I took my 300D to the Vietnamese mechanic who owns two 350SD(s) to adjust the valves and check/clean the injectors. I had not done either and didn't want to risk messing up the injectors at this point. I'll get some at a bone yard later and experiment. He let me watch him do the valves which was useful. They had been pretty tight but there was still a tiny gap.

He got it running much smoother. He thinks the turbo is not operating or doing so quite poorly. I see rebuild kits and vids on the web availabl from some guy. Looks doable.

I had a lovely Thanksgiving - on either side of dinner, I replaced the oil cooler lines. The lower one had been leaking. OMG, that was a tricky job. In addition to removing the left side shock, unscrewing the motor mount and raising the engine, I also took one of the leads in the steering gear out in order to get the top line out. I had my drain pan under, I figured renewing some the PS fluid couldn't hurt.

The instructions from our buddy didn't hurt but there are couple of items I would add. Might do a thread on it later.

But getting the turbo in top shape would be big.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
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