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12-07-2005, 12:40 AM
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First attempt at maintenance.
First off Yes I am an electronics Tech/engineer, yes I know your not supposed to cut things if you aren't sure what they are, and yes I know Mr Murphy camps out in 18 year old vehicles.
So I finally got some time this weekend to begin changing/flushing fluids in Sherman. I also started looking into the vacuum issues. With all the pads/panels etc. off I notice a bunch of cables from an old "mobile" phone. Not wanting to find all the cable ends and take the entire car apart I whack them all out and throw them away. Some were connected to battery and just lying on the floor, yes I cut those at the battery. WELL now my 10 disk CD changer no longer works. After a little research and remembering what I had done I figured out that the $50 Unilink cable was one of the ones I cut as it was looped and tie wrapped into the pile. DOH! Things I learned/relearned: After flushing the brakes and getting air in the rear lines I read the forum and found out what I was doing wrong (level to low). So I will make a pressure bleeder and do it again right. (Didn't know the air was in there until driving to work today.) Changing oil filters in a Merc is WAY better then in a Jetta. (Thinking about selling the Jetta and getting a 300SD) Not every part store understands Mercedes especially the power steering filter.  14 mm allen sockets are rare here in the boonies. NOBODY around here carries the full line of Mobil 1 Synthetic products. From now on do maintenance on MB in this order: Read this forum Plan Gather needed items Read this forum again replan replace wrong items with correct ones Read once more Get adult supervision Run to part store one last time because I forgot something THEN and only then will I mess it up anyway and have to do it all again next weekend. By the way if it had been 10 times the hassle I would still enjoy this car. 
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12-07-2005, 02:12 AM
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They are great fun to work on and you will beat your head against the wall many times!
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1981 300D 147k 1998 VW Jetta Tdi 320k 2001 Dodge Ram 2500 141k 1979 300D 234k (sold) 1984 300D "Astor" 262k(sold) Mercedes How-To and Repair Pictorials I love the smell of diesel smoke in my hair 
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12-07-2005, 03:01 AM
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Thats why you live 20miles or less away from a german parts supplier
 Halsey Import Parts... ...yeah baby!
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12-07-2005, 03:57 AM
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Start: St Helens, OR 97051
End: 7721 NE Halsey St, Portland, OR 97213 Total Distance: 42.1 Miles Estimated Total Time: 59 minutes See now I just relernt another lesson: Ask the right people the right questions! Thanks B. You work nights to?? Forget it I see now you are 19 and in college. This means A. You don't need sleep and B. You don't have time for it anyway.
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87 300SDL "Sherman" 89 VW Jetta diesel Last edited by ceiii2000; 12-07-2005 at 04:03 AM.
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12-07-2005, 10:29 AM
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Gotta experiment to see if you're capable.
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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. Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty.[/IMG]
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12-07-2005, 11:25 AM
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Quote:
 Helping a guy in portland replace rod bearings in his 240D, probably put the head back on his 300D, and working on a car this weekend (waterpump) and going to help prepare a baja bug for a cage installation. Whats college? (its finals week)
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