Hi all just want to intorduce myself. My name is Talyon lange and Im from Austin. A friend of mine was nice enuff to give me his 300sd. She needs two freeze plugs, that came in the mail today, and some good TLC. ill get pics as soon as i can. This is my first dessiel and i am very excited about geting in to the motor. youll see the Cobra in my sig, so im well versed in how to turn a wrench. hopfully i will contribute some usefull info to this site.

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1998 Mustang Cobra
1983 300SD

welcome to the site. i too have an 83 300sd. how many miles do you have on it? you will really enjoy that. good luck

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have no worries.....President Obama swears "If you like your gun, you can keep it

Me to...I've got 264K plus change on my 83 SD, the car is a blast to work on and to drive. There is a huge library of data here and doing a search will cure most all your car's ills...and give you some heads up on the quirks of owning a diesel Benz. Do yourself a favor and surf around for old posts...you will soon learn more then you ever before wanted to. Good luck and enjoy...

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1983 300SD... 269,000 miles, nearly 2,500 on my B-100, Faded Grey, Ugly in an elegant sort of way...Duh-Benz


If any of this has been a blasphemy to you, then good, because it's been a blast for me to...A.Whitney Brown

Welcome.
I too just aquired a 1983 300SD (Feb 4th, 2006) and am thrilled.
I got everything working and look forward to years (and many miles) of service.

This is the greatest place for info. I could never have gotten these cars up
to the condition they are without this group .

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80 300D 340K Owned 30 yrs
83 300SD 440K Owned 9 yrs - Daily Driver 150mi/day
02 Z71 Suburban 117,000
15 Toyota Prius 2600 miles
00 Harley Sportster 24k
09 Yamaha R6
03 Ninja 250

Talyon,

First lets get started correctly with the correct terminology. Although your 300SD has many motors, (starter, window, blower, ETC motors) it has but one Diesel ENGINE. THat's the 800 pound hunk of cast iron under the hood that propels the car.

Good luck with your MB. Over the years you will come to love it.

P E H

My SD was a hunk of crap.

Jay.

P.S. If you can't figure out from the context that someone is referring to the "engine" when they say "motor"....

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On the road, currently:
'83 300D (German spec.) 168k mi. - - Wolfgang (tucked snugly away for the winter!)
'87 300D 375k mi. - finally went over to "The Dark Side"
'87 300TD 225k mi.
Cannondale 66cm CAAD5 w/Campy/Jamis Aurora
Hujsak Custom Fixie/Landshark Track Shark Custom/Ahearne Custom 29'er

thanks for the heads up. could you show me where to put the freeze plug on the starter ive been looking for two days? The Cobra I BUILT runs low 10s in the 1/4 N/A so like i said ,hopfully i will be able to contribute to this forum. I feel that Diesel motors are wonderfully simple in design and the compresion still makes me scratch my head. This car will be alot of fun.

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1998 Mustang Cobra
1983 300SD

Taylon,

Welcome to the board! As soon as someone puts together another Austin get together you'll have to bring that car out....if you can find the place for the freeze plugs.

I have an 84 SD and I love it. Need to do glow plugs, but that's no big deal.

Enjoy it here...there is a wealth of great information and help around here.

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1998 W202 C230 - The money pit of late.
1984 W126 300SD (356,800 miles) Gone to the wrenchapart
1984 W123 300D Gone to the wrenchapart
1972 W108 280SE 3.5 (sold but not forgotten)
1986 Buick Grand National 3.8l Turbo (86k miles)
1966 Glassic Model 'A' Replica http://www.glassicannex.org

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