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This is a 1975 Mercedes 240D with a 4 cylinder diesel engine. The car has been off the road for a while, and barn-stored for that period. Fortunately, the previous owner periodically went out and fired up the engine. So albeit not roadworthy, it technically runs and drives. This car now belongs to a friend of mine and I was asked to make the car reliable again, and on top of that, I ended up cleaning out a total of 21 dead mice. Unfortunately, they left a stench that I’m not sure can ever be removed (Although maybe an ozone generator). There’s plenty more to do on this car, but it’s ready to putt around. Maybe you’ll see more on it.
Chapters-
00:00 – Intro
-All I really knew about the car when I got to was that it ran and drove onto a trailer, and it’s been sitting in a barn for a long time. It REEKS of rodent urine.
02:20 – Replacing the V-belts
04:26 – Oil Change & other checks
07:30 – Replacing some bulbs
11:38 – Replacing the brake hoses
-Driving the car back to my garage, the brake pedal started sinking way down to the floor. The brakes had overheated themselves. The rubber hoses swelled up and restricted the fluid flow, maintaining pressure on the brakes.
18:43 – Cleaning up
33:41 – Reassembling the dashboard/heater controls
– it looks like someone pulled all this apart to figure out why the heater fan wasn’t working. I did some diagnosis and it seems like the fan motor itself is done for. Thats a dreaded job on this car, and most, so I just put things back together for now. At least there’s still some heat/defrost from natural airflow.
38:47 – More cleaning
41:03 – Fixing some loose parts in the gauge cluster
43:59 – More cleaning & washing
46:15 – Patching up the rusted off muffler
50:36 – Servicing the transmission
53:37 – Adjusting the valves
56:47 – Servicing the air and fuel filters
1:00:44 – Revisiting the blinkers
1:01:30 – Finishing up and finding a grand total of 21 dead mice
1:04:40 – Winston the cat
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1:02:49 Okay, I'm trying to eat buddy! Lol
I see you found Remy and the colony, I need to know if your a self taught mechanic through YouTube videos or watching me somehow. Please let me know.
loved youre video ,camera work fantastic ! you have a gift for it, would loved to have seen a wash and wax and wheel detail at the end,
beautiful machine
My god, it has an oil bath filter?
Parabéns e dizer que trabalho lindo, isso é satisfatório na vida de um ser humano.
I was 10 when someone ate those peanut M&Ms
There was a lot of mice up in that thing, probably spent more time on that than the mechanicals.
Good job!
That was back in the day when some Mercedes vehicles would go a million miles, instead of falling apart and impractical to keep fixing after six or eight years like current European ‘luxury’ cars.
How come you didn’t do a Diesel purge ?
Excellent editing my friend!!
I was going to get one of these cars but I ended up with the 06 CDI 400 ft lb of torque at 5000 RPM ain't no joke plus I get 35 Mi to the gallon or more
Fantastique , maintenant plus que la rouille à s’occuper