From owner-diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Mon Nov 6 21:37:48 2006 From: diesel-benz-digest diesel-benz-digest Tuesday, November 7 2006 Volume 01 : Number 2301 Forum for Discussion of Diesel Mercedes Benz Automobiles Derick Amburgey Digest Coordinator Contents: RE: [db] "best" Diesel Benz.... [db] battery suggestions for an 89 300CE in central Texas? Diesel Benz Digest Home Page: http://www.digest.net/diesel-benz/ Send submissions to diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Send administrative requests to diesel-benz-digest-request-at-digest.net To unsubscribe, include the word unsubscribe by itself in the body of the message, unless you are sending the request from a different address than the one that appears on the list. Include the word help in a message to stag-digest-request to get a list of other majordomo commands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 19:25:59 -0600 From: "Alec Cordova" Subject: RE: [db] "best" Diesel Benz.... > The 87 300D is a six cylinder, and is a wonderful car. Too many > possibilities > for 'best'. What is best for one is not necessarily best for another. > > FWIW, the 87 300D gets about 32-34 on the highway. My brother's 78 300D > is a LOT easier to work on than it, and hasn't required the > degree of major > work the 87 300D has gotten in its lifetime though (transmission rebuild > by the PO, head done by me), and the minor stuff is a big pain > when compared > to the simpler 123. It really depends on what you want. > > Myself, I'd probably prefer a 126, though I never owned one. > > K > The question remains: pre-86 W126 300SD with the pantheon-of-old-school-engineering OM617, or 86-87 W126 300SD with the 3.0 liter OM603 (assuming it has the later and better head)? This is a real question for me, because I'm currently thinking I'd like one or the other of these as my next Benz. Alec ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 15:45:03 -0600 From: "Alec Cordova" Subject: [db] battery suggestions for an 89 300CE in central Texas? Based on starting behavior after sitting for a day or two, and the fact that I don't remember if I ever replaced the battery in this one, I believe it's time for a new battery for my 89 300CE. Winter is coming, although it's just central Texas. We might get barely below freezing less than half a dozen times. Suggestions for battery brand/model/vendor? I would describe this as looking for a good value, not simply for the cheapest thing available. Thanks, Alec Cordova Taylor, Texas 89 300CE, 212K ------------------------------ End of diesel-benz-digest V1 #2301 **********************************