GreaseDrive

On my seemingly endless journey a great deal of things have happened,  both good and bad.  This is some bad news.   I think I mentioned having trouble with my CV joints on the rear half-shafts before.   Well it is turning into major trouble now.   On I40 heading through Arizona I started to have some trouble with my drivers side rear Axle making a awful knocking noise.   I stopped and put more grease into the joint with my small grease gun and that worked for a hundred miles than it started clicking again.  I repeated the process and it seems okay for now.   I am leaving New Mexico tomorrow on my way to Denver.  Its 500 Miles and I could not find these axles anywhere.   It seems that there is only 3 pairs of them in the whole country or something crazy like that.

Send me luck that this joint lets me make it into Denver!   I am most likely going to have to buy some rebuilt axles since they seem to be more highly recommended than the cheaper Chinese ones.  I’ll let you know how it goes.  I also seem to have a air leak in the veggie system and I can’t quite track it down.   So that has been giving me troubles again.  I will post again soon.  Hopefully not while stranded!

I had to get towed near BakersField CA earlier today.  My veggie filters clogged up pretty bad in a hurry so I was forced to change them at a gas station.   Warning to all,  cheap Supertech ST8A (fram PH8A) filters apparently have a by-pass.   So instead of clogging up tight after they get completely full they start to let particles past.  This is really bad!    Shortly after getting towed off  the high-way I was able to get the car running again after getting a quick jump.   I had worn the battery down a bit trying to start it on the side of the high-way.

I made it to vegas safe and sound.   Vegas is symbolic for me as it is the location my WVO dreams came true and where I bought my beloved 300D.   I am here staying with my uncle in which I am going to do some work on his 240D and do some other work around his place.    I will post more soon!

Yesterday I finished installing the roof-rack on my 300D.  You have to love finding good deals on Craigslist.   I also installed a small Temp sensor on the final hose to the Injection pump.   Not the hose with the stock clear fuel filter but the one from the Primer pump TO the injection pump.    This is the last bit of fuel hose left before it hits the system.

So far with some short distance town driving the temp only got to 142F.   This is kind of concerning as it really should be 165-170F.   This is with a looped return in “loop” mode.  And a 12V in-line heater just before the IP.  I will update with my attempts to get the temp higher.  Along with some pictures.

The W123 Chassis Mercedes Benz Diesels are comfy cars to drive. But I am in the drivers seat now waiting for a friend to get out of work and the seat just doesn’t go back far enough to make typing on a laptop easy so it will be a short post.

I discovered a air leak today in the veggie oil system. It has been causing me some serious head-aches in the past week or so. I did not take the time to locate/fix it because I have been really busy trying to spend some time with my partner whom I do not get to see often L,   She is a manager at a up-scale Italian bistro and she was able to allow me to have free-range over the grease dumpster.  I’ll post my spoils later!