Re: [MBZ] '87 300D opinion

[Kevin]

On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 08:55:40PM -0500, OK Don wrote:
 I'm looking at an eBay '87 300D that the owner says the following
 about when questioned about the condition of the car:
 
 The injection pump may be an issue in the future, it is adjusted
 correctly so the engine idles smooth and has all the correct power,
 but the setting is out of spec to get a correctly running engine.
 
 Does that sounds scary, or not an issue for a 603.960 engine?

I would say that there's still enough 124s out there with that engine that
I'd avoid that one. Dinking with an IP that really needs no dinking, in order
to make it idle better?

Things can get rather expensive on a neglected 60x rather quickly.

K

Re: [MBZ] '87 300D opinion

[Marshall Booth]

OK Don wrote:

I'm looking at an eBay '87 300D that the owner says the following
about when questioned about the condition of the car:

The injection pump may be an issue in the future, it is adjusted
correctly so the engine idles smooth and has all the correct power,
but the setting is out of spec to get a correctly running engine.

Does that sounds scary, or not an issue for a 603.960 engine?


I would NOT suggest buying a car that has had the injection pump 
adjusted. Maybe the ALDA tweaked, but NOTHING else. The pumps should 
last about as long as the engine, should NOT need adjustment and there 
are VERY few shops capable of adjusting the pump properly (when properly 
adjusted it runs fine at idle AND on the highway ;-)!


Marshall
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