Congratualtions. If you ahve been lurking you know that I have had to
extricate my 82 CD from a tree the blizard put on top of it in Feb. It is
slowly being restored to full splendor. They are an elegant looking car.
Dwight
On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 8:03 PM, Dave wrote:
> Hi all;
>
> I have decid
the steering box. If you take out all the
slack in the wheel's-centered position you will damage the box.
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Hi again;
Thanks for your encouraging replies and tips, The 300CD is an Orient Red
1982 and pictures of the it in 2004 can be seen on the Cathey website.
I took a bunch of before pictures but have not posted the
Warning: Do not over-tighten the steering box. If you take out all the
slack in the wheel's-centered position you will damage the box.
Don't touch the steering box until you know upper and lower ball
joints, all 6 tie rod/ center link ends are good, the subframe mounts
are good, and the idl
;Scott Ritchey"
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Hi again;
Thanks for your encouraging replies and tips, The 300CD is an Orient Red
1982 and pictures of the it in 2004 can be seen on the Cathey website.
I took a bunch of before pictures but have not posted them anywhere, been
spending most of my extra time i
'84 Volvo 244 turbo (Modified some)
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I'm a couple days late with this, but ATTABOY!
Mitch.
Dave wrote:
It starts better now but still the miss when warm.
I blasted the car with a pressure washer to remove the rest of the moss and scrubbed more oxidation off I was encouraged by Dan's finish restoration post.
Next steps are a diese
Pictures of course !!.. Can't have good machinery porn without pictures..
;))
Been wanting a CD myself so I'll take a special interest in you success.
On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 5:10 PM, ernest breakfield <
erne...@backyardengineering.org> wrote:
> congrats!
>
> what color(s)?
>
>
> cheers!
> e
I think you posted before here or on the dickie Dieselarde list or on
the Mercedes Veterans list. I remember you from somewhere. Welcome
back. The uneven idle can be caused by the leaking primer pump. You
didn't say what year. If it has the splined DV Unions on the IP,
leaking DV Union ori
Congrats, judging by your progress and planned work list, your lurking is
paying off...
--
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20
Dave wrote:
>Hi all;
>
>I have decided it is time to come out of the lurking closet and post.
>
>I have always wanted a 123 coupe and toyed w
congrats!
what color(s)?
cheers!
e
On 01/May/13 17:03, Dave wrote:
Hi all;
I have decided it is time to come out of the lurking closet and post.
I have always wanted a 123 coupe and toyed with the idea of finding a gasser
with a bad engine and swapping in the drive train from my 240d.
Hi all;
I have decided it is time to come out of the lurking closet and post.
I have always wanted a 123 coupe and toyed with the idea of finding a gasser
with a bad engine and swapping in the drive train from my 240d. Then I notice
that JimC had a 300CD he had not done anything with since 20
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