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Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - garage - 02-27-2011
This thread is to keep track of my newly purchased SD, Ingrid. This will be my 5th Mercedes diesel, and my 3rd SD
Its an addiction.....She has 194,194miles on the odometer and runs pretty sweet, besides the large amount of grey smoke it produces when accelerating and a pretty bad oil leak(im REALLY hoping its not the rear seal).
Ill take it day by day with her and get her up to good operating condition. First things first it needs some glow plugs asap.
Unfortunetly the body has some rust here and there, especially along the bottom of the rear windshield, and a few small dents..no biggie.
The interior isnt too awful, ive driven in worse.
I havnt done anything to her besides removing the lower foglights, mounting the roofrack for my kayak, and cutting off the muffler, havnt even washed her yet.
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Damn rust....
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RE: Project Ingrid - Jtn190D - 02-27-2011
Looks nice Its strange to see rust from SoCal. Did it come from the North?
RE: Project Ingrid - garage - 02-27-2011
(02-27-2011, 04:50 PM)Jtn190D Looks nice Its strange to see rust from SoCal. Did it come from the North?
It will do
Yeah rust in socal is purrty rare, but this car lived most of its life near the beach..so that explains alot of it
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - garage - 02-28-2011
Goin to the junkyard this mornin, i havnt been in a few months.
See if i cant grab a 15inch wheel to replace that bundt with.
Does this car look like its been lowered already? Or is it just the 15inch wheels playing tricks on me?
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Back from ecology, no wheels but i got 6 glow plugs and a trunk lid for my dad w126
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - Captain America - 02-28-2011
Grey smoke means retarded IP timing! I know!
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - garage - 02-28-2011
(02-28-2011, 04:47 PM)Captain America Grey smoke means retarded IP timing! I know!
Well were gonna need to fix that shieet! I know it aint good thats for sure.
Just checked with AAA and theres $311 in registration fees..
Wish i woulda checked before i bought her, oh well.
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - Captain America - 02-28-2011
Just need a 14, 27?mm and breaker bar for the IP bolts and crank bolt. We'll have her timed in no time! Haha
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - garage - 03-01-2011
(02-28-2011, 11:11 PM)Captain America Just need a 14, 27?mm and breaker bar for the IP bolts and crank bolt. We'll have her timed in no time! Haha
Sweeeet, i belive i have all that already, i will double check and make sure.
Checked all my GPs and only one was bad so i replaced that with a top of the line junkyard model hahah.
Cleaned out the banjo going into the intake manifold, it was pretty sooty, but nothing horrific. Also cleaned out the banjo going into the ALDA and the lines goin into the overboost protection.
How important is it to have the overboost connected? Do you guys know of any engine failures that came from the overboost being bypassed?
Ive fucked with the ALDA before on previous cars, and ADA too, but each time the cap was already removed from it, this car still has the cap on..what is the safest way to remove the cap?
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - Captain America - 03-01-2011
Well If you have a boost gauge then you really don't need the over boost protection... If you don't have a gauge then I'd keep it as it wont let boost go above 16lbs.
Just rip the cap off! haha
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - garage - 03-01-2011
Okay i will leave it alone for the time being then.
I made a REAL BONE HEAD move today.
This morning i took of the the injector lines so i can test a GP i was having doubts about. And when i was screwing the lines back on i accidently cross threaded the nut that screws onto the injection pump..
I feel like a total doofus doing somthing so ridiculous.
So the part that the nut screws on, on the IP is fucked.
If i take that off to replace it, that means i need to have the pump put on a bench to get it to run right again..right? I belive sitting right below that is the delivery valve, so id be screwing with that wich i know isnt good.
Im real bummed right now!
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - Captain America - 03-02-2011
No no no!
You can remove the piece that the injector line screws onto! You have to remove it and remove the delivery valve when you time the IP. Your good dude. 
Just stop by the junk yard and grab a new one!!!
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - garage - 03-02-2011
(03-02-2011, 12:10 AM)Captain America No no no!
Thats a sigh of relief! I wasnt too sure but i thought that piece didnt come off very simply.
Im glad its just as easy as a junk yard run!
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - Captain America - 03-02-2011
Yeah just done loosen the two nuts that are next to it! Those are the ones that cannot be touched IIRC
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - garage - 03-14-2011
Sweet, got her all fixed up.
I disconnected the EGR and all related vacume hoses wich seemed to help out on the amount of grey smoke.
I also turned the ALDA all the way out, wich made a slight difference and made the turbo spool up a tad quicker.
Ill get some video up when i get some good tires on her.
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - DrewGerhan - 03-14-2011
I thought w116 SDs didnt have EGR?
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - ForcedInduction - 03-14-2011
(03-14-2011, 09:14 PM)DrewGerhan I thought w116 SDs didnt have EGR?
Only in 78 and 79.
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - Captain America - 03-14-2011
Now take the ALDA off more max fuel and burnouts!
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - ForcedInduction - 03-15-2011
Not really, only smoke. The ALDA has no effect on power when correctly adjusted.
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - Captain America - 03-15-2011
That was mostly a sarcastic exaggeration
But in all seriousness,
No ALDA on the '81, almost no smoke, Night and day difference in acceleration off the line
Maybe the smoke is so little because I haven't done anything inside the pump yet?
