Originally Posted by JHZR2

OP - how about some examples of these cheap 350SD cars?

There are cars that are filthy junk, but anything reasonably nice is $$... And so the deal should be contingent upon at minimum a head gasket job. I bought a low mileage 91 350SD which is a great car, but I bought it knowing that the head was solid, engine seemed to be operating OK, but it would need a HG. If you can price it for that (or a 3.0L block on the 3.5L head), then no issues. If you just buy it because it is cheap, thats asking for issues...

Originally Posted by ou2mame

I live in Long Island, NY and there's several 200kish 350d's going for under 5k in "good" condition. Obviously not perfect, but not terrible. Preferably I think I want to wait for an early 90s 300d but saw a couple 350d's' and thought maybe if there's a way to verify the engine has been rebuilt by MB than it could be a good deal.

Originally Posted by JHZR2

I live in NJ. Im intrigued...

Both of my S class cars came from Long Island.

Just to be on the same page, are you really talking about w140 cars? Or w126 350 cars?

I bought my 1993 W140 300SD (which has the 3.5L OM603) from Long Island earlier this year for a good deal less money. It had a factory remanufactured engine and transmission. It runs truly excellent.

Originally Posted by ou2mame

The 2 I was looking at were 94 and 95.

Originally Posted by Uncle Benzz

I have a nice one pm me not far from LI