Here is what I'll be doing starting tonight....Please look over this list and add anything I may not have thought about. Most of this stuff is peace of mind and PM type stuff. Trying to get this car back to Road Warrior Status!

Oil, Filter, & Oil Pan Gasket Change

Transmission Fluid & Filter & Gasket Change

Rear End Oil Change

Injector Purge

Valve Adjust and New Valve Cover Gasket

Replace Front Shocks

Power Steering Filter & Fluid & Gasket Change

New Water Pump, Thermostat, & Gaskets

New Water Hoses

New Belts

Replace Engine Mounts

Replace Transmission Mount

New Fuel Hoses

Vacuum System Trace & Repair

Cruise Control Troubleshoot & Repair

Turn Signal / Hazard Light Troubleshoot & Repair

A/C Service & Troubleshoot & Repair

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Mark
1983 300TD Wagon
Even a broken watch is right twice a day

that's some list. Good luck!

You didn't mention checking your timing:
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=143983

Danny

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Aside from what you know needs to be done on your car, I'd say change the brake fluid, clear the drain holes, and check tire pressure.

Yahhh...brake bleed and flush....also added wheel bearing repack & adjust...clear drain holes, why not. Thanks!

Danny, I've read that thread 4 times and it just ain't sinking into my head. I know you know how to do it, but I don't! However, I am hooking up with a bunch hardcore MB nuts and I'm hoping they do!

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Mark
1983 300TD Wagon
Even a broken watch is right twice a day

clean banjo bolt at rear of intake and check line from there through o-boost to alda

replace fuel filters

check air filter

.......for starters

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Rob M
Norwich, VT USA
1980 240D Euro delivery 4 speed manual silver/blue
~160K miles

Hey, NASCAR has some "famous" driver telling everyone to check their tire pressure, so DO IT!

banjo's, fuel & air filters...be there done that.

OK, OK! I'll check the air in my tires.

Also added clean all ground points & new climate control foam hose to sensor.

So far just a bunch of nick-knack-patty-wack stuff....hope it stays that way!

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Mark
1983 300TD Wagon
Even a broken watch is right twice a day

Mismost,

WHy don't you change the air in your tires too. It would make as much sense as some of the things you want to do.

Ever hear of :" If it ain't broke, don't fix it"?

P E H

Preventitive maintaince
unless he seriously fubars something up, I dont see how any of thoose items mentioned could hurt anything
~Nate

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2012 Escape, 'hunter" (5 sp 4cyl)

Purge should be done first, then change oil&filter.

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04 VW TDI Passat 80,000mi
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how about the injector return lines that are between the injectors? Those should be replaced every so often too.........

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1983 Mercedes 300D
Atlanta, GA

How many miles on this car. Are you running the original muffler bearings?

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Rob M
Norwich, VT USA
1980 240D Euro delivery 4 speed manual silver/blue
~160K miles

Muffler bearings! See, I knew I'd forget something!

It was some list and some didn't get done....I do agree with the if it ain't broke, don't fix it plan...however, I am your basic traveling salesman. Where you guys might drive 400 miles in a month, I may do that in 2 days (in fact Monday-Tuesday was 428 miles). A lot of this stuff I did was just to reduce my "pucker factor" and I wanna know where this car is maintance-wise.

Outta all the stuff I did to it, I think the best thing was new front shocks...she corners a lot better now. The second best was just putting about 150 miles on it...seems like the more I drove it, the smoother it ran.

Pretty neat old cars, except for all the oil slinging. That turbo oil drain back to the pan assembly is a real piece crap....and I still haven't found the flasher/relay for the turn signals/hazard lights! Thank goodness for those Haynes manuals, they worth almost as much as the paper they are printed on.

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1983 300TD Wagon
Even a broken watch is right twice a day

Yeah... just fix the stuff when it breaks. You're always better off in the long run by waiting until it breaks to fix it because then you know it really needed to be fixed. Why do something early when you can do it at midnight in the freezing rain on a lonely state road while the wife and kids wait in the car shivering?

Good plan ...... if you're always within walking distance of home.