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Originally Posted by Chad300tdt
I just recently purchased a 1985 300tdt and have been fixing it up.
One of the issues was the sunroof. It worked very rough and squeeky. I was told that you need to use a lubricant that wont attract dirt and dust or you will be constantly cleaning & re-lubing it. After some internet research I came across Krytox. It is about $35 for a 1/2 ounce syringe. I used it on all the contact points on my manual sunroof. It only took a very small shot in each area and after a few operations to work it in was very good. The sunroof operates like new, very smooth and silent. It now takes about 25% of the effort to operate the sunroof. It was worth the price just for the sunroof and I still have an almost full syringe to lube all other friction points on the chassis.
Just thought I would pass on a tip for a great product.
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I think it depends what happens long term. I have seen the results of non MB slide grease on my sunroof and it wasnt pretty.
After the amount of work (days of pure torture)it took to get my sunroof back to happiness I wouldnt put anything on there except the MB sunroof grease. Now the Krytox may work great until the end of time - just IMHO not worth experimenting when the 'right stuff' is easily attainable.
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'85 300D, 'Lance',250k, ... winter beater (100k on franken-Frybrid 3 Valve Kit)
'82 300D, 'Tex', 228k body / 170k engine ... summer car
'83 300TD Cali Wagon 210k, wife's car
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