1. How shoudl I go about starting it?
Freshly-charged battery of the right size.
Make sure glow plugs are glowing. Start normally.
Unless gunked up with algae, these things can sit happily
for a long time and start right up, I think the Frankenheap
had about 10 years on it when I got it. I d
I forgot to mention that the cruise control and HVAC
system may both be semi- or fully-dysfunctional. That's
getting to be normal at this age, and needn't be a huge
problem. Helps if you can solder! The vacuum locking
system will probably be having some problems too, it's
almost a given. Also
I'm a little disappointed in what I hearing about mileage. The vacum and
other issues aren't really any different then what I have delt with in my
gasser but I was hoping to get in the nieghborhood of 28 - 30 MPG. I have a
90 mile round trip communte with some rolling hills but all at 55 or a
lit
Peter Hertzing wrote:
I'm a little disappointed in what I hearing about mileage. The vacum and
other issues aren't really any different then what I have delt with in my
gasser but I was hoping to get in the nieghborhood of 28 - 30 MPG. I have a
90 mile round trip communte with some rolling hill
ly own two, but still watching Craigs list)
From: Mitch Haley
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Sent: Fri, February 25, 2011 11:45:05 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) 1983 300D
Peter Hertzing wrote:
> I'm a little disappointed in what I hearing about mileage.
currently own two, but still watching Craigs list)
>
>
>
> From: Mitch Haley
> To: Mercedes Discussion List
> Sent: Fri, February 25, 2011 11:45:05 AM
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) 1983 300D
>
> Peter Hertzing wrote:
> > I'
, as she does lots of in-town short trips and also likes to
use the car as an office (sitting and idling in a parking lot while making
calls
or sending email).
-Max
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Sent: Fri, February 25, 2011 12:21:09
e not.
A 190D 2.2l 5spd is the mileage maker, best I got with mine was 43mpg, averaged
more like 38 over about 90,000 miles.
-Curt
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:53:47 -0600
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On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Max Dillon wrote:
> I would imagine that limiting highway speed to 60 mph would return 30 mpg in
> my
> wagon
The best mileage I've ever gotten in either of the two '87 300Ds I've
owned was 31 mpg with the cruise control set at 75 on a virtually flat
highway, li
Alex Chamberlain wrote:
On the third hand, Peter F. has reported consistently getting better
than 30 mpg in mixed (i.e. not just freeway) driving in an '87. But
his car is an outlier, or perhaps he is. ;)
Was it Peter who got creamed by a one ton van in a very nice '87?
Was the 30+mpg in th
you can hope,...;-)
i think that's high, based on what i see most people around here in
similar cars getting. there are lots of variables, but count on low/mid
20s, and you're less likely to be disappointed.
cheers!
e
On 25/Feb/11 07:53, Peter Hertzing wrote:
I was hoping to get i
A 190D 2.2l 5spd is the mileage maker, best I got with mine was 43mpg,
averaged more like 38 over about 90,000 miles.
Ours (2.5) has seen 42 a couple of times, but usually less. It's
in storage (if you can call outside 'storage') right now because
we just don't really like the car, but as I kno
I think that Dave M. had one of his fine 124 cars give it's life to save his
several years ago, maybe that's who your are thinking of.
-Max
From: Mitch Haley
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Sent: Fri, February 25, 2011 2:09:10 PM
Subject: Re: [
My '83 300D gets combined road and city 27 mpg. Indy says it has a very
good engine, so that might account for the mpg. On the interstate several
years
ago it also got around 27-28 mpg at 65 mph.
Gerry
PS: Peter, do you or anyone know of a good cleaning fluid for the pc boards
in
the HVAC
I don't but maybe someone else does...
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Gerry Archer wrote:
> My '83 300D gets combined road and city 27 mpg. Indy says it has a very
> good engine, so that might account for the mpg. On the interstate several
> years
> ago it also got around 27-28 mpg at 65 mph.
75% or higher isopropyl rubbing alcohol, aka rubbing alcohol.
The 50% stuff will work, but will require much much much more effort to
clean as good.
Qtips, white cotton rags/paper towels, and a soft/medium toothbrush help as
well.
