I drove my 300d more than 1,000 miles home (up and down the Rocky Mountains twice) and it was a blind ebay purchase. Its a great way to build alot of confidence in your car.

Perhaps you can haggle him a bit on the mileage fraud thing...

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

Oh and the carfax thing.
According to the owner, he didn't title the car until right around Halloween because he didn't have the funds to pay for the tax, title etc.
He also said he had no idea what the real odo reading should be and didn't want to
spend the extra $$ for the carfax.

Sounds plausible for a college student.

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Ginny in Denver-ish
78 300SD, 265K (mine)

look for advance auto down there... the name is a little different in FL, but it's the same company... advance bargain auto I think... anyway, they stock all kinds of stuff for the MB. I gotta agree, there are a ton of Pristine 123 MB's in FL... home of the old fogey I guess. if you want a better one once you are down there, pick up a paper, and look at the lists of them for sale. blow your mind. I went down there to pick up my euro 85 TD, and on my way back I took odd routes just for the fun of it, passed 2 123's with for sale signs in the window, and a 107 SL... $1K... it must have been a real gem but hey $1K for a convertible? I wished I had room on my trailer...

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

And if Memphis, TN is on your route; I can help if you have issues.

PM sent.

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daw_two
Germantown, TN

Links:
Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior
Cluster Needles Paint
New Old Stock (NOS) parts

Past:
3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda"
04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben"
& many more

be careful with advance and Pep boys, they might have things but they are generally slightly different. I bought a spin on fuel filter and it was too big. NAPA seems to be more reliable for fit and little better quality. They are a little farther apart then the advances and pep boys but worth the effort

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1982 300CD Turbo (Otis, "ups & downs") parts for sale
2003 TJ with Hemi (to go anywhere, quickly) sold
2001 Excursion Powerstroke (to go dependably)
1970 Mustang 428SCJ (to go fast)
1962 Corvette LS1 (to go in style)
2001 Schwinn Grape Krate 10spd (if all else fails)

Here in Houston if you take a more Southerly route to Denverish ,is that near Devilfish?

for the last 6 years, I have gotten all my filters and such from advance and pep boys... no problems yet. they have the mann filters in stock usually, and their cheapo is smaller, not larger than mann... NAPA is usually too steep for me.
and anything I need on a regular basis, I get at fastlane!

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

this weekend i got a spin on fuel filter from Advance that was too big, of course I didnt notice until I had fuel in it..... so to the OP for that item at least beware, the rest of the issues Ive had with their parts I will leave to another time.

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1982 300CD Turbo (Otis, "ups & downs") parts for sale
2003 TJ with Hemi (to go anywhere, quickly) sold
2001 Excursion Powerstroke (to go dependably)
1970 Mustang 428SCJ (to go fast)
1962 Corvette LS1 (to go in style)
2001 Schwinn Grape Krate 10spd (if all else fails)

OK, we're all wondering, How did it go? Driving home? Licking wounds?

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

I am guessing that she is there ( here) now- don't know if she took a laptop so it may be a few days unless she calls someone for help. I think she has an appointment with the Mouse, too.

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80 300SD (129k mi) 82 240D stick (193k mi)77 240D auto - stick to be (153k mi) 85 380SL (145k mi) 89 BMW 535i 82 Diesel Rabbit Pickup (374k mi) 91 Jetta IDI Diesel (155k mi) 81 VW Rabbit Convertible Diesel 70 Triumph Spitfire Mk III (63kmi)66 Triumph TR4a IRS (90k mi)67 Ford F-100 (??)

and has heat problems. She started a new thread.

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/213605-diagnosis-thermostat-help-post1761883.html?posted=1#post1761883

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85 300D (California) 220k
03 Silverado 1500 Xcab Z-71 Guzzler 90k Real American steel(made in Canada)
03 Suburban 1500 4x2 Guzzler 170k Real American steel(made in Mexico)
Diamondback hybrid
Element skateboard(mileage unknown)

Good news for diesel owners...There's no such thing as cold...only the absence of heat!

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