That’s a honey of a 300TD. Since it came from the West Coast, it’s obvious that it wasn’t on the beach, where salt air would have attacked it. And this car didn’t spend a lot of time in the sun, because that red would have been bleached out. Love your attention to detail during the inspection. Looking forward to future updates.

I forgot those cars had brake pressure accumulators. I remember they also use those in BMWs and Volkswagens from around that era as well and they can be super difficult to find if you ever need to replace them. I believe they can also be rebuilt or serviced. At least that’s what I’ve been told.

Beautiful car I still wish they made the turbo diesels available with a stick here in the states like they did overseas! Sadly, we only got the naturally aspirated diesel engines here in the states that were available with the optional 4-speed manual.

what guide rod mounts do you use and do you change the inner part as well? I'm debating doing mine while I do the front-end but I've seen people complain about the "silver" vs. "gold" ones and so on.... figured I'd ask the master ;)

Can you tell me where i can safe without loosing my money again trying to by nice parts for my Mercedes Benz cars i have 4 in total now. 1984. W123. 300D.Automatic. And a 1978 w123 200D.Manual. And one 1982 c123. 230ce. Automatic. And a nice low mile 1990. w201. 1.8 Automatic. I need to renew And im 1.5 year behind now cause I keep getting scamed... or they try to And I end up having no nice parts 🤷🏻‍♂️ i need help here.. and I see you do what I try to so can you tell me where to shop 🙏