Loving your videos man. You're like Doug DeMuro, except I don't want to punch you in the face for no apparent reason! On a serious note though, like your style and creativity.
Just came here to watch your early videos. A 15 year old 1979 240D was my first car. It lost compression after about 3 weeks of driving it, and never started again. The local mechanic never did figure out how to fix it, and to this day I still wish I had been able to get it repaired. It was another decade until I was daily driving a vehicle that looked as classy as the first car I owned.
Had a couple 240 D's. So many stories. Top speed 87 MPH as confirmed by my daughter. Alternator died away from home in a meeting. Left the car idling in the parking lot, then drove 1-1/2 hours home without any problems (or electricity). Both daughters got 240D's as first cars. Such a great car that we will never see the likes of again.
I like how the gentle gentleman, before me. Wrote back to you, with such great manners. As if your name, and picture is not the leadrole out of Miami Vice😁
Hey I like you. I had Mercedes diesels for 23 years and loved them. Best quality, style and retained value. MY 240 D 4 spd had over 350k when i sold it. China blue just like above. My favorites were the 300TD wagons had 3 of those and 2 with gas engines. Mercedes is not what it was unfortunately back then. They choose to not buy quality parts and electronics like the Japanese manufactures so repairs are off the charts for ownership costs and reliability is poor. My mechanic was by best friend LOL and i sent both of his kids to college. Love to see you enjoying these cars. Keep up the fun videos
How about a 1980 300SD Turbo Diesel (last year of the W116)? There's one in my area with 412,000 miles (not a typo). Would it be a good choice as a daily commuter?
These are great solid cars, The question is who and what has been done to it? A bad mechanic can make a mess of these engines, everything is very exact. You need to know the history and you need to find a competent not overly pricey mechanic that can tell you about the car. These guys are hard to find because the car is 36 years old. Parts are easy, knowledge no so much. If you have access to the original mechanic buy it.
You're talking nonsense.......these diesel engines (4,5,and 6 pots and cast iron head and all) were based on their gas-engine counterparts dating to the 1950s. They were crude in the day....drive a Peugeot straight diesel or turbo-diesel (real diesels by the way)403,404, 504,505,and 604 blew away the Benz in NVH,seat comfort, and a ride that makes a Benz feel like a solid axle pickup truck. Guess what Diesel engine Benz and BMW install on their commercial Grade/UN G-Wagon Stuff? a Peugeot 2.5 Indenor Turbo Diesel, that can idle and be abused for a good 5,000+ hours of abuse with minimal oil changes...try that with a 1970s era. or current Benz/BMW diesel............not possible.
B4804514 ok I will admit after 7 years of owning an 05 Diesel there are its problems here and there if you take it to a dealer they will charge you up the wall in labor. The canbus computer well it was mounted under the A/C condenser and on humid days and a long drive the computer would fill with water and slowly shut down the car. The fix is to take the panel off and take out the computer shake the water out and keep going lol. The transmission leaked ATF into the harness once at 175k miles and there are copper rings on the tip of the injectors that eventually got eaten away by the atomized diesel fuel and leaked compression gas melting the sound deadening under the plastic engine cover. They all have their faults but if you can't fix your own cars then a newer diesels are good cars. The new 4 cylinders suck though they're slow unlike the inline 6 and V6 which sacrifices speed for MPG are the best cars to have.
Even the automatic transmission ones could be push-started...but you have to get it going 25 MPH, or so. They're essentially the "cockroaches" of the automotive world, i.e., one of the very few things left moving after nuclear armageddon.
@@dieselgeezer18 Yeah, good luck pushing your car up to 25 MPH in an apocalyptic survival situation. Push starting a manual without glow plugs would be enough of a problem depending on temperature.
I’m here from the future and you’ve really come a long way with how you speak to the camera. I can see you looking at your script or whatever you’re reading notes or something. Been a happy sub for a while !!! Thanks for the channel love the content.
As a former Factory tech, I believe you need the glow plugs to work unless the engine was already warmed up. If warmed up it will start the way you stated. If cold the glow plugs will need to be cycled to get ignition. Thanks for reminding folks of those good old 240d's FM
False, false false, Frank. On a cold start, a Diesel will have trouble igniting but at the worst you'll have random skip fire until the engine starts to warm up. The compression stroke creates enough heat that most of the fuel should ignite first go. You may have a partial mixture misfire at idle but pulse rev it to 2000 a few times and you should be good.
