Hi Everyone,
Finally pulled the trigger on the purchase of a 85' 300D. Its originally from Texas and spent most of its time there until its importation into Canada in '03. 10 years and 1.5 weeks later here I am trying to sort out the vacuum issues it has (No power locks and takes a good 3-5seconds for the car to shut off.
I have spent quite a few hours scouring the web and Benz forums for a 85' specific vacuum line routing diagram with no luck. I have even spent time at the local MB dealership trying to get anything out of them and apparently if you cant plug into a computer to figure whats wrong....they dont want to give you the time of day. Needless to say here I am posting a thread for assistance.
5 things I know for sure that need to be corrected.
1. This car does not have that yellow/gray valve I have seen on most w123 diesel engine bays. I believe its for the locking system?
2. The main vacuum line from the Vac pump to the booster....the little inline valve has one of the 2 take off tines broken and plugged with a screw.
3. It really hesitates on stopping when the key is turned off. Haven't done a full blown investigation on that just yet but, I assume its a bad line or related to the missing/bad routing.
4. What does that white line do or feed?
5. Shifts a little hard and from what I have read its indicative to the vac system having issues.
I would really like to spend money on new hoses/vac lines/adapters and valves if need be and completely sort this thing out.
Any help would be great.
Finally pulled the trigger on the purchase of a 85' 300D. Its originally from Texas and spent most of its time there until its importation into Canada in '03. 10 years and 1.5 weeks later here I am trying to sort out the vacuum issues it has (No power locks and takes a good 3-5seconds for the car to shut off.
I have spent quite a few hours scouring the web and Benz forums for a 85' specific vacuum line routing diagram with no luck. I have even spent time at the local MB dealership trying to get anything out of them and apparently if you cant plug into a computer to figure whats wrong....they dont want to give you the time of day. Needless to say here I am posting a thread for assistance.
5 things I know for sure that need to be corrected.
1. This car does not have that yellow/gray valve I have seen on most w123 diesel engine bays. I believe its for the locking system?
2. The main vacuum line from the Vac pump to the booster....the little inline valve has one of the 2 take off tines broken and plugged with a screw.
3. It really hesitates on stopping when the key is turned off. Haven't done a full blown investigation on that just yet but, I assume its a bad line or related to the missing/bad routing.
4. What does that white line do or feed?
5. Shifts a little hard and from what I have read its indicative to the vac system having issues.
I would really like to spend money on new hoses/vac lines/adapters and valves if need be and completely sort this thing out.
Any help would be great.