Power seats were only offered in the s-class starting in 1981. The 300 D was the lower model basically it's the modern e class. Power seats were considered a luxury item only reserved for the top-tier vehicles.
Its interesting that Mercedes made everything in english and imperial system (mostly) for 70s ish cars and on all the 80s cars its metric and hyrogliphics.
Yeah it would be a reliable daily driver Chuck but there's a lot of things you need to do to a 40 year old car to make them ready to be daily driven. The main three things are all new front suspension components, all new brake calipers and hose, and go through the climate control and AC system. You also want to check the fuel tank to make sure it's clean and probably change the fuel tank strainer
On the 116 chassis you also want to change out the original climate control servo. You can buy these units from www.mbdiesel1.com/ He rebuilds the servos with aluminum housings.
@@12chuck397 like I mentioned in the previous comment you're going to need to change out the climate control servo and make sure the vacuum system is working. There is also an auxiliary water the passenger side that needs to work correctly.
Hello John, As always, great video! I watched all your videos, and is wondering why you never work on a W114/115 or W108? I personally own a W123 and your videos working on W123 are helpful to me. But I am just curious. Thank you for making all these awesome videos! -Henry from Taiwan
A mechanic once told me after driving an OM617 turbo to let it idle down for a minute before turning the car off. Something about letting the turbo spool down? Have you ever heard anything like that?
Yes I've heard the same thing keeps the turbo from coking. I'm not really sure how important that is though because there's cars out there with hundreds of thousands of miles on them and nobody ever does this.
Diesel engines are much more reliable and easier to work on. The last thing you ever have to worry about with a classic diesel Mercedes is the engine. Gas cars are high-maintenance and finicky. The diesel engine is really just a superior design.
![[Review] 1979 Mercedes 300SD (W116)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/yKz4U9vYtAA/mqdefault.jpg)
Smooth as butter...another winner.
Thank you I love this car
I enjoy my w116, it certainly handles well and feels good.
Yeah they're really great cars.
You know the one thing I never understood about Mercedes is why they didn’t put or offer power seats in the 300 D Turbo Diesel from the 80’s.
Power seats were only offered in the s-class starting in 1981. The 300 D was the lower model basically it's the modern e class. Power seats were considered a luxury item only reserved for the top-tier vehicles.
Its interesting that Mercedes made everything in english and imperial system (mostly) for 70s ish cars and on all the 80s cars its metric and hyrogliphics.
Yes that's a good observation. Temperature gauge was Celsius on the later model cars but Fahrenheit on the earlier cars.
Little mercedes quirk, like the fader being by the shifter on some cars.
Going to look at 200k mile 79 300sd would you say it would be a reliable daily is basic maintenance is done?
Yeah it would be a reliable daily driver Chuck but there's a lot of things you need to do to a 40 year old car to make them ready to be daily driven. The main three things are all new front suspension components, all new brake calipers and hose, and go through the climate control and AC system. You also want to check the fuel tank to make sure it's clean and probably change the fuel tank strainer
On the 116 chassis you also want to change out the original climate control servo. You can buy these units from www.mbdiesel1.com/
He rebuilds the servos with aluminum housings.
Thank you so much that the Benz has no heat but ice cold ac do you know how that can be fixed you are a legend for this information thank you so much.
@@12chuck397 like I mentioned in the previous comment you're going to need to change out the climate control servo and make sure the vacuum system is working. There is also an auxiliary water the passenger side that needs to work correctly.
Hello John,
As always, great video!
I watched all your videos, and is wondering why you never work on a W114/115 or W108?
I personally own a W123 and your videos working on W123 are helpful to me. But I am just curious.
Thank you for making all these awesome videos!
-Henry from Taiwan
Those older chassis diesel cars are too slow to drive in modern-day traffic. That's why we focus on the 1978 model and up through 1995.
@@woodsandbarclay Got it!
Muito bon
Thank you.
A mechanic once told me after driving an OM617 turbo to let it idle down for a minute before turning the car off. Something about letting the turbo spool down? Have you ever heard anything like that?
Yes I've heard the same thing keeps the turbo from coking. I'm not really sure how important that is though because there's cars out there with hundreds of thousands of miles on them and nobody ever does this.
Why are you up to diesels? Is it something that you like or there is a different reason for it?
Diesel engines are much more reliable and easier to work on. The last thing you ever have to worry about with a classic diesel Mercedes is the engine. Gas cars are high-maintenance and finicky. The diesel engine is really just a superior design.
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Thank you :)