Drew's 1981 300SD
Drew's 1981 300SD
Got the car when I was 15 and this was her.
![[Image: Gym-LastDay021.jpg]](http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa246/drewgerhan/Gym-LastDay021.jpg)
When I first got her, I did all the usual stuff to get it up to snuff. Valve adjustment, filter, fluids, adjust boost to 12 psi, removed ALDA,straight pipe.
This kept me busy for a while. Then I started to get more ambitious. I removed the rear seat and swapped in two front seats from another SD to give four place power adjustable seating.
![[Image: DSCI0195.jpg]](http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa246/drewgerhan/DSCI0195.jpg)
![[Image: DSCI0197.jpg]](http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa246/drewgerhan/DSCI0197.jpg)
That kept me busy for a while longer.
Sometime between when I bought it and when the seats went in, I sent in an application to the Diesel Power Challenge. Totally forgot about it until I was reading that months issue and saw my car on the page. Talk about dumbfounded.
![[Image: drewdieselpower.jpg]](http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa246/drewgerhan/drewdieselpower.jpg)
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Then I bought a 1980 500SE.
![[Image: Olympus9-29-07031.jpg]](http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa246/drewgerhan/Olympus9-29-07031.jpg)
![[Image: DSCI0179.jpg]](http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa246/drewgerhan/DSCI0179.jpg)
![[Image: DSCI0178.jpg]](http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa246/drewgerhan/DSCI0178.jpg)
![[Image: DSCI0181.jpg]](http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa246/drewgerhan/DSCI0181.jpg)
That kept me busy for a while, but ended up being a basket case so I got rid of it.
Parts of it lived on though.
![[Image: DSCI0192.jpg]](http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa246/drewgerhan/DSCI0192.jpg)
![[Image: 04170914292.jpg]](http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa246/drewgerhan/04170914292.jpg)
That didn't keep me busy for very long.
I've wanted a Power Stroke from day one, so I thought I would experiment a little. Parts needed were a spare hood and some exhaust pipe.
![[Image: PICT0079.jpg]](http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa246/drewgerhan/PICT0079.jpg)
![[Image: PICT0080.jpg]](http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa246/drewgerhan/PICT0080.jpg)
![[Image: PICT0081.jpg]](http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa246/drewgerhan/PICT0081.jpg)
![[Image: PICT0082.jpg]](http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa246/drewgerhan/PICT0082.jpg)
![[Image: IMG_0285.jpg]](http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa246/drewgerhan/IMG_0285.jpg)
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![[Image: IMG_0695.jpg]](http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa246/drewgerhan/IMG_0695.jpg)
Since this didn't keep me busy for very long, I decided to tear into my pump. I removed the full load.
![[Image: IPlimiterremoved.jpg]](http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa246/drewgerhan/IPlimiterremoved.jpg)
Gauges were installed too.
![[Image: IMG_0703.jpg]](http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa246/drewgerhan/IMG_0703.jpg)
This was sweet, but I needed more. So I adjusted the torque control. That was sweet too, but after a while I needed more. So I adjusted it somemore and it slipped when adjusting so I had no idea how many turns it was. Idled like shit and wouldn't stay running below 40*. Swapped pumps. Took the full load out of the other pump as well as the ALDA. Adjusted the torque control just a smidge.
This kept me very busy.
Fast forward to this past summer. I was tired of a manual transmission. So I swapped in a 4 speed from an 83 240. Took about 3 days. Haven't looked back. Had to make my own driveshaft. Haven't had any balancing problems to date. No shops around here would touch it so I said eff it and did it myself. Got the speedo to work using a cluster from a 300D and its cable. Had to do some modification to the cluster and add LEDs cause the lights wouldn't switch over but it all works.
![[Image: 0616002037.jpg]](http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa246/drewgerhan/0616002037.jpg)
![[Image: 0616002038.jpg]](http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa246/drewgerhan/0616002038.jpg)
![[Image: 0616002109.jpg]](http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa246/drewgerhan/0616002109.jpg)
![[Image: 0616002109a.jpg]](http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa246/drewgerhan/0616002109a.jpg)
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After this came the propane. Didn't really notice a difference with it except on the highway from 55mph on up, but then again I could have been imagining it.
