Welcome aboard, Conrad. I have some really good condition used parts if you need lighting or bumpers, doors and relays as well. Washer pump and blower fan are in stock as well.
No idea on gas engines, but I would posit that you need to replace the head gasket, since you either have water in the fuel or a coolant leak. Best to rebuild the engine, or replace it. The sun roof has a broken cable. Best to just skip having a sunroof. A car of that vintage would probably have a leak and you would need new seals. Focus attention on keeping it running and safe. Suspension, tires, cooling, steering. First, replace all your filters and fluids. Change all fuses for known good NEW. The body style is very common, so has almost no value. This makes them hard to source parts, unless you have a good pull a part yard that gets old ones regularly. Many parts are shared with the R107 roadsters, and those parts will be of more value, so will be missing. clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1972 220D - Gump - She is green, simple and ran 1995 E300D - Cleo - Used by the Queen of Denial POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers On Oct 13, 2012, at 11:30 AM, Rick Knoble wrote: > On Oct 13, 2012, at 10:36 AM, "Conrad Trybus" <tryb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello, >> I would like to ask for some knowledge about a 1973 280. I am in high >> school and this is my first car. As one would expect from a 16 year old, I >> don't have a whole lot of automotive experience or skill, but I have been >> working on restoring an old Jeep for a few years, so I'm not completely >> mechanically inept. >> First of all, the car smokes after getting up to temperature(maybe after >> driving 4-9 miles). It is a white smoke from the exhaust. > > That would indicate a bad head gasket, not seals. White smoke = coolant, > blue smoke = oil, black smoke = fuel. > >> Also, if I'm careful, can I reuse all of the gaskets and seals, or would I >> have to buy new ones. > > New. We have a parts supplier on this list, and his prices are the best of > anyone's. > >> I was also wondering about the vacuum pump. Is it really necessary at all? > > A gasser with a vacuum pump? Yes, if it's there, it's necessary. German > engineers are funny like that. >> >> Also, the sun roof doesn't work. It worked for a couple days after I >> bought the car, then stopped working. When I press the open button nothing >> happens, but when I press the close button I hear the electric motor. > > On other models it is operated with a cable. Might be a cable issue. >> Maybe I should buy a new switch just incase we killed it (any good places to >> buy one). > > Rusty at buymbparts.BIZ 1-800-741-5252 >> Finally, are there any little nuances about operating and maintaining an >> old Mercedes W114 that I should know about? > > Never owned one. >> Other than these things I mentioned, I love the car and hope to keep it in >> good condition > > Jaime? Mitch? Loren? Kaleb? Craig? Roger? Someone who knows more than me > please help this young man out. We were all young once... > > Rick > Sent from my iPhone > > _______________________________________ > 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://mail.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://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
