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Mr. Clack

2009-05-18T15:51:00.007-05:00

This is Clickity Clack, better known as Mr. Clack.
A 1980 300TD wagon. We had a tank custom made to fit in place of the spare tire, and a hose in hose system to keep the grease warm as it travels to the engine.

The Black Stallion -- 1987 300D

2009-03-08T16:25:00.009-05:00

I (Chad) picked it up in the summer of 2008 and converted it together with Ben's 1980 300TD Wagon... aka, "Clicky-Clack". This is the first 124 series body style that we have in our Co-op, and i really like it.

I went with digital Cyberdyne gauges so that i could have multiple senders on the temperature gauge. This way i can toggle between the temp of the "Griesel Fuel" (GR) at the IP pump and the temp of the GF at the fuel tank (nice, but not necessary information).

The top gauge is the temperature of the GF, the 2nd gauge is the fuel level (as a % left in the tank, showing 38%), and the third is the vac/boost. The vac/boost has proven to be an incredibly useful and important tool for filter performance, analyzing winter conditions on the system (gelling), and if something is awry with one of the valves or the pump. Highly recommended.

The first switch activates the primary grease valve, the second activates the return line valve (between the diesel return and looping back to the IP), the third switch is to activate the Injector Line Heaters (ILH), and the fourth is for toggling between the temp senders.

Let the Griesel Begin!

2008-07-08T14:11:00.000-05:00

This is an account of the journey away from one conventional habit to a way of tooling through our day to day adventure with the smell of french fries drifting through the air. Griesel Cooperative is really the result of economics, creativity, care for the environment, and some Schwitterized momentum.

We hope that the information is helpful and that other people would benefit from our experience.

Let the Griesel Begin!