+I. V The 200D will do 65, I think the top speed is listed by the factory as 79. I don't know for certain though, the 200D is so slow that none have actually made it from the factory in Stuttgart to the UK yet...
Drove a Euro-spec '79 200D W123 with 60-horsepower and the M/T once. They're "not that slow" with 0-80 km/h happening relatively quick, but from 80-100 km/h taking forever. Top speed is a little over 133 km/h (83 mph).
+Christian W As long as you're happy to drive everywhere at 50 mph (80 km/h) you're sorted then. But if you want to drive on a highway and not die, either of fright or getting run over by a truck, it's probably not for you. To be fair though, they were really intended for use as taxis so they'd spend all their time in towns and cities. And they certainly are tough, though the W123 can go surprisingly rusty if not looked after...
That 2,8 million miles taxi is true and it was a taxi in Salonica 2nd biggest city in Greece. Mercedes acquired the car from the taxi owner and gave him for free a brand new 300TD. Probably the new one has 10k miles and spend most of the time in a workshop maintenance. 😁
in serbia this is a dream car, best mercedes car in history, the taxi drivers drivin this over 1 milion km ,, todays cars are plastic toys for this legend, and yes we still drive this cars on food oil(cooking oil) or translate on serbian ZEJTIN, i will take this old dizel over every new mercedes today
MUCKI PROVOKATOR I hate it when people run it off fry oil bio fuel is usually fine but fry oil is what kills these cars they destroy the pump which is thousands to replace.
My parents had these when I was a kid...and they had 4-speed manuals. But with no tachometer in either car, my parents had to shift entirely by ear. And they really strained and made lots of noise on the highway.
I always made the same arguments concerning my Peugeot 504D - perfect end of the world car. Also the same arguments against - acceleration like the moon rising. Great videos - keep up the good work.
I owned one of these cars for about 6 or 7 years. A 1980 240D with an automatic transmission, that I purchased from the original owner. SLOOOOOOOW, yes. But reliable beyond belief. Do all the required maintenance, and it'll easily go 1,000,000 miles. Bought it with a tick over 200,000 miles on it. Sold it with almost 250,000 miles on it -- for more than I'd paid for it when I first bought it!! Admittedly, I had fixed a number of things -- new A/C, repaired the cruise-control, replaced the Becker Europa radio (and decades-old worn-out speakers) with something far more modern (without cutting up the pristine dashboard, of course!), and I put new upholstery on the driver's seat. But still -- it's hard to find a car that will actually appreciate in value after 7 years and 50,000 miles. They are TANKS, though. You cannot kill them, and they are designed to be serviced. There is nothing you cannot do on this car in your own garage, short of swapping the engine and transmission -- and even then, you could probably figure out a way. So simple. So over-engineered. It's a damn shame that Mercedes doesn't build cars like this anymore. I wouldn't touch a new Mercedes at any price. But these old ones are unbelievably amazing!
Concerning the shelf life of gasoline: I have a 2000 Taurus that blew a head gasket 3 years ago. About once every 4 or 5 months I have to start it and move it for street cleaning. It runs rough (on 5 cylinders due to the blown head gasket). But it starts every time on gasoline that has been in the tank for three years with no fuel stabilizer added. Same for our Mazda Miata that was in an accident in November 2013. Finally drove it to my friend's body shop a year ago (still not finished - I need to call him and bug him!), and it still starts and runs on 2013 fuel.
SMGJohn i will disagree about the v8 because even if you wanted to put there a smaller v8 lets say the toyotas 1uz-fe you would still need to lengthen the front end of the car for about 15 cm. besides the engine bay gets narrower the further down it goes because of the wheel arches so even though i own one and i absolutely love it my choice for an appocalypse car is the УРАЛ-4320
I used to have a 240D, rode awesome! Used to get outrun by kids on tricycles, lol. 0-60 was like 32 seconds, The 300D Turbo was actually pretty decent though. Amazing what another cylinder and a turbo can do, lol.
i have an 1982 mercedes 307d with a similar engine which im converting into a motorhome to live in full time. Its by far the slowest thing I will ever drive (barely does 50mph) but I can testify that they run great on vegtable oil!. Run it in summer months with a dash of petrol and it runs great!.
