Me: 1, Saab water pump: 0. Eat it, Trollhattan!

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1992 300D 2.5T
1980 Euro 300D (sadly, sold)
1998 Jetta TDI, 132K "Rudy"
1974 Triumph TR6
1999 Saab 9-5 wagon (wife's)

me 1, cabrio top hydraulics 0!

Me:1, Rusty W123: 0







...wait that must have been a dream...

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-1978 300D

Me 1 SLS pump 0
Me 2 glow plug 0
Me 3 motor mounts 0
Me 4 lower control arm bushing 0

And the list continues.

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Sent from an agnostic abacus

2014 C250 21,XXX my new DD ** 2013 GLK 350 18,000 Wife's new DD**

- With out god, life is everything.
- God is an ever receding pocket of scientific ignorance that's getting smaller and smaller as time moves on..." Neil DeGrasse Tyson
- You can pray for me, I'll think for you.
- When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.

I junked my Jetta, so me 100000 VW 0


IMHO its the only logical way to repair a VW, I'm sure it went over to Japan and right now is part of a good car like a Honda or a Toyota, maybe even a Lexus if its really lucky.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Simple head gasket job became total top head rebuild. After that I did a total front and rear suspension rebuild.

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).

Me 1, rear subframe bushings 0!

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1991 300E - 212K and rising fast...

I bought my '87 Toyota MR2 (a car I wanted when it was new, but my ex who soon became old, did not want me to buy) four years ago when it failed the emission testing in Travis County.

The previous (original) owner spent $1500 replacing the timing belt, the cat, and paid for a total tune-up, yet it failed the emisison test.

While messing around, I backed out the idle speed screw to see if I could get rid of the 600 RPM to 2500 pulsating idle and the o-ring came out in pieces.

I installed a new o-ring and the car ran like a champ. For about a buck, I changed a loser into a car that has given me 40,000 miles and is still worth what I paid for it or more.

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1983 300SD "Guderian"
1987 MR2
2015 Camry
2015 Chevy Spark
2006 Hyundai Tucson

Some of us who own proper German cars take offense to that

-J

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1991 350SDL. 230,000 miles (new motor @ 150,000). Blown head gasket

Tesla Model 3. 205,000 miles. Been to 48 states!
Past: A fleet of VW TDIs.... including a V10,a Dieselgate Passat, and 2 ECOdiesels.
2014 Cadillac ELR
2013 Fiat 500E.

900 miles in a day in my $850 benz a week after I bought it.
Volvo red blocks are so easy to work on. I have the timing belt down to 20 minutes.

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CENSORED due to not family friendly words

Head gasket,timing chains, and valve adjusment, mid '70s Alfa Spider with a dual Weber 1750 when I was 19.

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"I was a dirty bird, Carol's not grungey - she's *****in" John Milner....American Graffiti

Me 1, Ford water pump 0, in the parking lot of a motel outside San Fransisco where I wasn't even authorized to be (Navy "A" school rules), using tools I bought at the parts house for 20 bucks and still own and use.

Me 1, Chrysler 360 that totally didn't belong in the '63 Dodge Dart I installed it in 0. This happened in high school, and my first design engineer job as I designed some engine mounts to make it work with a slant six K-member, showed it to a drunk machinist, and he made what I needed.

OTOH, me 0 Zenith carbs 2. The '71 W114 I bought didn't run right. I rebuilt the carbs, and then it didn't run at all. I was out about four bills total to get a decent gaspot mechanic to get it working right.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

Unfortunately I'm still playing in extra time - score to be published...

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

my most memorable fix.

3am start on a road trip to Baltimore from Cincinnati in a 83 5.0 Mustang convertible. Water pump went out on the highway in western PA, walked to next exit, bought 1/2, 9/16 and 5/8 wrenches and a screw driver and talked the guy at the station into taking me to buy a water pump about 5 miles away, replaced pump on highway, added a gallon of water then filled it up at the same gas station. drove all that day then bought a scalped ticket to see Cal Ripken break Lou Gehrigs lifetime consecutive game record with 2131 games

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1982 300CD Turbo (Otis, "ups & downs") parts for sale
2003 TJ with Hemi (to go anywhere, quickly) sold
2001 Excursion Powerstroke (to go dependably)
1970 Mustang 428SCJ (to go fast)
1962 Corvette LS1 (to go in style)
2001 Schwinn Grape Krate 10spd (if all else fails)

62 MG Midget. Pulled the engine and transmission when I was 17 in order to get the transmission rebuilt and install a new clutch. Got the confidence to attempt it my replacing the motor mount on my prior car, a 1962 Buick Special.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13