On other thing occurred to me. Perhaps the oil pan damage was not from it being driven at all. Perhaps it got damaged by copart moving it around with the huge forks. Maybe one of them was a little too high and smacked the oil pan.
Sent from my iPhone > On May 30, 2023, at 6:38 PM, Kaleb Striplin <ka...@striplin.net> wrote: > > That’s the plan. Otherwise it’s an incredibly clean car. Nicest 220 I have > seen in a long time. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On May 30, 2023, at 6:33 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Why sweat what you don’t know. Get the pan replaced, pour some oil in it, >> charge the battery and light it off. I’ll be there’s a better than 50% >> chance it will run. Are the cylinders scored? Who cares if it’s running? >> >> -D >> >> On May 30, 2023, at 7:25 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com<mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: >> >> Of course the other part of this is if somebody tried to start it while it >> was sitting at the auction. From the auction pics the dash was lit of so >> battery was not always dead. If somebody out looking at cars tried to start >> it, could have caused damage. That is unless there is some sort of starter >> lockout if the oil level indicates critical low level. Not sure if that is a >> feature or not. Battery in the car does appear to be taking a charge. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On May 30, 2023, at 6:20 PM, Curt Raymond >> <curtlud...@yahoo.com<mailto:curtlud...@yahoo.com>> wrote: >> >> You never know, we knocked a hole in the Piston Bully last winter and got >> away with it. No knocks, plenty of power... >> >> Curt >> >> Sent from Yahoo Mail on >> Android<https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000604&af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_> >> >> On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 7:09 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com<mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: >> I don’t think they even have oil pressure sensors anymore. Looks like they >> hit something for sure. You can’t really see it in this pic but the cross >> member even has a gash in it. >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.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 >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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
