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Posted By waldos313

No other access

No, my shutoff valve is not the cause. I removed the vacuum line from it today while it was idling and then repeated the above maneuvers with the same outcome...that would have been too easy!!
I do...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

12-29-2008, 02:28 PM

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Posted By waldos313

Timing

Just to clarify: Valves are in spec, timing both on engine and injection pump are in spec, and chain stretch is extremely minimal. Entire fuel system was isolated again during the purge with the...

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12-29-2008, 02:25 PM

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Posted By waldos313

No rack damper

I just got finished running a diesel purge and paying close attention to how the engine responded to throttle inputs. There are no bubbles in any fuel lines and I made sure the valves were adjusted...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

12-29-2008, 10:20 AM

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Posted By waldos313

Separate fuel source

Diesel911,
I have already tried that though I did forget to mention it. Thank you for your response though. I really appreciate all that you put into this site (the extensive write-ups on timing...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

12-28-2008, 06:13 PM

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Posted By waldos313

1979 300D rack damper bolt adjustment

Good evening all, I need some relief from my car. Just finished 2 weeks ago a full engine swap with a very good engine from another 79' 300D. I should mention though that my Red 79' had a bad...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

12-10-2008, 11:10 AM

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1979 300D engine swap

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Posted By waldos313

More pics

Good morning everyone!
We just dropped in the new donor engine to my Red 79' yesterday. It only took 2 tries to get the torque converter and bell housing holes all lined up. I didn't know how...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

11-28-2008, 07:08 PM

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1979 300D engine swap

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Posted By waldos313

1979 300D parts

Okay, my wife showed me how to work this Mac so here are some pics of the car and some of the parts. There are many more parts but I haven't cleaned them yet so standby for more pics as I do.
I am...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

11-20-2008, 09:50 PM

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1979 300D engine swap

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Posted By waldos313

Update

Sorry all, don't have time to post tonite. I just spent 4 hours fixing the holes in my fuel tank on our 1985 300D Turbo that the car audio guy drilled when he installed my amp on Monday. Seems he...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

11-20-2008, 07:43 AM

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1979 300D engine swap

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Posted By waldos313

cluster

I think the cluster looked really good overall. I'll get some pics of it today and post them.
And yes, I'm pretty sure it doesn't have a tach.
Thanks
Brandon

Forum: Diesel Discussion

11-19-2008, 06:48 PM

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1979 300D engine swap

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Posted By waldos313

Donor car condition

lutzTD, the dash is not in great shape. It is intact but has at least 6 cracks that run from front to back. The instrument cluster and controls all look good though.
Like I said, I'll try to...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

11-19-2008, 12:01 PM

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1979 300D engine swap

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Posted By waldos313

1979 300D engine swap

Hello everyone! I am happy today because I finally found a good donor engine from another 1979 300D here in Pensacola. I just finished the compression test on the donor and it has over 280# on each...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

10-02-2008, 09:49 AM

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Posted By waldos313

1985 300D problem returns

Thanks for everyone's input and I hope for anyone else that is going through this that they find an easier fix than I.
To recap my situation, our 1985 300D runs wonderfully until after about 7-10...

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09-10-2008, 02:26 PM

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Posted By waldos313

torque converter??

Does anyone think the problem might be a torque converter failure? We've had two separate shops say that to us today. We're definitely not familiar with this at all. Only that it converts...

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09-09-2008, 05:20 PM

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Posted By waldos313

Clarification

Thanks to all for your help and patience with us. My wife and I have been alternately replying based on who has the time to do so. Let me clarify what has been done to this 1979 300D and how it...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

09-08-2008, 04:56 PM

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Posted By waldos313

I'll verify. We rebuilt the vac pump on one of...

I'll verify. We rebuilt the vac pump on one of our two 300D's ("Blue", I think) but I seem to remember that this one ("Red") was doing fine.

Forum: Diesel Discussion

09-08-2008, 03:48 PM

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Posted By waldos313

All clean and changed recently.

All clean and changed recently.

Forum: Diesel Discussion

09-08-2008, 03:24 PM

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Posted By waldos313

Delayed acceleration

Thank you Whunter and All for previous advice. We have another problem that I believe we've mentioned before but may not have described accurately.
The 1979 300D has a normal idle speed while in...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

09-07-2008, 07:55 AM

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Posted By waldos313

79' 300D same issue

Hello everyone, this is the first post that has actually helped diagnose the type of runaway I'm having instead of just telling me how to stop it.
Our 1979 300D slowly started to runaway a few...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

08-26-2008, 03:47 PM

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79 300D glow plug issues/not starting

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Posted By waldos313

pencil glow plugs

I have the pencil type plugs but they are in series with straight, thick red wires between. I think this is peculiar because every other car of the same year (1979 300D) has the loop style in series...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

08-26-2008, 02:58 PM

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79 300D glow plug issues/not starting

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Posted By waldos313

glow relay

Thanks Barry! I've been under the dash for 20 minutes now trying to figure out which relay under there is the glow relay. How do I tell? It's impossible to trace the wires and I don't want to...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

08-25-2008, 06:35 PM

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79 300D glow plug issues/not starting

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Posted By waldos313

79 300D glow plug issues/not starting

I've read a few horror stories from people who have created more work for themselves unwittingly. I think I can safely join those ranks now. The other night after doing a valve adjustment, purge,...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

08-12-2008, 10:24 AM

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Posted By waldos313

small air bubbles

Thanks for all the replies and I'm truly sorry for anyone experiencing something like this. I feel like we've replaced all the parts on the car except the one that is causing the fuel starvation...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

08-10-2008, 02:15 PM

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Posted By waldos313

Not sure which valve that is...

Not sure which valve that is...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

08-10-2008, 02:13 PM

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Posted By waldos313

I think it does go into 1st if I floor it from a...

I think it does go into 1st if I floor it from a stopped position. Without the AC on, it accelerates okay but with the AC on and the car in drive, at a stoplight upon acceleration the rpm's get...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

08-10-2008, 02:10 PM

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Posted By waldos313

I forgot to mention...each time we try something...

I forgot to mention...each time we try something it appears to fix the problem temporarily...or we're just not test driving it long enough for the symptoms to arise. We'll try the alt fuel supply...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

08-10-2008, 02:09 PM

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Posted By waldos313

yes, and that worked, but we also may not have...

yes, and that worked, but we also may not have driven it long enough to cause the condition to reoccur. I think we'll try it again and really put a load on it.

Forum: Diesel Discussion

08-10-2008, 12:56 PM

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Posted By waldos313

Ok, we're still having issues with the 85 300D. ...

Ok, we're still having issues with the 85 300D. Here's what happened today: My husband drove to work, mostly stop and go traffic, and about a 45-50 min trip. He had a constant speed of about 60mph...

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08-10-2008, 12:42 PM

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Posted By waldos313

79 300D slow start

Yes, it will kick down to a lower gear in higher speeds if I mash the gas pedal but it has to be almost floored. Thanks everyone for all the help so far!

Forum: Diesel Discussion

08-09-2008, 02:27 PM

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Posted By waldos313

1979 300D won't shift down to 1st gear

Our 1979 300D runs great at speed. We just installed a fuel boost pump kit and it really does help starting and idling and did help a little on power too. I was hoping it would also solve our...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

08-09-2008, 10:37 AM

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