A (partial) list of the 300 SDL's repairs and upgrades:

Engine compartment:

• New motor mounts.
• New water pump.
• New thermostat(s).
• New belt.
• New fan clutch and fan.
• Three new glow plugs (over time).
• New glow plug fuse.
• Replaced monovalve insert.
• New timing chain, guides, and tensioner.
• New expansion valve.
• Recharged A/C (thrice).
• New starter.
• New belt tensioner and idler pulley.
• Another new belt tensioner bearing.
• Re-attached crank pulley (loose!).
• Replaced broken tensioner spring.

Body:

• Correctly wired trunk lamp, stopped blowing fuses.
• New (used) rear subframe.
• New antenna mast.
• New spare wheel to replace broken (!) one.
• New rear shock absorbers.
• Re-sealed rear lights to trunk.
• New filler neck grommet.
• Worked on trunk seal.
• Sealed rear window with RTV.
• Properly routed RR sunroof drain to outside the trunk.
• Rebuilt central locking pump-to-motor coupling.
• Repaired trunk lock actuator.
• Reconnected trunk locking actuator hosing.
• Replaced broken RR window lift slider.
• New passenger-side mirror to fix self-heating function.
• Patched rear noise panel.
• Fabricated new front noise panel.
• Installed keyless entry system.
• New rear bumper and back-end bodywork and paint, courtesy of an inattentive driver and his insurance company. Two new tail lights, too.
• More back-end bodywork and paint, courtesy of an inattentive deer and our pocket money. (Wife got T-boned by a buck at night. Paintless dent removal took care of the front fender and the two doors, but the rear quarter was heavily dented. The mirror and [new!] tail light were also broken. Stupid deer! More than $500 and we didn't even get any venison out of the deal.)
• New driver-side mirror (deer).
• Glued up grille (dog).
• Replaced trunk lock actuator with good used.
• Replaced LHS tail light with good used.

Cabin:

• Cleaned & oiled the seats with Leatherique.
• Lubricated aspirator motor (twice).
• Reconnected cabin temperature sensor to aspirator hose.
• Replaced rear reading lamps with correct ones.
• Installed cupholder in place of old cell phone.
• Installed additional front footwell courtesy lights.
• Resoldered cruise control.
• Replaced combination switch. (Flakey low beams.)
• Replaced cruise control stalk. (2-year-old killed it.)
• Welded broken spring in driver's seat bottom.
• Glued and painted small tear on side bolster of driver's seat.
• New rubber boot inside shifter.

Still broken:

• Paint's getting a little tired.
• Need to repair netting on front seatbacks.
• Annoying engine drone at highway speeds. Exhaust?
• RF window glass is scratched. (Replacement in hand.)
• Sunroof.
• Glued grille is still ugly.
• Shifter bushings.
• IP delivery valve seals. Other seals.
• Bad rear camber. Spring pads?
• Leaking windshield.

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