You should start a YouTube channel like Low Buck Garage. On Sat, Apr 22, 2023, at 16:04, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: > Bought this thing off some Russian guy who was not around so I sent money by > Zelle after looking at it. No tittle! He or someone bought it at CoPart > maybe for the front and rear body bits and bumpers. Most of the rest of it is > still in or on it. > > Not as good a deal as the $400E500 which runs and drives but worthwhile for > parts. The interior and seats while now dirty are in good shape. Various bits > missing but guy says the transmission is good, engine failed. Has somewhat > cheap tires but they all have tread and air and the wheels are decent. Body > looks fairly decent under all the crust. No rust anywhere, very clean > underneath. It came with a tow setup, the towing apparatus is in the hatch > for some reason, guy says it’s all there. I’ll have to look for the Tow > Brain. > > I put a battery in it and it has a key but nothing came alive so I couldn’t > get it in neutral so I disconnected the rear driveshaft (it’s easier at the > transfer case for the rear as I discovered after wrestling with the diff end > flex disk and getting all the bolts off but couldn’t disconnect the flex > disk). For some reason the front doesn’t lock up. Tried to pull it and still > locked up but the GL managed to drag it out of its resting place. > > Got the trailer up to it and tried to winch it. That was no fun. Oh yeah > maybe check the parking brake… duh… so I got it winched up on the trailer ok. > I’m wondering now if it might actually be in neutral and stupid me could’ve > saved a lot of work. Oh well. > > I’ll start pulling stuff off it, maybe swapping into this 06ML500 I have, > same interior that is a little ratty. Getting the trans out will not be a lot > of fun but a worthwhile experience. The engine has all the bits still on it > so good alternator, compressor, PS pump, etc. > > I think it was a good deal! > > > > > > > > > --FT > Sent from iFōn > _______________________________________ > 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
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