On the Volvo: scenarios such as that one, high mileage first owner then sold on with no books/records, are very common. Lots of high-miler auction cars "lose" their service books.

I bought two such cars (albeit back in the 240 era) with excellent results. It's my theory that enerally people doing high mileage take care of their cars better than grandma who drives 1,500 miles a year and never thinks about that service book in the glove compartment. But that is just my opinion....

On the 300td's: there are several threads on the SLS issue and varying opinions on the options available to replace the system. None will give you a factory feel, from what I can tell.

For example, there is one guy who is a proponent of using w116 springs, but IIRC others are a skeptical of his claims concerning effectiveness.

I believe one person on the other list did succeed in ordering some springs from Europe that work well. But it was a project in itself just to get them.

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Mac
2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d

“Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

Interestingly a guy 2 hours from me has a Euro 300TD for sale, manual trans, manual heat, no AC installed, manual windows, but no turbo... Car looks nice, and it's priced around $5k...

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1983 300TD 240K - 1982 240D 215K - 1996 Dodge Cummins 70K

You wouldn't happen to be on the west coast of canada would you?
I suppose by posting at 7am CST, I probably have my answer


I ask b/c we may be traveling to BC VERY soon.

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Current Mercedes
1979 maple yellow 240D 4-speed

Gone and fondly remembered:
1980 orient red 240D 4-speed

Gone and NOT fondly remembered:
1982 Chna Blue 300TD

Other car in the stable:
2013 VW Jetta Sportwagen TDI / 6-speed MT

Nope, I'm in Ontario. The car is in Montreal.

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1983 300TD 240K - 1982 240D 215K - 1996 Dodge Cummins 70K