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Old 11-16-2014, 11:47 PM
barry12345 barry12345 is offline
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Originally Posted by mbzman View Post
You are absolutely right. Definitely will check the odometer. Don't think the trip was showing all zeros which is common when they have failed and stop counting. I've already had my odometer/speedo cluster in my 300CE redone by North Hollywood Speedo.

I've been reading lots of threads and watching some videos on youtube from mercedes source which has been helpful. Going to check the oil condition as well as how it starts and shuts off. Blowby I suppose can be checked with oil cap slightly loose on the cover.

It is a U.S. car so I'm guessing it could have come from a sunbelt state thus the reason for the cracking on the seats.
Besides the chronic natural failure of 123 odometers. These cars come from a period in time when car dealers regularily spun the odometers back to gain resale value. This was epidemic in those days and possibly practiced more on expensive cars. Either way though the practice was all too common.
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