Curt Raymond wrote:
So my Indy finally found a broken wire that he's convinced has been
destroying regulators in my 240D, I'm glad that settled finally. I'm
still planning on replacing the car but theres no real hurry, I can keep
my eyes peeled for a real nice deal.
I'm not sure why but my Indy seems to dislike the w201 cars, maybe its
the tight clearances, whatever. He's no keen on the 190D I've been
looking at. For that matter neither is my wife, she says its too small.
I contend that its just as big as the Corolla she pointed out on the
highway last week.
While I was there my Indy mentioned he knew of an '82 300SD for sale.
295k on the body, trans was rebuilt @180k, the engine was replaced 60k
ago with an Adset (thats what he said, what does it mean?). New tires,
new radiator and recent paint. Apparently one brake line is bad right
now but that will be fixed before sale.
The car was bought new by a dealership mechanic and then sold to his son
in-law at some later point. Apparently both gentlemen are anal about
maintenance. He wants $2k.
An '82 would be a w126 right? Nothing on mileage to the 190D 2.2l but a
big comfortable car I guess. I'll call the guy tomorrow and get the full
scoop but what does the collective wisdom say?
Adsit is a supplier of used Mercedes parts. When former customers have
discussed with me their degree of satisfaction with the parts and
service Adsit provided, about 8 out of ten have been VERY dissatisfied.
I guess it's hard to do anything 100%!
The reports I've received include that used parts were overpriced
considering their condition and rebuilt parts were poorly rebuilt AND
way overpriced considering the quality of the rebuild. Customers that
were dissatisfied have found it virtually impossible to get refunds.
That's all according to others. I have NEVER done business with them so
these reports are ALL secondhand. The Star magazine (published by the Me
recedes Club of America) stopped accepting ads from them many years ago
after receiving a very large number of complaints that were not being
addressed. I would NOT consider an Adsit engine in a car to be desirable
and would reduce the offering price by 20-30% on that basis alone!
Marshall
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Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions)
"der Dieseling Doktor" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
'87 300TD 181Kmi,'87 190D 2.5 199Kmi, '84 190D 2.2 227Kmi, '85 190D 2.0
159Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 turbo 234kmi
Diesel Technical Advisor MBCA, member GWSection
http://www.dhc.net/~pmhack/mercedes/mbooth1.htm
