Warden

Nice link. seeing that delta country gives me lots of flash backs, Those are nice looking boats. Good duty in the summer when its hot up there.


I guess the shifting thing I was talking about is particuler to MB bacause I have owned a couple other brands of diesel car and dont remember anything odd about shifting, maybe my linkage needs adjusting.

240DieselDog


I think the first 4 gears of the 4 speed tranny are the same as the 5 speed. When I drive my wifes 4 speed then get into my 5 speed, I can not tell any difference. When I get out on the freeway then comes the difference. At 50 or 60 mph the 5th gear is like overdrive. I really like the 5 speed and its, no doubt, nice for the FAST lane. Most of the time I am content to cruse at 65 or so and the 4 speed is just as nice as far as I,m concerned.

A friend found a nice euro 4 speed 300 D last week, thats a nice car to drive. Its the only W123 I have ever seen that does not have a vacuum locking system.

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1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K
1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild
1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K
1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor
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1964 VW bug

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