I have been wanting to start a w123 diesel SVO car up and have had a slight amount of mechanical background. However, I wanted to check availability on parts for a 1985 300TD at my local autozone, and there was zero. Not even brake rotors, pads, nothing.

This is depressing. I just don't want to be up you know what creek without a paddle, scouring forums in order to get a certain fuel pump, or brake pad.

Is the Benz Dealer going to charge a child and a half for something like brake pads?

Are my fears unwarranted? Am I just being paranoid?

autozone does have brake pads for the W123... i only buy my tail lamp bulbs from them.. their are places to get parts online.. fastlane, **************.com, me... other places

also doing the pads on the W123 is the easiest car to do it on, tap out two pins, drop one side in at a time, put the pins back in, new wear sensors... dont forget the anti squeal paste.. and your done

First off, welcome. I canvass three sites in particular to compare pricing. They are *************** ************** and performanceproducts4benz.com

*************** is generally referred to Rusty's here in the forum.
Good luck and be sure to check the do-it-yourself link in this forum.
I'm getting to be a pretty good mechanic with the info help found throughout this site. It Rocks!

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Here is the place to buy any part that you need.

where can i find parts in canada anyone? or is it cheaper for me to buy them in the US and sneak back ?

So now we've started listing the parts we replace in our signatures. I guess I better start working on my list........

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'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