Well, folks. I did it again.

I bought this 1991 350SDL yesterday after a short visit with the attorney on Monday. Attorney said that the divorce proceedings permit certain actions to continue if necessary for day to day and it's what you do. Well, I certainly do buy old diesel Mercedes that need a little help, tinker on them, and try to sell for a small profit.

I saw this car a few months ago. Yesterday was the buy day. I'm guessing some leaves got down on top of the resistor used to control the auxillary radiator fan on low speed.

I've acquired a fusebox with a million wires hooked to it, hood, and passenger front fender. More pics after I have the car in my possession. Seller has agreed to store if for a while. Car comes with a bunch of receipts. Engine was rebuilt at about 100K miles. I don't remember the exact mileage; however, with the exception of the 2 pics below, the car was in really good condition.

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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

Wow! now that's a project! Hopefully not too much of the harness is burnt. Divorce proceedings? Sorry to hear that. Just fixed my 86 300sdl today. New tensioner arm, new shock, new belt, new spring and new caps on the pulley and the tensioner arm. I call it a success. Nice and quiet now. Also treated it to an oil and filter change and a new antenna rubber seal.
My old tensioner failed big time and lost all of it's grease in the bearing. It Looked like it had puked all of it's guts out. Very pleased with the fast service here at Pelican parts!

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John
1986 300sdl
1985 380se

Ouch- that's ugly, and why I keep all the debris cleaned out on my 350SD!

Good luck with the repair, et al.

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Chief

1991 350SD

Was the right fender collateral damage from the fire fighters?

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The OM 642/722.9 powered family
Still going strong
2014 ML350 Bluetec (wife's DD)
2013 E350 Bluetec (my DD)

both my kids cars went to junkyard in 2023
2008 ML320 CDI (Older son’s DD) fatal transmission failure, water soaked/fried rear SAM, numerous other issues, just too far gone to save (165k miles)
2008 E320 Bluetec (Younger son's DD) injector failed open and diluted oil with diesel, spun main bearings (240k miles)

1998 E300DT sold to TimFreeh
1987 300TD sold to vstech