Check the shift linkage bushings before you do anything else. And fluid level, of course.
Fun! -D Sent from my iPad > On Apr 26, 2017, at 10:03 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Max and I went and looked at the POSEL300 yesterday. The kid wanted $300 for > it, said the tranny was bad, had sat for 5 or 6 years. It was in > surprisingly good shape, body very good, paint starting to fade a bit on top > (calling MarthaPoos), interior not too bad though one window was down with a > tarp in it and another was down about an inch, but it wasn't moldy or > anything. Fairly clean. Gave him $200 for it, gonna go pick it up this > afternoon or tomorrow with my trailer. It is a sorta brown/bronze color, not > too dark. I'll have to run the VIN. > > As we were leaving we noticed a 126 sitting at a tow yard across the street. > We went over to take a look at it, really nice maroon 500SEL that someone had > hit 2 palmettos on the RF and completely destroyed it, they had just towed it > in. Tow guy said it was on Keewaw. Blood on driver airbag, he said the > driver was in the hospital. I asked about buying the hulk, thinking a > 500->300SEL swap... He said they would have to wait for insco to sort it > out, call back in a week. I'll keep track of it, see if the engine/tranny > looks intact. I tried to track down who it might have belonged but no luck > so far. > > I am supposing that swapping about any 126 engine into a 126 chassis should > be fairly straightforward? Wilton/Max's dizzel (though from diff chassis)? > This POSEL could be a fairly nice car maybe. Or if we can get the engine > running, is the 300 tranny anything special to that engine or will any 126 > tranny fit? Or maybe the tranny problem is something simple, the kid said it > just quit working, would not go into F or R, which does not sound like a > progressive failure. i wonder if the shifter is working. > > I got plates for the 560SEC yesterday so gonna get that beeste on the road > and having some fun. > > -- > --FT > Winston Churchill: > “Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large > or petty, > never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. > Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the > enemy.” > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
