Hi, All.
When bought this car it had a giant oil leak from the front timing cover,
broken in 3 places from (I guess) a broken chain, also pan had chip out of it.
Ran well and did not smoke. Found that the engine had been replaced with one
from an '85 with manual trans.
This late '84 2.2 190D has had the head redone, (valves, guides, 0.007" planed
off etc.) has no oil pressure to the camshaft. Lifters rattle and are all
bereft of tension, even the new one that came rock hard from Rusty. With cam
cover off, engine running there is no squirt from the cam towers on to the cam
itself. Initially I had the wrong head (J/Y replacement early '84, who knew?)
Didn't run the wrong head. Rusty bailed me out with his extensive knowledge of
MB's (All Hail Rusty!) and he sent me the correct gasket. When running with
the correct head, runs well and starts instantly and has excellent oil
pressure. OK, Oh most wonderful and knowlegeable list Magi, what have I f**ked
up?
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
1984 190D 2.2 Ailing
1987 190DT Rusty Rocket
1985 300TD Hangar Queen presently
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It's up to almost $1,300. I was thinking if I could get it for $500
it might have be worth sorting out all the problems, but it was past
that price days ago.
Allan
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1983 300D
1966 230
"Kaleb C. Striplin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> all i can say is that its going to need alot of work, including a
> whole new paint job.
>
> Allan Streib wrote:
>> Check out this listing (someone else posted it here last week also):
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140119061737
>>
>> Scroll down to the photos, there is a picture of the center console
>> showing a yellow rocker switch. Is that something that is factory?
>> Looks a bit out-of-place.
>>
>> Also I note that the center pushbutton on the ACC is missing.
>>
>> Also it looks like something had been mounted to the passenger side of
>> the transmission hump -- old-style car phone maybe?
>>
>> I think the only sane approach to bidding on this is to assume that
>> the motor is trashed. So what's the rest of the car worth?
