Question on underhood 300D N/A parts
Question on underhood 300D N/A parts
03-31-2012, 09:44 PM
#1
Thing on left wheelwell:
Thing on right wheelwell with lots of vacuum tubing coming out its rear:
From the right side:
Gone but not forgotten: two W123 sedans and two W124 wagons.
W124 1987 300TD wagon, for sale, $1000 (some assembly required).
JustPassinThru
03-31-2012, 09:44 PM #1Looking at a n/a 1979 300D today (incidentally, if anyone wants its intake manifold, PM me with an offer. If it's worth my time, I'll pull it). I am wondering what these two parts are, which do not exist on my '85 300D turbo:
Thing on left wheelwell:
Thing on right wheelwell with lots of vacuum tubing coming out its rear:
From the right side:
Gone but not forgotten: two W123 sedans and two W124 wagons.
W124 1987 300TD wagon, for sale, $1000 (some assembly required).
04-01-2012, 12:27 AM
#2
if it don’t blow black...take it back.
1982 300TDT 4 Speed 196K Standard Beige “VEGEWGN”. 300GD FW. Walbro FRC-8 Fuel Pump. ZadaTech LCD Boost, EGT, & Fuel Pressure gauge. Non-EGR Exhaust and Intake Manifold. 3/2 Valves gone. Soon to have Elsbett WVO conversion
1981 300D 314K Midnight Blue “The Blue Car”, Lovecrap system, owned 25 years+
1985 300TD White 198K “Betty White” Pure beauty
The VEGEWGN
First picture is a cruise control unit. The other picture is the A/C unit of death. It was a GM part, only on the 79’s. The are notorious for breaking and cost about $800 to fix. Just the worse thing ever put on a W123.
if it don’t blow black...take it back.
1982 300TDT 4 Speed 196K Standard Beige “VEGEWGN”. 300GD FW. Walbro FRC-8 Fuel Pump. ZadaTech LCD Boost, EGT, & Fuel Pressure gauge. Non-EGR Exhaust and Intake Manifold. 3/2 Valves gone. Soon to have Elsbett WVO conversion
1981 300D 314K Midnight Blue “The Blue Car”, Lovecrap system, owned 25 years+
1985 300TD White 198K “Betty White” Pure beauty
The VEGEWGN
04-01-2012, 12:56 AM
#3
Um...*should* I have one of these cruise control units, on my '85??? Cruise control doesn't work; it gives jerkiness, + 5MPH, down 10, repeat. I figured, one of these days I'll open up the amplifier and see what's fried. But is it possible that I am *missing* something this large?
Gone but not forgotten: two W123 sedans and two W124 wagons.
W124 1987 300TD wagon, for sale, $1000 (some assembly required).
JustPassinThru
04-01-2012, 12:56 AM #3Aha, thanks. I *thought* that looked like a Frigidaire AC compressor. I wondered what it was doing on a Mercedes.
Um...*should* I have one of these cruise control units, on my '85??? Cruise control doesn't work; it gives jerkiness, + 5MPH, down 10, repeat. I figured, one of these days I'll open up the amplifier and see what's fried. But is it possible that I am *missing* something this large?
Gone but not forgotten: two W123 sedans and two W124 wagons.
W124 1987 300TD wagon, for sale, $1000 (some assembly required).
04-01-2012, 01:15 AM
#4
-1982 300D Turbo, 280k miles, ALDA apparently maxxed, fram 8038, 12 lbs boost, non-egr manifolds, W/M injection, 4 brake light mod, Gen II w126 front rotors/calipers, 4-speed swap
In the works: A/W IC, adjust pump, turbo rebuild (w/60 trim comp wheel)
-1980 300SD, 110k, project car. Goal is to get it lookin' like it did on the showroom floor (body and interior wise, not necessarily under the hood )
-1974 240D, FRESH PAINT!!!!!!
sassparilla_kid
04-01-2012, 01:15 AM #4I thought that thing on the driver side wheel well was for adjusting the idle for warming up the car and stuff??
-1982 300D Turbo, 280k miles, ALDA apparently maxxed, fram 8038, 12 lbs boost, non-egr manifolds, W/M injection, 4 brake light mod, Gen II w126 front rotors/calipers, 4-speed swap
In the works: A/W IC, adjust pump, turbo rebuild (w/60 trim comp wheel)
-1980 300SD, 110k, project car. Goal is to get it lookin' like it did on the showroom floor (body and interior wise, not necessarily under the hood )
-1974 240D, FRESH PAINT!!!!!!
04-01-2012, 11:59 AM
#5
(04-01-2012, 01:15 AM)sassparilla_kid I thought that thing on the driver side wheel well was for adjusting the idle for warming up the car and stuff??
No its not. There is a manual adjustment in the car that is a screw type switch to help you with warm idle. It is really nice for starting.
Just passin: You may want to do some research on the cruise control. The one on your 85 is a different system. That one may/may not be a plug n play system for you. My 81 has that cruise control set up, and it works when it feels like it. I’m not sure if is it an upgrade, or a more bulletproof than the system you have now. I know my sister’s 84 has the newer system, and it works great. (when it feels like it
) if it don’t blow black...take it back.
1982 300TDT 4 Speed 196K Standard Beige “VEGEWGN”. 300GD FW. Walbro FRC-8 Fuel Pump. ZadaTech LCD Boost, EGT, & Fuel Pressure gauge. Non-EGR Exhaust and Intake Manifold. 3/2 Valves gone. Soon to have Elsbett WVO conversion
1981 300D 314K Midnight Blue “The Blue Car”, Lovecrap system, owned 25 years+
1985 300TD White 198K “Betty White” Pure beauty
The VEGEWGN
(04-01-2012, 01:15 AM)sassparilla_kid I thought that thing on the driver side wheel well was for adjusting the idle for warming up the car and stuff??