I've met a guy who has 2.3 million km with his in city driving only. That would be almost 1.5 million miles. Forgot to say, that was last year, I bet he has a a lot more by now....
a better way to prove that the car runs on that fuel is to put the fuel lines from the engine/pump directly into the container so there's questions as to whether you had a full tank of diesel in there and just slightly leaned out the diesel, but not too much to make it not run. Owner of a Mercedes 300D here, I've ran it on Vegetable oil, Waste vegetable oil, Motor oil ( new ), Transmission Fluid
my dream car you're talking about. And the bigger one merc too ;) You're like doug demuro, but you speak about affordable dreams, that do come true. We had this as a family car of course it was king of rust and also some sort of Gasoline to diesel conversion. Why on earth... :D
I have the same 240 D but mine has blue interior. Also have a 82 300TD wich is seems to move pretty well I have cruised in that one over 70 mph with no problems.
2:28 A Gasoline motorcycle used spark plugs obviously and you can push it to start. Most gasoline motorcycles don't even have a battery ( motocross for example ) and the push is with the kick.
don't leave that alternator disconnected long! it will require replacement if you do. I had a Peugeot 505 sti diesel 5 speed, fun economical car. I went to see some friends up north about 140 miles away, the voltage regulator went out and boiled the battery dry but I didn't know it, time to go and we couldn't get a charge on it so we hooked it to the back of his 1968 pickup and dragged it several hundred yards down the road in first gear until it popped off, they don't start that easily cold but it did get me home.
any multi fuel military vehicle like a humvee would be my first choice. 4x4, long range tanks, diesel, usually armored, some have their own air filtration systems, and most dont even need keys to start, so you can literally find one and go aslong as its operational. also they will run regular gas/kersone as well if you need to get out of trouble, and dont have any diesel
will coleman No solenoid, the fuel shut off is vacuum operated, powered by a mechanical pump. There is also a manual lever in the engine compartment, in the event that the vacuum fails.
they still use these as taxis in morocco. none of the only the fuel gauge still moves, the rear suspension is jacked up so the car stands on its nose, the cars have never been serviced. and they still run fine.
I think "gas going bad" is a bit of a myth, I started up a 64 Pontiac v8 that had been in storage for around 8yrs. A little starting fluid & new battery and it started up, it ran rough but it ran, I took it to a garage and had them change the fluids and some hoses, put new brakes on it and then ran it for nearly 200k miles, I scrapped it because the body was falling apart & sold the motor out of it, a guy put it in his truck.
I had a 1981 240D and loved it. According to my friend who is a Mercedes tech and his colleges the 240d is the best benz period. I drove the piss out of mine for years and could not kill it. If I did any work to it, it was very easy and cheap. It never leaked a drop of oil on my driveway and never burnt any either. The only real major problem with the 240d (or any older mercedes) is RUST, and with the 240d a manual shift is the only option unless you are very patient.
Steve Gee they can't be killed. Especially the 200D. That engine is slow but cant go bust. You can literally drive them for millions of miles, needing only new tires
He was not reffering to the market situation, but rather to the speed of the car. You have more power loss with an automatic gearbox (esp. old ones) and the shifting takes lomger. which is why he thinks this car should only be bought with a manual transmission and that you will have to be very patient with an automatic, because it is so slow.
Hahaha me and my buddy in high school went in on one of these together and got it to run on old cooking oil from the fast food places around are school. Was a super small town so everyone knew us, I don't think we paid for fuel for our entire high school careers lol. Could smell us coming that's for sure.....smoke from McDonald's oil and...."herbs" really travels!
I loved my dad's 1982 240D manual 4speed, manual sun roof and the very weird vacuum power door locks. To bad someone smashed into it and totaled it out.
Does Mercedes make a modern vehicle that is based on the 240D? It would also be nice if it had a standard transmission as well. Great video, it brought back some nice memories I have of me tooling around town in my 1979 300D.
No, at least not for the American market. No modern diesel would be EMP proof or able to run without electricity either because they are all computerized, so it would have no real advantage over a gas engine during an apocalypse other than fuel versatility, but a modern diesel would be much more picky about fuel than this would anyways.
My dad owned both these cars. The 240d is the best one and my fav. A wonderful car. The first monster was a thirsty one. It used First Star fuel and would leave you bankrupt in a year from fuel charges. as good a ride as it had wasnt worth it at all.
A first gen dodge pickup with a 12 valve diesel, a manual trans, and 4X4. if you can find one with the body in good shape and not rusted out. Perfect end of world zombie apocalypses vehicle.
