kent bergsma apparently came across a warehouse full of NOS mb parts owned by an old mb mechanic. no word yet as to what's going to happen but there's gotta be lots of unobtainable parts in there. there were dozens of complete 617 engines as well.

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1981 NA 300D 310k miles

I am in driving distance, so let us know what is for $ale!

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All Diesel Fleet
1985 R107 300SLD TURBODIESEL
2005 E320 CDI (daily)

LOTS of parts for sale!


EGR block kit
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/355250-sale-egr-delete-block-off-plate-kit.html

1985 CA emissions 617 owners- You Need This!
Sanden style A/C Compressor Mounting Kit for your 616/ 617 For Sale + Install Inst.

Sanden Instalation Guide (post 11):
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/367883-sanden-retrofit-installation-guide.html

haha, i wish i knew. ask mr bergsma, apparently the owner is very private and wants no one to know the location.

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1981 NA 300D 310k miles

What a find! It sounded to me like Kent was going to find some way to sell it all... One can only hope...

Who isn't up for a spare engine or two

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$60 OM617 Blank Exhaust Flanges
$110 OM606 Blank Exhaust Flanges
No merc at the moment

I have a 20 foot trailer and am within driving distance. Please let me know.

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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

Considering who is doing the selling, nothing will be cheap!

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1981 300TD "The Green Lantern"
1980 300TD
1983 300D Euro "China Cat"

Just what I was thinking.

I like Kent and he benefits greatly by making things easy for those who do not research/shop around/ and or have the skills. That being said -being a business person, he will most likely buy the whole lot and see a return on his investment just as any business person would do. I am very curious about what he found there!

yeah. it probably won't be cheap, but still cheaper than if those parts were still being made by MB and sold at the dealer.

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1981 NA 300D 310k miles

I like Kent as well. When I first got started with MBs four years ago, reading through the forums was sometimes a nightmare. I hadn't figured out whose advice to trust and pretty much every topic has 10 different opinions on it.

Kent provides a central place to get parts and detailed instructions on the more common DIY-able tasks. And his prices aren't all that bad. A lot of people on here get bent out of shape over a few bucks.

We all can get the same right here, just takes wading through a lot more stuff to get it.

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'85 300TD "Puff The Magic Wagon" - Rolling Resto
'19 Mazda CX-9 Signature - Wife's sled
'21 Morgan 3-Wheeler P101 Edition
'95 E300d - SOLD
'84 300TD "Brown Betty" - Miss this one
'81 240D "China Baby" - Farm grocery getter

You can watch the video of Kent combing through the Mercedes cave here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06pxDaABIs0&feature=player_embedded

Unbelievable find...

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1983 300TD - 202k with 5 speed Getrag conversion

I agree and would go one step further with respect to your last sentence.

First, while the basic technical details may be here, sometimes those posting are so far ahead of some of us, in terms of their wrenching experience and skill level, that despite best efforts the descriptions leave out details that we need. I personally don't like even starting a job if I'm not comfortable with the instructions.

Bergsma's technical instructions are clear and generally understandable by those with low-level wrench skills.

Second, there is a lot of information on this site. That's a mixed blessing. There is, unfortunately, a LOT of bad information in with the good. Also some jobs are described in words only. Some of us need pictures

Also, not everyone is interested in dealing with Internet forums such as this one. I wasn't until I found this site. I used to prefer the traditional email list format groups (with archives). Now I see the benefits of a BB.

I have read some of the rants here against Bergsma and I'm not particularly impressed by the issues being raised. I have only ever seen one actual allegation of him not delivering what was promised, and in that case we were only hearing one side of the issue.

Concerning his prices, well there are lots of different pricing setups out there. I have bought a couple of his 'packages' and was very happy with the combo pricing.

If you don't like how he does things, go somewhere else. But slagging his business model isn't helpful or justified. (Frankly I think he's bloody good at what he does.)

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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

Those cast aluminum parts for the water pump housing aren't really aluminum... they're silver painted gold.

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'85 300TD "Puff The Magic Wagon" - Rolling Resto
'19 Mazda CX-9 Signature - Wife's sled
'21 Morgan 3-Wheeler P101 Edition
'95 E300d - SOLD
'84 300TD "Brown Betty" - Miss this one
'81 240D "China Baby" - Farm grocery getter

I finally got the video to work. Even if he can do a deal, it will take weeks of full-time effort to catalog what is in there. It's insane.

Those cabinets are incredible, with everything so neatly arranged. I haven't seen anything like that outside of a race team.

At the scale of his operation it would take years to sell that off, unless he packages large lots and shops grab them up.

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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