Saw some Swedes running some in the 400k territory. My 603 is still running fine at 345k. Soon to snatch up a spare (for my Landy) that only has 170k.

My personal opinion on high mileage motors is that at least you know they most likely havent sat for years! (Gotta look at the bright side)

Which brings me to my original question. Who here is currently driving high mileage MB engines, and how high?

Im sure this has been covered many times, but for some reason the search bar drops away whenever i enter text?

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Lotus 7 replica-20valve 4AGE
06' 500R Ninja Naked/Café/Custom
86' 300 SDL (Donor)
98' Discovery 50th anniversary (Recipient of transplant)

Well our 80 240D has 356800K on it. Got it from the original owner with 305960K.


Charlie

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there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works

372k miles on '81 300TD when we sold it.

Doktor Bert has 1.x million miles, IIRC.

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yeah that guy with the 300sd has gotta be in the top three.
i've only (lol) got 307,000 miles on my 300d

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1981 NA 300D 310k miles

Doktor Bert has 1.3 million (rebuilt at 1.25 million, I believe). layback40 has 800k on a parts car... a member here replaced his engine at 750k (750KMILZ, I believe)... I have 211k on mine.

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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... " -MBeige ____ "Señor Luna, your sense of humor is quite järjetön" -Delibes

1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

Yes,

Our 1978 300SD went 1,244,000 (which we later documented with paperwork from the original owner) before rebuilding the 617.950 in June of 2005. The engine was very tired, as one would expect, but it was still running when overhauled.

The odometer just rolled up 344,000 yesterday, so the 'new' engine now has 100,000 miles on it.

I recently set the valves and checked the chain for stretch and the cam phasing was unchanged. The tensioner shoes/guides look decent too, as do the cam lobes.

No plans to open it up again just yet...

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Did you just pass my 740 at 200 kmh in a 300SD?????

1978 300SD 'Phil' - 1,315,853 Miles And Counting - 1, 317,885 as of 12/27/2012 - 1,333,000 as of 05/10/2013, 1,337,850 as of July 15, 2013, 1,339,000 as of August 13, 2013



100,000 miles since June 2005 Overhaul - Sold January 25th, 2014 After 1,344,246 Miles & 20 Years of Ownership

As many, if not most of us here on the forum purchased our cars used from MULTIPLE previous owners. I've got to wonder how many of our cars are actually over 500K... It's SOOOOO easy to change the odo on our cars, and most used car salesmen KNOW that over 300K is a scary thing for buyers... and the MB holds up SOOOO well to high mileage. if my W201 190D is any indication, the motor should last several hundred thousand miles more... I'm willing to bet huge amounts of money that most of our cars do not reflect anywhere near accurate miles...

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 560SL convertible
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

My first 123 had a swapped odometer, but it was dated as well as recorded in the owners manual when the swap was done. So I just had to do some calculations to find the actual mileage. My 300D turbo, and my current 300TD have never had a broken odometer in their life and are fully documented. Sold the 240 at 331k, 300D at 263k, and my current wagon has 209k. My 300D by far ran the best of all three. Ran like clockwork. Shouldn't have sold it I guess.

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1981 300TD 4 speed manual
Euro bumpers, zender valance and skirts, H&R springs, billy HD's, leveled sls, real AMG Pentas 16x8 et11, vdo boost/egt gauges intergrated into ash tray, eurolights, led 3rd brake light

Who is "that"?

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Lotus 7 replica-20valve 4AGE
06' 500R Ninja Naked/Café/Custom
86' 300 SDL (Donor)
98' Discovery 50th anniversary (Recipient of transplant)

same trans,same chain

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1999 w140, quit voting to old, and to old to fight, a god damned veteran, deutschland deutschland uber alles uber alles in der welt

Doktor Bert
...then replace that chain!

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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... " -MBeige ____ "Señor Luna, your sense of humor is quite järjetön" -Delibes

1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

my 1978 300D has 298k and change on the clock. That's barely broken in for this community!
I have no idea how many miles are on my 1972 220D. Could be only 12k, could be 312k.
Those confounded five digit odometers!
BUT, when I got the car and title I became the fourth owner of the car and for several decades it had been stored with the second owner so, it actually *could* be only 12k miles. That little engine in there has a good amount of pickup and it would only marginally surprise me if the car actually had that little mileage on the clock.

Phil Forrest

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1972 220D "Trudy," named by a friend.

"The 220D sounds good... I suspect it is the only car that you need a calendar for, rather than a stopwatch, when doing acceleration tests."
Tom Abrahamsson

I have three million on my Volvo

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just went over 315,000 miles on my 1979 240D. Have put over 50,000 miles in less than 3 years. Not bad for the old girl.

Hello, Irv. Didn't know you'd gotten there yet!

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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... " -MBeige ____ "Señor Luna, your sense of humor is quite järjetön" -Delibes

1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."