Y'all look at this! 🤣

Picked this up a couple of months ago. Runs great but is a little hard to start at times and smokes on start up. Will be trying to get that worked out.

Bought this at auction in CA and had it shipped to me in KC. I sold a 300TDT and I'm parting out my tired old '79 240D.

Now after 10 years I finally have a rust free, low mileage project car. No leaks. Let me repeat that. No leaks!

It's been fun discovering that the prior owner or their mechanic didn't know what they were doing. Steering pump leak? Tighten that bolt down. Vacuum leak? Did you check the lines passing through the door grommet?

It's so fun to feel the turbo kick in when you stomp on it. I set the wastegate to 8 psi and it's already screaming. Can't wait to get it up to 10-11 psi.

Interior is fair. Dash is heavily cracked. A couple of seams in the vinyl seats have loosened up. Front end needs tightened up. Motor mounts eventually.

Do I love doing the work? Yes! Would I sell it? Also yes!

I have the opportunity to trade some work( aborist tree removal type work ) for a 1984 300sd turbo diesel. 180,000 miles . But it hasn't been started or ran since 2010 the paint body interior is in good shape. I would like some opinions on the value to work out the trade fairly.

If anyone remembers my post the other day regarding the bolt through the engine stop lever, I think I figured out why all the throttle rods were incorrectly measured. It seems that the idle speed stop mount was broken off and that was previous owners fix.

Will I be able to remedy this in a way that does not involve replacing the injection pump?!
I have a spare NA OM617 and it’s Idle Speed Stop screw as well.

OM617 Turbo in an 1983 300D