![[Image: IMG_1570.jpg]](http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa246/drewgerhan/IMG_1570.jpg)
![[Image: IMG_1572.jpg]](http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa246/drewgerhan/IMG_1572.jpg)
Fast forward five years to how it sits now, the stock air filter housing is back on, the propane is off and so is the stack.
The other day I tried my luck at turning the DVs. Well that didn't work out too well and I ended up having to swap in another virgin pump. This time I just removed the ALDA. Didn't even bother with the torque control.
Thats about all I think. I've had some tint on it too, but had to take it off shortly after because of the wonderful Avon Police Department. Somewhere in there I redid the rear shelf and put some 6x9s in it with 4x6s up front. 600w amp pushing those speakers and a 1200w amp pushing two 12in subs in the trunk.
![[Image: IMG_0701.jpg]](http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa246/drewgerhan/IMG_0701.jpg)
![[Image: IMG_0699.jpg]](http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa246/drewgerhan/IMG_0699.jpg)
I'm sure I'm missing some stuff, but I'll add/update when I think of it.
Drew
1981 300SD 230k miles "Gently Modified" Daily Driver
1999 F-250 7.3L Power Stroke 150k miles "The Usual Mods" Tow Rig
1981 300SD 190k miles "Heavily Modified"
GONE
DrewGerhan
03-25-2011, 11:56 PM #1Well I figure it is about time to post a build thread of sorts.
Got the car when I was 15 and this was her.
When I first got her, I did all the usual stuff to get it up to snuff. Valve adjustment, filter, fluids, adjust boost to 12 psi, removed ALDA,straight pipe.
This kept me busy for a while. Then I started to get more ambitious. I removed the rear seat and swapped in two front seats from another SD to give four place power adjustable seating.
That kept me busy for a while longer.
Sometime between when I bought it and when the seats went in, I sent in an application to the Diesel Power Challenge. Totally forgot about it until I was reading that months issue and saw my car on the page. Talk about dumbfounded.
Then I bought a 1980 500SE.
That kept me busy for a while, but ended up being a basket case so I got rid of it.
Parts of it lived on though.
That didn't keep me busy for very long.
I've wanted a Power Stroke from day one, so I thought I would experiment a little. Parts needed were a spare hood and some exhaust pipe.
Since this didn't keep me busy for very long, I decided to tear into my pump. I removed the full load.
Gauges were installed too.
This was sweet, but I needed more. So I adjusted the torque control. That was sweet too, but after a while I needed more. So I adjusted it somemore and it slipped when adjusting so I had no idea how many turns it was. Idled like shit and wouldn't stay running below 40*. Swapped pumps. Took the full load out of the other pump as well as the ALDA. Adjusted the torque control just a smidge.
This kept me very busy.
Fast forward to this past summer. I was tired of a manual transmission. So I swapped in a 4 speed from an 83 240. Took about 3 days. Haven't looked back. Had to make my own driveshaft. Haven't had any balancing problems to date. No shops around here would touch it so I said eff it and did it myself. Got the speedo to work using a cluster from a 300D and its cable. Had to do some modification to the cluster and add LEDs cause the lights wouldn't switch over but it all works.
After this came the propane. Didn't really notice a difference with it except on the highway from 55mph on up, but then again I could have been imagining it.
Fast forward five years to how it sits now, the stock air filter housing is back on, the propane is off and so is the stack.
The other day I tried my luck at turning the DVs. Well that didn't work out too well and I ended up having to swap in another virgin pump. This time I just removed the ALDA. Didn't even bother with the torque control.
Thats about all I think. I've had some tint on it too, but had to take it off shortly after because of the wonderful Avon Police Department. Somewhere in there I redid the rear shelf and put some 6x9s in it with 4x6s up front. 600w amp pushing those speakers and a 1200w amp pushing two 12in subs in the trunk.
I'm sure I'm missing some stuff, but I'll add/update when I think of it.
Drew
1981 300SD 230k miles "Gently Modified" Daily Driver
1999 F-250 7.3L Power Stroke 150k miles "The Usual Mods" Tow Rig
1981 300SD 190k miles "Heavily Modified"
GONE
-Jesse
80 300sd hy35, front mount intercooler, w115 intake, rack limiter removed, Alda removed, full load turned up, boost, ebp, trans, pyro, egr delete, 3.5" exhaust, e-fan, 16x8 rims with, 245/50 tires, lowered, bilstien 5100's, 12" front brakes, 2.65:1 diff.
