Just Carbs
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My plan is to just buy the diesel for this old 300D. I don't think it will be driven enough to get any monetary benefit from anything else.
What are you working on today??
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My plan is to just buy the diesel for this old 300D. I don't think it will be driven enough to get any monetary benefit from anything else.
Jakter
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Avoiding Engine Trouble When Running Vegetable Oil in your Diesel | Engine Problem | MercedesSource.com
There is no such thing as just dumping vegetable oil in the tank and running it.
Used oil needs to go through extensive filtering and if their using virgin vegetable oil the're probably spending as much or more than diesel fuel.
The idea that restaurants will give you the used oil for free is not true as they use and probably get paid for it from the used oil recyclers.
When diesel fuel prices went up several years ago the Diesel Mercedes forums had many threads about running vegetable oil as well as many threads wondering why their cars were running poorly on vegetable oil.
On those forums nobody had put 200k/300k miles on vegetable oil and eventually either sold the car or went back to straight diesel after replacing their injectors and cleaning their fuel tank and everything up to the injectors.
If someone thinks they're going to get the used oil when the restaurant is closed, that is stealing.
There is no such thing as just dumping vegetable oil in the tank and running it.
Used oil needs to go through extensive filtering and if their using virgin vegetable oil the're probably spending as much or more than diesel fuel.
The idea that restaurants will give you the used oil for free is not true as they use and probably get paid for it from the used oil recyclers.
When diesel fuel prices went up several years ago the Diesel Mercedes forums had many threads about running vegetable oil as well as many threads wondering why their cars were running poorly on vegetable oil.
On those forums nobody had put 200k/300k miles on vegetable oil and eventually either sold the car or went back to straight diesel after replacing their injectors and cleaning their fuel tank and everything up to the injectors.
If someone thinks they're going to get the used oil when the restaurant is closed, that is stealing.
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Jakter
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I believe the hood opens to 90 degrees for easier access, if you're not already aware of it.
Joesportfury
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Cut trunk floor out of 65 Fury last weekend.Heading over to donor to drill out about a 100 spot welds today
The winter projects continue on my '68 Chrysler 300. The stock radio was removed and it's in Rhode Island for conversion to modern components USB, Bluetooth, chrome re-polish etc.,which should pair up nicely with power antenna I rebuilt and the new speakers I installed. The radio should be returned back to me in a couple weeks. The rear seats were removed to have them re-dyed to correct a few minor blemishes and scratches. My upholstery guy also repaired the vinyl on the door cards in which the vinyl shrunk above the armrests and pulled away from the stainless trim that surround the 300 medallion. Minor stuff but got the seats and door cards done in one shot.
Today dropped the steering column to install a LED bulb behind the instrument cluster . Just one bulb which is the only one that is impossible to replace from underneath. Chrysler used blue / green lenses to filter the white light. So I thought what it would look like with blue LED for the dash instruments. I am pleased with the results. The orange indicator needles have a fluorescent color. The picture doesn't give it justice and looks better in person. It has a calm, mellow, and modern feel look to it.
Next up is the driver's side power vent window. It works but needs a little persuasion to open and doesn’t close all the way by just a hair. Just enough to get the irritating whistling noise driving at highway speeds.
Today dropped the steering column to install a LED bulb behind the instrument cluster . Just one bulb which is the only one that is impossible to replace from underneath. Chrysler used blue / green lenses to filter the white light. So I thought what it would look like with blue LED for the dash instruments. I am pleased with the results. The orange indicator needles have a fluorescent color. The picture doesn't give it justice and looks better in person. It has a calm, mellow, and modern feel look to it.
Next up is the driver's side power vent window. It works but needs a little persuasion to open and doesn’t close all the way by just a hair. Just enough to get the irritating whistling noise driving at highway speeds.
BLUE looks great!
This is actually Chrysler Green DE1619. Go figure. Looks like blue to me too.
Just Carbs
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I bought another $200 Mecedes Benz today from my neighbor. This one is an 84 300SD turbo diesel that was last driven in 2004 and has been sitting outside in the weather since then.
I spent "FOUR HOURS" trashing the car out and vacuuming the trunk, engine leaves/grass and interior. The trash filled a 55-gallon trash bag. The whole bag. About 60 pounds. Didn't wash the outside of the car, to many crusty green barnacles growing, 8-hour job.
But no interior water leaks, no mice, no rust.
After the cursory cleaning that was absolutely necessary to be able to approach the car I put a battery in it, primed the diesel hand pump, ran the glow plugs twice and it fired off the first cylinder in about 10 seconds.
The other four cylinders followed along one at a time in short order. 20 seconds later it was hitting nicely on all 5 cylinders while running on the twenty years old diesel that was left in the tank. At that point the fuel gauge showed 1/8 so I added 5 fresh gallons and let it idle for about an hour.
Goosed it a few times to check turbo function, it functioned.
Good readings on oil, temp and charge. Trans fluid is black but not burned, strange. Goes into gear "very" slow but hooks up solid.
More parts for the 85 300D turbo diesel (the smaller car) will arrive tomorrow. So, I'll play with that one some more tomorrow.
Oh, I don't know Jack about Mecedes, or diesel.
I spent "FOUR HOURS" trashing the car out and vacuuming the trunk, engine leaves/grass and interior. The trash filled a 55-gallon trash bag. The whole bag. About 60 pounds. Didn't wash the outside of the car, to many crusty green barnacles growing, 8-hour job.
But no interior water leaks, no mice, no rust.
After the cursory cleaning that was absolutely necessary to be able to approach the car I put a battery in it, primed the diesel hand pump, ran the glow plugs twice and it fired off the first cylinder in about 10 seconds.
The other four cylinders followed along one at a time in short order. 20 seconds later it was hitting nicely on all 5 cylinders while running on the twenty years old diesel that was left in the tank. At that point the fuel gauge showed 1/8 so I added 5 fresh gallons and let it idle for about an hour.
Goosed it a few times to check turbo function, it functioned.
Good readings on oil, temp and charge. Trans fluid is black but not burned, strange. Goes into gear "very" slow but hooks up solid.
More parts for the 85 300D turbo diesel (the smaller car) will arrive tomorrow. So, I'll play with that one some more tomorrow.
Oh, I don't know Jack about Mecedes, or diesel.
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Great find and it sounds like a fantastic vehicle!
Just Carbs
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I got both of these cars running up and down the road rather well now.
I see them both as novelty cars. Noisy, stinky, and slow. Poor city cars because of turbo lag. A lot of the parts are hard to get to and Benz used to many parts to start with. But the suspensions do work very well, and they are good hwy cars. Also, the seats are very good.
I'm just not feeling the love. So, I will sell both to people that do and take profit.
My 87 Fifth Avenue of similar size and weight rides just as well except for the solid rear axle, it's quieter, handles better, accelerates several times faster, is much easier to work on, and parts cost much less and are more available.
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