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My 1982 300SD Project Thread
So, where to start? I guess I should first start by reprinting the introduction I gave to the car when I bought it in May (feel free to skip down to where I talk about what I'm doing now; most of that is background on the car itself.):
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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... ![]() 1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod ![]() 2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die." |
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OK, so stuff has happened with the car
![]() 1) Hook up the tranny fluid dipstick. 2) Double-check the tightness of the tailshaft nut and bolt up the driveshaft. 3) Bolt the FW to the TC. 4) Reinstall valve body & hook up Bowden cable, replacing the filter and pan gasket at the same time. 5) Fill with tranny fluid. 6) Finish bolting up starter. Then it should be driveable! I will be focusing my attention on selling my spare engine after that, and then I'll have enough $$ to register the car.
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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... ![]() 1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod ![]() 2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die." |
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These came in the mail from mikethezipper yesterday. THANK YOU MIKE THE ZIPPER!!!
![]() They are Bilsteins for $40/pop for the rear. These will be installed after the speedometer is completed (post coming), the interior is finished to the point where it seats five, and the rear driver's-side window regulator is replaced.
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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... ![]() 1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod ![]() 2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die." |
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OK, the speedometer. Since the tranny I am swapping in is from a W123, the transmission tailshafts are not identical because the W126 has an electric speedometer while the W123 has a mechanical one, and the speedometer is fed from the tailshaft. There were two reasonable ways to solve this problem:
1) Swap tailshafts. This IS possible going W123 (transmission 722.315) --> W126 (transmission 722.303) but IS NOT possible going W126 --> W123 because the mechanical speedometer needs to fed tranny fluid from a special line coming from the main body of the tranny that is not in the 722.303 because it does not need it. Despite the fact that I could have gone this route, I chose not to. 2) Put the mechanical speedometer from the W123 into the W126 cluster! This is a bit more difficult than it maybe sounds because the clusters are very different. However, going on Charlie's thought that "with enough hacking anything is possible", I poked ahead and it turns out that it's actually not too terribly difficult to fit it in. Here is the partially modified speedometer: ![]() I trimmed the bottom of the speedo to squeeze the face into the cluster, and the one other thing that I will have to do is trim a little bit of metal off of the backing plate -- the steel cup that the speedometer/odometer mechanism sits in. The top is just a little bit too high for the W126 cluster. Here comes my question: how should I take this metal off? It looks to be about -- oh, I don't know -- 1/8 of an inch thick? Should i use a grinder? A saw? What do you guys think? It's a very thin length all across the top, so I was thinking of using a grinder, but the only hitch is that I don't have one (rats). I'll get a better picture up tomorrow morning.
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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... ![]() 1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod ![]() 2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die." |
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Jooseppi, glad to see you are getting a lot done!
![]() Interesting way to make the W123 transmission work in a W126! Too bad the tail cone swap doesn't work. As for trimming, I would tape a piece of medium grit sand paper onto the work table and rub the edge down until a perfect fit. I suggest you put the Dremel 3000 on your wish list! ![]() ![]()
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Current fleet: 1985 Mercedes-Benz 280TE - Waiting for heart surgery. 1985 Mercedes-Benz 300TDT - Rear ended 23 September 2016 and now looking for a new home. 1979 Mercedes-Benz 300TD - Parted out. 1964 Volkswgen Beetle - Vater's since September 1968 and undergoing a restoration. 1971 Volkswagen Sunroof Squareback with F.I. - in need of full restoration. 1971 Volkswagen Squareback automatic with F.I. - Vacationing with her caretaker until he is in better health. |
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More pictures on the speedometer/odometer project:
The W126 cluster -- the big white monster in the middle is the speedometer. ![]() The W123 speedometer/odometer -- clearly very different ![]() ![]() The two together. The bottom of the W123 speedometer has been trimmed to fit. I'll have to figure out what to do about the turn signal bulbs. ![]() Fitment of the W123 speedometer into the W126 cluster. You can see the part that I need to trim off. ![]() ![]()
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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... ![]() 1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod ![]() 2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die." |
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Adriel, thank you! I'm SUCH an idiot -- totally forgot that I have a Dremel! I can use that.
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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... ![]() 1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod ![]() 2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die." |
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![]() I can beat that: I apparently tossed out the mono-valve I bought! ![]() I always unpack parts and put them in the bin. However, I didn't unpack it so it wouldn't get damaged, but swear I put it in the bin. I have torn this place up twice, last night and this morning, and nowhere to be found! Oh well! It is what it is! ![]() Hope you get a lot done today! ![]()
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Current fleet: 1985 Mercedes-Benz 280TE - Waiting for heart surgery. 1985 Mercedes-Benz 300TDT - Rear ended 23 September 2016 and now looking for a new home. 1979 Mercedes-Benz 300TD - Parted out. 1964 Volkswgen Beetle - Vater's since September 1968 and undergoing a restoration. 1971 Volkswagen Sunroof Squareback with F.I. - in need of full restoration. 1971 Volkswagen Squareback automatic with F.I. - Vacationing with her caretaker until he is in better health. |
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"Holland Used Auto Parts!" "Hello, I had a car hauled off to you guys a few days ago -- a 1980s Mercedes. I realized afterward that I left a part on the car that I wanted. Is there any chance it would still be in the yard so that I could come buy the part?" "Uhh... yeah, it should still be there." "Oh, okay! Uh, it did come in with no doors, do glass, no drivetrain... I mean, it was stripped. So even that would still be there?" "Oh hahahaha yeah I remember that car. That's gone -- we crushed it hahahaha" He seemed very amused by the memory of my car ![]()
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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... ![]() 1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod ![]() 2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die." |
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Taking a break from putting the valve body back in -- going out to finish it now, hopefully before it gets dark...
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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... ![]() 1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod ![]() 2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die." |
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Wow, that's the nicest SD I've seen in awhile. That paint is amazing after all these years! My 126 was Cabernet Red. Drive that baby till the wheels fall off! I plan on getting another W126 real soon.
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Only diesels in this driveway. ![]() 2005 E320 CDI 243k Black/Black 2008 Chevy 3500HD Duramax 340k 2004 Chevy 2500HD Duramax 220k |
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Bummer on the speedometer cable! But, at least the only thing you forgot. ![]() Hope all went well! ![]()
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Current fleet: 1985 Mercedes-Benz 280TE - Waiting for heart surgery. 1985 Mercedes-Benz 300TDT - Rear ended 23 September 2016 and now looking for a new home. 1979 Mercedes-Benz 300TD - Parted out. 1964 Volkswgen Beetle - Vater's since September 1968 and undergoing a restoration. 1971 Volkswagen Sunroof Squareback with F.I. - in need of full restoration. 1971 Volkswagen Squareback automatic with F.I. - Vacationing with her caretaker until he is in better health. |
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Dunno about you, but the missing black plug on the needle of the speedo would drive me nuts down the road.
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No problem with your turn signal lights, the 123 cluster has two lamp sockets for them
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1985 300D 198K sold 1982 300D 202K 1989 300E 125K 1992 940T "If you dont have time to do it safely, you dont have time to do it" "The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not." |
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True -- I'll probably jut graft those into the W126 cluster somehow.
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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... ![]() 1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod ![]() 2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die." |
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