what the ?
amazing,. I JUST figured out (after loosing my gas cap at a gas station and recovering it!!!) the spring in the door holds the cap!
now I know most of you knew this, but how many did not... and will admit it?

Thanks for the info. I'll try it out next fill-up.

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85 300 D TURBO 145,000 mi "liesel" (the hot chick in sound of music)

I noticed that when I bought the car and figured it out. Since then, I've noticed that just about EVERY car made has some sort of cap-holding device mounted to the door. Soemthing I've never noticed before. You learn something new everyday, I guess.

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1989 300E 144K

Yes, but many I have seen done do a very good job, expecially on the newer vehicles. But the W123 does a stand up job at holding its fuel cap!

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

You mean that hole where I stick a rag down? Just kidding.

I wish the W116 did, the door is spring loaded and tries to shut all the time unlike the W123 doesn't have a cap holder built in..

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1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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mine is an 82 300SD that is the 126 body and it DOES! very firm grip no chance of it falling out if I drive off with it still sitting in the holder very nice!
John

Probably the only thing I hate about the 116. The stupid thing openss down and wont stay open. Its a real B___H to put biodiesel in. You need a third hand to hold it open. Then you have to somehow clear the door so you dont spill.

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1959 Gravely LI, 1963 Gravely L8, 1973 Gravely C12
1982 380SL
1978 450 SEL 6.9 euro restoration at 63% and climbing
1987 300 D
2005 CDI European Delivery
2006 CDI Handed down to daughter
2007 GL CDI. Wifes

Yep it does a fine job of holding that cap.

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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)
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I love the smell of diesel smoke in my hair

heh, any new info to add to what's been found about the cars you didn't know?
how about the seats on a 123, there are two slide handles, one for minor adjustment forward and back, and one for the additional adjustment for them long leg drivers.

One of them affects the height of the seat and the other just the fore/aft position, if I remember how my 240 works correctly. By going front/back on one of them, you're going up and down a height ramp or something.

Maybe. Last time I was playing with mine, I thought I could tell I was going up and down. But who knows.

And in comment to the last post on this thread about the sunroof nut (yeah, it's 2 years old, but since it's already been revived...) that's great in theory, but every time I've ever seen one fail to close, the electrics were fine and it was damaged or destroyed hard parts that had failed. Therefore the nut is useless in most "real" emergencies that I've had.

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~Michael S.~
Past cars:

1986 300SDL
1987 300SDL
1982 240D
1982 300SD


Current:

1987 300SDL

I've never fueled mine yet. One of these years I'll check this spring out. Joking.

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1982 300SD

Bought mine at Stephenson Mercedes in Dallas in 1983. Part of the purchase package was an orientation of features from the salesman. As I remember, this was about 30 minutes long and one of the first things demonstrated was where to put the fuel cap when refueling. He also demonstrated the 90 degree hood position. I wonder if this was done at all MB dealerships in the 80's?

Bigger challange was for gas station attendants to find the gas cap on my 56 Chevy. Neat design: you turn a chrome trim piece on the tail light and the entire assembly hinges down to reveal the gas cap. Most attendants had to ask for the location. In those days, full service was the norm.

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Charles
1983 300D, bought new, 215k+ miles, donated to Purple Hearts veterans charity but I have parts for sale: http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=296386

As I remember, the early 50s Cady had the "flip up" tail light fuel fill also. Very cool cars back then.

The first manual 240D my wife and I took for a demo ride was almost cut short because I couldn't find reverse after pulling in a downward sloping driveway to turn around and head back

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1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K
1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild
1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K
1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor
2014 Kubota L3800 tractor
1964 VW bug

"Lifes too short to drive a boring car"

heh... my brother's New to him 2002 sprinter he gets the truck, walks around the truck at the gas station... walks around it again... opens the passenger's door hoping to find the owners manual to find the gas flap...

when he brings me the truck to look over for the first time, I'm standing by the driver's door, and I look down at the odd flap covered by the door, and open it. he just looks at me, and rants about how it took him 20 minutes of searching to find the thing I just reach down and open... some of us are just more observant than others

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My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 560SL convertible
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!