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1982 Mercedes Manual Trans Turbo Diesel Cali Car No Rust Extra Clean 240 300 Td on 2040-cars

Year:1982 Mileage:259250
Location:

Anderson, California, United States

Anderson, California, United States

This is a diesel sports car.  I started making these turbo stick shift Mercedes in 1993.  We have made more then a dozen over the years.  Usually our only constraint is finding a good clean car to start with.  I have recently come up with this clean California car.  It has a clean title and no accident history that I can find or see on the car.  It was a one main owner for just about 30 years.  I bought it from the second owner because it needed some mechanical work.  When I saw how clean the car was I decided to do the conversion. 

When I started working on the car it had about 252k on the car.  The turbo engine that I put in had only 108k.  I took it out of the donor car.  I have done a bunch of regular reconditioning on the car as I did the conversion.

Here are some of the things that I did to the car.

Upgraded items from a 240 to 300

radiator

entire exhaust

bigger oil cooler

bigger drive shaft

coolant expansion tank

air cleaner

valve cover breather hose

rear differential

fan and fan clutch

Items that where serviced

new clutch, pilot bearing,

new oil cooler line

4 new belts

motor mounts

fog light

new clutch master cylinder, clutch slave cylinder

shift rod bushings

transmission service

engine oil service

new exhaust header pipe(with flexible part)

New rear muffler

new paint

shift boot

shift knob

both fuel filters

new air filter

rear axle

new ac dryer with all new oil rings and schreder valves air at 65 degrees

alignment

stabilizer shocks

rear trans support mount

hazard switch

So I have gone all over this car to make it right.  With the parts and services listed above if you where to take it into any Mercedes shop you would leave with about a $5000 bill just because of the amount of work that I did to it.  That doesn't even take into consideration the upgraded engine with low miles, (engine value is about 3000 with only 108k).  When you add the fun factor this car can be a deal.  This car makes any commute more enjoyable. 

A couple of things that I like about using a 240 body is it has the manual climate control that hardly ever gives any trouble. It also has left and right heat controls. You can also put heat on your feet or the windshield and open the center vent for fresh cooler air.  The manual crank window regulators rarely go bad. 

The other cool thing about this car is the interior is not only above average but it is a less common color.  Most of the diesels in this era have tan, or blue interiors, some have black or cream.  This color is very uncommon and I like it for that reason.

You should still expect about the same fuel economy with this car.  Usually I get about 25-28 with a 5 cyl turbo diesel.  We have sold hundreds of these Mercedes diesels over the years.

Absolutely rust free.

Karsten

Mercedes only

Anderson, CA

 

 

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