Back in the 1980's I had a 300 TD that was slow and uncomfortable. Like my 180a. I bought a 450 sl that drank gas and ran hot. I bought a 300SD after I sold my Rolls- Royce, that was a money pit. It got stolen now I bought another one that is better than my Corvette Stingray. 300SD is the BEST CAR EVER MADE! .Period. 😄👍❤
Grew up in Serbia in 1980s with a 1979 300 D non-turbo manual 4 speed European model with small bumpers and flash headlights. No sunroof, no a/c manual windows. from the French coast to Spanish coast to Turkey to Poland them back to Serbia that car never let us down anywhere!!!! PERIOD!!!! OM615, 616 amd 617 Who are the best diesel motors by mercedesas Mercedes does make a best diesel motor. Camshaft in the head where it should be. Million mile motors. the best Mercedes and best cars ever made. The transmissions also lasted well after 200.000 miles I even seen them with 350.000 miles. . I'm glad at your age you acknowledge that which many kids your age do not. By the way in America here l would choose OM616 with manual for simplicity. in Europe they had 220D and even a 200D in W123 chasis.
Excellent wagon. I have an '85 which will probably purr on when I am long gone. My door locks have a leak (can all be fixed) and my cruise control works although it might not on the first try. Great family car! I should know, I was 15 when my dad got it. I'm almost 50 now. Ours has the rear facing bench and factory tow hook.
You made some mistakes. 1. What you called the trans cooler, is in fact the oil cooler. the trans cooler is in a lower part of the radiator, go under the car and take a look at the 2 hardlines connecting it and the transmission together... 2. The so called External wastegate is actually the EGR, Exhaust gas recirculation piece. You need to do an EGR delete on this car if you want it to last. You will get better milage as well as power if you do this as well. 3. relubricate your sunroof tracks, also clean out the sunroof drains. th-cam.com/video/TXvcOuzcleQ/w-d-xo.html Keep going, keep learning with this car and if you look after it, it will last you the rest of your life. Here's a link to EGR delete. th-cam.com/video/e4xU6CQD7VE/w-d-xo.html
The difference in mirrors is simple. You can reach the driver side to adjust and you can't reach the passenger side. No need to have something that could break when its not necessary.
The reason the mirror is manual on the driver side is because most of the cars were designed with manual everything so it wouldn’t need to be repaired a lot. This one was upgraded for the states so they added a mirror there for the other side as an option. Same with the electric windows. They were an optional upgrade then. My 240 has them manual on both sides. And that was their option. The budget version. Most German cars in the 80s had no right side mirror at all.
I'm in love 🥰 😜 the best Mercedes-Benz even and specially the wagon. I hope to own my W123 wagon. And the European versions even come with the 240 diesel
Nice one! 375000 miles and looks that good, I have a 1980 240TD with 420000kms so about 260000 miles? Mine has rear headrests though, but none of the other equipment you have haha
You should be able to raise and lower the headrests w/out pressing the button on the back of the seat. That button is only necessary if you want to remove the headrest. I've owned 8 and have never had to press that button to raise or lower the cushion. Great car!
cruise control should not be affected by vacuum issues, at least my VDO is all electric. The "data"box for the cruise control sits beneath the dash and all capacitors get bad over time and there is also a resistor that tend to burn up.
You obvious don't like the car. I will gladly buy it from you kid. I'm an old guy who will pamper it. BTW the AC is vacumn activated so any leak will cause it to fail. Take the cash and go buy a Honda.
BEST ENGINE EVER!
Easiest car to maintain.
I used to get picked up in one of these after school in the 80s love that ride.
I love how the engine purrs.
Back in the 1980's I had a 300 TD that was slow and uncomfortable. Like my 180a. I bought a 450 sl that drank gas and ran hot. I bought a 300SD after I sold my Rolls- Royce, that was a money pit. It got stolen now I bought another one that is better than my Corvette Stingray. 300SD is the BEST CAR EVER MADE! .Period. 😄👍❤
Not only the best Mercedes ever built. There is a very good market for the car right now. Enjoy the car. I have one would never sell it . ✌🏼
Grew up in Serbia in 1980s with a 1979 300 D non-turbo manual 4 speed European model with small bumpers and flash headlights. No sunroof, no a/c manual windows. from the French coast to Spanish coast to Turkey to Poland them back to Serbia that car never let us down anywhere!!!! PERIOD!!!! OM615, 616 amd 617 Who are the best diesel motors by mercedesas Mercedes does make a best diesel motor. Camshaft in the head where it should be. Million mile motors. the best Mercedes and best cars ever made. The transmissions also lasted well after 200.000 miles I even seen them with 350.000 miles. . I'm glad at your age you acknowledge that which many kids your age do not. By the way in America here l would choose OM616 with manual for simplicity. in Europe they had 220D and even a 200D in W123 chasis.