"Shit, I'm low on ga-er, diesel and there's nothing in miles. I do have a ton of lard in the back, maybe if I keep that melted in the fuel tank somehow it'll burn" *twentyfive minutes of idling with a fuel-oil-heat-exchanger rigged up from pipe and intercoolers in the midst of making, switches over to lard* tick tock, let it run through with the gelatinous glop... HOLY SHIT IT WORKS it'll be slow though
a friend got a ticket in one of those. he went to court. judge said ... in a 240d? I used to own one. and promptly tossed the ticket out.
Wouldn't the only way to actaul speeding a 240d is roll that thing down a hill? How had he done that?
I got pulled over for speeding in an Audi 5000 Diesel, which weighs as much as a 240D, but only has 65 HP. But to be fair, I was going downhill!
can't get a ticket. It doesn't go over 55
I had my 240D up to at least 80 MPH.
YES10 top speed 86 factory power
I love 80's Mercedes diesels, they last forever and still look classy today
Loving your videos man. You're like Doug DeMuro, except I don't want to punch you in the face for no apparent reason! On a serious note though, like your style and creativity.
Spac8 Doug has too big of a tongue
Clarence Taylor And a punchable face!
maybe you're sexually attracted to Doug, like subconsciously
Anonymous
I want to touch Doug's pretty face.
Spac8 ....hahaha, so true
0-60: Yes
0-top speed is only legal in this car
When? Eh...
@@antoniojmonetti less than like 80 mph lol
Just came here to watch your early videos. A 15 year old 1979 240D was my first car. It lost compression after about 3 weeks of driving it, and never started again. The local mechanic never did figure out how to fix it, and to this day I still wish I had been able to get it repaired. It was another decade until I was daily driving a vehicle that looked as classy as the first car I owned.
Likely just needed glow plugs and injectors sorted.
@@qwertyui90qwertyui90 If only we'd had a knowledgeable diesel mechanic around...
@@onemorething8175 Apparently not, as the mechanic couldn't solve the problem...
Wow Hoovie... keep these videos man. Great to look back at where you started and how you have grown. Just bought my 3rd 240D.
Had a couple 240 D's. So many stories. Top speed 87 MPH as confirmed by my daughter. Alternator died away from home in a meeting. Left the car idling in the parking lot, then drove 1-1/2 hours home without any problems (or electricity). Both daughters got 240D's as first cars. Such a great car that we will never see the likes of again.
Bumper to bumper 😂
Sonny Burnett
And a British car breaks down
I like how the gentle gentleman, before me. Wrote back to you, with such great manners. As if your name, and picture is not the leadrole out of Miami Vice😁
when he says that he sounds like Kermet the Frog
Hey I like you. I had Mercedes diesels for 23 years and loved them. Best quality, style and retained value. MY 240 D 4 spd had over 350k when i sold it. China blue just like above. My favorites were the 300TD wagons had 3 of those and 2 with gas engines. Mercedes is not what it was unfortunately back then. They choose to not buy quality parts and electronics like the Japanese manufactures so repairs are off the charts for ownership costs and reliability is poor. My mechanic was by best friend LOL and i sent both of his kids to college. Love to see you enjoying these cars. Keep up the fun videos
How about a 1980 300SD Turbo Diesel (last year of the W116)? There's one in my area with 412,000 miles (not a typo). Would it be a good choice as a daily commuter?
These are great solid cars, The question is who and what has been done to it? A bad mechanic can make a mess of these engines, everything is very exact. You need to know the history and you need to find a competent not overly pricey mechanic that can tell you about the car. These guys are hard to find because the car is 36 years old. Parts are easy, knowledge no so much. If you have access to the original mechanic buy it.
B4804514 isn't there a cable that if you actually disconnect it it makes it slow? (ik you can reconnect it) what's it called
You're talking nonsense.......these diesel engines (4,5,and 6 pots and cast iron head and all) were based on their gas-engine counterparts dating to the 1950s. They were crude in the day....drive a Peugeot straight diesel or turbo-diesel (real diesels by the way)403,404, 504,505,and 604 blew away the Benz in NVH,seat comfort, and a ride that makes a Benz feel like a solid axle pickup truck. Guess what Diesel engine Benz and BMW install on their commercial Grade/UN G-Wagon Stuff? a Peugeot 2.5 Indenor Turbo Diesel, that can idle and be abused for a good 5,000+ hours of abuse with minimal oil changes...try that with a 1970s era. or current Benz/BMW diesel............not possible.
