I have a 84 300 D that I got from Bio Pete in Nashville this spring. This little car was headed for the junk yard and Pete saved it. It has a super sweet body and I have checked it ever so close and there is no rust. None! It hadn't been run for quite some time but I managed to get it started. It really ran poorly until I adjusted the valves. Bajaman came over and we did a compression check. Three cylinders were excellent at about 420 and two were about 350. Bajaman did an injector pop and spray pattern test and the cylinders with lower compression also had very poor performing injectors. Anyway, we replaced those poor performing injectors and it seems to run out very well. I am going to purchase a compression tester from HF hopefully this Saturday and will check it again. Anyway within 200 miles of running, the transmission gave out. From what all came out of that transmission when we first started it and quickly changed the oil and filter, I am surprised it went 200 miles. So a transmission change is necessary, and here is the question.

The 300 D turbo engine in this car is unbelievably dirty and covered with 25 years of engine oil, diesel fuel and dirt. It looks like the oil cooler hoses should be changed and the AC compressor needs to be installed. My thinking is to pull the whole engine and transmission to accommodate these other jobs, as well as to install new motor mounts and to clean the engine and engine bay of all this dirt. That is a lot of work that could be accomplished and I could do most of it in a stand up position. I am getting a bit old and laying on the ground is just very difficult and I can get very dizzy when I get up from working under the car. Of course, there is always some work that has to be done underneath the car, but I would like to keep that at a minimum. I also plan to do the turbo drain tube and possibly replace the gaskets under the oil filter. My wife wants me to farm the job out, but I know it will not get done the way I want it done. I have a nice two wheel trailer with a mesh floor that will easily accommodate that engine and transmission for a slow trip through the car wash. Wouldn't that be a great way to clean that grease hog up? Do you have any other suggestions?

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