Thanks. That is what I needed to hear. I am going to scavenge the parts I think I might need for future use. But, it doesn't sound like it is worth to plan to remove, store, and try to sell a lot of other stuff. Somebody suggested removing a few parts and then trying to sell the whole car to someone else that wants to mess with it. That is looking like a good idea.
Don Snook -----Original Message----- From: clay monroe [mailto:redgh...@comcast.net] Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2018 11:05 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Catastrophic Failure Sorry for the loss. I was just contemplating how BMW cars have retained their unique presences. A benz has no distinctiveness. By all means part out the car for those items you know will be expensive to procure for another ride. A spare part is always welcome, and if you plan repairs or upgrades, you can do it to the spare and then swap it in. Make sure you have space to store it and strip it. The return on time invested to scour the carcass for items of value on the open market is minimal at best. You will need a bunch of free time that would be better spent billing time. Marketing the items involves truck loads of time and effort, months at times and then needing to make sure it stays sold. clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers > On Jan 17, 2018, at 1:11 PM, Donald Snook via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Its been a while since I emailed. I am still receiving digest, but with my > new job I haven't had much time to respond to any. I think many of you know > I have two BMW 7 series. One is a 2000 740IL and the other is a 1999 740IL. > The 2000 has almost 240,000 miles. Last week the poor car experienced a > catastrophic failure. These engines have plastic timing chain guides and > they typical fail between 150,000 and 200,000 miles. Sometimes they fail > sooner. Well, mine lasted almost 240,000 miles. They apparently let go and > there is almost no time to stop the damage from occurring. So, my 2000 7 > series is done. It is going to BMW heaven. My question is for you all with > experience parting out cars. I needed the radiator for the other car and > have already removed it. I know this is a Mercedes list, but I'm wondering > if it is worth the trouble to start scavenging parts off the car to use for > mine AND also to sell for $. I have never tried to do this. > > I hope everyone is doing well and staying warm in this nasty weather. > > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
