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The funny thing in reading this thread is how 5 or 6 years ago (and I'm sure the threads still exist) everyone was saying the 126 chassis was the LAST TRUE MERCEDES and the 140 is junk. I KNEW this day would come and I think you can even find me quoting this on the boards here somewhere. Then, as now, I like to quote Billy Joels' "Keeping the Faith": "The good old days weren't always good and tomorrows not as bad as it seems." Maybe MB should drop "Green Onions" and substitute it with this instead!
The 140, to put it bluntly, can tear your heart and wallet out. Who was that actress that said "when I'm good I'm really good and when I'm bad I'm even better"? The 140 is more like when it's good it's really good and when it'd bad it's REALLY bad. Your broke, unless you're really loaded. I agree with sticking with an S500 M119, that was a really good motor/tranny combo. Watch for leaks, not just the evaporator but the steering gear box too. The later in the run the better, which is true with ANY Mercedes though.
The speaker discussion, I don't know everything, but I don't remember tweeters on the inside mirror, I thought they were on top of the dash on the sides, don't remember a center one, BUT make sure you're not looking at the hands-free microphone (cell phone). Remember these were built when cell phone technology was just barely chugging along (ANALOG! all we had was analog!) and MB really was trying to stay ahead. But it was hard to keep up with the changes back then when you wanted to just do the one major model change a year.
Gilly
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