I've seen in some of the DIYs that people refer to opening the hood in "the full upright position." Does my hood go up farther than the maddening "bang your head on the grille everytime I stand up" position? Just wondering. Don't want to give myself a concussion without good reason. Or break the grille. Whichever comes first. 82 300d by the way. Thanks in advance.

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1982 300d -Adolf- Got it for 500 bucks from a guy that thought he knew how to make biodiesel. Even the best diesels won't run on burnt french fry ends! 318,000 and counting
1982 300cd -Erwin- 107,000 miles! The most fun you can have in a diesel. Wrecked by an idiot, massive insurance payout for me. Tough to see you go, my friend.
1983 300d -Katrina- Another five hundred bucks. Straight outta New Orleans, by way of Maryland. Work in progress. 291,000 and counting

Yup, you can do it by yourself. Look at the little locking tabs on the "elbo" of the hood hinges.

-J

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1991 350SDL. 230,000 miles (new motor @ 150,000). Blown head gasket

Tesla Model 3. 205,000 miles. Been to 48 states!
Past: A fleet of VW TDIs.... including a V10,a Dieselgate Passat, and 2 ECOdiesels.
2014 Cadillac ELR
2013 Fiat 500E.

yes. on the left and right side of the hood on the hinges there's 2 tabs, you need to push one, and push up a little and then go around and push the other one, then your hood will pop open into the 90* position on my car it's the drivers side first, then the passenger side.

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hum.....
1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

look at the hinges.
see the little spring loaded levers on each hinge?
some cars I've seen the levers are bent, but if you open the hood then push down on it a little, have someone help, push the levers out then lift the hood, it will rise all the way vertical.
if it's windy be sure and tie it up, or it can fall on your head. later models have a locking mechanisim to hold the hood full upright.

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

Much obliged. My head and my grille thank you all. As does my six-foot-six helper monkey

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1982 300d -Adolf- Got it for 500 bucks from a guy that thought he knew how to make biodiesel. Even the best diesels won't run on burnt french fry ends! 318,000 and counting
1982 300cd -Erwin- 107,000 miles! The most fun you can have in a diesel. Wrecked by an idiot, massive insurance payout for me. Tough to see you go, my friend.
1983 300d -Katrina- Another five hundred bucks. Straight outta New Orleans, by way of Maryland. Work in progress. 291,000 and counting

Best advice of thread. Got a nice goose egg on the back of my head while swapping the SD's engine.

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

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

I was looking under the hood of a 2010 C63 and the owner asked me how the hood is raised full upright since my car was parked close by with the hood up.

I didn't know on that model but we figured it out. You simply keep pushing the hood up! The gas cylinders seem to have something of an "over center" and will only raise the hood so far on their own. In what I consider a step backward, these newer cars don't have a locking mechanism to hold the hood upright!

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Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

It is called the 'Service Position'.

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Shayne

85 W126 SD OM617.951
87 409D 650S OM617.913
93 E34 Touring M50B25TU
02 E46 Sport M54B30TU

Damn, you guys are all so sweet. No one (tongue in cheek) suggested RTFM?

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83 300TD (need rear wiper assembly dead or alive)
84 300SD Daily driver
85 300TD almost 400k miles and driven daily.
98 E300D *sold
86 300SDL *sold and made flawless 10 hour journey to new home.

HA HA! I looked at that acronym and was like WTF? and then it hit me...
cool.

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

Or the German salute.



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

Of course, if the hinge locking-tabs got all bent and mangled by some brain-dead PO or service-station idiot trying to force the hood shut without unlockin them (like the ones on two of my diesels) you may need to use the 'broomstick-method'!

Happy Motoring, Mark

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Revisiting this thread, I noticed when I open the hood of my 300D it opens up to a certain angle which looks to be too low to do anything good. Then, I need to "unhook" the lock tab on the LEFT side hinge so the hood lifts up a little bit more, then at this point the RIGHT side hinge lock tab will "bite" and lock it at a ~45 degree angle. At this point I can also inspect anything in the hood with enough head clearance to be on the comfortable side of things.

Then when I unhook the lock tab on the RIGHT side hinge, only then can I lift the hood to the upright position if required.

Once it is at the 90 degree service position, the LEFT side lock tab locks the hood in place. The RIGHT side lock tab has NO provision to lock the hood in the vertical position.

Is this how it is supposed to be? (I'm curious about the first "lock" that happens until the lock tab on the left side is released. )

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