IF he ran it on unrefined animal fat / oils, the injectors are full of half burned oil snot, the IP is likely in full of congealed and semi hard oil residue, along with the fuel tank and fuel supply lines... Which is why "it wouldn't start"... no fuel being atomized.
Cleaning up the complete fuel system will be an experience you will remember, for life.. good luck. On Sat, Apr 3, 2021 at 2:08 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > yeah. The guy said he had others calling him but I got there first and > since I seemed to know something about the car he was like WTH take it. > He just wanted it gone, probably would have taken $200. It had been > sitting on the side of the road, I'm not sure why the town had not towed > it off or something but Folly Beach is a funky place so who knows. I'll > go get it this week sometime. > > I hope I can get me wunnathem insane prices. > > He had this BMW X3 there he was bitching about, said the thing was full > of electronic gremlins and he wanted to unload it. He wondered if I had > any interest, I told him hell no. I drove the 05ML500 over and he was > kinda looking at it, I told him the older 163s were much better and that > got him thinking. > > --FT > > On 4/3/21 4:53 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > > So you bought it for $300? I didn’t think deals like this existed > anymore with the insane prices. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Apr 3, 2021, at 3:49 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >> The rear edges of the hood are rusty and the hinges are kinda just > there holding it in place. The sunroof has a rust spot but it isn't real > bad yet. There are some other rust spots around the wheels but not too > bad. It is def a Euro model, he had to go through some gyrations to get a > title for it but he has it. > >> > >> He was trying to start it when I got there, had the fuel line (with a > big in-line filter) in a jug of diesel and a charger and jumper cables from > his truck on the battery. It would spin but not fire off. GP relay seemed > not to be holding closed but was clicking closed then releasing. Not sure > what that was about but GPs were not getting warm. He made mention of > running it on "chicken grease." Uhhhh, ok.... He said it was increasingly > difficult to get started, which is probably goobered fuel/tank filter and > maybe valves. > >> > >> Overall it was about what you might expect from sitting for some time, > rode hard not really well maintained, but it is what it is. I'm guessing > that with some glow heat and clean fuel it might light off. > >> > >> Anyway, $300 (he probably would have taken $200), if I can get it > running and clean it up a bit it will be a quick flip to the fakebook > boys. I have this other 79 NA TD that could be a donor too, it is wayyyyy > rusty but "ran when parked." Maybe I'll do a package deal for both of > them, just get them out of here. > >> > >> TCM for the 99ML320 showed up a little while ago, I gotta get that in > here shortly and see if it cures the limp mode on this thing. > >> > >> --FT > >> > >>> On 4/3/21 2:05 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: > >>> Well how rusty is it? Did the engine start up? Beautiful day out. > >>> > >>> Apr 3, 2021 1:49:11 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com>: > >>> > >>>> I LOBALLED IT SHOULD HAVE LOBALLED MORE > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> --Ft > >>> Max Dillon > >>> Charleston SC > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________ > >>> 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 > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> 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 > > > -- > --FT > > _______________________________________ > 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
