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w123 wagon sls question.....
i looked at a wagon that had the sls converted to a standard suspension.....
is this a bad thing and does it affect resale value? if so, how much would it cost to convert it back? thanks for reading..... |
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Fair number of posts here on that topic. Few people think the conversion is good. Conversion back is probably only economic if you have a complete donor wagon. A new pump is around $1200.
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I see a suspension conversion as a sign of neglect.
It would be very expenisve to rebuild the system using new parts. Pump- $1200 Accumulators- $150x2 Struts- $400x2 |
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I guess may be the question is if any of the SLS parts (except for the sls shocks) were not removed.
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Prices quoted above are for new parts, and who pays that much for this stuff? {only the accumulators} You can almost always find SLS parts used, either here in the parts section or on ebay.
Heck, daw can find anything. I would not be willing to buy a wagon with bypassed SLS, so I say yes, it hurts resale. And it is not at all a complicated system, so there is just no excuse for not having it functional. I purchased a complete wagon SLS system off of Craigslist a while back for a reasonable price. I have 2 wagons so I'm hanging on to everything but the pump. Hitman already has that.......
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yeah, what Jimmy said. I think I have 2 pumps, one valve (somewhere --- can't find it yet; lost in the move??), a hydraulic reservoir --- even comes with the dipstick.
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