Well the guy put it up on CL, now asking $3800. Still seems high to me.
It's been sitting for months on a corner with a For Sale sign in the window.
http://bloomington.craigslist.org/cto/1594810366.html
The paint is not as nice as it looks in those photos, the clear coat on the
hood is peeling
those cars also have head gasket problems.
Donald Snook wrote:
John F. wrote: "So, 95 issues are wiring harness and evaporator issues vs. 87
possible
cracked head..which is more costly?"
Both are bad. That's why the best MB diesel to buy is the 90-93 300D 2.5. Its
an awesome car.
Donald
if you had the 17 head then its been replaced, that is an upgraded head,
not the original.
Dieselhead wrote:
As of now, I have or had 5 OM603s. The lowest mileage when I bought
it was 175k. NONE have had cracked head problems. ALL have had the
"terrible" 17 head.
As long as the suspect 30
yea
Dimitri Seretakis wrote:
So 87 124 diesels have cracked head issues?
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95 E300, 92 500SEL, 92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 350SDL,
91 300D, 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL x2, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro,
85 190D, 84 190D, 84 300D euro manny, 76 240D, 76 300D,
http://www.ok
Curt Raymond wrote:
Not the same engine though, the '87 has a 6cyl. I understand they're a bit more
powerful and relatively desirable because of it.
'87 had the 147hp OM603
'90-93 had the OM602, with I believe a couple of hp less than the 190Dt.
'94-95 had the OM606 NA engine with 24v and vari
: Friday, January 22, 2010 2:27 PM
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As of now, I have or had 5 OM603s. The lowest mileage when I bought it
was 175k. NONE have had cracked head problems. ALL have had the
"terrible" 17 head.
As long as the suspect 300D has not been rec
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$5k seems pretty high to m
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote:
> As for anecdotal evidence, you are right, and your experience is as
> meaningless (Or meaningful) as mine.
Exactly...
Alex
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On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Donald Snook wrote:
> John F. wrote: "So, 95 issues are wiring harness and evaporator issues vs. 87
> possible
> cracked head..which is more costly?"
>
> Both are bad. That's why the best MB diesel to buy is the 90-93 300D 2.5.
> Its an awesome car.
>
EGR
The iron heads crack between the valves and from each valve to the
prechamber hole. A crack under 10mm in length is permissible. I
have seen iron heads with as many as 15 cracks. Even though no crack
was beyond 10mm, several were near 10 mm, so I chose to replace the
head anyway.
As for an
Sorry, my mistake. I meant the 14 head. As near as I can tell none
that i had ever had the head off.
#14 was the original bad head. #17 and up was improved, so you have
lucked out with someone handling the repair before you bought it.
John
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Dieselhead <126di
John F. wrote: "So, 95 issues are wiring harness and evaporator issues vs. 87
possible
cracked head..which is more costly?"
Both are bad. That's why the best MB diesel to buy is the 90-93 300D 2.5. Its
an awesome car.
Donald H. Snook
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On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Alex Chamberlain
wrote:
> (not quite sure the actual mileage since it was paid for by the P.O.,
> and the work was done at the dealer so pres
Presumably correct, that sentence should end. (Hit "send" by accident.)
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On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Iron heads crack too, especially when abused. I have replaced far more iron
> heads (3 or 4 on Mercedes Diesels) than I have aluminum heads
That just goes to show that anecdotal evidence is meaningless. I've
NEVER heard
#14 was the original bad head. #17 and up was improved, so you have
lucked out with someone handling the repair before you bought it.
John
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote:
> As of now, I have or had 5 OM603s. The lowest mileage when I bought it was
> 175k
him to $2500 if I'd
actually had the money to wave at him...
-Curt
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:12:24 -0500
From: "Allan Streib"
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Subject: [MBZ] looking at '87 300D
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My 87 300D has the 17 head, with 190,000 on the motor and 390,000 on the
chassis. Runs great, average around 25 mpg driving fast, but I have seen 30
mpg driving it at the speed limit. Paid $1050.00 for it 3 years ago but had
to repair where it was rear ended prior to my owning it. I had offered $10
On 1/22/2010 1:27 PM, Dieselhead wrote:
"terrible" 17 head.
The #14 is the bad one #17 is good.
John
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As of now, I have or had 5 OM603s. The lowest mileage when I bought
it was 175k. NONE have had cracked head problems. ALL have had the
"terrible" 17 head.
As long as the suspect 300D has not been recently overheated, there
is a very slim chance something is wrong with the head. In later
y
M
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Subject: [MBZ] looking at '87 300D
Well I had said that I was not buying any cars this year but I'd seen
this W124 sitting in a yard with a for sale sign for a while. I had
some time this morning so I stopped to look at it. It's an '87 300D
with (if
Tell me more about the cracked head issue.
On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:16 -0800, "John Freer" wrote:
> So, 95 issues are wiring harness and evaporator issues vs. 87 possible
> cracked head..which is more costly?
>
> John
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Subject: [MBZ] looking at '87 300D
Well I had said that I was not buying any cars this year but I'd seen
this W124 sitting in a yard with a for sale sign for a while. I had
some time this morning so I stopped to look at it. It's an '87
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Subject: [MBZ] looking at '87 300D
Well I had said that I was not buying any cars this year but I'd seen
this W124 sitting in a yard with a for sale sign for a while. I h
Well I had said that I was not buying any cars this year but I'd seen this W124
sitting in a yard with a for sale sign for a while. I had some time this
morning so I stopped to look at it. It's an '87 300D with (if the odo is
correct) about 173K miles.
Nobody was around so I noted the phone n
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