1985 Mercedes Benz 300sd Turbo Diesel on 2040-cars
Carmichaels, Pennsylvania, United States
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Here is my 1985 Mercedes Benz 300sd Turbo Diesel with 283k miles! I have had this car for about 4 years, It was bought new by my uncle and he drove it most of its life in Maryland. It was the past on to me. It is my daily driver, I have taken this car on MANY trips all over the east coast. There is nothing more comfortable and economical than this thing. It runs and drives great!!!
Here is what I have done! (I have receipts for all of it too) ~new brakes ~new tires (like 3 months old so maybe 1500 miles on them) ~new fuel filters ( the car has 3 on it 2 cheap ones and 1 canister like filter) ~new primer pump for injector pump ( ran it out of fuel once and realized that the hand pump or primer pump was bad) ~new "banjo Bracket" on the Turbo. ( I took the turbo apart to clean and I broke this bracket so i replaced it and cleaned the turbo it was like a whole new car!!!) ~Ran new vacuum tubing trough the doors to get the door locks to all work the old ones hardened and broke. (its kinda cool, if you lock one door they all look including the trunk and the gas door) ~new power antenna (this I actually bought brand new from Mercedes) ~new Ignition Switch ( also bought this new from Mercedes. The old one was worn out where the "tumbler" goes, even though it was a nightmare I did get it in and it works as it should, steering lock and all) ~this Car has been Undercoated, Has been since my uncle owed it. I have done it once since I have owed it and it seems like it is fine! ~Obviously have maintained changing the oil and filters as this is the MOST IMPORTANT FOR THESE OLD MERCEDES!!! ( I am very anal about that) Here is what I had Professionally done! ~new transmission ( The original transmission was getting tired and I noticed some "play" so rather than waiting for it to leave me stranded I decide to see if I could find one. I did in fact have one put in I bought it right here from Ebay! it was re- manufactured! Had it put in and it was like a totally different vehicle.) ~new engine mounts (was suggested by Mercedes to get rid of some of the vibration... i didn't really notice it that much until they where replaced and I got the car back, I was like WOW it is so smooth haha) ~new fluid in the rear end. ( this was also suggested by Mercedes and I said "well whatever since you have it there" so they did. ~ new carrier barring, (this was not really giving me a problem but i have had trouble with them in the past on other vehicles and so it was cheap so i said to replace that too!) Here is what needs done ( or at least what I think it in no way effects the car what so ever) ~needs new windshield (I was tailgating a dump truck and a rock cam down and made this tiny chip and before to long it was creeping its way across the whole thing...i was sooo pissed!!!) but to be honest the windshield was so pitted anyway from 280k miles of bugs and debris! ~needs new drivers seat. (again if you can live with the 4 inch rip in the seat then this is not a pressing issue.) Both front seats could use some added "stuff n fluff" as my uncle and his wife were not exactly thin! ~needs the air conditioning recharged. I have retrofitted it and had it professionally vacuumed but it only lasted one summer and After that I didn't mess with it. I ONLY DRIVE THIS CAR IN GOOD WEATHER PA WILL DESTROY YOUR CAR! All in all I thing this would be a GREAT car for someone who likes these old Mercedes I have seen some of these things that look like they have been beat to hell and back and low and behold they are still running strong. I assure you I would not hesitate to get in this car right now and take off for the west coast. There has been many times with my work that I have been told I have to go on a trip and I come home, pack my stuff and go in style. It is a beautiful car going down the highway and they are even greater once all of the gadgets and buttons and lights work. I have pretty much done all of that. Everything that it needs I have listed and tried to take pictures of. Thanks for reading and good luck! |
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