{"id":153,"date":"2011-01-12T19:22:41","date_gmt":"2011-01-12T19:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tech-no.104.210.61.21.xip.io\/?p=153"},"modified":"2011-03-22T17:45:39","modified_gmt":"2011-03-22T17:45:39","slug":"my-new-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tech-no.org\/?p=153","title":{"rendered":"My new ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>So since some idiot totaled my 2000 Jetta GLS TDI, i decided to go in a different direction as far as a replacement car. I purchased a 1986 Mercedes 300SDL with 170k on the clock. Black with Silver two tone paint. We flew into SFO airport and drove the car back to southern california. It was a bit of an adventure, after quite a bit of inspection i was certain the car was mechanically sound, however once on the open road i found the car lacked the power to maintain speeds up a slight grade. This proved to be very interesting as we made our way up the grapevine at a mere 45 miles an hour and blew the emergency flasher relay and ended up with electrical issues.<\/p>\n

I was a bit disappointed, and even regretted purchasing the car. however my outlook changed considerably when i found the lack of power was due to a simple plugged vacuum line that controller turbo boost.\u00a0 after repairing this small vacuum line and cleaning the connection on the intake manifold the car was all i was hoping for.<\/p>\n

I immediately began purchasing some upgrade parts and maint parts and got to work building my new toy. here is a partial list of the parts I’ve purchased:<\/p>\n

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