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Flushing the 81' and other adventures
Well this past couple of weekends I finally made some headway on the 1981 240D I have. Manged to flush the cooling system and what a MESS! PO apparently had used straight up water. Course I only paid $1000 for the car and it looked like crap! I pulled god knows how much rust , scale and other bits out of this thing. Flushed everything totally. Did the degrease and citrus flush and put in new antifreeze and distilled water. Thermostat worked great. Opened and closed when it should. radiator actually looked kind of new inside despite all the sludge. I will probably flush it again in a few months. This car is undergoing a complete restoration though so it will not be roadworthy for some time.
Since buying it I have managed to gut it. Rusty areas to be fixed are the two trunk wells and the sills between the rockers and floor. Fortunately that had just got started so I won't have to weld in much. All 4 doors where rusted out at the bottom and I managed to procure 4 rust free doors from NC-Friend about 6 months or so ago. Tasks completed so far:
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Pics of the flush. The last is me figuring a fine car deserves a fine beer!
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Pics of the fixed pinch weld, the rubber sound proofing I removed from the floor pan on the drivers side (with a chisel!), the rusted out sills the window glass sat in, and the wiper motor comaprtment. The wiper motor and inside where coated in ASHES. From ciggarettes! All over the floors, transmission hum and shifter. it was disgusting!
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that's some nasty stuff. cheers to a job well done.
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Current fleet 2006 E320 CDI 1992 300D - 5speed manual swapped former members 1984 300D "Blues Mobile" 1978 300CD "El Toro" |
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Great job you are doing, sounds like a very neglected car. when you finally get her finished she will look better than new.
When I stripped down the pinch weld area on my 85 rear window, I POR`d it also. I used some very thin Fiber Glass material, cut in about 6" strips X 2 1/2" or so to lay over the Pinch Weld to seal off the area. then soaked it down with the POR. I believe this is the material I used, Surfacing Veil Mat. Surfacing Veil Mat • Ultrathin : TAP Plastics 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 |
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