1984 Mercedes-Benz 300-Series

300td Wagon

3.0l 3.0 L OM617 diesel

Automatic

WDBAB93A5EF021470

Clear

Diesel

1984 Mercedes 300TD turbo diesel wagon with 3rd row seat and WVO Waste Vegetable oil auxiliary fuel system.   There should be about 40 photos of the car plus a video of me driving the car at the end of this listing. I bought this car about five years ago and proceeded to drive about 120 miles a day, six days a week as my daily commute, plus lots of very long road trips. I put a LOT of miles on it, and it was rock-solid reliable.   I rarely used the WVO veggie oil system, but when I did it worked just fine.  Did regular maintenance, oil changes every 4000 miles using AMSOIL synthetics. This was my primary commuting vehicle, then it became my family's third "back up" car, and soon after that was not driven much.  Every month or two I'd take it out, drive 50 miles around town running errands, but it simply is not used any more.   Here are some things I LOVE about this car: Very lovely classic lines.  I always thought this was an extremely sexy vehicle. Bomb-proof vintage Mercedes engineering. This diesel runs on many heavy oils as fuels.  in an emergency it will run on motor oil, transmission fluid, kerosene, vegetable oil, used cooking oil, jet fuel, and many other things (but not gasoline!).  Vintage diesel engines are amazing! This car has no "critical" electronics. All the mechanical operations of this vehicle are purely mechanical: the brakes, the motor, the ignition system, the fuel pump - all of it is direct mechanical or vacuum controlled.  It technically only need a battery to run the starter to get the motor cranking. This means that in the event of a Zombie apocalypse, or a Nuclear (or dirty bomb, or a EMP) that destroys all electronics, Or a major solar flare that destroys electronics, this glorious old Mercedes will literally be the one in a million vehicles that is still running.  Not only is it impervious to electronic threats, it can run on almost any heavy oil as fuel.  As far as I know it has never been in any accidents. NO RUST!  this one is a survivor.  Ok... there is a little surface rust at some scratches in the paint, as seen in the pictures, but that's it. It has a limited slip rear differential so it has very very good traction. It can sometimes 'chirp' the tires under heavy acceleration, when shifting.  It is not really fast, but it produces a fantastic amount of torque There are several vibrant online forums/communities of friendly people to help keep this on the road forever. About a month ago when I took it out on a longer drive this car started to get hot, I pulled over and I discovered the radiator was leaking, and had the car towed home.  I had a new radiator installed.   It however is still getting hot:  once the car warms fully up the temp gauge shows 'spikes' of hot, as in it will be normal temp, then the temp jumps up to almost in the red, then normal, then hot again.  I have not driven it enough since then to see if it stays hot or what is going on. We have been planning on selling this car anyway, so I decided to sell the car instead of investing more into sorting out what is going on.  Because of this, please understand I recommend the car is towed to its next destination. I have a THICK folder of receipts and maintenance records, plus a handful of spare parts, extra oil filter, etc.  The car has new rear tires. the front tires are a few years old but with good traction. New radiator  12 month old battery  Nice bike THULE roof rack + factory roof rack  no radio  A/C does not work  Odometer went out about 1.5 years ago and I probably drove about 10,000 miles since then, but not sure.   Steering and suspension have always been 'soft' but I think it drives just fine.  Starts easily and runs well.   Does zero to 70 mph in about 10 seconds.     I don't see any smoke when driving.  I used to casually cruise at 80 mph (with cruise control) on the Texas toll roads for my commute, and there were never any problems. Cruise control works and pneumatic locks work electric windows all work   Sun roof  3rd row seat Veggie oil system.  Short version of this is that all the stock fuel system is in place, and the veggie oil is auxiliary to it.  It is plumbed in place, but not electrically connected (dash switch and two solenoids under the hood). The car ran exceptionally well on waste cooking oil, and even seemed to idle more smoothly.  However, I really never used it - I was not really into collecting waste oil, though I loved the idea of having it there as an option.  Please see the video of me driving the car around.  I apologize for the poor quality of the video.  (link:https://youtu.be/bHuVzjJY_Ak)https://youtu.be/bHuVzjJY_Akhttps://youtu.be/bHuVzjJY_Ak       Here are pics of the car, some have descriptions/captions below the photos: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 rear seats 12 rear seats 13 rear seats 14 15 left rear door panel 16 left front door panel 17 Driver's seat 18 driver's floor 19 20 Everything except the odometer works correctly. 21 22 23 24 25 26  28 Factory jack 29 rear right tire 30 front right tire 31 A parked motorcyle fell over and did this.  32 right rear door panel 33 rear seats from right 34 front right door panel 35 front passenger seat 36 sun roof 37 nice head liner 38 some spare bits 39 40 receipts 41 receipts 42 WVO plumbing diagram for solenoids.  44 engine  43 new radiator Thank for looking!