1982 300CD Wheel Change
I like the look of the wheels with hubcaps on the older 240d's and 300d's. I have a nice painted set of hubcaps, but can't find a set of wheels. I would like to stick with the same 6" tire. Any Suggestions? Thanks - John
W116, BENZ AID - COMMON QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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114 115 107 116 Chassis Rear Stabilizer Sway Bar Link
Common wear ball joint item - creates clunking noise in rear of car
1985 300CD Low Compression #2 What Now????
Hi - When changing Injectors, I found low compression in the #2 Cylinders (160). All the others were ok (360 - 380). Is there anything I should do now, to prevent immediate complete failure? What should I expect in the near and far future, besides increasing loss of power? Thanks - John
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1985 300TD - How to Repair Damaged Vacuum Hard Line?
I had a short which burnt through a vacuum hard line under the dash. After that the car wouldn't turn off. I cut out the small burnt section and reconnected the lines with a short piece of 1/8" rubber tubing. The fit seemed pretty snug but still the car only turns off after a few seconds. How can I make a good repair to the hard line? Should I be gluing the rubber tubing onto the line? The hard line is behind the steering column and very hard to access, so the simpler the better.
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1987 300e poor (No) acceleration
I got some problems with my 87 300e:
It starts good and has good throttle response in "Park". As soon as you put it in Drive there is no/very slow response and the car just does not accelerate from especially a stop.MAx speed varies from 25 -40 mph., RPM don't go over 2000.
Everyone is telling me that these engines will run 2-300.000 miles, but at this speed it might take me another 25 yrs.to get there....
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Fuel Delivery
Fueling Your Old Diesel from a Fuel Container
Try to do this without spilling fuel on your car and all over the ground!
Diagnosing starting problem 1980 300D
Last weekend I installed a remanufactured starter motor. The engine turned over fine at first, but on roughly the 6th start-up I heard a loud spinning sound coming from the starter motor that didn't stop once the engine was idling. Also, it didn't stop when I killed the motor and took my key out of the ignition. I had to disconnect the battery to get it to stop. After waiting a few minutes, I reconnected the battery, and started the car successfully on 5 or 6 occasions after that. Now my car won't start at all.
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delayed tranny shifting fro 2-3 on 123 1981 300D
I recently purchased 1981 mercedes 300D. I am having trouble with tranny shifting from 2nd-3rd gear. It seems to have a significant delay. The rest of the other gears shift as they should. I would appreciate help with this problem. My other 123 TD 1984 has the same trouble with the same gears except the delay is about half of the 300D.
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1991 300d power windows inoperable
I have a 300d and the power windows dont work with any of the switches in the councel or the doors. The sunroof works and when you use the key in the door you can operate the windows.Any Ideas would be helpful.