Glad you chimed in. Hope you stick around on the forum. You keeping the same email ?

Tomorrow I might change the oil. Just slow going doing everything

I got the Euro headrest kit. Just looking for blue skins. That’s down the road , once my shoulder starts to work again

Greazzer, are you going to sell (or give away ) the stock headlights?


My 1978 300CD has the clear inner fog/driving lights, and when I have them on, people assume that I'm driving with my high beams on, because they see four horizontally arranged headlights illuminated, kinda like the W116 has. I think this problem would be eliminated with the amber fogs.



And how come some W123's have clear fogs while some have amber? Does anybody know why for certain?

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2007 Dodge Ram 3500 Cummins Turbo Diesel 4x4
1994 GMC S-15 pickup 4.3 5MT
1985 300 SD
1978 300 CD
1962 220-S Fintail - awaiting restoration

The headlights I just installed are the Bosch Euro's. The "French" style have the yellow fog lights. Some folks paint or stain the inner reflective lense yellow because French Euro lights are insanely expensive not to mention most folks trying to sell them are really passing off painted or stained "regular" Euro's. Not sure I am going to do that. If I could find a vendor who professionally stains or paints or colors the inner reflective lense yellow, then i would do that.

As for the US Federal DOT headlights, I have never seen white (clear) fog lights.

Ive got the white US fog lights on my 77 240D. They changed to the amber lights in either 80 or 81 IIRC.

Thanks Billy. I didn’t know that. I thought they just bleached out. Lol. Mine which I took out are super yellow and minty to include minty doors. The PO maintained the car to the highest standards possible My goal is to keep it up

I bought a pair of yellow H3 55 watt fog light bulbs from Pelican parts, they're great in the clear fog lamp assemblies on my Wagon .

Yellow head lamps are nice, they reduce glare and better illuminate road signs .

They're technically legal here in California but I managed to loose the written bit of vehicle code that says so , occasionally a pissed off or bored cop would give me a ticket so in the end I went back to regular head lights ~ many Motocycle shops sell the yellow H4 head lamp bulbs, your Ford dealer can order them if you know the proper P/N I no longer have .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

The same e-mail is still the best. I'll still be checking in for updates. My next car will be a Mercedes diesel of some sort. Not may W123's but I see lots of low mileage 190's for sale.

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2012 B Class

1981 300D - Now with greazzer

Slow, but sure ...

Installed the washer bottle which was in the trunk with the other parts' treasure trove ... And went ahead and got the Mercedes washer fluid too .... lol

Going from the aged, tannish one to a new, white one does set off that corner of the engine

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Did my first maintenace item to China Blue ...

Oil change. Did all the O-rings, et cet.

Did an engine flush as well. Engine flush can be tough on the bearings so followed precisely the instructions. Did a sacraficial oil filter and oil fill just to make sure all the flush was flushed out of the system. New MB seal on the oil filter cap, and made sure all the O-rings were the correct size, and new MB drain plug to include making sure I followed the FSM spec's on torque.

Got a few oil leaks to tackle down the road, but the oil change from 2/2/2020 will last me for at least a year ...

I got the ol' girl on the interstate and it got right up to 75 MPH and was very peppy. The slight transmission flare is now totally gone as well too.

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Looks so pretty .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

It is a beautiful pristine car. If it were mine, I would drive it on Sundays only, no rain, no snow, no sleet and NO parking anywhere (idiot door dingers are on the loose everywhere!).

Of course garage kept cars tend to keep their appearance better than cars parked on the street.

Precisely what I do now. Garage queen

I think I have around 30 miles on the car since I bought it a few months ago

Mileage will be linked to either whatever maintenance I do or updates plus a test spin

It always seemed to really pull hard at 70-75+. Nice to see the updates!

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2012 B Class

1981 300D - Now with greazzer

Half the mud flaps are now done; got the rear pair installed. They are about perfectly set. They can be somewhat a PITA. Always looking at some fine tuning details but overall they are installed.

As for these repro's from Turkey --

1. Overall, good quality
2. Not as thick as the originals from back in the day
3. Mounting hardware is a little bit different
4. The appearance is overall excellent for a reproduction

Overall, I am happy for $99 shipped. You can find these on E B A Y.

If I can find a set of original mudflaps from back in the day, I will buy them and swap these out. Just inpatient as summer and brutal heat is closing in. Goal is to finish the handful of repairs and updates before June 1st ...

Originals are tough to find. On 'Red', the AMG Wanna-be, it took a few years to put together a complete set for all 4-corners ... which were in great shape. It tooks a few years, for example fronts from Germany and rears from UK. As these parts are simply drying up, I suspect finding original W123 mudflapps in great shape will be a tougher as the years click by.

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China-Blue is the proud recipient of the first mod’d 15.85mm rear swaybar (torsion bar). Was a little aggressive on some corners but the ol’ girl held her own in an admirable fashion. So my first mod , but it’s not readily noticeable , on this Teutonic Warrior.