Fixing Up An Old Diesel-Powered Mercedes
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
- You can also turn on subtitles for explanations on what I'm doing throughout the video. You can view the transcript itself at the bottom of the description
This is a 1975 Mercedes 240D with a 4 cylinder diesel engine. The car has been off the road for a while, and barn-stored for that period. Fortunately, the previous owner periodically went out and fired up the engine. So albeit not roadworthy, it technically runs and drives. This car now belongs to a friend of mine and I was asked to make the car reliable again, and on top of that, I ended up cleaning out a total of 21 dead mice. Unfortunately, they left a stench that I'm not sure can ever be removed (Although maybe an ozone generator). There's plenty more to do on this car, but it's ready to putt around. Maybe you'll see more on it.
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00:00 - Intro
-All I really knew about the car when I got to was that it ran and drove onto a trailer, and it's been sitting in a barn for a long time. It REEKS of rodent urine.
02:20 - Replacing the V-belts
04:26 - Oil Change & other checks
07:30 - Replacing some bulbs
11:38 - Replacing the brake hoses
-Driving the car back to my garage, the brake pedal started sinking way down to the floor. The brakes had overheated themselves. The rubber hoses swelled up and restricted the fluid flow, maintaining pressure on the brakes.
18:43 - Cleaning up
33:41 - Reassembling the dashboard/heater controls
- it looks like someone pulled all this apart to figure out why the heater fan wasn't working. I did some diagnosis and it seems like the fan motor itself is done for. Thats a dreaded job on this car, and most, so I just put things back together for now. At least there's still some heat/defrost from natural airflow.
38:47 - More cleaning
41:03 - Fixing some loose parts in the gauge cluster
43:59 - More cleaning & washing
46:15 - Patching up the rusted off muffler
50:36 - Servicing the transmission
53:37 - Adjusting the valves
56:47 - Servicing the air and fuel filters
1:00:44 - Revisiting the blinkers
1:01:30 - Finishing up and finding a grand total of 21 dead mice
1:04:40 - Winston the cat - Авто та транспорт
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I love that there is no music, no talking no mugging it for the camera
Beautiful w115 body 240d. I've been wrenching on old diesel mercedes for years now. I have an 83 240d thats my daily. Im glad you adjusted the valves and changed the fuel filters, thats a step to getting as much power out of a 240d as possible lol. Be sure to clean the fuel tank strainer, do a diesel purge, install new rebuilt injectors, check the operation of the lift pump and ensure there are no air leaks from any of the fuel lines, pull the overfueling banjo bolt out and check how stretched out the spring is, go through the glow plug system, and do an idle adjustment. After all of that, your car should purr like a kitten at idle and have gobs of power if the engine is not worn out. Be sure to check your vacuum pump as well, if it fails it can jettison metal into the timing chain and wreck the engine. Also citric acid flush the cooling system just to be on the safe side (very effective flush to remove scale and deposits) the back end of your car is sagging, install new coil springs, coil spring pads, and differential mount and it should be back to stock ride height. Also 4 new bilstein shocks will make that car float down the road. And lastly be sure to ensure the throttle linkage, vacuum control valve, kickdown solenoid, and vacuum modulator on the transmission are all adjusted properly so the car shifts right and actually has power to get out of its own way. Good luck and be sure to check out the peachparts forum and mercedessource website for parts and tutorials on the older diesel mercedes.
Thanks for all the knowledge. I did find the peachparts forum too while I was working, very helpful.
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In 75 the european 240s were delivered with a 5 cylinder diesel 3,0 liter
@@bertjetolberg103yes, they claim it's a 2.5 L
As you would do with any US iron.
After all, if you have a car capable of over a million miles, why not look after it?
A moment of silence for the generations of mice that had a beautiful life inside the interior of that vehicle.
HE LIJES MECHANICS CAUSE HE HAS A MECHANIC WATCH
I was a newborn when that Mars candy was being made. The car was already 16 years old at the time. Now I am a balding dude saving for retirement. Really drives home how old these cars are. Keep up the good work and videography. Filming and editing makes everything take longer, thank you! You will soon be able to make a living doing this.
The amount of mice you pulled out of the interior is crazy.
No matter what a person is into, your video content and presentation is honestly some of the very best on UA-cam. Don't change a thing because your videos rock. And here is some old guy, been there seen that advice about the mouse clean up. I was present at an autopsy of a girl about your age who had cleaned out a farm shed. She felt fine when she finished, 3 days later, she was dead from hantavirus. She drowned in her own body fluids. A spray bottle with half water and half bleach and spray the heck out of the area. Soak it. It's the disease in the dust particles that get in your respiratory system and destroys it. Anyway, climbing off the soap box now and thanking you for original, great content.
