I emailed the seller yesterday to ask some questions. No answer. I am trying to remember issues to look at on these 123 diesels. Here is what I came up with so far:
1. Does it start easily in the cold (its very cold in Wichita today)? 2. Does he have any service records? 3. If no records, can he tell me when the valves were adjusted, what other maintenance has he done. I figure the other thing I need to do is look it over for rust and general condition and whether it looks like it has been taken care of or neglected -- I know this is obvious. I never had to replace the timing chain on either one of my 123's. But, I had heard that with proper oil changes and routine valve adjustments, the timing chains can last much longer. I don't remember what the correlation was between valve adjustments and the timing chain, but it seems like there was something. Don Snook -----Original Message----- From: Dan Penoff [mailto:d...@penoff.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 6:02 PM To: Mercedes List Subject: Re: [MBZ] interesting 123 Nice close up photos. The VIN doesn't look right, or is it just me? Dan > On Feb 17, 2015, at 6:58 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Yea I saw that one a while back, impressive photo skills. Let us know what it > looks like. I was sort of interested also. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 17, 2015, at 5:15 PM, Donald Snook via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> 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.
