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Please let me know your thoughts..,
I saw wood peeling on glovebox and hood gap on driver side????

Anyone with better eyes???

Thanks for the help...

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1984 euro 280e 88k garage queen DB881/056
1991 300d 80k daily no winters DB441/175

Very nice car, appears in very nice shape. My only concern is that there appears to be an oil leak at the front of the engine, running down onto the oil pan....could possible be because of the use of synthetic oil or too thin....but if the milage is original a dried out seal maybe more likely....fuel filters appear old and primer pump should be replaced....braided fuel return lines appear very old....nice to see new fuel lines under the tank...means it has hopefully been cleaned....the low miles are nice, but scary to me....because things will start crumbling left and right....nice car though, with original Mercedes sheepskin covers...

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Too many pics, well, almost.

Any leak at the front of the engine may be a front crank seal failure.

Braided fuel lines easily replaced, same with the primer pump.

I like it.

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83 SD

84 CD

How to to replace fuel line related issues?
How easy to fix hood?
Any idea of market value??
The guy is wanting around 11k

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1984 euro 280e 88k garage queen DB881/056
1991 300d 80k daily no winters DB441/175

Going from pics only?
Sight unseen?
No idea whether it runs, or how it drives?
No Carfax?

To me making a guess on the above......t's a $3K car......

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'06 E320 CDI
'17 Corvette Stingray Vert

Pics look good to me - would have to drive it for any further opinion, but yeah $11K seems like way too much. if it drove as good as it looked, with no issues and ice cold A/C, I'd pay $4-5K but that's might just be me.

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Charlie

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'66 VW 1300 96K miles
'97 E300D 239K miles
'85 300D 203K miles (sold Sep 2012)

Thanks everyone for the info/feedback

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1984 euro 280e 88k garage queen DB881/056
1991 300d 80k daily no winters DB441/175

Replace fuel lines. Inexpensive and stupid easy to do.

Not sure. That hood misalignment is so slight I had to look for it. I wouldn't bother trying to fix it.

Car looks very nice. If the mileage can be authenticated through records, and it drives like a car with 80,000 miles on it, and everything works like it should, and the wetness at the front of the engine is just a leaking valve cover gasket (had it happen to me), I would have no problem paying five or even six grand for it, and I'm a cheapskate. I think eleven is high, but not ridiculously so. Now if it doesn't drive like a fairly new car, if the low mileage can't be verified, if everything doesn't work as it should, or if that wetness at the front of the engine is something more serious (actually kind of looks like when my water pump went), then the price I'm willing to pay comes down, possibly by a whole lot.

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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 401,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 26,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.

I agree,....kind of........but I can't get over the underside pics.......

RE: The valuable underside pics. They almost look worse than my '83 300SD's underside, that had 305K miles put on it in 16-years.

I would not expect a car with a scant 1/4 the miles my 300SD had on it to almost look worse than the underside of a car I owned and drove to 305K.......just sayin'......

FWIW - the topside view engine compartment of my old SD looked marginally better than the topside pics. shown on this W123.

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'06 E320 CDI
'17 Corvette Stingray Vert

Do you mean the severely rusted exhaust pipe isn't normal

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Underside pics tell much more than other pics.
A good paint job can hide plenty. If a car has been on rough roads all its life, it shows underneath. I have seen cars in dealers yards that look great until you look under & see cross member damage from rocks.

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Grumpy Old Diesel Owners Club group

I no longer question authority, I annoy authority. More effect, less effort....

1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

1K or 11K? 11K, is he exhaling or inhaling?

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Not MBZ nor A/C trained professional but a die-hard DIY and green engineer. Use the info at your own peril. Picked up 2 Infractions because of disagreements. NOW reversed.

W124 Keyless remote, PM for details. http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/mercedes-used-parts-sale-wanted/334620-fs-w124-chasis-keyless-remote-%2450-shipped.html

1 X 2006 CDI
1 x 87 300SDL
1 x 87 300D
1 x 87 300TDT wagon
1 x 83 300D
1 x 84 190D ( 5 sp ) - All R134 converted + keyless entry.

To much, does he have hard evidence that milage is correct? I would think with that milage there would be more shiny parts under the hood...at 60k I wouldn't expect all the cad plating to be gone....mine has more and its over 160k.....with the leaking crank seal to much....tell him to fix the seal, replace the fuel lines, primer pump and filters....and confirm it has had a valve adjustment.....the rear axles boots also don't look great but not cracked...

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looks real nice but $11k is outrageous.

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1981 NA 300D 310k miles

If its as nice as the pictures indicate and the mileage can be verified I would suspect he'll get the price or near it. Beautiful car if pictures accurately depict it. Is it in Canada?

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.