Had a nice productive time on the new crappy but has potential SD I bought. I took a wrong turn and saw it sitting about two years ago, and would leave notes every now and then, finally after the flooded creek tried to wash it away and the grumpy neighbors slashed two of the tires, the guy was ready to sell it. Spent a day getting it started (lots of priming, new battery, fresh fuel in the fiter), it did it's thing and started chugging away. Put on his spare and the spare out of mine and cleared the clumps of sticks and mud out of the suspension and it was ready to roll. It actually drives great, good power, no smoke, it has 295,000 but seems like the suspension has been rebuilt (good rubber on the boots, track rods look good) and I think the engine has been pulled and rebuilt, the block is painted in a way you couldn't do with it in the car.
Things I've fixed so far...plugged vac leaks that kept it from stopping, fixed the fuel delivery adjustment device (didn't want to get scolded for calling it the gas pedal ) adjusted the vac modulator to firm up the slipping shifts, up-ed the idle speed to where the engine doesn't lurch around, fixed the fuel level sender (that's going to get its own thread) put a motor I had laying around in the driver window, and figured out how the get the climate control going (his had broken buttons, had one of those around too).
Next comes replacing the leaky return lines and cigar hose and finding out where the tranny fluid leak is, and figuring out why the odometer and cruise control stopped working.
Just had to share the satisfaction of getting this heap rolling again....

Sounds like you got a diamond in the rough. Good luck with that project.

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Adam Lumsden
(83) 300D
Vice-President of the MBCA International Stars Section

Got any pics of the beast? Sounds like your doing good with her so far.

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'85 300SD (formerly california emissions)
'08 Chevy Tahoe
'93 Ducati 900 SS
'79 Kawasaki KZ 650
'86 Kawasaki KX 250
'88 Kawasaki KDX200
'71 Hodaka Ace 100
'72 Triumph T100R

Matt, we want pictures!!!!!


Good Luck, sounds nice!!!!

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1984 300D Turbo Sedan (Hilda) 272,115 miles.....
Anthracite Gray/Palamino Leather, I am 3rd owner

2001 Dodge Stratus (Silver) (wifes) 55814 miles...

1982 280TE Wagon Astral Silver Metallic/
Anthracite Velour
260,512 miles (Eva)

1969 230 Sedan Olive Green/Black MBTex
4 Speed Manual
84,213 miles ????
Haus Frau


2004 Boreem Ninja Pocket Bike
Highly Modified 49cc (Ling Ling)

Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit

Sounds like my car. I didn't have a pedal for a while... just a rod on the floor! Also my linkage someone had jacked with and was VERY far off. The vehicle had to be floored to move what it is about 30% throttle now. Not fun to do.

Before I redo my interior (my paint is long gone) the timing chain will be done early fall. Better safe than sorry. My motor runs strong and is already up to 217k

Sounds like yours, just as mine, was ready for the boneyard too before ya got ahold of it.

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I'm not a doctor, but I'll have a look.

'85 300SD 245k
'87 300SDL 251k
'90 300SEL 326k

Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford.

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