Oh no another project!:) Actually, a head swap on your 240D might be a quicker fix than the rust repair on my 240D which I started - outside as my new garage is still under construction! I need to get the rust repair done before winter sets in but as it's snowing now it may be too late! So my 240D might have to wait till spring. Your car might be the new daily driver!
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 2, 2014, at 3:10 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > I got back from LA last night. Angie met me in Boston where we stayed at the > Intercontinental. Our room is normally $350/night but I got it for a mere > 45,000 Holiday Inn points which is fine I had 180,000 and earned 10,000 more > over the last 2 weeks. Nice hotel. We had dinner at a fancy wine bar which > was fantastic. Much more fun than my stopping for burritos which is what > normally happens on my way back from a trip. > > Anyway I'd promised to give Dimitri (well trade for a patch piece of 190D > fender) my '78 240D of HeadgasketQ fame but haven't found time to deliver it > yet. Having the Dodge 1500 should make delivery a breeze. > I'm off to deer hunting camp Wednesday and since I'll be driving right by > Dimitri's place in Maine I figured it was a good time to deliver so in > preparation I decided to get it running today. > > A couple weeks ago I had put the battery charger on and while it wasn't too > thirsty I let it charge over night. I started the same today. In retrospect I > should also have plugged in the block heater, its pretty chilly today, oh > well. The battery took 2.5 amps on the 6 amp setting of my charger. > > Experience has taught me that this car tends to have a sticky accelerator > linkage after sitting a long time so I started there. As expected the pivot > on top of the rocker cover was stuck. I've tried a myriad of fixes for this > but today just hit it with sandpaper until it fit good, then polished with > steel wool and lubed with PB Blaster. Surprisingly none of the other linkages > were sticky. > > Dug around and found the key, hopped in, gave a good long glow (thank you > glow plug button!) and after a false start where the battery charger sitting > on the air cleaner was hopping around like a frog in a hot pan it started > right up. Of course it blew smoke and wouldn't idle good for a minute or two > but on the whole it settled down nicely. > > Of course the brakes were stuck but once it got moving that was no big thing. > Dimitri, make a note to go through the brakes :) > > Anyway the plan right now is to rent a uhaul Wednesday and cart it to Maine > where Dimitri can do what he will. Like all of us I'm sure he needs another > project like he needs another armpit. ;) > > -Curt > _______________________________________ > http://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 > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
