[Vwdiesel] M Benz 300D ?

[Doyt W. Echelberger]

The car is going on 23 years, and will (or does) require a new timing chain 
and maybe a valve job and rings. It will need a propshaft central support 
bearing, new propshaft universal joints, suspension components such as 
shocks/struts and ball joints (inner and outer), exhaust 
components/pipes/resonators/mufflers, at least 5 complex expensive rubber 
coolant hoses and a thermostat, a few new wheel bearings, 4 new tires and 
possibly a few rims, headlight bulbs and maybe reflectors, wiper blades, 
brake pads and rotors all around, flexible brake lines, air conditioning 
components and drive belts, power window regulators, and it might need a 
new windshield due to multiple small scratches and chips and stars.

Just exactly what else has failed or is risky is anybodies guess. If it 
needs a fuel injection pump.......sell your house.

Set a cost on each of the above items at about $400-500 just to keep it 
simple, if you can find the parts, and if you can find a factory repair 
manual to support the endless fixes. Mercedes parts tend to be expensive 
and repair protocols are hard to discover.

Just my 2 Deutsch marks.

Incidentally, I have a 2000 MB E320 and know  from experience that parts 
are far more than those for my many VW's.

Doyt

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At 04:11 AM 2/16/2008, you wrote:
>Here in Grass Valley/Nevada City, CA, our local radio station runs a "swap 
>shop' in the afternoon where listeners can call in with things for sale.
>One listener called in with a 1985 M Benz 300 STD with a turbo 
>....snip...... No price was listed, only best offer,  but wondering 
>whether to offer $200 or even take it for free, which sometimes happens? 
>It's not a VW but I know some of you know about Mercedes diesels too.