Walt
On Feb 25, 2011 4:59 PM, "Peter Hertzing" wrote:
> I don't b
> PS: Peter, do you or anyone know of a good cleaning fluid for the pc boards
> in
> the HVAC on these cars?
> Thanks, Gerry
Deoxit.
Rick
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You can by electronic cleaner by companies like CRC at places like Lowes and
Home Despot.
The best stuff used to be Freon based, but it's all been taken off the
market
Dan
--- On Fri, 2/25/11, Rick Knoble wrote:
> From: Rick Knoble
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) 198
Truck stops used to carry bottles of absolute isopropyl alcohol. I'll check
next time in Wildwood.
I have several cans of Deoxit Dp5. Is all Deoxit essentially the same?
Their
website lists several kinds.
Thanks,
Gerry
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75% or higher isopro
LWB250 writes:
> You can by electronic cleaner by companies like CRC at places like Lowes and
> Home Despot.
>
> The best stuff used to be Freon based, but it's all been taken off the
> market
Hm... maybe camping gas? Or propane? Jim C?
Allan
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Thanks, Dan. I'll check at Home Depot.
Gerry
From: "LWB250"
You can by electronic cleaner by companies like CRC at places like Lowes and
Home Despot.
The best stuff used to be Freon based, but it's all been taken off the
market
Dan
From: Rick Knoble
know of a good cleaning fluid for the pc boards in
the HVAC on these cars?
For cleaning before resoldering? I use paint stripper.
Perhaps you're talking about a different purpose?
-- Jim
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On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:09:10 -0500 Mitch Haley wrote:
> Alex Chamberlain wrote:
>
> > On the third hand, Peter F. has reported consistently getting better
> > than 30 mpg in mixed (i.e. not just freeway) driving in an '87. But
> > his car is an outlier, or perhaps he is. ;)
> >
>
> Was it Pe
Yup, that's me. Still about 30 mpg, but I cheat -- I drive 35 miles
or so in about 50 minutes, over half the distance on winding country
roads at 45 mph or so, and the rest at 60 on a nearly flat four
lane. I nearly always get better milage than most people in any
given vehicle for some
know of a good cleaning fluid for the pc boards in
the HVAC on these cars?
For cleaning before resoldering? I use paint stripper.
Perhaps you're talking about a different purpose?
-- Jim
Cleaning before resoldering.
Do you use paste or so
> Peter Hertzing wrote:
> I'm a little disappointed in what I hearing about mileage.
> The vacum and other issues aren't really any different then
> what I have delt with in my gasser but I was hoping to get in
> the nieghborhood of 28 - 30 MPG. I have a 90 mile round trip
> communte with some ro
Do you use paste or solvent type paint stripper?
It's a big gallon can labeled "methylene-choloride-free",
and pours like syrup. Causes the conformal coating to
bubble up quite nicely, and you have to be _very_ careful
to keep it entirely off the component side! I wash it off
in the sink with
Peter wrote:
> Yea - but I gotta justify the purchase with saving some green on fuel
> costs..
I don't know that this will help, but...
The fuel could be coming to you from our good friend in Libya - Mr. Gaddafi.
Oh, well... Mrs. Peter...
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Perhaps, but we export 40% (last I read) of the Diesel we refine
On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Mountain Man wrote:
> Peter wrote:
> > Yea - but I gotta justify the purchase with saving some green on fuel
> > costs..
>
> I don't know that this will help, but...
> The fuel could be com
OK Don wrote:
> Perhaps, but we export 40% (last I read) of the Diesel we refine
Yeah, and to be totally truthful... all of the Libya crude goes to Urup.
mao
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Do you use paste or solvent type paint stripper?
It's a big gallon can labeled "methylene-chloride-free",
and pours like syrup. Causes the conformal coating to
bubble up quite nicely, and you have to be _very_ careful
to keep it entirely off the component side! I wash it off
in the sink with a
Ah, for conformal coat removal I use the techspray brand product made for
it. It works well, and a can lasts me quite a long time.
Walt
On Feb 26, 2011 6:05 PM, "Gerry Archer" wrote:
>>> Do you use paste or solvent type paint stripper?
>>
>> It's a big gallon can labeled "methylene-chloride-free"
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