I'm thinking it's the same. I just took the battery out of the 1990 300SEL when I did the upper control arm and it looked the same as the one in the 350SDL.
-D Sent from my iPad > On Apr 26, 2017, at 10:29 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > What battree does the 300SEL use? Will the Group99 (diesel) battree fit the > tray? > > -FT > > >> On 4/26/17 10:20 AM, Dan--- via Mercedes wrote: >> At this point I would just get some fresh fuel in it and hit the key. Worry >> about the details if it won't start. >> >> -D >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Apr 26, 2017, at 10:18 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Exactly my thought. Wouldn't that be something, pop in a bushing or two >>> and it's good to go... It did have fluid in it and didn't smell burned so >>> that part seemed OK. I'll have to wait until I get it where I can get it >>> lifted. I think my friend might let me put it in her barn so that would be >>> a good place to work on it. >>> >>> I need to get a battery for it too, get a filter and see about gas. Any >>> thoughts on resurrecting that aspect to see if the engine will run after so >>> long? >>> >>> --FT >>> >>> >>>> On 4/26/17 10:09 AM, Dan--- via Mercedes wrote: >>>> 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 t >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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 >> > > -- > --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
