well yea, Hi my name is matt and i recently picked up a 79' 240D for DIRT cheap and the car is damn near flawless. I was pointed this direction by a friend of mine with a 300D and i'm hear to soak up as much knowledge as possible. I'm 20 years old and have been a Nissan fanboy for the longest time. I've been more involved in the sport compact community for quite some time, ive had a plethora of New Nissan's including 2 Altima's, 2 Versa's, a 2.0 sentra 07', an 08' and 09' Sentra SE-R Spec-v (hence my name) and now, switching gears a 79' 240D, the car is slow and i love every bit of it i can appreciate any type of car as long as its a quality build. I like clean cars and that wont change with this one, she will be basically restored no modifications. well without further ado here she is

1979 Mercedes Benz 240D (119,000 miles)
-Silver w/ blue interior (which wasnt nearly as obnoxious as i thought it would be)








it needs a few things fixed etc. but for the price i couldnt beat it..
it needs
- Transmission cooler lines (car runs and drives but leaks a quart every 10miles or soo according to the previous owner)
- Window regulators (manual)
- fix the **** body work that was done but nothing major
- new antenna
- fix some VERY minor surface rust
- New Glow plugs
- and various odds and ends and some TLC

honestly everything is so minor with this thing and the car originally came from California. The frame is literally spotless, ZERO rust, i was literally blown away and the interior is just as flawless.. the dashboard is perfect no cracks.. all the trim and everything is damn near perfect the car is clean as hell, everytihng works, but the A/C currently doesnt blow cold.. and will be fixed as well eventually. Other than that, when i get more pics up ill let them speak for themselves.

i couldnt be happier with this deal and frankly i love the thing
but since it was a quick spurr of the moment buy we ended up picking it up at 12:30am and needless to say our minds were going a million miles an hour. So after picking up the trailer and getting it to the car to look at it and get it home.. we realized we lost the keys to the tralier locks. So the ramps were locked in the trailer itself.. so we ended up having to go home and dremel the lock off after an hour of searching for it.. go back pick up the car and drop off the trailer because he needed the truck first thing in the morning.. sooo basically we ended up just leaving the ball attached tot he tralier and backing it off the truck lol.. and today we ended up cutting off the other lock to get the ball off so .. my frist adventure with the thing lol..





i'll throw some more pics up later of the car in detail (engine, interior, undercarriage etc.) but so far i love the damn thing.. already fixed the passanger window that was stuck down so no more garbage bag to keep the rain out YAY!

as for future plans, i just plan on daily driving the thing for a while and fixing it completely back to perfect working condition. So yes... hi any knowledge you would like to bestow on me about the car/ site please.. let me know thanks again

Welcome to the Forum.
Boy, this is a big change from your other Cars.
Is your Friend with the 300D also a Forum Member?

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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel

Looks like you scored a nice clean 240D. Looking forward to see more pictures of it.

Since you might be new to diesels, make sure you use diesel rated engine oil, such as Mobil Delvac 15W-40, or Shell Rotella 15W-40. Walmart has a nice selection of C rated engine oils.

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1985 300TD Turbo Euro-wagon
1979 280CE 225,200 miles
1985 300D Turbo 264,000 miles
1976 240D 190,000 miles
1979 300TD 220,000

GONE but not forgotten
1976 300D 195,300 miles
1983 300D Turbo 175,000 miles

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yea he is the moderator for the detailing section i believe.. not sure his SN on here tho. But yes he is going to be a major source of help for me on this thing lol and yes its a big change from the other cars but i honestly love the thing and for the price i paid i would have been insane not to buy it

Congratulation on your purchase. The body looks good. Just be aware that this isn't a Nissan but it sounds like you already appreciate that though. It's a very durable car. I have a lot of experience with these, so if you need any thing give me a holler.

thanks for the support i know ill be turning for the site for troubleshooting here and there and its good too see help rather than the usual "what you dont know how to do that? your stupid" that you can get on other forums lol

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06' Altima (red) 6spd - gone
06' Altima (grey) - gone
07' Sentra 2.0S 6spd -gone
08' Sentra SE-R Spec-v -gone
09' Sentra SE-R Spec-v - totaled

79' 240D (119,000) - lol

nice 240D, 100K is nothing for these cars.

I see you have fuel pumps right in the front yard, hope one of them is diesel

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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"

I am checking through my good used parts for some of what you need.
May see your car in person tomorrow.

Welcome to the forum !!!!
Nice looking car !!!
If you look after it you could still be driving it when you are 40 !!!
You are blessed to be having Roy (whunter) casting his eye over the car.

Good Luck !!!

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Grumpy Old Diesel Owners Club group

I no longer question authority, I annoy authority. More effect, less effort....

1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

The car really is incredible for the price. We have already fixed the pass window which jammed half way up.

Lesson learned, never leave my stupid trailers keys on my stupid bumper and drive away.

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