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Forum: Mercedes-Benz Cars For Sale 02-21-2023, 09:46 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,181
Posted By Old Barn Guy
Chris: Ah! Thanks for that. Thought it was a...

Chris: Ah! Thanks for that. Thought it was a new forum member who was waiting for approval to post.

Regards,
Tom
Forum: Mercedes-Benz Cars For Sale 02-16-2023, 10:08 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,181
Posted By Old Barn Guy
E300D Blown Engine

N I C E: Attempted to PM some photos to you today but received this error message. See if you can resolve this issue or let me know how else I might get the photos to you. Thanks for your...
Forum: Mercedes-Benz Cars For Sale 01-07-2023, 02:24 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,181
Posted By Old Barn Guy
For Sale: ‘95 E300D - Engine Failure

For sale is a 1995 E300D with 150K miles. Engine trashed after losing oil pressure but rest of car is in very reasonable shape. (See posting “Mercedes Parts Recyclers” in Diesel Discussion.) Until...
Forum: Diesel Discussion 01-07-2023, 12:52 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 927
Posted By Old Barn Guy
Diesel Benz: Thanks for the condolences. Still...

Diesel Benz: Thanks for the condolences. Still haven’t gotten past not seeing it parked in the yard when I look out the kitchen window! Life will go on…but I really thought I’d have that car...
Forum: Diesel Discussion 01-07-2023, 12:50 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 927
Posted By Old Barn Guy
Benzguy300: Thanks for the suggestion and I’ll...

Benzguy300: Thanks for the suggestion and I’ll do that. I need to get it moved from the present location ASAP, but would rather see it go as a solid donor car to someone than simply what it would...
Forum: Diesel Discussion 01-07-2023, 12:36 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 927
Posted By Old Barn Guy
Nelbur: Thanks for your thoughts. I don’t think...

Nelbur: Thanks for your thoughts. I don’t think I want to spend the money to tear the engine down to figure out what happened when the rotating noises from the engine are so severe and likelihood f...
Forum: Diesel Discussion 01-04-2023, 10:05 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 927
Posted By Old Barn Guy
95 E300D Parts Recyclers?

Unhappily, my lifetime car, the ‘95 E300D, apparently lost its oil pump New Year’s Eve while a relative had borrowed it. It was run for a bit to get to an off-ramp on I-80. It made serious rotating...
Forum: Diesel Discussion 11-08-2022, 11:58 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,336
Posted By Old Barn Guy
1995 E300D Exhaust Pipes Needed

Don"t know what size the pipes were. I took 123boy's advice and had a local shop bend and weld up new pipes to the mufflers and cat. Worked well, but I never asked for the size of the pipe.
Forum: Diesel Discussion 08-26-2021, 12:17 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,336
Posted By Old Barn Guy
Thanks for the suggestion. I just happened upon...

Thanks for the suggestion. I just happened upon a site that had an illustration of my year’s exhaust system which I hadn’t found in my previous search. I have to say my car’s exhaust had been so...
Forum: Diesel Discussion 08-25-2021, 06:46 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,336
Posted By Old Barn Guy
1995 E300D Exhaust Pipes Needed

Holes in my exhaust system have been welded up for apparently the last time. I've been looking for exhaust parts--found mufflers and various hardware pieces on the Pelican site but none of the...
Forum: Diesel Discussion 12-06-2020, 08:53 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 952
Posted By Old Barn Guy
Wouldn't a cracked solder joint just render the...

Wouldn't a cracked solder joint just render the idle computer totally ineffective, regardless of the outside temperature?
Forum: Diesel Discussion 12-05-2020, 07:58 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 952
Posted By Old Barn Guy
Well the plenum has been pulled and all...

Well the plenum has been pulled and all connections in the accelerator linkage have been disassembled, cleaned and lubed. Temperatures dropped into the upper 30s recently and I went out and started...
Forum: Diesel Discussion 11-23-2020, 04:45 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 526
Posted By Old Barn Guy
'95 E300D Trans Oil Lower Cooling Pipe

I'm replacing, or trying to, anyway, the two metal trans oil cooling pipes for my 1995 E300D, which are both extremely rusty. I was able to source a nice used upper pipe via eBay, but the lower pipe...
Forum: Diesel Discussion 11-03-2020, 11:15 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,003
Posted By Old Barn Guy
I went through this exact calculus a couple of...

I went through this exact calculus a couple of years ago with my '95 E300D, especially when dealing with the issues of the failing engine wiring harness and frozen, inoperative glow plugs. In the...
Forum: Diesel Discussion 11-03-2020, 10:05 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 952
Posted By Old Barn Guy
'95 E300D Lumpy Idle

Yeah! I pulled the intake manifold off when I was doing the glow plugs and changing out the engine wiring harness. It was a relatively easy job.

