After 3 years of not having a diesel. I picked up this one owner 83 300D this morning from NYC. It has 111K on the odometer, everything works, the A/C has been updated to R134 and blows cold, tires look new. NYC dents here and there although the paint is fine. The lady had it for 4 years in NYC after her grandmother passed away at 97. Her grandmother bought the car new in NJ and garaged it since new in NJ and it has every service record from new. She is relocating to Italy and I told her I would take car of her grandma's car. The car is named Janis after her MB song. $1300 well spent.

And I just sold my valve adjustment tools last month! Do I remember how to diesel purge? Remind me, dieselheads, are you guys using Delvac or Mobil 1 these days?

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85 300CD Signal Red/Tan sold
83 300D Manganese Brown 109K
97 E420 Midnight Blue 197K sold
98 BMW 328i Vert White 100K, sold
95 BMW 525i White 125K, sold
93 BMW 525iT Red 193K, sold
95 E320 Green Wagon 125K, sold
94 E320 White 127K, sold
85 300SD 156K Grey (Annie), sold
84 300D Lapis Blue 170K (Judy), sold
99 ML 320 Black (lease), 1998 C230 White (lease)
00 Honda S2000 Red (lease)
86 Mercedes 300E (sold)
84 Porsche 911 Red (sold), 1965 Porsche 911 White (sold)

Nice car!
I saw it on craigslist, but two is enough for me right now.
Rare to ever see one for that kinda money rust free and with working A/C.

Diesel Giant has a good write up on doing a purge, but honestly, don't know how much difference it makes. Change all the filters (including transmission), do a valve adjust, and you should be good to go. Some guys love Mobil 1, but lots of others use Delvac or Rotella. It's all taste, but starting in the NE wintertime on Mobil1 5W-40 is great.

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Wow GREAT buy! No rust? At only 111k on the clock its still a youngin'!

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TC
Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

Definitely a great buy! Working AC, wow

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1983 300 Turbo-"Nora"
1983 240D Auto "Lucia"-slowest on earth-1st love
1985 300 Turbo-Blue Goose-slowly plucking parts

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Your needles are still nice an orange, so that's a good sign to the accuracy of it. How do the seats feel and how much wear is on the steering wheel?

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

Seats are beautiful, no cuts, no tears, no aging. The driver's seat a bit spongy but looks great. Here is the short craigslist ad:

1983 mercedes benz turbo diesel - super condition, only 110,000 miles! - $1500 (Upper West Side)
Date: 2009-07-19, 8:17PM EDT

this car is amazing and i hate to have to sell it, but i am moving and need to sign the title over by august 1. it's brown, 300D, super engine, some dents, but was kept in a garage until 4 years ago, and so has little rust. please email me and i will be happy to drive to you to show it to you. perfect for long distances on weekends, or short trips.
Sunroof, radio, leather interiors.
Brown exterior, tan interior.

She said the 12:00 noon appointment was really disappointed when he call to confirm and she told him someone bought it 1/2 hr ago. I hope it wasn't one of you guys!

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85 300CD Signal Red/Tan sold
83 300D Manganese Brown 109K
97 E420 Midnight Blue 197K sold
98 BMW 328i Vert White 100K, sold
95 BMW 525i White 125K, sold
93 BMW 525iT Red 193K, sold
95 E320 Green Wagon 125K, sold
94 E320 White 127K, sold
85 300SD 156K Grey (Annie), sold
84 300D Lapis Blue 170K (Judy), sold
99 ML 320 Black (lease), 1998 C230 White (lease)
00 Honda S2000 Red (lease)
86 Mercedes 300E (sold)
84 Porsche 911 Red (sold), 1965 Porsche 911 White (sold)

No wear on the steering wheel, no cracks on dash. The lady was so cool, she drove the car and followed me to CT just over the border. She gave me her cassette tape collection, books on tape, her bike rack, her steering wheel lock column. I then drive her to Westchester where she had a riding lesson and she was telling me about her grandma and moving to Italy, chillin' with her was cool. More pics, woohoo!

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Manganese Brown Metallic......sweet.....just like my SD. Fortunately for you, you don't have massive clearcoat peeling. Enjoy!

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RT


1984 300D---Sold
1995 E420 - 106K - Brilliant Silver Metallic/Orion Gray --- Sold
1984 300SD - 151K Manganese Brown Metallic/Mostly Black --- Sold
1982 240D - 79K - Manila Beige/Palomino---Sold

Nice clean ride, and I've really come around on that color.
What, no pics of the lady......

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

That is an incredable find. that would be $15,500 on E-Bay .

I guess these musium pieces do still exist.

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

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works

Lucky Dog!!! Mine cost $2800 and needed TLC in a lot of areas. Mine also had low mileage though and I think we have the best year all around for power and maintenance. Enjoy the ride.

Torie

Same here. That one looks really good (in the pictures).

Congrats on the purchase!

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AJ

1985 300D (SOLD)

I wasn't going to see it when I thought about the brown color, but I'm glad I did. And yes, it color grows on you and is a color I have never seen before in a 300D. Lady pics not for publication. Sometimes you just get lucky. There is a little rust in the usual places that I will take care off, then clay, polish and detail.

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85 300CD Signal Red/Tan sold
83 300D Manganese Brown 109K
97 E420 Midnight Blue 197K sold
98 BMW 328i Vert White 100K, sold
95 BMW 525i White 125K, sold
93 BMW 525iT Red 193K, sold
95 E320 Green Wagon 125K, sold
94 E320 White 127K, sold
85 300SD 156K Grey (Annie), sold
84 300D Lapis Blue 170K (Judy), sold
99 ML 320 Black (lease), 1998 C230 White (lease)
00 Honda S2000 Red (lease)
86 Mercedes 300E (sold)
84 Porsche 911 Red (sold), 1965 Porsche 911 White (sold)

Brown is a good color for the W123's. Brown cars tend to have character Plus, you get you nickname it something like "foxy brown" or " sweet chocolate"

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1983 300 Turbo-"Nora"
1983 240D Auto "Lucia"-slowest on earth-1st love
1985 300 Turbo-Blue Goose-slowly plucking parts

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o...ly15/mbsig.jpg

or....brownrice

Lets get brown back in the favor of diesel lovers!

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RT


1984 300D---Sold
1995 E420 - 106K - Brilliant Silver Metallic/Orion Gray --- Sold
1984 300SD - 151K Manganese Brown Metallic/Mostly Black --- Sold
1982 240D - 79K - Manila Beige/Palomino---Sold