To be honest, I don't think it would be that difficult to get a W123 diesel up to 500K miles in a salt free environment. Just do routine oil, filter, valve adjustment, timing chains. It's the salt that kills them!
Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 17, 2015, at 6:26 PM, Donald Snook via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > These claims are usually made by people who have no idea what sort of > maintenance it takes to make them go long distances. I did have a 83 123 > diesel that had over 450,000 miles on it when I sold it. But, the previous > owner had put 375,000 of those miles on it and his service records filled a > BIG three ring binder. Yes, they will go that far, but the majority of them > won't because someone junks them when a major repair or a transmission, or > some other expensive repair happens. > > Don > > -----Original Message----- > From: Randy Bennell [mailto:rbenn...@bennell.ca] > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 5:20 PM > To: Donald Snook; Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] interesting 123 > > Don't you just love the ads that claim these cars are good for xxx,xxx,xxx > miles? > > RB > >> On 17/02/2015 5:15 PM, Donald Snook via Mercedes wrote: >> Sorry, I forgot to include link: >> >> https://wichita.craigslist.org/cto/4870297534.html >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Donald Snook [mailto:d...@snooklawllc.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 4:57 PM >> To: Mercedes Discussion List >> Subject: [MBZ] interesting 123 >> >> This looks interesting. Not much in the way of details or pictures. My >> prior 123 Diesels were 82 and 83. I have never had an 85. Isn't there >> some weird stuff about the 85 that is unique. This one is here in Wichita, >> so I might look at it. >> >> Don Snook >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://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 >> >> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has >> no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > > _______________________________________ > http://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 > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
