I was not gonna say anything about the 1991 300D that I just bought off Ebay until I sorted the things out and have a full evaluation about the car (whether I paid was too much). But since Marshall asked about the reason for the gasket I may just as well fess it up.
This is the "Ft. Myers Rust" we were talking about on the list just a week ago.? Anyhow I got whole bunch of superized pictures of the car from the seller and called the seller about it. Put a bid in and was second high bid. The winning bidder backed it out and I took the second offer. Yesterday a buddy and I went down to Ft. Myers and picked it up. Engine seemed to be tight and has no blowby. Wrong coolant and noise coming from the pump area periodically - 198,000 miles so I am thinking the pump is going out. I do have the old pump from my '87 190DT that is in excellent condition (replaced at about 170,000 miles). My plan is to swap the pump to see if it address the problem. Although having a bit rust (originally from NH), the car seems to have been taken care of. The interior is very clean. All the electronics work - A/C (retrofitted to R-134a, wish it's still R-12), windows, sunroof, clock, temp display, OEM radio (has an Alpine CD changer hooked up but I haven't figured it out if it works or not). Even the cruise control works! All manuals are in the glove box with some other documentation - I basically figured it out the history of the car from these. On my way back (260 miles) the suspension seemed to be tight and it handled very well. Fuel guage needle bounced all over the place - probably the fuel screen is all gunked up. I am just hoping the IP timer curve is still in good condition otherwise I would be out of $600 to replace the pump and timer... Tan '87 190Dt '91 300D (replacing the '82 240D) --- Marshall Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dave M. wrote: > > I'll second that request. My engine is one of the > rare few that > > require the dam gasket, and they are no longer > available for purchase > > anywhere that I know of (but they do come with all > new vacuum pumps - > > go figure.) I'm fresh out of spares, so if anyone > has extras (after > > Tan gets one), I'm also in the market. ;-) > > > > For those of you scratching your head, here's a > photo to clear things up: > > > > > http://www.w124performance.com/images/OM603_misc/vac_pump_gaskets.jpg > > Very few US delivered OM602/603 engines required > them but most (maybe > all) US delivered OM601 engines (used in '84-'85 > 190Ds) require the dam > gasket. > > Hard to imagine that it's not sold any more. What > are you supposed to do > when you want to pull the vacuum pump to remove the > injection pump, > retime the timing chain or inspect the vacuum pump? > > Marshall > -- > Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned > questions) > "der Dieseling Doktor" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > '87 300TD 182Kmi, '84 190D 2.2 229Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 > 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 > turbo 237kmi > > _______________________________________ > For new parts see official list sponsor: > http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net >