I scoped out the engine today from underneath...
Forum: Diesel Discussion 11-03-2020, 09:53 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 952
Posted By Old Barn Guy
Zulfiqar: I doubt it's a glow plug since I...

Zulfiqar: I doubt it's a glow plug since I changed out the glow plugs about two years ago, along with the engine wiring harness, resolving all the problems I had prior to that. As for a valve, very...
Forum: Diesel Discussion 11-02-2020, 12:37 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 952
Posted By Old Barn Guy
'95 E300D Lumpy Idle

Thanks Texasgeezer and Chris W! Your experience mirrors mine as I thought the problem improved if I played with the linkage. Is it possible to get to the linkage from cruise control (which hasn't...
Forum: Diesel Discussion 10-30-2020, 09:52 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 952
Posted By Old Barn Guy
'95 E300D Lumpy Idle

With the onset of cooler weather, my '95 E300D has begun to regularly show a very lumpy idle on startup. If I add the slightest pressure on the throttle, the engine smooths out. Typically, this...
Forum: Diesel Discussion 08-04-2020, 08:55 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 970
Posted By Old Barn Guy
Hose Question Resolved

Hose question resolved. Looking at the bottom of the tank again tonight, after giving the hose a good wipe, I can see that what I thought was a fitting up at the top is actually a metal clamp. The...
Forum: Diesel Discussion 08-03-2020, 11:28 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 803
Posted By Old Barn Guy
Alec300SD: Thank you for guiding me through that...

Alec300SD: Thank you for guiding me through that very unintuitive page. I wouldn't have found it on my own.

The fuel system parts didn't list the hose, but lots of other very good info on...
Forum: Diesel Discussion 08-03-2020, 11:20 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 970
Posted By Old Barn Guy
dieselbenz1: And if that illustration is correct...

dieselbenz1: And if that illustration is correct for my car, then it appears the hose does not have a fitting on the end, but merely slides onto a nipple and is held in place with a clamp. I have to...
Forum: Diesel Discussion 08-03-2020, 11:15 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 970
Posted By Old Barn Guy
dieselbenz1: I just accessed the URL you sent...

dieselbenz1: I just accessed the URL you sent and, indeed, that looks more like what I'm seeing under the car. The photo, when I get it, will tell the story.
Forum: Diesel Discussion 08-03-2020, 11:06 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 970
Posted By Old Barn Guy
Thank you, H-townbenzoboy! Very interesting. ...

Thank you, H-townbenzoboy! Very interesting. The photo does look like the bottom of my tank, (not as dirty as mine, however). I see a curved fixed metal pipe coming down from the left recess in...
Forum: Diesel Discussion 08-03-2020, 06:33 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 970
Posted By Old Barn Guy
Just checked with Pelican Parts order desk...

Just checked with Pelican Parts order desk regarding the return line for my '95 E300D. They show a part number for the flexible hose running to the engine, but no entry at all for the return hose. ...
Forum: Diesel Discussion 08-03-2020, 06:25 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 803
Posted By Old Barn Guy
'95 E300D Online Parts Manual?

Entering my car's VIN on the parts catalog page gave me a message "No datacard available".

Your other suggestion, mboemparts.com, did provide some parts for the 124 models, but unfortunately,...
Forum: Diesel Discussion 08-03-2020, 06:15 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 803
Posted By Old Barn Guy
'95 E300D Online Parts Manual?

Alec300SD: You are right. Not very intuitive. I did go through the process you suggested and did hit the E300 page, but it is for a much later model than my 1995 which carries the 124.131 chassis...
Forum: Diesel Discussion 08-03-2020, 02:38 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 803
Posted By Old Barn Guy
Alec300SD: Thanks for responding. I tried the...

Alec300SD: Thanks for responding. I tried the link which takes me to an MB vehicles page but I can’t seem to get info on parts for my 1995 E300D.
Forum: Diesel Discussion 08-03-2020, 02:28 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 970
Posted By Old Barn Guy
‘95 E300D Fuel Tank Hoses

Dieselbenz1: PM. No issues with operations but at 140K miles I thought it time to do, if just to see what’s in the bottom of the tank. I have to pull the intake hose off to get the screen out so...
Forum: Diesel Discussion 08-03-2020, 11:17 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 803
Posted By Old Barn Guy
'95 E300D Online Parts Manual?

Sometime back I had been able to access a parts manual online through a southern Mercedes dealer whose name escapes me at the moment. My recollection is it was located in Atlanta. I haven't been...
Forum: Diesel Discussion 08-03-2020, 11:11 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 970
Posted By Old Barn Guy
'95 E300D Fuel Tank Hoses

I'm about to change the fuel tank screen on my '95 E300D. I wanted to replace at the same time the two flexible hoses coming out the bottom of the tank leading to the metal lines to and from the...
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