B4804514 ok I will admit after 7 years of owning an 05 Diesel there are its problems here and there if you take it to a dealer they will charge you up the wall in labor. The canbus computer well it was mounted under the A/C condenser and on humid days and a long drive the computer would fill with water and slowly shut down the car. The fix is to take the panel off and take out the computer shake the water out and keep going lol. The transmission leaked ATF into the harness once at 175k miles and there are copper rings on the tip of the injectors that eventually got eaten away by the atomized diesel fuel and leaked compression gas melting the sound deadening under the plastic engine cover. They all have their faults but if you can't fix your own cars then a newer diesels are good cars. The new 4 cylinders suck though they're slow unlike the inline 6 and V6 which sacrifices speed for MPG are the best cars to have.
Even the automatic transmission ones could be push-started...but you have to get it going 25 MPH, or so.
They're essentially the "cockroaches" of the automotive world, i.e., one of the very few things left moving after nuclear armageddon.
Luxurious Lexus Land-yacht Diesels have glow plugs. For compression. It needs a battery.
I should build a pull starter for what I call "mech diesels"
Glow plugs are only for cold starts
25 mph is a lot
@@dieselgeezer18 Yeah, good luck pushing your car up to 25 MPH in an apocalyptic survival situation. Push starting a manual without glow plugs would be enough of a problem depending on temperature.
Best video yet! Aside from the one where you pick up you’re grandmother in her old Mercedes convertible. Thanks for the treat! 🤩
I’m here from the future and you’ve really come a long way with how you speak to the camera. I can see you looking at your script or whatever you’re reading notes or something. Been a happy sub for a while !!! Thanks for the channel love the content.
you have that Jeremy Clarkson feel, like a new version of him, great videos
You mean Jerry Seinfeld..
As a former Factory tech, I believe you need the glow plugs to work unless the engine was already warmed up. If warmed up it will start the way you stated. If cold the glow plugs will need to be cycled to get ignition. Thanks for reminding folks of those good old 240d's
FM
I think that's only for a standing start. Modern diesels can start without, although badly, in the warm.
False, false false, Frank. On a cold start, a Diesel will have trouble igniting but at the worst you'll have random skip fire until the engine starts to warm up. The compression stroke creates enough heat that most of the fuel should ignite first go. You may have a partial mixture misfire at idle but pulse rev it to 2000 a few times and you should be good.
I have '79 300d in my collection, it is amazingly slow but ride is awesome. I heard they also had 200d, probably wont even go 65.
+I. V The 200D will do 65, I think the top speed is listed by the factory as 79. I don't know for certain though, the 200D is so slow that none have actually made it from the factory in Stuttgart to the UK yet...
I. V i've tried reaching 65. Gave up after 20miles
+milosilic23 You need 20 miles of down gradient, then you might have a fighting chance...
Drove a Euro-spec '79 200D W123 with 60-horsepower and the M/T once. They're "not that slow" with 0-80 km/h happening relatively quick, but from 80-100 km/h taking forever. Top speed is a little over 133 km/h (83 mph).
+Christian W As long as you're happy to drive everywhere at 50 mph (80 km/h) you're sorted then. But if you want to drive on a highway and not die, either of fright or getting run over by a truck, it's probably not for you. To be fair though, they were really intended for use as taxis so they'd spend all their time in towns and cities. And they certainly are tough, though the W123 can go surprisingly rusty if not looked after...
Your awesome videos are so underviewed! I really wish you all the best of luck and I believe you will have a million subscribers soon.
Coming back to the original video that made me sub to Hoovie after all this time and seeing his success feels different.
#2 heating oil is essentially diesel fuel. There'd be around a hundred or so gallons in every home tank for the taking.
That 2,8 million miles taxi is true and it was a taxi in Salonica 2nd biggest city in Greece. Mercedes acquired the car from the taxi owner and gave him for free a brand new 300TD. Probably the new one has 10k miles and spend most of the time in a workshop maintenance. 😁
in serbia this is a dream car, best mercedes car in history, the taxi drivers drivin this over 1 milion km ,, todays cars are plastic toys for this legend, and yes we still drive this cars on food oil(cooking oil) or translate on serbian ZEJTIN,
i will take this old dizel over every new mercedes today
At least the exhaust will smell like french fries lol. And when winter comes just put some cement bag in the trunk for traction. Поздрав земљаче.;)
tako je hehe poz:)) ma idi 123 legenda , i onaj pre njega ne znam koja je oznaka sa uspravnim farovima ..uf taj je isto kvalitet
MUCKI PROVOKATOR I hate it when people run it off fry oil bio fuel is usually fine but fry oil is what kills these cars they destroy the pump which is thousands to replace.
