You need to take your car to a Mercedes guy and let him drive it, or maybe theres a Forum member in your neighborhood.

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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"

As I've said before, I live in NW CT in the town of Litchfield, CT....about two hours north of NYC and about 2.25 hours west of Boston.....only 45 minutes from Hartford, CT.

I would WELCOME the opportunity to have someone with extensive experience with these old diesel MBs try out the car and tell me what gives.....I'll buy lunch!

It appears that many of you are on the West Coast or in Florida....a long way to go to figure this all out but I APPRECIATE ALL THE INPUT.....my mechanic is REALLY a certified MB mechanic (works on MB, VWs, BMWs, Volvos) old and new and has been doing so now for about 25 years in town....has a good reputation but, then again, he's the only game in the area......lol.

BTW, with more driving of this car today, the slippage between third and fourth gears seems to have gone away......perhaps it BURPED when given a new set of baby shoes!

Will monitor performance this week and get back to you all with anything else that develops.....bought two 70LB sand tubes today and placed in trunk...we're having a real blowup (ice/snow) this evening and tomorrow.....slip, slidin' NOT!

Post #11 shows the clutch gauge tool and part#

www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=219024


Charlie

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there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

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