I have a simple question (I think)...and I would appreciate it if you would mind consedering it..

Here is the story. I (foolishly) bought a MB 1985 Wagon from a guy in NY. ( It only had, and I had "his" mechanic confirm the accuracy, 115,000 miles. And shifted, "like a dream."

So five weeks ago this guy i, who is a 123 fan, tells me he has found the car of his dreams, an 84 Teal sedan Then I dont hear from him for 5 weeks. Just as I write my last threatening note to him. He reappers with this nonsense story about a vacation.

My suspicsion, and I may be paranoid, is that he swapped out my transmission, or engine, or both.

I did not share this suspision with him and asked him to ship all records including the complete repair history to me - so my question is - is there any way to tell if this deed has been done.

On MB is there any way to match the numbers on the transmission to the engine and the VIN?

I would post this publicly but I just registered and do not have the approval to post puboically yet and you seem to know your MB's.

Any help will be much appreciated.

Spire

afik the serial numbers are not tied together. on some cars the engine and chassis are numbered the same. on mb i dont think so.

as far as your story i dont follow what happened. i got lost with the two cars involved.

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Thanks for you reply. I wasnt clear.

I bought a wagon from him.
He told me in a phone conversation (before he dissapeared) the he had just bought a sedan from someone else. (A sedan with a lot of miles.)
My suspicioun was that during his inexplicable absense he decided he liked the low milage tranny in the wagon I had purchased from him - and which he has not yet shipped - removed it and put it in his car.

So I was wondering if I could tell if that had been done by serial numbers - but apparently not.

Thanks for the information however.

Spire

If you send me the VIN or take it to an MB dealership I/they can tell you the engine and transmission serial numbers that came with the car.

Sixto
95 S420
87 300SDL

That is very generous of you and very much appreciated! (Im not normally a paranoid type!)

Here is the VIN:

VIN wdbab93c7ff048088

Thanks again.

Spire

Here's the datacard info:

engine 617952 12 103586
trans 722315 02 620823
exterior 540
interior 154
features 286 411 440 451 467 491 519 531 546 575 588 593 639 640 673 722 732 805 843

You can deciper the codes at http://www.mbclub.ru/mb/code/?lng=eng

Sixto
95 S420
87 300SDL