C107's 1981 240D W123

[Patrick_R]

Yuk!

 

[c107]

240D algae part 6 - How I ruined my W123 fuel tank

In the last part, I used a fuel tank sealing product to seal my W123 fuel tank. This seemed to go quite well, but it turns out I had made a fatal mistake.

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I stuffed up my fuel tank, and have another one on the way.

 

[BenzBoy]

Oh dear - another of life's little trials! The good side is that another tank is not made of "unobtanium" so your beautiful diesel will live to tell the tale.

 

[c107]

Yes indeed - I have a new tank being delivered to my house today. It’s from a 280E so should be less rusty

 

[c107]

and the tank has arrived.

 

[c107]

My diesel is now back up and running. It is sporting a fuel tank from a 280E.

240D algae part 7 - Installing a new W123 fuel tank

In the last update, I ruined my W123 fuel tank. Luckily, a friend in the Mercedes Club was able to find me a very good tank as a replacement. The new ta

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[Michel]

What a good happy ending to the fuel tank saga!

 

[c107]

What a good happy ending to the fuel tank saga!

yes Greg D in MBCNSW got me an excellent tank

 

[c107]

240D is now off having the front brake calipers rebuilt as they were a little sticky

 

[c107]

Just picked up the 240D after getting the front calipers rebuilt including new discs, pads and wheel bearings, plus four new brake hoses and an A/C regas.

Drives very nicely even on this 40C day, although the A/C isn't so great when you're stopped in traffic. Need to look at making the aux can come on more frequently as it works quite well under way.

 

[c107]

Just picked up the 240D after getting the front calipers rebuilt including new discs, pads and wheel bearings, plus four new brake hoses and an A/C regas.

Drives very nicely even on this 40C day, although the A/C isn't so great when you're stopped in traffic. Need to look at making the aux can come on more frequently as it works quite well under way.

Turns out the aux fan is dead. The relay clicks, but the fan does not come on even when the relay is bypassed. So new fan on order.
I am about to take the car on a trip to Brisbane and back, which will be my first big trip in the car.

 

[c107]

And I re-installed the Becker 596 with hidden bluetooth box.
Driving a classic MB without a becker is like going to france and not eating the cheese.

Becker 596 Installation with bluetooth box

My 1981 240D was sold new with a Becker Europa 596 Cassette. The Becker was still in the car when I purchased it, but it would not stay tuned. It would randomly

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[c107]

Last weekend I took the 240D on a road trip to Brisbane. the car did very well, returning around 9l/100km at pretty much wide open throttle the whole way.

More here:

Road trip to Brisbane in my 1981 240D

This weekend I took a road trip to Brisbane in my 240D. It was my first ever road trip in the car and I wasn't sure what to expect. While I think the 240

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[c107]

 

[Patrick_R]

Fantastic mate.
great pics.

 

[c107]

Recently I replaced the plastic grille insert:

Replacing the W123 grille insert

The prominent grille is one of the most obvious design features of the W123. A scruffy grille can really let down the car. On my 240D, the grille was in p

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I also replaced the aux fan:

Replacing the W123 Auxiliary fan

I recently noticed that the A/C on my 1981 240D wasn't cooling so well in heavy traffic. On closer inspection, the W123 auxiliary fan was not kicking in at a

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Bad grounds in the cluster are also a known W123 issue, so did some work on that too:

W123 Instrument cluster grounding

W123 instrument clusters are notorious for jumpy temperature and fuel gauges and mine was no different. This problem seems to impact other Benzes of the era,

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[BenzBoy]

When you are bored with your blue baby do please let me know....

 

[Patrick_R]

Some great work here mate.