I found a nearly identical car last year in Seattle for $600 but wouldn't take $2500 for it now that all the bugs are worked out. Manual climate control is wonderful. AC actually works. It's been an absolutely superb daily driver for 6 months now but may hand the keys to one of the kids who needs a car. The other 240D (75 W115) is still running daughter to and from UW campus but sustained cosmetic battle damage from late night hit and runs by frat row kids.
Donald Snook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Seriously a turd-brown '79 240D with manual windows and locks for $5K? WOW! I know the stick-shift makes a difference, but sheesh! http://seattle.craigslist.org/car/116880776.html Donald H. Snook McDonald, Tinker, Skaer, Quinn & Herrington, P.A. 300 West Douglas P.O. Box 207 Wichita, Kansas 67201 0207 Tel. (316) 263-5851 t Bruce 82 300CD 334kmi 'His' 85 300CD 236kmi 'Hers' 75 240D 194kmi 'Donner' 77 240D 204kmi 'Blitzen' --------------------------------- Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at Yahoo! Shopping From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Dec 12 03:35:34 2005 Received: from mxa.windwireless.net ([199.164.167.40]) by server5.arterytc5.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1EleTI-0002yQ-QI for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 03:35:29 +0000 Received: from dogear.com ([206.63.94.252]) by mxa.windwireless.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id jBC3ZWrg014692; Sun, 11 Dec 2005 19:35:32 -0800 Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 19:35:17 -0800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v552) From: Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Harry Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mercedes mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.552) X-Virus-Scan: smtp-vilter X-SMTP-Vilter-Version: 1.1.0rc2 X-SMTP-Vilter-Backend: Clam AntiVirus Daemon (clamd) X-SMTP-Vilter-Status: clean X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0rc4 (mxa.windwireless.net [199.164.167.40]); Sun, 11 Dec 2005 19:35:32 -0800 (PST) X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: Re: [MBZ] Why is my 85 300 TD running cold? X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Id: Mercedes mailing list <mercedes_striplin.net.striplin.net> List-Unsubscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://striplin.net/pipermail/mercedes_striplin.net> List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 03:35:34 -0000 > sign of smoke. I drove it the last 300 miles and the temp gauge never > got to 80. To stay warm, I selected defrost and never got too hot > like I have in > other MBs. I also never saw smoke on FOT from a start. Two independent indications of a stuck-open (or opens-early) thermostat. > Today I removed the thermostat, hoping it would be stuck open, but it > wasn't. I tested it on the stove and it begin to open well before > bubbles begin to form and was fully open before a boil. I don't know > if this is normal or not. Sounds like it opens too early to me. One of the failure modes. You need a thermometer in the pan to derive the most information from this test. > MPG = 23, is that about right? Maybe a tetch low, but not being up to full operating temperature hurts mileage. -- Jim
