Gael has his SL parked in the back. Too bad it's brown (no offense). Here's the diesel puurge procedue, although one can is more than enough:
http://www.dieselgiant.com/injectorcleaning.htm On 4/6/12, andrew strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Randy - How many miles can you document on your 76 300D? > > On 4/5/12, Dimitri Seretakis <dsereta...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> Yeah the Greek cabbies own their own cars and tend to baby them till >> death. >> To this day they still rave about the w123 diesels which have become a >> relative rarity now in the Greek taxi fleet although you still see them >> in >> the more rural parts. Cars there don't rust but they get banged up a lot >> due >> to narrow roads and idiot drivers. As a result body panels are loaded >> with >> bondo and so it's difficult to find a straight car. The Greeks don't know >> a >> damned thing about doing quality body work. They are good mechanics >> though. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Apr 5, 2012, at 10:46 AM, Rich Thomas >> <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: >> >> I saw a diesel Benz in Greece that had 1.5million miles on it, a taxi, >> thing >> looked almost new. Owner was on his 3rd engine. It was a 78 or 80 or >> somewhere along in there. I think it started as a 220D and he had a 300 >> engine in it at the time ("don't tell the tax man!" he said). The roads >> there are pretty good, but I am sure it had its share of hard knocks in >> its >> many years. >> >> I'd be more worried about rust and such than metal fatigue -- wear parts >> need to be replaced as a matter of course. If potholes are causing >> enough >> hurt on the bits, then the suspension must not be doing its job too well, >> and if it bottoms out or gets pounded hard then something is gonna get >> broken or bent and will need to be replaced. >> >> --R >> >> On 4/5/12 10:33 AM, Randy Bennell wrote: >> I think my point has been lost. >> >> I was commenting on the suggestion that cars can become more valuable as >> they accumulate really high mileage. I said I did not really want one of >> those. >> My suggestion was that at some point one must begin to wonder about metal >> fatigue in important parts between one's you know what and the road. >> I have no real concern with 300K miles but at a million, I start to >> wonder >> how many potholes have been pounded through. >> >> Randy >> >> >> On 04/04/2012 7:29 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: >> Hairline cracks which cause what exactly? >> >> Besides if there are cracks they will rust and show themselves. >> >> -Curt >> >> Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:10:55 -0500 >> From: Randy Bennell<rbenn...@bennell.ca> >> To: Mercedes Discussion List<mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Who wanted a TD? >> Message-ID:<4f7cb8df.5050...@bennell.ca> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >> >> I don't think age is as likely to cause metal fatigue as one million >> miles of use on the road hitting potholes etc. >> Rubber bits may give up if it sits long enough and if it is not in a dry >> storage place it may rust but that is more visible than hair line cracks >> in the metal of important bits between you and the road. >> >> Randy >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
