Dimitri said
"Tom, I have faith in your car to be. I drove mine
from
Connecticut to Miami and back and that was with a
non-functioning alternator. I drove carefree during
the day. Never turned the car off at night until I
found a suitable hotel - that is one where I could
park next to an outlet so that I could plug in my
battery charger. That was nine years ago. 3 years
ago I drove the car cross country and back. That time
the alternator was working. I remember being on the
highway in Sacramento when some guy in a Camry was
desperately trying to get my attention. I roll down
my window and he asks in an excited tone, "did you
just drive that car all the way from Connecticut." I
reply, "yes" thinking that he must of noticed my CT
plates and tailgate covered in 3000 miles of soot.
Dimitri, you are a man after my own heart. great Story I figure the trip
from the south to PA will give me a chance to "work out the bugs" I flew
out and picked up my 1979 240D last fall and drove it over 2,000 miles
having just test drove it that day. Climb to Flagstaff AZ was great as I
am sure the one over the Rockies was for your old bear. Thanks for the
words of encouragement. The 1979 240D is a little high tech for me. It has
an am/fm with a cassette and electric windows. Also came witha old version
of GPS. A truck stop supplied rand mcnally road atlas. Looking for
something more simple like the 220D to fill my void for a back up machine.
Regards Tom Scordato,
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dimitri Seretakis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1972 220D
Tom, I have faith in your car to be. I drove mine
from
Connecticut to Miami and back and that was with a
non-functioning alternator. I drove carefree during
the day. Never turned the car off at night until I
found a suitable hotel - that is one where I could
park next to an outlet so that I could plug in my
battery charger. That was nine years ago. 3 years
ago I drove the car cross country and back. That time
the alternator was working. I remember being on the
highway in Sacramento when some guy in a Camry was
desperately trying to get my attention. I roll down
my window and he asks in an excited tone, "did you
just drive that car all the way from Connecticut." I
reply, "yes" thinking that he must of noticed my CT
plates and tailgate covered in 3000 miles of soot.
Dimitri
73 220D
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dimitri said "better than 800,000 miles on the
clock."
Wow, impressive
I am going to buy the one I am looking at only has
200K and engine was
replaced at 150K and rebuilt by an MB mechanic (have
all history on the
car)..
Just need to get the injector pump adjusted and we
should be good to go,
drive from Pensicola area to PA. had a full
inspection and it passes my
standards.
Regards Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dimitri Seretakis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
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Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 9:26 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1972 220D
> My 73 220D has better than 800,000 miles on the
clock.
> Engine rebuilt once or twice since new per
original
> owner. Don't know the extent of the rebuild(s).
> Maybe they fixed things in 1973.
> Dimitri
>
>
>> > Peter Frederick wrote:
>> >> Marshal:
>> >>
>> >> Concerning rebuilds and factory engines on the
>> W115 -- MB had quite a
>> >> few problems with pre-mature wear on that
engine,
>> and factory originals
>> >> are prone to excessive cylinder wear. A
>> miss-match between piston,
>> >> sleeve, and ring types will also do the same
>> thing on rebuilds.
>> >>
>> >> My friend remembers them being replaced a lot
>> under warranty (or
>> >> rebuilt with high nickel sleeves and different
>> pistons) -- and today
>> >> one with 150,000 original miles may be a
smoker.
>> Terrible head
>> >> cracking problems during the 60's as well,
during
>> which time his father
>> >> stopped using MB diesels in his taxi business.
>> MB was eventually
>> >> forced to give extended warranties on heads by
>> the German government.
>> >> Something about taking the head design away
from
>> the actual producer
>> >> because it was cheaper, then changing it,
>> somewhat less than
>> >> successfully.
>> >>
>> >> I agree that rebuilds done in the US can be
>> horrible -- if not done to
>> >> MB tolerances, you can end up with one burning
a
>> quart of oil in 200
>> >> miles within 10,000 miles of rebuild! Some
are
>> so sloppy the rings
>> >> never seat -- my brother and I got one like
that
>> to replace his 617
>> >> with a broken crank (again, a crappy rebuild
--
>> orange silicone slopped
>> >> all over the oil filter housing gasket, a big
>> slug sat on the #2 main
>> >> oil hole --- you can guess the result). That
>> replacement engine had a
>> >> ring ridge almost 0.015" deep! Bore was
0.005"
>> larger than the piston,
>> >> pistons had extruded ring lands, crank was
ground
>> to the nearest SAE
>> >> dimension SMALLER than the minimum metric size
>> allowed, was only smooth
>> >> and shiny where ti ran on the bearings, valve
>> were way beyond terminal
>> >> wear, and the valve guides were all 0.005" or
>> more oversize. I don't
>> >> think it ran long, I'm quite surprised it ever
>> started. I don't
>> >> remember what the bearing clearance was on the
>> crank when we got the
>> >> engine, but I think it was 0.005" or more.
>> >>
>> >> We rebuilt it properly (after much discussion
>> about valve guide
>> >> clearance at the machine shop), and it's been
>> running for six years now
>> >> -- starts instantly no matter how cold it
gets,
>> very little black smoke
>> >> and never uses oil between changes. Has 45
lbs
>> oil pressure at idle
>> >> hot unless you just pulled off the interstate!
>> >>
>> >> Peter
>> >
>> > I remember that the '68 and 69 615 engines were
>> flawed. I thought that
>> > by 1970 they had worked out the problems (but i
>> never owned a 515 - I
>> > owned a pair of 616s).
>> >
>> > Marshall
>> >
>> > --
>> > Marshall Booth Ph.D.
>> > Ass't Prof. (ret.)
>> > Univ of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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