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stayalert · #1 03-09-2007, 11:11 AM

soon my move from MA to VT will be complete and I will recue my '85 300D from a frinds backyard in NH.....Then I will return to the task of getting her going again....Cheers!

stayalert · #2 08-27-2007, 12:43 PM

I got her back to my new home in VT....Now looking to string a few minutes together to resurect some semblance of progress.....

Rob

rrgrassi · #3 08-27-2007, 12:54 PM

Keep us posted. Glad you got your baby back.

toomany MBZ · #4 08-27-2007, 03:59 PM

Reason for being under a tarp? Parked in someone else's back yard?

stayalert · #5 08-27-2007, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by toomany MBZ

Reason for being under a tarp? Parked in someone else's back yard?

A tarp partially protected it from the pine trees it was parked below.....I have recently completed a move from MA to VT and have just recently rescued my '85 300D from the back yard of a friend....

Brian Carlton · #6 08-27-2007, 05:06 PM

Hey Rob,

Been gone for quite awhile.........glad to see you back.........and, hopefully, the W123 will be rolling soon...........

toomany MBZ · #7 08-27-2007, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by stayalert

A tarp partially protected it from the pine trees it was parked below.....I have recently completed a move from MA to VT and have just recently rescued my '85 300D from the back yard of a friend....

Cool, let us know of your progress.

stayalert · #8 08-28-2007, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton

Hey Rob,

Been gone for quite awhile.........glad to see you back.........and, hopefully, the W123 will be rolling soon...........

Indeed.....I am trying to re-learn everything that I've forgotten. One thing that I never forgot was that this place is a great resource.

I hope to cobble togteher a few minutes here and there to make some progress....Came home from a weekend away to a power outage and big tree accross my driveway....Lucky for me it was pine and a little headlight/lantern illuminated chainsaw work quickly cut a swath to the house....

I will say It was refreshing to open the drivers dor on the 300D and see the instrument cluster on the passenger seat....I thought hey I have 5 minutes I'll put that sucker back in....only took about 2 minutes. I have high hopes of getting this car sorted and equppied with a two tank waste oil system & espar or equivalent heating. My wife said if I got the AC working I would be a hero in my kids eyes.....None of our cars have functional AC....I keep saying....It's almost ski season....regards!

stayalert · #9 06-21-2009, 08:46 AM

Well...nearly 2 yrs later.....pulled the tarp, plunked the fuel lines in a conatiner of Diesel purge, started her up and limped her into the garage.....yesterday I repalced the fuels lines from tank to engine bay and started it up......On;y a gazillion problems to sort out....hopefully I'll be back with updates before a couple of years go by....again....

toomany MBZ · #10 06-21-2009, 09:40 AM

We're waiting with baited breath!

stayalert · #11 06-21-2009, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by toomany MBZ

We're waiting with baited breath!

just don't "hold your breath" or you'll be skeletal remains at my pace (somewhat akin to a 240D towing a tandem axle trailer filled with fire wood up a long steep hill)