I should start collecting the bad ones as well

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).

why would anyone bid on ANYTHING from that seller? - read this: http://toolhaus.org/cgi-bin/negs?User=%09sevag&Dirn=Received+by

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'95 E320 Wagon my favorite road car. '99 E300D wolf in sheeps body, '87 300D Sportline suspension, '79 300TD w/ 617.952 engine at 367,750 and counting!

That answers my question!

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).

I think just about every servo ad on ebay says something to the tune of "This complete unit sells for $1670 from MBUSA" which is complete nonsense.

Why would anyone waste their money on that piece of garbage when you can get an aluminum body for around $600 or even better a digital unit from Unwired via your preferred reseller?

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1982 300TD 210K miles ("The Replacement" aka "The Anvil") - SOLD
1979 300SD 245K miles (never ending project)
2007 Pinarello F3:13
1995 Ducati 916 (SOLD, sniff)
1999 Ducati 900SSie (SOLD)

If anyone has ever taken a servo apart you will find that the cracks in the mid chamber is absolutely no problem at all. There are drain holes in the mid chamber anyway. If any water gets into the mid chamber it means that the lower water valve seal is leaking. And if this water collects in the mid chamber it will quickly ruin the motor and the gear train.

I have more issue with the aluminum mid chamber than I do with the cracked plastic. All the aluminum mid chamber I have seen do not have drain holes, so if your lower water valve develops an internal leak it will completely ruin the servo before you will know anything about it.

Most mid chamber cracks you see will have no coolant leaking from them and don't in themselves make the servo junk.


Matt

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1993 300D 2.5 Turbo (blue/ blue tex)
1991 350SDL (White/ Gray leather)
1983 300TD Turbo 5-speed manual (Green/ Beige)
1985 300SD (Black/ Black Leather)
1985 300TD (White/ Green Tex)
1980 300SD (Astral Silver/ Black Leather)
1990 560SEL (White/ Gray Leather)
1993 300SD (Black/ Black Leather)
1967 200D (Green/ Beige Tex)
1969 300SEL 6.3 (Moss Green Metallic/ Green Leather)
1975 300D (Astral Silver/ Green Tex)
2001 Ford Excursion Diesel

the rebuilt alum ones go for $400 or less. new oem ones go for $480 approx wholesale.

if you sink that much you might as well buy a digital one and get the problem over with.

or just use a manual stop cock. $30

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1979 300D 220 K miles
1995 C280 109 K miles
1992 Cadillac Eldorado Touring Coupe 57K miles SOLD
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1979 240D 140Kmiles (bought for parents) *SOLD.
SAN FRANCISCO/(*San Diego)
1989 300SE 148 K miles *SOLD