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - garage - 03-15-2011
ALDA will probably come off when i get some other things situated.
Capt, i bet she it starts smokin once you take the rack limiter out
I cant wait to take mine out!!
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - Captain America - 03-15-2011
(03-15-2011, 09:58 AM)garage ALDA will probably come off when i get some other things situated.
Capt, i bet she it starts smokin once you take the rack limiter out
I cant wait to take mine out!!
Yeah dude, I still need to do that. She's beggin for more fuel!
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - garage - 03-15-2011
All of our cars are begging for more fuel!!
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - dieselboy - 03-15-2011
My rack limiter didn't do much at all.
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - garage - 03-15-2011
But it did do somthin...right?
Every lil bit helps i think.
Did you notice anything from the full load screw?
Any progress on the 240dog??
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - ForcedInduction - 03-15-2011
(03-15-2011, 03:01 PM)garage Did you notice anything from the full load screw?
The rack limiter is the full load adjustment.
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - led-panzer - 03-15-2011
I believe that's what he calls the torque control capsule
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - dieselboy - 03-15-2011
The torque control is where I noticed the fuel/ power.
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - Captain America - 03-15-2011
Just max it all out!
Sorry guess that was a troll move. I apologize.
I plan to follow the settings I saw on Brabus' thread
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - ForcedInduction - 03-15-2011
All torque control will do is alter the rpm where the fuel starts to get cutoff. It doesn't alter maximum power.
To those reading later, torque control should not be touched. It will cause the engine to not return to idle and not cutoff fuel on deceleration.
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - garage - 03-16-2011
Torque control screw was what i was reffering too, but i was just asking dieselboy according to his signature.
So i took out the cruise control, and took off the trim below the taillights and headlights(looks 20x better without the trim)
Now theres going to be a few small holes in the body that are going to need to be filled so i dont get excess moisture in the trunk, so my question is, what brand of body filler should i go with on this??
Ive never done any proper body work, and im not looking for a showroom finish by any means. I bought the car mostly for its engine not its rust riddled body. The only reason im not going to weld them shut, is i just dont care enough about this car to invest that much in its body..rather put money and time into the engine.
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - Captain America - 03-23-2011
Dude, When are we going to have an SD drag race??
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - garage - 03-24-2011
(03-23-2011, 11:21 PM)Captain America Dude, When are we going to have an SD drag race??
OHHH the w126 vs w116 battle royale
Is this drag race gonna be on asphalt or dirt..hmmm
Well i needa get some darn tires and redo the brakes, then i can start working on trying to get some power.
How many cases of beer do i need to buy to convince you to help me turn up my IP??
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - Captain America - 03-24-2011
Battle fuckin Royal for sure! Lets do it!!!
I'll race you on either dirt or road haha, Madd dirt burnouts!
You dont need brakes, The front end of my 126 feels like its gonna come apart when I apply the brakes haha
No beer needed. I'll help a buddy for free
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - garage - 03-24-2011
Well then i im pretty sure this challange has to take place on both!
Ha, yeah the front end of this car is pretty shakey when i brake above 50ish. But i have a sticky rear caliper, so i know thats robbing me of power.
Thanks Capt! When we get rid of this gloomy weather imm take you up on it for sure man!
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - Captain America - 03-24-2011
Cool dude. Just hit me up. You still have my number right?
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - garage - 03-24-2011
I belive i do.
So today i took ol' Ingrid to a dollar carwash down the road to try an get some grease off from the undercarriage, so i used my trusty mercedes jack to lift up the front passenger side of my car so i could squirt her off with degreaser. As im cranking the jack up, i hear some cracking and i find out this car has even worse rust than i thought.
The hole that the jack goes into rusted out...
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - Captain America - 03-24-2011
Oh no! Come cut the jack holes out of the blue car haha
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - garage - 03-24-2011
I think i need a w115 with a 4speed to drop this engine into...
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - garage - 03-25-2011
No more ugly chrome
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RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - Captain America - 03-26-2011
Nice.
The headlights on these cars looks so weird to me
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - garage - 03-26-2011
Yeah the headlights are junk on these things. uglyugly
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - Captain America - 03-26-2011
thats what I meant but didnt wanna say it haha
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - garage - 03-26-2011
Got bored
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RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - 300D50 - 03-26-2011
Where the bleep is the star in the hood ornament??!
Other than that, the black-out looks good.
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - garage - 03-26-2011
It didnt come with one, i was thinking bout puttin some crosshairs up there
but im not sure yet. I will probably put the star back up oneday.I think i need to get a pair of yellow headlights from a w123...
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - Captain America - 03-27-2011
Haha the star fell out of my maroon car too!
I have a buddy that welded up a nut on the hood side and can cut me whatever logo I want on his CNC plasma table... Then just weld a stud to the bottom and bam you have any logo any size you want!
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - garage - 03-30-2011
Weight reduction stage1
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RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - garage - 03-31-2011
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RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - stan - 03-31-2011
looks all weird and naked. like seeing your history teacher topless.
RE: Project Ingrid 1980 300SD - garage - 03-31-2011
Like? Dislike?
Im gonna paint her desert camo, and slam her to the ground.