My friend's not-that-new 80K miles 1999 E320 needs motor mounts - $900 from an indy shop. Ouch.
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 9:04 PM, Hendrik & Fay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > However consider that the later models are deadly expensive to fix, > there is a fella on the ozbenz list who claims to have spend 3K on a > radiator replacement in a 2002 C180 Kompressor and is now on the lookout > for a new gearbox, which was quoted from Benz at 17K, read all about it > here http://ozbenz.net/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=6941 > So I would not whine too much much about the cost to keep theses old > heaps running down the road. > > Hendrik > with old crappy Benzes that require blood sacrifices to keep working > > Kevin Kraly wrote: > > you must go broke paying somebody to fix your cars all the time. > > > > That's how they get really expensive, really fast! This is why I've > always > > replaced belts, shocks, brakes, radiators and anything else that can be > done > > easily enough in the driveway/garage. Then, there's the time element > when > > you just need it running NOW! It's not so critical with my RC trucks, > but > > if I paid someone $15 or $20 per hour for the time I've spent getting 5 > > cheap used ones back into shape, I could have bought new ones! It > started > > out with 3 gas-powered ones that needed some work to run. I ended up > with 2 > > runners and one with a bad engine. One of the runners was sold, the > other > > was traded for another gas-powered fixer, and the one with the blown > engine > > traded for a running battery-powered electric truck. The fixer is fixed > > now, runs well and is up for sale. The electric one is running as good > as > > new, and is going to be my neighborhood terrorizer. > > > > Kevin in Hillsboro, OR > > 1983 300SD 267Kmi, Ursula > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
