http://houston.craigslist.org/car/121355121.html

For someone on this board who might be interested.

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- Brian


1989 500SEL Euro
1966 250SE Cabriolet
1958 BMW Isetta 600

"The only thing the car needs is a transmission.

Wrong cluster for a 300D, big clock, no tach.

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Palangi

2004 C240 Wagon 203.261 Baby Benz
2008 ML320 CDI Highway Cruiser
2006 Toyota Prius, Saving the Planet @ 48 mpg
2000 F-150, Destroying the Planet @ 20 mpg



TRUMP .......... WHITEHOUSE
HILLARY .........JAILHOUSE
BERNIE .......... NUTHOUSE
0BAMA .......... OUTHOUSE

If it is a factory manual tranny 300 then maybe it didn't come with a tach. At least that is what I have seen. Possible euro?
Too bad I can't drive past one of those......

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

Euro?

You could be right. The pictures are not clear enough to tell for sure. It doesn't have alloys either. Wonder who stole the tranny?

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Palangi

2004 C240 Wagon 203.261 Baby Benz
2008 ML320 CDI Highway Cruiser
2006 Toyota Prius, Saving the Planet @ 48 mpg
2000 F-150, Destroying the Planet @ 20 mpg



TRUMP .......... WHITEHOUSE
HILLARY .........JAILHOUSE
BERNIE .......... NUTHOUSE
0BAMA .......... OUTHOUSE

If it's a euro, does that mean it has a NA engine with no tach?

Kind of makes perfect sense given the mileage of 198k.

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PagodaLOVER
1967 230SL, manual
1959 180D, manual

Mine is a Non Euro Texas car. I think it is original tach cluster or someone did a nice job replacing it as the seal is nice. I thought it was normal for old cars to not have a tachometer, even stick shifts.

If it is not and I have a tachometer connection behind my cluster just waiting for a mate, I' d like to know.

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What Would Rudolph Do?
1975 300D, 1975 240D, 1985 300SD, 1997 300D, 2005 E320 , 2006 Toyota Prius

I thought the turbos had tachs and the NA's didn't, but I may be incorrect.

Isn't it funny this is a "manual transmission' but it has *No* transmission Perhaps that is why it is a "manual".

I love the color. Could it really have leather seats? I have never seen a 300D with leather?

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What Would Rudolph Do?
1975 300D, 1975 240D, 1985 300SD, 1997 300D, 2005 E320 , 2006 Toyota Prius

My 85 wagon has leather. I much prefer the MB Tex!

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

If it's really an 83 300D with an original manual tranny then it's a Euro model without a turbo. Typically an older MB with a manual tranny does not have a tachometer. The only one that I know has it is the US spec 190D.

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2004 VW Jetta TDI (manual)

Past MB's: '96 E300D, '83 240D, '82 300D, '87 300D, '87 420SEL

I called on the car today, and it is indeed a Euro that came originally with a manual tranny. there was WAY too much of a language barrier to really find out any specific information. If anyone here can hablo then more info might be possible.
The tranny isn't bad, it is GONE.

Joe probably needs to go check this one out!

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

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My car has leather. I keep hearing its normal for 300s to have tex but everyone one I have seen has leather in it. All the 240s i've seen have txt.

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Adam Lumsden
(83) 300D
Vice-President of the MBCA International Stars Section

Are you sure about the other 300Ds you've seen having leather. I know my 300D has MB Tex, and probably 9/10 of the other 300Ds I've seen also have MB Tex.