Thousands to replace pump on Mercedes 240D? OH C'MON CUH GET OUTTA HERE
They use it as a taxi car here too and they love it so much
Hilarious video! Great point on the 240D. Very underrated car these days.
Nice editing... the shot that cuts into your car driving away. Superb. :-D
I'M IN LOVE WITH THE PAINTING ON THE FRIDGE
My parents had these when I was a kid...and they had 4-speed manuals. But with no tachometer in either car, my parents had to shift entirely by ear. And they really strained and made lots of noise on the highway.
I always made the same arguments concerning my Peugeot 504D - perfect end of the world car. Also the same arguments against - acceleration like the moon rising. Great videos - keep up the good work.
Oh man i like your Video. It is amazing. Here in germany we call this car "Wanderdüne", which means drifting dune.
Peter Blond oder auch Heizölferrari
I currently have a 240d it's a relic iconic car I ever have for a long time.
I owned one of these cars for about 6 or 7 years. A 1980 240D with an automatic transmission, that I purchased from the original owner. SLOOOOOOOW, yes. But reliable beyond belief. Do all the required maintenance, and it'll easily go 1,000,000 miles.
Bought it with a tick over 200,000 miles on it. Sold it with almost 250,000 miles on it -- for more than I'd paid for it when I first bought it!! Admittedly, I had fixed a number of things -- new A/C, repaired the cruise-control, replaced the Becker Europa radio (and decades-old worn-out speakers) with something far more modern (without cutting up the pristine dashboard, of course!), and I put new upholstery on the driver's seat. But still -- it's hard to find a car that will actually appreciate in value after 7 years and 50,000 miles.
They are TANKS, though. You cannot kill them, and they are designed to be serviced. There is nothing you cannot do on this car in your own garage, short of swapping the engine and transmission -- and even then, you could probably figure out a way. So simple. So over-engineered. It's a damn shame that Mercedes doesn't build cars like this anymore. I wouldn't touch a new Mercedes at any price. But these old ones are unbelievably amazing!
Concerning the shelf life of gasoline: I have a 2000 Taurus that blew a head gasket 3 years ago. About once every 4 or 5 months I have to start it and move it for street cleaning. It runs rough (on 5 cylinders due to the blown head gasket). But it starts every time on gasoline that has been in the tank for three years with no fuel stabilizer added. Same for our Mazda Miata that was in an accident in November 2013. Finally drove it to my friend's body shop a year ago (still not finished - I need to call him and bug him!), and it still starts and runs on 2013 fuel.
Lada Niva number one choice for post apocalyptic car, can be hand cranked to start, even comes with a fucking hand crank.
Good thing about Lada is it has small engine in front, but fucking space enough for a V8...
So smgjohn can i put a diesel V8 in my Niva?
SMGJohn i will disagree about the v8 because even if you wanted to put there a smaller v8 lets say the toyotas 1uz-fe you would still need to lengthen the front end of the car for about 15 cm. besides the engine bay gets narrower the further down it goes because of the wheel arches so even though i own one and i absolutely love it my choice for an appocalypse car is the УРАЛ-4320
SMGJohn but still needs gasoline though
I used to have a 240D, rode awesome! Used to get outrun by kids on tricycles, lol. 0-60 was like 32 seconds, The 300D Turbo was actually pretty decent though. Amazing what another cylinder and a turbo can do, lol.
I’m surprised nobody caught (or probably cared) that at 1:50 he wasn’t putting the fuel mix in the 240d, but the other Mercedes
*LIAR*
Yup, he put the fuel mix into W126
Same thing
i have an 1982 mercedes 307d with a similar engine which im converting into a motorhome to live in full time. Its by far the slowest thing I will ever drive (barely does 50mph) but I can testify that they run great on vegtable oil!. Run it in summer months with a dash of petrol and it runs great!.
Wow just found you RUclips channel! I love it! You bought cars that I would love to own! Keep up the good videos! I'm hooked!
This is a really good video
I like how you have a proof of everything you say in the video,amazing!
My C class sat with gas in it for nearly 3 years when I went to central america and it cranked right up. no gas shelf life problems
diesel fuel is also heating oil, heating oil is just dyed red because if they test your tank driving with it, you will get fined.
That old diesel benz will never die! Love it very clean!
