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Originally Posted by shertex
Amazing that both of us snagged the same car for $400 at the same time. Yours looks like an even better deal than mine if for no other reason than the paint.
How does it drive? Take off the ALDA and prepare to be amazed.
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Yeah, I cant believe we bought the same, year, make, model, and price all at the same time.
ALDA has been removed. It is very peppy. I'm wondering how it will be on fuel mileage without the ALDA. I'm not seeing any black smoke like people said without it.
It took 3-4 hours, but I went by the guys house that I bought the car from after work, and put the front of the engine back together. I was amazed at how well he kept track of all the hardware. The only thing I neglected to do was put the radiator shroud back on. I already was past that point, and it was getting dark, so I'll disassemble it another day. Looks like the water pump it quite old anyway, so may tear it apart to do that. Filled it with fluids, and installed a fresh battery, and after a bit of cranking, she started right up. Very peppy, I was surprised. The car must weigh much less than my long-wheelbase W126's. It hadn't been started in over a year when he gave up on getting it back on the road. He seemed surprised we had it running and driving in a few hours, but happy to see it was going to used as a driver, and not a parts car. He actually had a guy offer him $500 for it as a parts car then to the shredder. He opted to take my $400 offer to make sure it went back on the road. Cool guy. He took a video of it running before I left. I didn't have an extra driver, so I'm heading back there this morning with my wife to get it. I'll take some pics, and maybe a video of it running.
So, other than engine common issues which I'm familiar with, are there any other W124-centric problems that should be addressed or looked into on a new purchase?
I've actually got a 1987 300TD wagon, but I haven't touch it yet other than a few little things as it runs fine, and just needs freshening up with some interior stuff...etc. so I dont know anything about this chassis.