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love my mercedes
mike90045:
--- Quote from: Hugh Conway on January 08, 2014, 09:57:48 PM ---Maybe I should try some duck fat too.
My old Toyota is a 4WD 2.0L normally aspirated Diesel one ton. Old, but still does the job.
Still sitting level with about 1800 pounds of iron on the back.
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dang that's a big doghouse on the alternator. Any vibrations with it 8)
BruceM:
Sweet SOM, Hugh.
I'm a fan of the 300D's myself, have one on the road, one for parts (bad IP). The '85 is the last of the mechanically injected diesels by MB. Sweet 5 cyl engine.
Hugh Conway:
@Glort.....indeed, I am in Canada, though where I am on the west coast, the snow is rather rare. That truck sure "will not go up any mountains at 100KPH", in fact, an alarm bell sounds when 100KPH is exceeded on the flat. But it does pull........with a bit of traction weight in the back, I use it for logging. And it can carry... once hauled nearly 2 yards of gravel in it! Try that with your F150.......
Also, as seen in the photo, the sides fold down to give a flat deck of 9ft long X 5ft wide. No electronics, basic good strong truck.This one is 25 years old and had seen a lot of hard use before I got it 6 years ago.
Cheers,
Hugh
listerboy:
BruceM,
Are you sure '85 was the last year for MB mechanical injection? I have a '93 300D 2.5L 5cyl and the pump sure looks mechanical to me. I could be wrong....it's happened at least once before.... ;D ;D
BruceM:
Yes, Listerboy, 1985 is the last year of the mechanically injected 300D/SD/TD MB diesel cars. Electronic fuel injection started in 1986.
I'm not sure how long they continued with the vacuum controlled transmission, a copy of an older Borg-Warner model. They added a vacuum pump and all kinds elaborate plumbing and mechancal valves off of the throttle linkage to simulate intake manifold vacuum in order to keep that transmission happy. They also used vacuum for turbo boost control of the IP, IP shut down, door locks, etc. Finding vacuum leaks via Mityvac is an essential skill if you own one of these.
The turbo is a big help here at 5600 feet elevation. The 240Ds with NA, 4 cylinder engines can barely get out of their own way. But the turbo's limit engine life to about 400K miles. NA's with 600k aren't that uncommon.
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