I've met a guy who has 2.3 million km with his in city driving only. That would be almost 1.5 million miles. Forgot to say, that was last year, I bet he has a a lot more by now....
a better way to prove that the car runs on that fuel is to put the fuel lines from the engine/pump directly into the container so there's questions as to whether you had a full tank of diesel in there and just slightly leaned out the diesel, but not too much to make it not run.
Owner of a Mercedes 300D here, I've ran it on Vegetable oil, Waste vegetable oil, Motor oil ( new ), Transmission Fluid
my dream car you're talking about. And the bigger one merc too ;) You're like doug demuro, but you speak about affordable dreams, that do come true. We had this as a family car of course it was king of rust and also some sort of Gasoline to diesel conversion. Why on earth... :D
a legendary Mercedes
I've driven one of these. A 200D, with not even fifty horsepower. It was slow, but MAN was it fun. It could do 90-100kph all day.
Hilarious, I literally had this conversation yesterday with a co-worker. After suggesting cars back and forth I finally was set on a 300TD wagon.
More content like this!
I love your old videos!
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The only RUclipsr to take consideration on the shelf life of gasoline.
I have the same 240 D but mine has blue interior. Also have a 82 300TD wich is seems to move pretty well I have cruised in that one over 70 mph with no problems.
2:28 A Gasoline motorcycle used spark plugs obviously and you can push it to start. Most gasoline motorcycles don't even have a battery ( motocross for example ) and the push is with the kick.
This has suddenly become real
I love your video's. I love my 240D manual. It may just run forever if it doesn't turn into rust first.
don't leave that alternator disconnected long! it will require replacement if you do.
I had a Peugeot 505 sti diesel 5 speed, fun economical car. I went to see some friends up north about 140 miles away, the voltage regulator went out and boiled the battery dry but I didn't know it, time to go and we couldn't get a charge on it so we hooked it to the back of his 1968 pickup and dragged it several hundred yards down the road in first gear until it popped off, they don't start that easily cold but it did get me home.
You should always roll or push start with 2 or 3 gear, it makes it easier
any multi fuel military vehicle like a humvee would be my first choice. 4x4, long range tanks, diesel, usually armored, some have their own air filtration systems, and most dont even need keys to start, so you can literally find one and go aslong as its operational. also they will run regular gas/kersone as well if you need to get out of trouble, and dont have any diesel
I have a 240D automatic and will that downhill trick work on a automatic? that seems really neat and helpful
only on manuals, its called bump starting
I love my 87 190D, has an OM601 Non turbo with a whopping 78 bhp..... not the fasting thing but fun and averages in the 40 mpg range.
Great cars, before Mercedes quality went down the crapper
And you’ve owned exactly how many MB over the last decade??
You’ve been watching way too many Scotty Kilmer videos, haven’t you?
Is that a 77-78-or 1979 Towncar in the garage ??????? was my first car and rode like a dream.... love the vids--sub-ed--take care......
there is the slight issue of not being able to turn it off as the solenoid that kills the fuel needs power. altough with that being said, great video.
will coleman No solenoid, the fuel shut off is vacuum operated, powered by a mechanical pump. There is also a manual lever in the engine compartment, in the event that the vacuum fails.
Well I've just been schooled. Thanks knut riis
they still use these as taxis in morocco. none of the only the fuel gauge still moves, the rear suspension is jacked up so the car stands on its nose, the cars have never been serviced. and they still run fine.
lol you're watching Doug Demuro
Kudos to your housekeeping skills! Though I'd guess living in the garage helps a bit.
These are all really good points
04dram04 Except I have USED 2 year old fuel with stabilizer added when fresh
That is one sweet W126 is the background.
both of those mercs are absolutely beautiful... especially the W123
I think "gas going bad" is a bit of a myth, I started up a 64 Pontiac v8 that had been in storage for around 8yrs. A little starting fluid & new battery and it started up, it ran rough but it ran, I took it to a garage and had them change the fluids and some hoses, put new brakes on it and then ran it for nearly 200k miles, I scrapped it because the body was falling apart & sold the motor out of it, a guy put it in his truck.
You should definitely do a Volvo 240d vs Merc 240D drag race!
Enough material for whole episode in one shot.
got my subscription, keep it up man
Tyler would love the "Mercedes Motoring" guys. They restore old Merc diesels.
Love my 85 300d!
I had a 1981 240D it was in great shape with 168000 miles, slow as hell but got about 42 miles per gallon. Ivory color with a manual trans
42 mpg is not good for a Diesel.
