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Jooseppi Luna

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02-20-2016, 06:52 PM #655

2) My exhaust leak has been caused by the spring clamp holding the header on to the manifold being sheared in two. The exhaust pipe is literally not connected to the manifold. It appears to me that the exhaust pipe is out of alignment with the manifold and the stress applied to the clamp as a result has been too much. I have a spare clamp, just need to lower the header pipe by a little bit and install it.

3) Now the good news!!! I was at the JY today and found a 1981 euro 280E! I got a set of bumpers for $300 and a passenger's-side headlight for $50 (driver's side was gone). Going to go back and try to break into the trunk to see if there is a warning triangle or other cool stuff there. This is going to be one sick little car! This is a pic of the donor from car-part.com:

Also, Purple, here is a picture of the glow plug wiring as it is now. The upper circled wire is connected to the glow plugs, the lower circled wire is part of the original glow plug system. When John and I were trying to start the car for the first time, the upper wire was loosely resting in the lower one. Are they supposed to be connected to each other somehow? Looking at pictures of other cars, it looks like there should be a fuse between them. Can I just get an inline fuse and wire it in?

-Jooseppi

1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues

1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod Big Grin

. Given to me by JB3, who got it from purplecomputer.

Some blasphemous vehicles in the fleet as well -- 2004 Corolla 5-speed and 1994 Buick Century

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

Jooseppi Luna

02-20-2016, 06:52 PM #655

All right guys, update... and pics!

1) Turns out the charging issue is being caused by a loose tensioner. I need to check it and make sure it's working... if not, I will have to grab one from the JY.



2) My exhaust leak has been caused by the spring clamp holding the header on to the manifold being sheared in two. The exhaust pipe is literally not connected to the manifold. It appears to me that the exhaust pipe is out of alignment with the manifold and the stress applied to the clamp as a result has been too much. I have a spare clamp, just need to lower the header pipe by a little bit and install it.



3) Now the good news!!! I was at the JY today and found a 1981 euro 280E! I got a set of bumpers for $300 and a passenger's-side headlight for $50 (driver's side was gone). Going to go back and try to break into the trunk to see if there is a warning triangle or other cool stuff there. This is going to be one sick little car! This is a pic of the donor from car-part.com:



Also, Purple, here is a picture of the glow plug wiring as it is now. The upper circled wire is connected to the glow plugs, the lower circled wire is part of the original glow plug system. When John and I were trying to start the car for the first time, the upper wire was loosely resting in the lower one. Are they supposed to be connected to each other somehow? Looking at pictures of other cars, it looks like there should be a fuse between them. Can I just get an inline fuse and wire it in?