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Subject: Re: [MBZ] The 240D LIVES!
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I got my hands a bit dirtier with the 240D today. I pulled out the r
No sunroof! Congratulations - a great plus.
Wilton
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From: "Kevin Kraly"
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Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:24 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] The 240D LIVES!
I got my hands a bit dirtier with the 240D today. I pulled
What he said.
More likely than not, once you get the thing cleaned out and some fresh fuel
run through it for a few hundred miles, the idle will probably be OK.
Dan
On Feb 28, 2012, at 7:38 AM, Mitch Haley wrote:
> Kevin Kraly wrote:It seems to be
>> idling too low. I've never adjusted the i
I'd also want a couple of tanks of FRESH diesel and maybe some purge as Tim
suggested before deciding the idle was low.
Mitch.
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Kevin Kraly wrote:It seems to be
idling too low. I've never adjusted the idle on any of my cars before.
What tools are needed, and where is the adjustment located on the IP?
1977 has a hand throttle, right?
If it's been sitting a while, I'd dial up the idle knob in the dash to
compensate, an
On Feb 28, 2012 1:24 AM, "Kevin Kraly" wrote:
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> It seems to be idling too low. I've never adjusted the idle on any of my
cars before. What tools are needed, and where is the adjustment located on
the IP?
I think you will have the fully-mechanical linkage like I do, in which case
one of the ro
I got my hands a bit dirtier with the 240D today. I pulled out the rear
bench seat to find very little mess underneath. The cloth backing on the
seat upholstery is still intact, something I haven't seen on any of my
W123's to date! Is it any co-inky-dink that this is the only one without a
s
lose the spring clips on the transmission linkages; they can shoot a long
way.
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] The 240D LIVES!
Kevin Kraly wrote:
> There's a rattle/grinding somewhere in the left rear when the car is
moving.
Sounds like an
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> From: "Kevin Kraly"
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> Subject: [MBZ] The 240D LIVES!
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> All I had to do to get her running was to hook up the new battery! One 45
> second glow cycle and it lit right off like it was sitting overni
Gear shift misalignment is easily cured by new bushings. they are
pretty cheap, but you may need to take the levver off the side of the
trans in order to get the new one pressed in.
Sounds like a buy! Congrats!
I like Liesel the Diesel!
All I had to do to get her running was to hook up the
Kevin Kraly wrote:
There’s a rattle/grinding somewhere in the left rear when the car is moving.
Sounds like an axle/CV joint?
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All I had to do to get her running was to hook up the new battery! One 45
second glow cycle and it lit right off like it was sitting overnight! The idle
is a bit low and the shift notches don’t line up with the gates, but the
drivetrain performs as it should, even the kickdown function! Holding
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