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05-25-2011, 11:57 PM
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600 miles in 3 days...
In the 1980SD
 Hopping from town to town working. I was a little worried about having to traverse the metro Atlanta area three times but the car did fine  I travel as part of my job and decided the SD would be a good car for travel. I've been traveling about three years (the last two years in a late model Cadillac) and just felt like doing something different. I was afraid that this MB "experiment" would end with it being a project car and me back in a late model car but I think it's going to work out  Is it going to work out?
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My occupational hazard bein' my occupation's just not around... 1980 300SD 1980 300SD 
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05-26-2011, 12:01 AM
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I drive service in mine... around 300 miles a day. (I put around 600 miles on my TD today, and another 150 ish on my truck...) it's developed LOTS of stress cracks... inspect the front subframe and the mid line around the driveshaft cover...
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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!
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05-26-2011, 12:09 AM
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 I shall magnaflux the entire car starting with the drivers seat springs...
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05-26-2011, 12:12 AM
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oh, if it's cracking, visual inspection is all you'll need... it's pretty obvious.
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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!
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05-26-2011, 12:58 AM
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05-26-2011, 10:59 AM
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I was astounded at the responses I got, not only from the South and the West, where the climate would be favorable to begin with, but from people in the midwest and up and down the east coast who were braving the winter elements and doing major driving while doing it. I was mightily impressed and continue to be. Which is a good thing, as every other person I know thinks I'm off my nut for bothering with these old cars. Drive it and have fun. 
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 Mac 2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d “Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22
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05-26-2011, 11:15 AM
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I have to agree with Zacharias. Just drive it if all is well.
I don't have the SD. But, I sure wish I would have bought one now. For the better part of 11 months last year I was driving 720 to 1040 miles per week (over 5 days) with my 300D. I virtually had no problems at all except a speedometer cable failure, a voltage regulator failure and an oil leak at the turbo oil drain. All of the above was inexpensive and relatively easy to fix. I don't drive the car much anymore as I have a newer one now. But, it is ready to do it again if the new fails me.
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05-26-2011, 12:11 PM
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I am enjoying the car! I made the mistake of running the idea of selling the Caddy for a cheaper more fuel efficient car by my wife
Well, she made sure I expedited that *****! I wanted to keep the Caddy AND have a vintage MB  Probably for the best because the MB is getting a lot of attention that it otherwise wouldn't get if I still had a decent backup other than the wifes car.I'm trying to spend the money I'm saving by not having a car payment on the SD and it's coming along pretty well. Lotta nickle and diming though... I think that the fact that most W116 300SD posts are about AC problems is testament to decent running gear At least most of them seem to be rolling well enough that drivers are concerned about comfort 
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My occupational hazard bein' my occupation's just not around... 1980 300SD 1980 300SD
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05-26-2011, 01:52 PM
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I could not have done better on my ownership experience with my '79 300sd.
A few weeks after I purchased it, with almost no history, I went on a 3500-mile, three-week road trip. The only mishap was a blown wastegate hose somewhere in New Brunswick. I drove that car for six more years day, night, winter and summer, including about two years where I did a 700-mile round trip almost every weekend. I often drove back in the wee hours of Monday morning on a secondary highway and never gave breakdowns a second thought... until the chain snapped half a block from home. I put a used motor into it and drove it for two more years, until 2005. I sold it to a farmer who drove it until 2010, at which time he had let the body go right to hell. Unbelievable, never seen any Mercedes with that many gaping rust holes all over the body. Real #sshat, that one. Too cheap to oil spray it every year (huh?).
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Mac 2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d “Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22
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05-26-2011, 02:47 PM
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05-26-2011, 02:57 PM
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- Peter.
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2021 Chevrolet Spark Formerly... 2000 GMC Sonoma 1981 240D 4spd stick. 347000 miles. Deceased Feb 14 2021  2002 Kia Rio. Worst crap on four wheels 1981 240D 4spd stick. 389000 miles. 1984 123 200 1979 116 280S 1972 Cadillac Sedan DeVille 1971 108 280S
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