Body and Interior Specific Aid

15" Wheels for a 85' 300SD

I am now the second owner of a beautifully maintained 1985 300SD. However, I would like to change out the 14" Bundt Alloys with a 15" Mercedes wheel. I prefer the 8 slot chrome wheels I see on 190s and w201s. The problem is this, I cannot find a straight answer on the Benz forums if there are any stock 15" Mercedes that will "bolt" on correctly in relation to offset size.

Any insight would be appreciated.

Mark L
Dallas, TX

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1985 300SD Cable Broke - How Open Hood?

When the body shop repaired my 300SD, they nor I knew about the hood cable adjustment. It was FULL TIGHT and just snapped the other day. I got hold of the cable by reaching into the slot above the driver side headlight...the cable is disconnected from the release "latch" on that side. I can easily pull it and release the passenger side latch, but that does NOTHING for the driver side hood latch. How can I get to the hood latch on the driver's side? What do I have to do to release it? The front end is pretty much all new, but not everything is a real factory fit.

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1984 300D intermittent erratic temp. guage

Anyone ever experience this: "Old Yella" runs great as I have been retired a little over 2 years now and the car has become a hobby to me as well as my daily driver. With the help of this site I have got the vehicle pretty much re-born. There is one thing that I haven't been able to remedy. The car's water temp guage reads right where Mercedessource states it should 99% of the time,(a picture of the guage reading is on this site or in one of the manuals) just around the 80 degree celsius mark.

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85 300TD a/c compressor won't work

I recently converted my a/c on my 85 300TD to R134. The system had a huge leak in the suction hose, which was replaced. The system was evacuated and I added three 11-ounce cans of refrigerant, but the compressor will not turn on. It was working fine before, so I was wondering if there was a switch or something that is not functioning properly, or if more R134 needs to be added.

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1982 300SD wipers problem-

I have a 1982 300Sd that I am repairing for my kids to drive. I can hear the wiper motor running but the arms do not move? I know I have read somewhere about a Bakelite piece or something that wears out and it controls the arm movement. IS there a simple modification repair that can be done...AND how do I get to it, and how do I make the repairs.

thnaks

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