Wow, thank you very much for the tip. I had no idea hantavirus is that serious. I've heard ozone generators will kill it and get rid of the smell, so I think I'll try that.
@@SimonFordmana buddy of mine almost died from Spinal Meningitis. Also from cleaning up and rat poop caked areas in an old vehicle.. Dude is forever disabled from it. VERY few people survive it.
Cleaning up rodent messes is seriously hazardous.
holy crap...thank you fro that advice...i rescue and restore vw vanagons for fun...and occasionally find mice nests...masks and gloves from now on..
Cripes, that is a good heads up on the mouse virus of which I was totally unaware. I am going to remember the spray bottle tip! Also second the comments re the content!
Excellent video! Greetings from Germany!
The 70 era Micecedes were tough cars.
Used as taxis in Germany.
VERY durable. They are worth the effort and money to refurbish.
Still running as a taxis in North Africa
Highly desired cars in Albania!
This shot with lilac at the beginning is just amazing ❤
I love SimonMercedesman videos!
I drove a 240 D here in Germany for about 10 years. Apart from regular maintenance, it hasn't had a single repair during that time and rust hasn't been an issue either. It was one of the first and best vehicles I've had over the decades. The seating comfort was like driving in your living room armchair. Thanks for the great video, it brought back old memories
Acceleration and top speed were pretty much the same as that armchair, too.
Great job! As one of the other comments stated " A nice simple approach to fixing a vehicle". I'm very pleased that you have no music in the video. I like to hear the sounds of work being done, hearing screws, bolts, and nuts falling through the vehicle frame.
We drove a 1968 190D from alaska to florida AND BACK...~7000
Mi..NOT A HICCUP..
AT 75-80 mph the motor was silent..!
DROVE LIKE A CRUISE MISSILE...
Man, that’s super at cool.
You have a great and refined aesthetic and artistic sense for videos. Congratulations.
Couldn't agree more.
I really enjoy your No~Nonsense videos, just an absolute pleasure to sit back an enjoy your work in fixing & repairing all those Vehicles. Thank you for taking us along your wonderful journeys ❤
Seeing you really go through this car methodically shows how they are famous for hitting a million miles. Build quality is insane even if left to rot, they can still come back and live again. Awesome work. Amazing Mercedes.
My grandfather had one of these in the 90s, most of my childhood was spent driving around with him. Thanks for the video, it brought back a lot of memories.
Really satisfying Simon, to see you get the faults repaired and the vehicles back to life. I really like to see your basic approach, to make these trucks and cars useable again and not just scrap metal. Keep it up.
Nothing's better than a cold one with Simon Mercman.
The no-nonsense video production style makes your videos easy to watch. The viewer is focusing on what YOU are focusing on and nothing else.
You have a respectable skill set- both as a mechanic and videographer.
Thanks Simon. Per usual, I love to watch you work. And that great old MBZ, what a cool car to see you work on.
She's lovely, and a nicely formatted video. Back in the day, when manuals told you what the valve lash should be. Today, the manuals say "don't drink the battery acid". Nicely done.
New subscriber and IG follower from Argentina, also here a Mercedes lover, I really enjoyed your video as I haven't done in quite some time. Nice shootings, no words, just work and love for the project. Congratulations, keep doing more content like this.
Oh, my! You are fixing up The World's Slowest Premium Sedan, Ever (copyright)! Good for you. If there is any vehicle that could be made to last forever, or is more deserving, this must be the one.
quite the slug indeed
Here in Europe, we had the 200 D with only 55 hp. Compared to that, the 240 D with its 65 hp is a real beast.😅 I know what I am talking about. I had a 200 D back in the late 1980s and still have my 1976 240 D. By the way, both were the same colour as the car in this video (caledonia green).
The 220D is slower.
Absolute rubbish! This car is lightning fast compared to my w110 200d!
It has 30% more power!
Watching this video is like reading “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.” Pure vehicular tranquility! Love your vids!
That's high praise, and it is earned.
I had a 1973 220D and in my opinion the W115 is a far more interesting car than the W123. The small knob under the speedometer is the manual idle speed control. If you turn the headlight switch to the far LEFT, the left parking(standing) lights will illuminate, one click back and the rights will light. Only with the key off. Pull the headlight knob out and the front fog lights will light, if it has them of course. Euro-spec cars had provisions for a rear, bright fog light(in the taillight housing) but not in the USA because we were far too dumb to understand the difference between a rear fog lamp and a "stuck brake light". That's only 62hp and a steep enough grade will find you in low gear LOL. I think it needs the injectors rebuilt but it's a sweet car. Treat the rust if you keep it. PS be glad you didn't attempt to replace the heater blower motor. It's somewhere in the dash but nobody really knows where. They started with the blower motor and built the rest of the car around it.
