For those of y'all unfamiliar with my 300SDL - http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/324256-raising-dead-300sdl-killed-gasoline.html

Last night I pulled into a friend steep parking lot and scraped bottom a little, didn't think much of it as it wasn't very hard, but it was enough to cringe. I stayed the night, then left for work in the this morning. It was still halfway dark, the started car and drove off. Half mile went up the on ramp, had no power. Checked gauges, no oil pressure Pulled off and parked it as soon as possible, checked oil. Nothing, not even on the stick. Remembered about scraping, checked pan. I remembered seeing when I was working on it that the PO had put sealer over it, but hadn't had any problems with it. I scraped just a the right spot to tear the front edge of the sealant where there was a crack that had dripped over night, with the puddle on the passenger side.

Picked up some JB weld, cleaned the crack, applied, waited, filled with oil, started engine, waited. No leaks but it had picked up a little different rhythm. Decided it was either going to work or it wasn't and left.

About 5 miles later there was a pop/lurch, a cloud white smoke and then nothing. Pulled off highway, knowing it was dead but hoping against hope. Open the hood and found I had knocked a chunk out of the engine block. My guess is sized bearing at 3000rmps.

Towed it, and now it sits in Edinburg. Looking to sell it. I already put more into it than I had.

Sorry to hear that. Your sad tale makes me wonder if one of the added benefits of encapsulation panels is protecting against that kind of damage.

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14 E250 Bluetec "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 153k miles
06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 171k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU
91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver, 142k mi, wastegate conversion

19 Honda CR-V EX 61k mi
Fourteen other MB's owned and sold
1961 Very Tolerant Wife

Sorry to hear that. Reminds me of a time I walked to our motorhome parked in the lot up near the abbey, above Whitby, Yorkshire. There was a sharp rock sticking up thru the grass and I saw a fresh scrape on top of it and a trail of oil leading away from it thru the parking lot and out onto the road. That engine must have suffered the same fate as yours unless it had an audible no oil pressure alarm.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

I did something similar to my first car, a '73 Chrysler Newport. On the way to a friend's house, I hit a rather high and steep railroad crossing too hard. I didn't think much of it until the engine started knocking on the way home. Turns out I had damaged the oil pan and there was about a half a quart of oil left when the damage became readily apparent. No oil pressure gauge in that car, and the idiot light never came on.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

Aw!

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-Louis

'87 300D Anthracite

That sucks.


You should send it to me, I'll stick my 606 in it

Someone in TX will have a good running engine. Consider periodic engine swaps as maintenance when driving old cars. $300 & a few hrs and you'll be back on the road.

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85SD 240K & stopped counting painted, putting bac together. 84SD 180,000. sold to a neighbor and member here but I forget his handle. The 84 is much improved from when I had it. 85TD beginning to repair to DD status. Lots of stuff to do.

That's good advice.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Hmmm.... If I could snag one for $300 I could work with that. Not having much long term experience with these cars, what the going rate for one in the south?

There could be hope!

As someone who read your "raising the dead" thread religiously, my response when I saw this was oh no! I hope you are able to re-raise the dead.
bill

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85 300TD

88 560SL

05 SL65 AMG

I bought an entire 85SD car for $500 + pick up/tow fees off Craigs list with the intention of fixing it. It will probably go for parts because I've been scavenging off it. Many forum members have multiple non-running cars with good engines.

Even a yard should sell engine only for ~$300. They don't pay more than that for the car.

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85SD 240K & stopped counting painted, putting bac together. 84SD 180,000. sold to a neighbor and member here but I forget his handle. The 84 is much improved from when I had it. 85TD beginning to repair to DD status. Lots of stuff to do.

I bought a running 300D (om617) for $500 earlier this year. I'm planning on making it a driver and maybe giving it to my daughter in a few years.

The cheap cars are out there.....just keep your eyes open and check Craigslist often.

Do you have a suitable place to store the car while it waits on an engine???

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daw_two
Germantown, TN

Links:
Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior
Cluster Needles Paint
New Old Stock (NOS) parts

Past:
3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda"
04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben"
& many more

My local yard charges the same for a 5 or 6 cyl motor. $155+20 for the core and tax.

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1985 300D 198K sold
1982 300D 202K
1989 300E 125K
1992 940T

"If you dont have time to do it safely, you dont have time to do it"

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."

That's a bummer - after you put so much work into it

A replacement engine will probably be the best solution.

Which local yard might that be? Have you noticed any good palomino 126 interiors?

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85SD 240K & stopped counting painted, putting bac together. 84SD 180,000. sold to a neighbor and member here but I forget his handle. The 84 is much improved from when I had it. 85TD beginning to repair to DD status. Lots of stuff to do.