Yep, oil lines on a w126 . . . in spite of lifting from motor mounts, still a pita and if I remember correctly, I think I discovered that doing the line closest first helped . . . not sure. Valve adjustments are fun but do take more time than they should to do right . .

I may be doing a fan replacement on a 115 soon. I hear I may invent new swear words for that one.

My vote is for the heater blower on a W108/ W109.... senseless in its complexity. A W114/115 is a piece of cake by comparison. Of course, since I just remembered this is the Diesel forum, the W115 blower it shall be. Damn, W100s didn't come in Diesel, either, so... what are you people whining about, again?

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1968 230S Automatic, Elfenbein
1975 O309D Executive Westfalia Camper Bus, Blau/ Weiss
1972 280SEL 4,5 Dunkelrot
1966 VW Type 34 "Grosser" Karmann-Ghia
1963 VW 1500 Variant Pearlweiss
1969 VW Variant Automatic, Perugruen
1971 VW Squareback Automatic, Clementine Orange
2001 E320 4Matic Wagon- Our belated welcome to the 21st century! Polar White
1973 280SEL 4,5 Sliding Roof "The Bomb", Dunkelblau.

My vote is rocker/floor rust repair. I'm in that hell now.

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1978 Mercedes 240D
1981 Mercedes 240D
1982 Mercedes 240D

Oil cooler lines on a W123 300D. One of the least enjoyable jobs ever.

Well, I've done a lot of things on my 300D, and nothing has been too bad. I do hate removing and replacing the engine fan on the new turbo motor, though. My hands are just a bit too big for the clearances involved.

If anything was ever hard, it was pulling a transmission tailhousing off a car in the junkyard that had a rounded off 12 point nut. Had to resort to slicing the nut off with a cordless dremel, and even with two batteries at my disposal, I had to return home to charge the pair of them twice to get the job done, for a total of 90 miles of driving.

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- K.C.Adams

'77 300D Euro Delivery
OM617 turbo / 4-speed swap
404 Milanbraun Metallic / 134 Dattel MB-Tex

Current status:
* Undergoing body work

My '77 300D progress thread

Pik-N-Pull in Fresno has outlets (or used to anyways) at the base of the lights at each corner of the lot.

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Did you just pass my 740 at 200 kmh in a 300SD?????

1978 300SD 'Phil' - 1,315,853 Miles And Counting - 1, 317,885 as of 12/27/2012 - 1,333,000 as of 05/10/2013, 1,337,850 as of July 15, 2013, 1,339,000 as of August 13, 2013



100,000 miles since June 2005 Overhaul - Sold January 25th, 2014 After 1,344,246 Miles & 20 Years of Ownership

How about taking along an inverter?

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85 300D turbo pristine w 157k when purchased 167,870 July 2025
83 300 D turbo 297K runs great. SOLD!
83 240D 4 spd manual- parted out then junked

All the P-N-P's have here are oil-slicked mud puddles. They didn't even want to let me in the yard with the Dremel at first, but I explained that there was no other way the nut could be removed, and that I wasn't likely to compromise the balance and safety of a car in the yard with a rotary tool like I could with a body saw.

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- K.C.Adams

'77 300D Euro Delivery
OM617 turbo / 4-speed swap
404 Milanbraun Metallic / 134 Dattel MB-Tex

Current status:
* Undergoing body work

My '77 300D progress thread

On 2 of the several W126's I've owned my vote goes to the front sway bar hands down

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OBJECTS IN MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR, ONLY IN A BENZ

89 560SEC
90 350SDL (Rudolph)
91 350SDL (300SDL drivetrain)
87 BMW 635CSi (Swanhild)
89 BMW M6 (euro)
99 Suzuki Hayabusa (Only the fastest thing ever)