240 D FOR SALE, $500! california car! needs short block
My beautiful Helga is for sale. (1980 240D ) Needs a short block.
I just finished a valve job, new chain, gasket- and it still has low compression on no. 1.
I found that there is a depression in the side of the cylinder wall, just above the piston ring. It looks like a dimple the size of a dime and occurs on nos. 1 & 4 only. I figure that the dimple got large enough on #1 to make the rings leak. The engine misses at idle and of course blows unburned fuel out the exhaust, but seems to fire at highway speeds. Weird.

Anyway, before I donate it to St. Vincent de Paul, I am offering it for $500. Firm.

It has virtually new interior, good paint and suspension is great.

Automatic, and MB Tex interior, seats have been rebuilt, and has door pockets!!! New headliner, sun visors, no sunroof.

NO Rust of course, anywhere. Straight.

Replaced a noisy half shaft with a good used one, brakes excellent. Trans excellent. Cruise doesn't work, and neither does the AC (duh...)

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Ed
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