Excellent wagon. I have an '85 which will probably purr on when I am long gone. My door locks have a leak (can all be fixed) and my cruise control works although it might not on the first try. Great family car! I should know, I was 15 when my dad got it. I'm almost 50 now. Ours has the rear facing bench and factory tow hook.
Mark Bonesteel that’s great thanks for sharing!
You made some mistakes.
1. What you called the trans cooler, is in fact the oil cooler. the trans cooler is in a lower part of the radiator, go under the car and take a look at the 2 hardlines connecting it and the transmission together...
2. The so called External wastegate is actually the EGR, Exhaust gas recirculation piece. You need to do an EGR delete on this car if you want it to last. You will get better milage as well as power if you do this as well.
3. relubricate your sunroof tracks, also clean out the sunroof drains. th-cam.com/video/TXvcOuzcleQ/w-d-xo.html
Keep going, keep learning with this car and if you look after it, it will last you the rest of your life.
Here's a link to EGR delete.
th-cam.com/video/e4xU6CQD7VE/w-d-xo.html
The difference in mirrors is simple. You can reach the driver side to adjust and you can't reach the passenger side. No need to have something that could break when its not necessary.
Webasto and Eberspacher are well known brands in Europe especialy for cars auxiliary heating.
The reason the mirror is manual on the driver side is because most of the cars were designed with manual everything so it wouldn’t need to be repaired a lot. This one was upgraded for the states so they added a mirror there for the other side as an option. Same with the electric windows. They were an optional upgrade then. My 240 has them manual on both sides. And that was their option. The budget version. Most German cars in the 80s had no right side mirror at all.
Great M Benz station wagon ! 😀🚗😘 Mike from Missouri
Very clean! own a non turbo wagon myself, hopefully it finds a new home!
also, who made your dash mat? I'd love to know.
Those with turbos came with tachometer, while non-turbo came with the big analog clock instead.
8:55 That thing is enormous..........quite the big amount of....space.
I'm in love 🥰 😜 the best Mercedes-Benz even and specially the wagon. I hope to own my W123 wagon.
And the European versions even come with the 240 diesel
Nice one! 375000 miles and looks that good, I have a 1980 240TD with 420000kms so about 260000 miles? Mine has rear headrests though, but none of the other equipment you have haha
I have one just like your wagon...going to restore it hopefully
Great video! Very informative
You should be able to raise and lower the headrests w/out pressing the button on the back of the seat. That button is only necessary if you want to remove the headrest. I've owned 8 and have never had to press that button to raise or lower the cushion. Great car!
To get the central door locks working again. Is tracking down vacuum leeks
Wagons with a 3rd rear facing seat came with headrests.
Did they all? I’ve seen some rear facing seats without head rests. Maybe they were just removed.
Thank you.
The silver thing under the hood at the start is a engine oil cooler not trans cooler
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Nice car dude.
MB-tex is the seat material, not leather, and in my opinion more fitting to the "touring" designation in the model's name.
Needle of oil pressure gauge should be 0 before engine running need to fixed it
Beautiful American version.
Chad deMuro
Landon's the type of guy to wear ONE shirt
Bro I can't believe you don't get any babes in that RIG
Bro he has to get babes in that rig. Did you see the fold down seats? It nearly rolls coal too. Babe MAGNET
If the door locks, the cruise control and some of the air conditioning don't work, it's usually due to a leak in the vacuum system, right?
André Wolff yes
Cruse control no door locks and engine shut down and trans shifting yes. Easy to check too
The climate control works on vacuum too
cruise control should not be affected by vacuum issues, at least my VDO is all electric. The "data"box for the cruise control sits beneath the dash and all capacitors get bad over time and there is also a resistor that tend to burn up.
The mirrors kind of work, but they’re broken…. :)
I love my 300 TD, runs on biodiesel
You got most of it right ;-)
Good job!. Pass it on to me please!.
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Nice wagon, what you pick it up for?
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Do you still havd the car?
I'm 60. I bet you'd be surprised the "good" women out there who';d go for you largely because of the car. Not you. :)
You obvious don't like the car. I will gladly buy it from you kid. I'm an old guy who will pamper it. BTW the AC is vacumn activated so any leak will cause it to fail. Take the cash and go buy a Honda.