97 f250 psd 4x4, crawler
70 f250 390
83 Volvo 242, lots of mods
66 Volvo amazon
10 mistsubishi fuso service truck.
The rims!! Its the second set ive ever seen other than mine!! Any idea what they are called?
-Jesse
80 300sd hy35, front mount intercooler, w115 intake, rack limiter removed, Alda removed, full load turned up, boost, ebp, trans, pyro, egr delete, 3.5" exhaust, e-fan, 16x8 rims with, 245/50 tires, lowered, bilstien 5100's, 12" front brakes, 2.65:1 diff.
97 f250 psd 4x4, crawler
70 f250 390
83 Volvo 242, lots of mods
66 Volvo amazon
10 mistsubishi fuso service truck.
1981 300SD 230k miles "Gently Modified" Daily Driver
1999 F-250 7.3L Power Stroke 150k miles "The Usual Mods" Tow Rig
1981 300SD 190k miles "Heavily Modified"
GONE
DrewGerhan
03-26-2011, 12:05 AM #3I thought they were Centra's. Not sure though.
1981 300SD 230k miles "Gently Modified" Daily Driver
1999 F-250 7.3L Power Stroke 150k miles "The Usual Mods" Tow Rig
1981 300SD 190k miles "Heavily Modified"
GONE
1981 300SD 230k miles "Gently Modified" Daily Driver
1999 F-250 7.3L Power Stroke 150k miles "The Usual Mods" Tow Rig
1981 300SD 190k miles "Heavily Modified"
GONE
DrewGerhan
03-26-2011, 10:02 AM #5They were very comfortable. Wish I had an SDL then it would have been perfect. It was a little cramped, but not too bad.
1981 300SD 230k miles "Gently Modified" Daily Driver
1999 F-250 7.3L Power Stroke 150k miles "The Usual Mods" Tow Rig
1981 300SD 190k miles "Heavily Modified"
GONE
1982 300D Turbo ... 3,6xxlbs, No fan, No AC, Hood Stack, No ALDA, No rear bumper and stuffed front, A/W Intercooled, Injectors by Greezer and HUGE Pre-Chambers with help from OM616 & Simpler=Better, Fuel Cranked up, 60 Trim Compressor wheel, EGT, EMP, Boost 50" Rigid Radius bar on roof Aux tank for a total of 48 Gal Of Diesel! Odyssey PC-1750 Battery in trunk, 27"x8.5"/R14 Maxxis BigHorn Mud Terrains, In June '14 issue of Off Road Mag
AX15 Jeep Trans swap in progress....
Captain America
03-26-2011, 02:40 PM #6Yeah the four bucket seat idea is fuckin sick! I'mma have to do it too. Hope you don't mind...
1982 300D Turbo ... 3,6xxlbs, No fan, No AC, Hood Stack, No ALDA, No rear bumper and stuffed front, A/W Intercooled, Injectors by Greezer and HUGE Pre-Chambers with help from OM616 & Simpler=Better, Fuel Cranked up, 60 Trim Compressor wheel, EGT, EMP, Boost 50" Rigid Radius bar on roof Aux tank for a total of 48 Gal Of Diesel! Odyssey PC-1750 Battery in trunk, 27"x8.5"/R14 Maxxis BigHorn Mud Terrains, In June '14 issue of Off Road Mag
AX15 Jeep Trans swap in progress....
1981 300SD 230k miles "Gently Modified" Daily Driver
1999 F-250 7.3L Power Stroke 150k miles "The Usual Mods" Tow Rig
1981 300SD 190k miles "Heavily Modified"
GONE
DrewGerhan
03-26-2011, 02:50 PM #7By all means feel free. Haha. I even had a spare center console I was going to graft in but never got around to it.
1981 300SD 230k miles "Gently Modified" Daily Driver
1999 F-250 7.3L Power Stroke 150k miles "The Usual Mods" Tow Rig
1981 300SD 190k miles "Heavily Modified"
GONE
Man your 4 bucket seat Idea is KILLER!
