My 87 300D has the 17 head, with 190,000 on the motor and 390,000 on the chassis. Runs great, average around 25 mpg driving fast, but I have seen 30 mpg driving it at the speed limit. Paid $1050.00 for it 3 years ago but had to repair where it was rear ended prior to my owning it. I had offered $1000 to his asking $1750 on Craigslist, but he said no he would wait to see what he got on Ebay. I bought it off Ebay for the $1050.00.
Should hit 400,000 in 39 weeks or less. Steve On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: > As of now, I have or had 5 OM603s. The lowest mileage when I bought it was > 175k. NONE have had cracked head problems. ALL have had the "terrible" 17 > head. > > As long as the suspect 300D has not been recently overheated, there is a > very slim chance something is wrong with the head. In later years, even > Marshall conceded that it was likely all the 603s that had bad heads had > been junked or repaired by several years go. > > Iron heads crack too, especially when abused. I have replaced far more > iron heads (3 or 4 on Mercedes Diesels) than I have aluminum heads (1 on a > wabbit cause it was cheaper than doing the head work on the old head) (0 on > mercedes) > > > > So, 95 issues are wiring harness and evaporator issues vs. 87 possible >> cracked head......which is more costly? >> >> John >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
