016, 12:57 PM
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Five picture attachment limit. Here are interior pics.
If you would like additional photos or videos just ask.
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Old 03-18-2016, 12:03 PM
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New price. $1500.
I am in meeting distance of Atlanta, Huntsville, Knoxville, Nashville.
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Old 04-07-2016, 02:56 PM
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New price $1200

New price $1200.
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Old 04-18-2016, 10:55 PM
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This car is still available folks.
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Old 05-28-2016, 06:57 PM
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How is the transmission?
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Old 05-30-2016, 10:56 AM
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My Bad, The car has been sold.
I was going to just let the post fade into obscurity since it does not seem that I can edit the title or my last post and a new post would bump the thread to the top.
Now that we are bumped, yes the car is gone. It did have a good transmission and a lot of good qualities. It was real disappointing that I could not sell it to a forum member but I tried for a month.
I hope you find what you are after crs82.
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Old 05-30-2016, 10:23 PM
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I haven't been on this forum in quite some time and I'm finding these ads a day late and a dollar short.
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I haven't been on this forum in quite some time and I'm finding these ads a day late and a dollar short.
Glad you were able to get the car sold, though.

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