No its not. There is a manual adjustment in the car that is a screw type switch to help you with warm idle. It is really nice for starting.
Just passin: You may want to do some research on the cruise control. The one on your 85 is a different system. That one may/may not be a plug n play system for you. My 81 has that cruise control set up, and it works when it feels like it. I’m not sure if is it an upgrade, or a more bulletproof than the system you have now. I know my sister’s 84 has the newer system, and it works great. (when it feels like it
)
if it don’t blow black...take it back.
1982 300TDT 4 Speed 196K Standard Beige “VEGEWGN”. 300GD FW. Walbro FRC-8 Fuel Pump. ZadaTech LCD Boost, EGT, & Fuel Pressure gauge. Non-EGR Exhaust and Intake Manifold. 3/2 Valves gone. Soon to have Elsbett WVO conversion
1981 300D 314K Midnight Blue “The Blue Car”, Lovecrap system, owned 25 years+
1985 300TD White 198K “Betty White” Pure beauty
The VEGEWGN
04-01-2012, 01:03 PM
#6
(04-01-2012, 11:59 AM)w123love ...You may want to do some research on the cruise control...
Yep, thanks. I've collected every article I can find, plus 2 or 3 spare cruise amplifiers. It's somewhere down around #14 on my list of priorities. Getting my veggie oil refinery and fuel system tank+heaters working is #1. Getting my higher-capacity fuel pump in is #2. Soundproofing the interior is #3. Installing manual climate control is #4 et cetera et cetera.
Gone but not forgotten: two W123 sedans and two W124 wagons.
W124 1987 300TD wagon, for sale, $1000 (some assembly required).
JustPassinThru
04-01-2012, 01:03 PM #6(04-01-2012, 11:59 AM)w123love ...You may want to do some research on the cruise control...
Yep, thanks. I've collected every article I can find, plus 2 or 3 spare cruise amplifiers. It's somewhere down around #14 on my list of priorities. Getting my veggie oil refinery and fuel system tank+heaters working is #1. Getting my higher-capacity fuel pump in is #2. Soundproofing the interior is #3. Installing manual climate control is #4 et cetera et cetera.
Gone but not forgotten: two W123 sedans and two W124 wagons.
W124 1987 300TD wagon, for sale, $1000 (some assembly required).
04-01-2012, 02:22 PM
#7
if it don’t blow black...take it back.
1982 300TDT 4 Speed 196K Standard Beige “VEGEWGN”. 300GD FW. Walbro FRC-8 Fuel Pump. ZadaTech LCD Boost, EGT, & Fuel Pressure gauge. Non-EGR Exhaust and Intake Manifold. 3/2 Valves gone. Soon to have Elsbett WVO conversion
1981 300D 314K Midnight Blue “The Blue Car”, Lovecrap system, owned 25 years+
1985 300TD White 198K “Betty White” Pure beauty
The VEGEWGN
Yeah I feel you. Cruise control is really a luxury. Unless you are making long drives, it doesn’t matter. Luckily the car I drive from CA to TX a couple times a year does have a functioning one.
if it don’t blow black...take it back.
1982 300TDT 4 Speed 196K Standard Beige “VEGEWGN”. 300GD FW. Walbro FRC-8 Fuel Pump. ZadaTech LCD Boost, EGT, & Fuel Pressure gauge. Non-EGR Exhaust and Intake Manifold. 3/2 Valves gone. Soon to have Elsbett WVO conversion
1981 300D 314K Midnight Blue “The Blue Car”, Lovecrap system, owned 25 years+
1985 300TD White 198K “Betty White” Pure beauty
The VEGEWGN
04-01-2012, 10:04 PM
#8
-1982 300D Turbo, 280k miles, ALDA apparently maxxed, fram 8038, 12 lbs boost, non-egr manifolds, W/M injection, 4 brake light mod, Gen II w126 front rotors/calipers, 4-speed swap
In the works: A/W IC, adjust pump, turbo rebuild (w/60 trim comp wheel)
-1980 300SD, 110k, project car. Goal is to get it lookin' like it did on the showroom floor (body and interior wise, not necessarily under the hood )
-1974 240D, FRESH PAINT!!!!!!
sassparilla_kid
04-01-2012, 10:04 PM #8It would have been nice on the 350 mile trip I took yesterday, along with some Rain-X
-1982 300D Turbo, 280k miles, ALDA apparently maxxed, fram 8038, 12 lbs boost, non-egr manifolds, W/M injection, 4 brake light mod, Gen II w126 front rotors/calipers, 4-speed swap
In the works: A/W IC, adjust pump, turbo rebuild (w/60 trim comp wheel)
-1980 300SD, 110k, project car. Goal is to get it lookin' like it did on the showroom floor (body and interior wise, not necessarily under the hood )
-1974 240D, FRESH PAINT!!!!!!
04-01-2012, 10:53 PM
#9
This post was last modified: 04-01-2012, 10:55 PM by JustPassinThru.
Gone but not forgotten: two W123 sedans and two W124 wagons.
W124 1987 300TD wagon, for sale, $1000 (some assembly required).
JustPassinThru
04-01-2012, 10:53 PM #9Rain-X is indispensable up here. We're not gonna get much dryness til Wednesday (about 88 hours from now).
Gone but not forgotten: two W123 sedans and two W124 wagons.
W124 1987 300TD wagon, for sale, $1000 (some assembly required).
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