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Its a 1979 300sd.
Thanks.
Ether is a solvent, so make sure you don't "wash" your cylinder walls with an excess amount---if ether doesn't kick it over pretty quick, you have other problems.
I've read several posts and it seems there's a vast disagreement on these cars starting in first. Some say every car they ever owned did, others say that the car was not designed that way.
My 4 speed transmission only gates down to 2nd gear, recently after service (oil, fuel filter, and drive line isolater bushing) the car started starting in 2nd gear. Prior to that it mostly started in 1st and only spurratically started in second.
I don't see a way to force it to start from first and mashing the gas doesn't seem to do it either. Vacuum all seems good and other than this the car runs excellent, it has 205,000 miles and we run it 100 miles a day as a carpool.
Just go have a pro check it out. A/C on the old Mercedes was never good to begin with. If it is blowing hot air, you might just need freon. You probably at least need a conversion kit to the R-134 freon. If the compressor is shot, you also need a new drier. Major bucks--$1000.00 if you buy your own parts at a discount. Good luck!
Even at its best, the AC on these cars is rather lame and you will have to recharge it once a year. But I got mine to work passably well in hot weather, once I got rolling down the road. On a hot day in traffic at 90 degrees, you can just forget it.
he got to reseal it , can you tell me if and how will he do the resealing of it and what is the time to fix the job or the amount it will cost to change the parts
so it is loosing oil but the mechanic says the piston sels have to be changed
is it an easy job ex: how many hours of labours to fix
he says from 500 dollars to up to 1000 dollars
what do you think
anyone knows alain.routhier@cgocable.ca
thanks
i have to add oil my email
all1rathya@hotmail.com
and used is how much
As for used, those are going to be very hard to find in any kind of condition. Usually when an engine goes out on one of these cars, you dispose of it.
But if you have to have it, I'd imagine a rebuilt transmission would be $2,500 and a rebuilt engine perhaps $6,000.
today, i stuck the key in the ignition and normally there will be a light that shows up (i assume its to heat the glow thing), but it didnt show up. i ignored this and ignited my car. i can hear it cranking but it does not start. i tried many times and see smoke coming from the back so fuel is obviously burning. my batteries shouldnt be a problem either. what is preventing my car from igniting?
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and another thing. my car leaks diesel. dunno how to stop it so i put some trays other my car when its parked. theres also a little squeaking sound near my fan ( or in it ) that comes and go. it usually last less than 5 mins and its gone. is there anything i can do bout it
The squeaky fan is probably the fan bearing and not much you can do. If you can reach the fan, you can always squirt some lubricant in or towards the fan blade bearing but that probably won't last too long.
Sounds like your glow plug relay fried itself.
the mechanic says he has to undo and reseal for to fix it
i am loosing the oil since i bought the car
and it makes a knocking sound when i am driving i am wondering if when they fix the reseal will the knoking stop he says would cost 500 to 1000 TO FIX
IN THE MESSAGE SOMEONE SAYS THAT CAN BE DONE for less moneyty
i have to get mine 300sd turbo 1984 reseal i think its the valve at transmission mechanic is charging 500 to 1000 dllars
some one says its a lot of money for fix
can it be done otherwise ?
I'll let you know how mine comes out. I can tell you I lost quite a bit of 2-3 clunk after adjusting the valves. And anticipate more positive results after I track down the vacuum leak in the door locks and trunk.
51 Willy's MB38
83 300 sd
84 Toyota FJ-60
94 GMC Jimmy
I am amazed at the difference it made! ('82 300D turbo)
Beginning in 1983, US 240D's with manual transmissions came with a five speed. What little torque those engines have comes (typically for diesels) at low RPM's, so they probably would work just fine with one. I owned a 1980 4 speed which I bought nearly new and I would have liked a 5th speed for quieter highway driving just as I would like a 6th speed (higher than the 5th) in my 2004 Jetta.
In my opinion, the previous generation Jetta drives and rides very nicely. It's not as reliable as a Corolla or Civic, but it's more satisfying to drive. I'm not familiar with the new and larger 5 cylinder one.
When the lease was about to expire, I rented a 5-cylinder Jetta V and decided to keep mine because the new one did not ride nearly as smoothly as mine and with the higher beltline and shorter windows, the visibility was not nearly as good. I rented another one for a week in Seattle in February and I still prefer mine. My salesman said that the 2004's and all the Jetta V's were nearly trouble-free, while the earlier Jetta IV's suffered from more electrical gremlins and workmanship issues.
This topic is for Benz diesels of course--at least for the most part.
I really can't see an old 240D pulling 5th gear unless you changed the rear end ratio. All you'd be doing is downshifting all day at the slightest rise in the road. Same if you put 6 speeds on a 5 speed car without changing other gearing. Factory engineers are smart guys and they've usually figured all this out beforehand--or, sometimes, they don't figure it out and you get a 5 speed or 6 speed car that is a real nuisance to drive.
You have to remember that a 240D is an anemic little car that can barely get out of its own way. It begs for a turbo, not a 5 speed IMO.
I tried different setting including turning on the AC which works fine and for a second with aC on it felt like cooling off, then I heard a door close in the dash and all that came out was hot air?
I have searched the forum and found one other guy asked a similar question that matched my problem but there was no answer on that one. Please help????
My W126 would do goofy things like that now and then, I just tried to ignore it. I don't know if there's a way to actually repair it other than replacing the "brain" of the system.
In view of the obscene increase in the price of diesel fuel, I'd like to share the following with you. A neighbor drove over to show us his recently purchased 300D. When he opened the trunk, we could see a row of 5 gallon plastic jugs. The proud car owner, who is an engineer, explained that after buying his first tank of fuel, he decided to never pay commercial fuel prices again. So he made an extensive analysis of the viscosity and combustion properties of commonly available cooking oils. What he found was that his 300D ran just fine on all the common types of cooking oil; as long as the air temperature was above 40 degrees Fahrenheit (which it typically is here in Northern California). He then worked out an arrangement with the largest Chinese restaurant in the area, in which they agreed to give him their used cooking oil every week. He originally filtered the solids out of the oil, but later found that just letting the oil stand undisturbed in a bottle enabled the solids to soon settle to the bottom. And since then, he has been driving all over on his free fuel. The car's exhaust smells absolutely wonderful, and he has had no problems at all. Just thought you'd like to know...
I've always had the opinion that if this ever becomes something main stream that it won't be long before the "suppliers" of the used oil will catch on and start charging for it. Supply and demand usually drives market forces.
BTW, this is a little off this subject, but a few weeks ago the wife and I were coming back to California from our 2nd home in Arizona. We were cruising down the carpool lane on the 210 freeway (or the 210 autobahn, judging by how fast some people try to go on it) at about 70-75mph and an out of state 300D absolutely flew around us. I estimate it was moving at 90+ easily. Anyway, I remember remarking to the wife about how that's really pushing an old 300D. Low and behold, a few miles up the freeway there it was sitting still in the carpool lane with oil dripping out the bottom and smoke coming from under the hood.
Zak
1985 300DT
193,000 miles
10,000 WVO