Great thoughts.

I was wondering what I’d do when my VCV goes out. I still see 300ds and 300sds at the yard with valves. It’s still easier to find a beat up one than to make a VCV. I’ve thought about it because I designed a flow control system for a vacuum system in 2006. All it takes is a throttle position sensor, a proportioning valve and a microprocessor. A high school nerd with an Arduino could do it. But it hasn’t gotten that hard yet. I can still get one at the yard.

But as you guys have pointed out that is changing. I now watch for the cars arriving at my local yards using internet notifications rather than just showing up and picking the three or more 300ds I’d find on the ground twenty years ago at any random time.

Makes me happy I was able to change my window seals with fresh rubber from
URO. I love and hate URO but it’s what we’ve got ya know?

Here’s one to think about. I just had my 51st birthday. We are not forever. The way I have my diesels sorted they may just be my last cars if I don’t make an effort to replace them.

My dad is legally blind and paralyzed at 84. My uncle just died in November at 82.

Let’s not worry about all this. Drive now. It’s Saturday gents, time to glow the plugs.

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79 300TD “Old Smokey” AKA “The Mistake” (SOLD)
82 240D stick shift 335k miles (SOLD)
82 300SD 300k miles
85 300D Turbodiesel 170k miles
97 C280 147k miles