OK, well that clears up a misunderstanding I had of it.....I thought you never got rid of it and it came back periodicly.......

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1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

I have lived in the tropics, and yes - the plasmodium parasite stays in your system, took me 3 bouts before I was rid of it.

Look up the plasmodium vector cycle in 'Kumar and Robbins' (pathology text) and you'll find that it does recur.

cheers

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1982 300SD (214 k, excellent shape) kidmobile running mostly biodiesel, gets 31 mpg hwy with 2.82 rear from a euro 500SEL



1976 115 body 240D 4-speed (traded for Jeep parts) - Engine lives on in my CJ7

Is that anything like the Benzmodium parasite that most of us have?

Kevin

well thats closer to what I believed was what happened................as someone who is glad they have never gotten it.....by virtue of not being in a place it has not been mostly erradicated.

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

I have to admit to also spending too much time wandering through Ebay, especially Mercedes for sale. I watched a nice looking 500E sell at a fairly low price. Then I noticed the 3rd time it sold, it was bought by the same person who bought it the first time. "Hmmm", I said. "It seems the seller may not be above board. Maybe he gets a little help from his friends using various Ebay IDs." After that, I noticed some similar situations with other Merz that didn't sell etc. Last month I briefly heard a TV news story about how Ebay caught several sellers bidding up the price and how they would not tolerate this. From what I had heard about Ebay, I thought it might be one of the few times they side with the customer and not the seller.

I have also seen on this forum some very good reports regarding purchases of Merz on Ebay.. so if I buy anything through them I hope to take all the precautions necessary to have a good experience.

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1982 300D (266,001 mi.) looking and running great

Previously owned:
1976 450 SLC
1983 300D
1976 300D
also
1982 Jaguar XJ6 (loved, but gone)

You must not have had the appropriate treatment to get rid of the malarial parasite. Once it has been cured by the best means, it never comes back. Trust me, I've spent 4/5 of my life living the countries in which mosquitos carrying plasmodium are all over the place. Not to mention that I had the disease as a child. I know this stuff doesn't recur. But anyway, let's not detract from the subject of this thread.

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1988 Mercedes-Benz 560SEL, 89K miles - daily driver
2007 Hyundai Sonata Limited, 31K - daily driver