1982 300D Turbo ... 3,6xxlbs, No fan, No AC, Hood Stack, No ALDA, No rear bumper and stuffed front, A/W Intercooled, Injectors by Greezer and HUGE Pre-Chambers with help from OM616 & Simpler=Better, Fuel Cranked up, 60 Trim Compressor wheel, EGT, EMP, Boost 50" Rigid Radius bar on roof Aux tank for a total of 48 Gal Of Diesel! Odyssey PC-1750 Battery in trunk, 27"x8.5"/R14 Maxxis BigHorn Mud Terrains, In June '14 issue of Off Road Mag
AX15 Jeep Trans swap in progress....
Captain America
03-26-2011, 03:06 PM #8So the backs are power too? how does that work out? I will probly take the power seat frames out of my SD and put them in the D.
Man your 4 bucket seat Idea is KILLER!
1982 300D Turbo ... 3,6xxlbs, No fan, No AC, Hood Stack, No ALDA, No rear bumper and stuffed front, A/W Intercooled, Injectors by Greezer and HUGE Pre-Chambers with help from OM616 & Simpler=Better, Fuel Cranked up, 60 Trim Compressor wheel, EGT, EMP, Boost 50" Rigid Radius bar on roof Aux tank for a total of 48 Gal Of Diesel! Odyssey PC-1750 Battery in trunk, 27"x8.5"/R14 Maxxis BigHorn Mud Terrains, In June '14 issue of Off Road Mag
AX15 Jeep Trans swap in progress....
(03-26-2011, 03:09 PM)garage I love the red and black paint, especially with the stack stickin outa the hood, looks gnarly!
Too bad that pic didnt get in the mag..
That's exactly why I love my tank so much!
Drew you forgot to post your video!
Where the hell did the video embeder chingas go?
oh well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DtcsIR-efQ
1982 300D Turbo ... 3,6xxlbs, No fan, No AC, Hood Stack, No ALDA, No rear bumper and stuffed front, A/W Intercooled, Injectors by Greezer and HUGE Pre-Chambers with help from OM616 & Simpler=Better, Fuel Cranked up, 60 Trim Compressor wheel, EGT, EMP, Boost 50" Rigid Radius bar on roof Aux tank for a total of 48 Gal Of Diesel! Odyssey PC-1750 Battery in trunk, 27"x8.5"/R14 Maxxis BigHorn Mud Terrains, In June '14 issue of Off Road Mag
AX15 Jeep Trans swap in progress....
Captain America
03-26-2011, 03:13 PM #10(03-26-2011, 03:09 PM)garage I love the red and black paint, especially with the stack stickin outa the hood, looks gnarly!
Too bad that pic didnt get in the mag..
That's exactly why I love my tank so much!
Drew you forgot to post your video!
Where the hell did the video embeder chingas go?
oh well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DtcsIR-efQ
1982 300D Turbo ... 3,6xxlbs, No fan, No AC, Hood Stack, No ALDA, No rear bumper and stuffed front, A/W Intercooled, Injectors by Greezer and HUGE Pre-Chambers with help from OM616 & Simpler=Better, Fuel Cranked up, 60 Trim Compressor wheel, EGT, EMP, Boost 50" Rigid Radius bar on roof Aux tank for a total of 48 Gal Of Diesel! Odyssey PC-1750 Battery in trunk, 27"x8.5"/R14 Maxxis BigHorn Mud Terrains, In June '14 issue of Off Road Mag
AX15 Jeep Trans swap in progress....
I knew I forgot something. Thanks Cody.
1981 300SD 230k miles "Gently Modified" Daily Driver
1999 F-250 7.3L Power Stroke 150k miles "The Usual Mods" Tow Rig
1981 300SD 190k miles "Heavily Modified"
GONE
DrewGerhan
03-26-2011, 04:57 PM #11Yeah, the motor for the power back rest is inside the seat so it still works without the bottom assembly. Had switches and everything hooked up too. Just never finished it.
I knew I forgot something. Thanks Cody.
1981 300SD 230k miles "Gently Modified" Daily Driver
1999 F-250 7.3L Power Stroke 150k miles "The Usual Mods" Tow Rig
1981 300SD 190k miles "Heavily Modified"
GONE
(03-26-2011, 12:05 AM)DrewGerhan I thought they were Centra's. Not sure though.
They are. We had em on the race car. Pretty crappy as they are heavy as sin.
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