This one is is my town....so I may take a look just for fun:

1993 300SD "Runs and Drives nicely, New Tires, Rebuilt Transmission, New Brakes. Low Miles No Rust AC works." 90k miles.

Asking $8500, which of course he won't get.

And why a tranny would have to be rebuilt with such low mileage is anyone's guess.

So what would be a low enough price to make you willing to roll the dice?

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14 E250 Bluetec "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 153k miles
06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 171k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU
91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver, 142k mi, wastegate conversion

19 Honda CR-V EX 61k mi
Fourteen other MB's owned and sold
1961 Very Tolerant Wife

Well look at see what #cylinder head it has (I think it would have had a #17 originally?), and if it has a reman engine (tag on bellhousing).

-J

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1991 350SDL. 230,000 miles (new motor @ 150,000). Blown head gasket

Tesla Model 3. 205,000 miles. Been to 48 states!
Past: A fleet of VW TDIs.... including a V10,a Dieselgate Passat, and 2 ECOdiesels.
2014 Cadillac ELR
2013 Fiat 500E.

Knock about eight thousand off that asking price and I'd be willing to play the rodbender game.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

Maybe 5k? It all depends on the cars condition and what head it has.

I'll check it out and report back.

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14 E250 Bluetec "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 153k miles
06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 171k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU
91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver, 142k mi, wastegate conversion

19 Honda CR-V EX 61k mi
Fourteen other MB's owned and sold
1961 Very Tolerant Wife

I've taken a chance on two of them. Have a spare OM603, 3.0 in the garage. Alternatively, consider a S320. Lower cost per mile for fuel.

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Present
1987 300SDL
1991 300SL
1990 560SEL
2001 ML320

Past
1969 200D 1979-82
1983 300SD 1984-85
1972 250C 1982-02
1995 S350 2011
1997 S320 2012

A low enough price to be able to source and install a new engine if/when the current one craps out.

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Current Stable

• 380SL (diesel)
• Corvette C5
• Manx
• Baja Bug
• F350 Powerstroke
• Auburn Boattail Speedster replica

Has the evaporator on the A/C been fixed because that is hard and 24 labor hours to fix it if you are good. I can remove and install the engine in the time it takes to get the Evaporator out!

I had one once, and my radiator and trans cooler decided they wanted to trade fluids. Pink was the color and I noticed it when it started to shift I a poor manor. That is my guess for the automatic rebuild. At this point it is 20 years old.