Spare tire, jack, factory supplied wrench. Haven't even needed those in 5+ years of dieseling or 20+ years of driving. Lucky or ignorant bliss?

up in my trunk....
 

i got the essentials, but more importantly a pound of Master Kush weed, occasionally more. good thing the trunk is air tight.

Rodsob,

You are correct to question the validity of replacing the fuel filters when the tank is still contaminated. You don't see the problem much anymore at least in Ca. because by law all the tanks have been removed and replaced with tanks that cannot inneract with ground water. Every service station in the State of California has had to dig up and remove all the old tanks and replace them with rust proof tanks equipped with leakage moitoring systems. Diesel fuel storage tanks that either take on water or create it by sweating run the risk of fungus colonies forming. This is often referred to as algae but algae requires photosynthesis to replicate and that involves sun light which is not available in underground tanks.

The only reason to change filters when they are clogged is to get you on the road again. To cure the problem you need to treat the tank with a biocide like Biobor and change the filters a few times more to remove the dead material. I used to treat this problem all the time years ago, but I hanen't seen a case in many years.

Peter

I do not yet have a Mercedes, but here is what is in the trunk/cargo of my cars-
The 89 Safari wagon has the 3rd seat folded down and the back of the car is full of old newspapers from across the southeast USA. From Atlanta, Charlotte and Nashville. I need to go through them and throw them away. My 98 Taurus has absolutely nothing in the trunk, except the spare tire and jack. My 92 Buick is full of so much junk that the rear suspension is nearly bottomed out- although it does not take much to bottom out the cushy dynaride suspension on a large Buick. I took the fuse out of the automatic rear suspension level control, because I did not want to damage the air pump to the rear air struts- with it constantly running. I have probably already damaged the struts from carring the heavy load. It has boxes of automobile cleaners/wax/window cleaner, battery charger (too lazy to put in the garage), and a couple of gallons of anti-freeze I bought the other night. I am going to try to clean all of that out this week.

Well, I don't intend to have car problems, just problems with people, so I put these in my trunk of my 190E 3.2

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you can visit my webpage at www.RolexBenz190E.cjb.net or www.Cardomain.com/id/RolexBenz190E

mmm... H&K.. love em..


There is so much stuff in the trunk of the 300D I can't name it all.
I'm a carear packrat, and have driven VW diesel pickups for a long time, so I'm used to haveing a LOT of stuff on hand.
I actually thought the trunk in the mercedes was kinda smallish. I'm used to old Lincolns and such. I bought one once with a complete 383 mopar engine in the trunk, and you'd have never known it either. About killed me lifting the block out.

One of my favorite things is the huge welding cable and the ground for the secondary battery. Another VW habit.

holy cow
 

wow rolex, thats quite an arsenal youve got there....are you in law enforcement or just a collector?

am i right that i see a;
-beretta
-mp5
-glock
-sig
-ar15

i wouldnt want to be the guy who ****s with you!!

nor would i want to be YOU if you were pulled ovewr with all that in CA.

haibert88
"a pound of Master Kush weed"

Wow do you really need a POUND of that weed? I guess its a good thing not to get caught short huh? :D But a pound....

Happy motoring

Having at least a pint of fuel is a good idea along with the proper size wrench and fuel filters if you do get some bad fuel also I carry a pair of rubber gloves and an old floor mat to lay on.

I had an old tranmission in my trunk for a while, but now I only have oil, coolant, atf, and brake fluid. I did have jumper cables, but those are in the Subaru now, since I don't drive the 300CD as much anymore...

flares bad idea?
 

I bought some flare cause I think they are so cool if you break down at night, and stow them in with the first aid and jack space in my TD - Is this a bad idea as it is also near the fuel filler????

nuthin special
 

Let's see now, I carry oil, coolant, ice scraper, extra ties and work shirts, 2 tool boxes, various extra hoses, flares, jumper cables, extra hub cap, some spam, some chewing gum, extra speedometer, and a multimeter

Old newspaper, jumper cables, battery booster thing and a dead mouse.

Spare Tire
Amps
Subs
Jumper Cables
Oil
P/s Fluid
AntiFreeze
Transsmission Fluid
compressor

Coolant, Delo 400, shoes, 12" Woofer, Jumper Cables, Tow strap, CB antenna...


...three dead strippers


J/k :D

Hey, what do you meen the 2nd (two dementional poster)? All of those guns really do exist in the back of my trunk. I've gotten into a lot of trouble with them before. Here is the story