I knew going in that the speedo was not original, it had the chrome button on it... PO was oblivious of this... right. anyway, the glove box has a nicely filled out maintenance book lots of records since 87 on it... too bad it's a 1981 maintenance book... HA. the real funny thing is the 85 book was in there too! moron.
anyway, I have to hook the coolant hoses back up and pressurize the system to see if the head gasket is really bad before I go ahead and pull it. trusting the PO at this point is not wise.
at least when he started dissasembly of the head, he did not open up the SLS system, he just unbolted the pump. all the $$$ fluid is still there!
the rust in the kick panels is worse than I thought, but still better than my 79 is. so I will begin tackling that when I get the car running.
I will add to this list as I find more about the car.
John

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

Trusting the PO is never, ever a wise thought. Unless it was your Father or Mother. And then there are those exceptions.

Or a truly fastidious person. And those people you can just tell by everything they touch.

Dave

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1970 220D, owned 1980-1990
1980 240D, owned 1990-1992
1982 300TD, owned 1992-1993
1986 300SDL, owned 1993-2004
1999 E300, owned 1999-2003
1982 300TD, 213,880mi, owned since Nov 18, 1991- Aug 4, 2010 SOLD
1988 560SL, 100,000mi, owned since 1995
1965 Mustang Fastback Mileage Unknown(My sons)
1983 240D, 176,000mi (My daughers) owned since 2004
2007 Honda Accord EX-L I4 auto, the new daily driver
1985 300D 264,000mi Son's new daily driver.(sold)
2008 Hyundai Tiberon. Daughters new car