Thanks for the knowledge. What's that knob below the radio next to the ashtray, the one that illuminates when you pull it?
@@SimonFordman It's been a minute but I think that is the rear defrost control.
1980s Range Rover and 1989 to 1994 Landrover Discovery had an extremely hidden heater motor,big job to get heater unit out from centre of dash and then worse still to split plastic heater box to access blower motor...
That wasn’t a car, it was a mouse house turned burial ground. Great work dude 🤙
Really good . Arresting the rust looks like it will be relatively easy on the lower body. It's a beauty.
What a beautiful and indestructible car.
Solid work, sir.
I drove a very similar 240d for many years before the floor pan rusted out completely. Great cars! Well done on the video, glad to see this historical piece back out on the road!
Старый дизель работает как трактор)) Мышинное кладбище.
Another great video, editing, and showing the work. This is now my favorite channel. Many channels talk more about the work than actually doing anything.
Props to the family of mice for not destroying the precious interior.
First of all it is amazing to see these old cars still in service. I remember the days when they were all over on the roads. Secondly, it is pure fun to watch a person who knows exactly what he has to do. Well done. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😊😊🇩🇪
You did every back yard mechanic proud on this old Benz. Great job.!
Always good to see this kid working. Fluid film should sponsor him
Интересно наблюдать за вашей работой, как вы дарите старым авто жизнь. Продолжайте в том же духе. Жму вам руку 🤝
I love your kind of doing videos. It's so relaxing to watch and no stupid talking. Just you taking care of the car. I'd love to have one of these old Mercedes. Here in Germany they've become collectibles.
How did you learn all this? You're a legend.
no one beats your unique perspectives and cinematography in this space, bro... it's awesome
Very satisfying to watch. Thank you!
Awesome job. Been there done this to a couple old Benz’s. Very satisfying whenever you get done and it all works.
More than a great video, that was a peaceful meditation. Thank you Simon!
Amazing job. Thoroughly enjoyed the editing style. Subscribed.
Great video work and auto work. I'm really glad to have found your channel, it's awesome! Thanks for uploading!
Really enjoyed the video. Winston topping it off as well. Well done.
Quickly becoming one of my favorite channels
Очень сочная картинка! Спасибо товарищ :) Бесконечно можно смотреть на три вещи : как течёт вода, как горит огонь и как этот парень чинит старую тачку. Жаль прошлых владельцев этого Мерседеса, которых ты выбросил в ведро))
great video fixing the best made old cars of them all.great effort and attention to detail in both the mechanical and cleaning of the car.
That model & the followup W123 Mercedes are the best cars ever built..... Bar none!!
Dad had a 1971 250C back in the day - good car IIRC. Then a 1975 280C - total POS. Finally a 1982? 300CD. Yep dad loved his coupes.
Perfect. You nailed it! I know you’ll only get better with time.
I've just come across your channel and am enjoying the content. Nice work.
Love your videos. Please keep them coming. Thanks
I look forward to seeing your videos .Great job.
Nice work Simon. I really like saving and reusing old rigs too. Keep up the good work.
Dude all ur restoration and fix-em-up videos are great wtf glad i stumbled upon ur channel yesterday. Great shots, cuts, and enough asmr. Good stuff hope to see more of your works in the future! Cheers
Oddly satisfying... loved the spare key find and 1991 M&Ms wrapper ... beautifully produced video ... new subscriber!
Amazing those mice didn't wreck havoc on that wiring.
Great stuff as usual…keep on going my friend!!!
Awesome video mate , I seriously miss my 240d now after watching this .
Man you really put the work in to make it nice again and what great video shooting to boot i enjoyed watching your restoration 😊😊
i found your video can lower my blood pressure...very relaxing...thank you.....
Fantastic content, camera angles and editing ~ Ausgezeignet! Danke!
wonderful video that I really enjoyed very much watching in full. Good job taking care of this W115. I like how you created the video, without music, without talking, it's so peaceful. You seem to really know what you are doing. Weeks and months of work appear as if you did it in a couple of days. Best Regards from Germany!
First, I’m an old car guy but I also like art and I can tell your vids are are a mixture and keep getting better, keep up the great work!!!!
