I've come to the point that it's become either impractical or overwhelmed with repairs to own either one of my diesel cars. The '85 was converted to run on WVO but my supplies have dried up and finding others have not been successful. It doesn't get the fuel economy to be affordable to drive anymore. The only reason I held on to it was I had a stable source of WVO.
I bought the '87 last summer with the intention of converting it to run on WVO but since I couldn't even get enough for one car, this conversion never went through. I drove it as it was since the fuel economy ranged from 28 to 35 mpg's so it was good for that. But recently one thing after another has happened that I need to throw more money into the beast, the biggest thing looming now is to get the tranny resealed. It leaks enough now to be beyond annoying. The fluid is getting on to the catalyst so it stinks like burning fluid after a while. Also the garage floor is getting trashed even after putting scrap cardboard underneath the car to catch the drips. I've lost many weekends fixing this car as well. The last major thing I did was redo the front end. Even if I fixed the tranny, I thing the injection system is in need of attention. The car starts and runs roughly for about a minute after a shutdown. I'm just tired of working on these things. I feel I need to get rid of the 87 so I can get my weekends back. I'd don't just plan on unloading the car on someone else. I plan to disclose everything I know that needs to be done. The 85 I have no problem selling it as it is. It needs nothing other than a respray of the front sheetmetal since the clear coat is shot. The rest of the car is excellent.
I would end up with a car payment since I don't want anymore used cars or someone else's headache but I would at least get my weekends back. OTH I have no plans to sell the 230CE. I'm keeping it as the spare.
Please feel free to share your thoughts with me.

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DJ


84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012