Either some minor maintenance that was let go, and failure to consider replacement of wear items like axles, or crap design/execution using crap materials like the biodegradable wiring.

--FT


On 9/24/16 11:20 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
How can such an otherwise beautiful MERCEDES become scrap after a mere 21 years?

On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 10:49 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote:

    axles ("axels"), wiring, radio, ignition -- all that is a lot of
    work and the parts are not quite cheap.  Maybe Kleb $500 price?

    --R



    On 9/23/16 10:46 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote:

        ...along with a new admission of ignition troubles and "needs
        axles"...
        This looks more solid in the rust department than my 1999, and
        has 100,000 fewer
        miles, but is it cheap enough?

        http://grandrapids.craigslist.org/cto/5759109410.html
        <http://grandrapids.craigslist.org/cto/5759109410.html>

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