Fantastic skills! Congratulations!
that hour went by fast. thanks for sharing!
Recently found your channel and I really enjoy these videos. Thank you.
Well done boy I really enjoyed watching it
Keep up with good work
Cool man, thanks!
I watch every video of yours!
My brother had one from the 80s, also with a diesel engine.
I was a young guy in the early 90s, such a car was rare in the newly independent country of Kazakhstan! And for me, such a Mercedes E-Class was a dream, which I later realized, but it was a Mercedes already in the 124 body.
Keep going Simon!
Thanks!
Another great video with another great car!! Thanks!!
Can't tell you how much I love the videos and filming style. The Ford F250 series of videos are my fav so far. Along with the trip to the salvage yard. I watch these multiple times. Always look forward to seeing what you're working on next.
Mike
Thank you. I plan to make more videos of the F250 soon enough
Just the right amount of talking for me excellent content too. Mercedes back when they were screwed together properly. Blessings from Shropshire.
Hell yeah Simon good find on that Mercedes 240D that's a good find brother it sounds a little rough but I know you'll get it running good let me know if you still want to get rid of that gray Ford I'm interested keep up your good work brother
Complimenti! Gran bel lavoro, non troppo invasivo ed eseguito con grande perizia. Davvero esemplare
That was great fun to watch…congratulations. Those things are indestructible…
This are the cars where mercedes got the legendary name.. really good quality
Oh man, I got that little black Mercedes book too! Those things are very handy! Nice find love the car I commuted 68 miles one way every day and a 79 240 D for about three years 10 years ago love that car so beautiful it was immaculate. I bought it from the original owners, but it was slow. I didn’t care. I just set the cruise on 65 and just stay in the slow lane and it was a wonderful commuter car. This one is awesome.
Wow this channel really grows fast. And for good reason because this is such good content.
I've had a couple dozen Mercedes, had to battle rust and electric gremlins and all the regular headaches having lived in Boston area, just went through a 75 240D, live in TN now, this one has ZERO rust but had all the mechanical problems being a non finished project, it is now in quite good shape and is also that color green, oh how nice it was to work on a car like this with ZERO rust.
Fantastic Camera work and sound and your skills are awesome. Love the Ford truck.
Hey man, I am Sweden and love your videos.. I am a traveller and the only thing i like when i am done from the day, i wait for your video and watch it while relaxing..
Cool, very nice cleaning and a nice project !
I've owned a lot of MKercedes and I even had a W115 240D like that ,same colour etc .Mine was from Outback Australia and I thought it could rust free but it was rotten, ( unknown to me,the xcar was from Brisbane where it possibly went underwater in the 1974 flood..)so the power train went into a W110 Station wagon I had. The engine and trans ran perfectly ran perfectly.The rest of the car became a parts donor .
Well done, beautiful car.
Great video, thx for sharing. Best regards from Germany
I had to laugh at the rear seat cushion cleaning. It shows how tough the MB-Tex really is. Then I realized you have the same color that my 1972 280 SE 4.5 has. Unusual interior color for a Benz. It is in storage and I havent seen it in years. Have to get it soon! Thanks for the video, good work.
Another great video, thanks for sharing 😉
Nice maintenance work on this old German 👍
(a caress to the cat 😻)
Thank you for a wonderful video..... Without loud obnoxious music.
Your videography skills are awesome
Must take a huge amount of editing. I’m very grateful enjoy your uploads immensely ❤
May I say, your dead mouse collection is second to none. Keep up the good work.
Thank you so much my buddy Simon for bringing something unusual and different, And in this case a beautiful 1975 mercedes 240 with this peppy Diesel engine, And really appreciate what you have done by not bringing an American vehicle or a traditional pickup truck and instead bringing this gorgeous mercedes benz 🫡🫡🫡❤❤❤.
This is awesome ,great job , diesel sound reminds me taxi stand in Poland 🇵🇱 when a was a kid
Loved the video that was right up my street thanks.
Good job Simon 👍
Car of history. Good work.
Make America great again with old german cars.
You did a nice job on that Mercedes! I am driving my 5th Benz , the one I am driving now is a CLK 200 rag top bought it new in 2003 !
Greetings! Was good to see you wearing gloves and mask to clean out the rodent mess.
Looking forward to the next video!
Na tu dobu to bylo jedno z něj aut super měl jsem ho 15 let .Zda jsi to koupil jsi mladý uděláš opět pořádný kočár ❤❤❤❤hodně štěstí v km.❤❤Vašek
good to see you welding exhaust instead together of using clamps!! 👍