Hello,

I just aquired a 1979 240D, sunroof, manual transmission, it has 200,000 miles on it. It is my new project car. Hopefully soon to be my daily driver so I can quit running my 3/4 ton truck all over the place.

I have read various threads to glean as much information before posting some specific questions.

I want to get this baby running and keep it that way for the long term.

The car is very clean on the interior. I pulled up the floor mats both front and back, not a spot of rust anywhere. The car came from California originally and the second owners brought it to Washington only a few years ago. It has spent most of its life in a dry environment. It will now be garaged. It has been parked and not run for about 1 year. It has a very straight body, 4'' long crease in rear passenger door but the paint is still intact.

Light yellow in color, needs to be buffed out.

I paid $800.00 for it. Is that reasonable?

The primary fuel filter, spin on canister, will be replaced as well as the small plastic inline(secondary?). I want to drain the fuel tank and replace the strainer in that as well. Is this a good idea?

Fuel gauge is not operational. Could this be tinkered with or is it best to just replace? Could alge in the fuel tank cause problems with this?

I intend to replace all fluids throughout the vehicle. Trans, Cool, Brake-Clutch, Rear Diff. Any suggestions for brands?

The car starts fine, just will not shut off. I intend to rebuild the vacuum pump. The brakes require lots of foot pressure to work. I am assuming this is also vacuum pump related?

The sunroof opens and closes REAL slow?

Door seals are very dry and cracked. Anyone have experience with replacing these? Easy, hard? I see Performance products has them. Is a special glue required?

Antenna is broken, I am not sure if it is power or not. Performance also has those but they seem to be very spendy.

I want to replace the radio with a new one. Is this difficult?

Are factory manuals still sold? Where? A MB dealer?

A couple of small spots of rust under the trunk lid seal. I will replace the trunk lid seal and get to the rust. Any suggestions?

Any other suggestions, information, or experiences would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

J