Good stuff man!
I had a 1981 240D and loved it. According to my friend who is a Mercedes tech and his colleges the 240d is the best benz period. I drove the piss out of mine for years and could not kill it. If I did any work to it, it was very easy and cheap. It never leaked a drop of oil on my driveway and never burnt any either. The only real major problem with the 240d (or any older mercedes) is RUST, and with the 240d a manual shift is the only option unless you are very patient.
Steve Gee they can't be killed. Especially the 200D. That engine is slow but cant go bust. You can literally drive them for millions of miles, needing only new tires
milosilic23 In fact no harm comes to the car if you run into anything as it barely goes fast enough to sustain any damage.
He was not reffering to the market situation, but rather to the speed of the car. You have more power loss with an automatic gearbox (esp. old ones) and the shifting takes lomger. which is why he thinks this car should only be bought with a manual transmission and that you will have to be very patient with an automatic, because it is so slow.
The best cooking show so far
Hahaha me and my buddy in high school went in on one of these together and got it to run on old cooking oil from the fast food places around are school. Was a super small town so everyone knew us, I don't think we paid for fuel for our entire high school careers lol. Could smell us coming that's for sure.....smoke from McDonald's oil and...."herbs" really travels!
the turbos are even better. they are decently quick even with the turbo lag
Haha to true I think of things like this often....I have a 83 240d and a 89 F250 7.3 IDI both can run on alt fuels...
Didn't get the last bit, but am wondering what show Andrew Lincoln was in when he filmed that scene?
Brilliant presenter! Love you Hoovie!
Thanks for the videos! I have the same kitchen aid fridge lol.
This is a really good video 10/10
I drove +/- 20 miles in winter in the countryside with a 1993 Citroen ZX 1.9D without a working alternator. It was scary, but I arrived home safely.
I love your cars
Subscribed for the "bumper to bumper" joke XD
isn't there a TD version with more power? If I'm not mistaken the 240D is naturally aspirated, so a turbo version would most likely be offered.
Bumper to bumper!!!! Love it!
Is that land barge barely visible in garage an Andrew Lincoln Continental?
Just got one of these with automatic transition. Fucking lover this car!
I loved my dad's 1982 240D manual 4speed, manual sun roof and the very weird vacuum power door locks. To bad someone smashed into it and totaled it out.
I seriously considered getting one of these cars, except maybe the TD model.
Great video sir, so 240D turbo?
Another contender would be the Toyota Lancruiser 80 series 4.2 diesel. The diesel was not available in the US but the Landcruiser is bomb proof.
What about the 12 valve Cummins? Fully mechanical and way more power then 68 hp...
its a dodge and gets 10mpg
Does Mercedes make a modern vehicle that is based on the 240D? It would also be nice if it had a standard transmission as well.
Great video, it brought back some nice memories I have of me tooling around town in my 1979 300D.
No, at least not for the American market. No modern diesel would be EMP proof or able to run without electricity either because they are all computerized, so it would have no real advantage over a gas engine during an apocalypse other than fuel versatility, but a modern diesel would be much more picky about fuel than this would anyways.
from what year is the right car with the nice headlights ? that could be a dreamcar for me. I absolutely love cars like that.
You somehow remind me of shelldon cooper from the Big Bang theory!
I really enjoyed your vid. Thank you.
My dad owned both these cars. The 240d is the best one and my fav. A wonderful car. The first monster was a thirsty one. It used First Star fuel and would leave you bankrupt in a year from fuel charges. as good a ride as it had wasnt worth it at all.
A first gen dodge pickup with a 12 valve diesel, a manual trans, and 4X4. if you can find one with the body in good shape and not rusted out. Perfect end of world zombie apocalypses vehicle.
huge truth! hopefully Mazda and Ford will bring us dollar worthy cars and trucks..that Chevy diesel not so much
oh yeah new here..my wife says i should not subscribe
she's a pain right in the ...i tell her it's free
hope i am subscribed..she did sumthin
"Shit, I'm low on ga-er, diesel and there's nothing in miles. I do have a ton of lard in the back, maybe if I keep that melted in the fuel tank somehow it'll burn"
*twentyfive minutes of idling with a fuel-oil-heat-exchanger rigged up from pipe and intercoolers in the midst of making, switches over to lard*
tick tock, let it run through with the gelatinous glop...
HOLY SHIT IT WORKS
it'll be slow though