1983 Mercedes 240D in Good Condition in Orlando! Buy it!
 

This is the car that I've been working on selling on here for a while. It's recently gotten a 'stay of execution' so to speak, I can keep storing it until it sells -- but I desperately need the cash at this point.

I have to sell my car! It's a 1983 Mercedes 240D. It has 231,000 miles on the clock and it's still going strong. It's been a lot of fun but it needs to go to a good home now, I bought a Honda Odyssey because I needed the extra cargo capacity and flexibility for my hobbies.

I've done about $4k of the deferred maintenance and repairs that had built up over time. Replaced the radiator, thermostat, coolant temp sender, glow plugs, glow plug relay, engine mounts, transmission mount, A/C relays, tie rods, CV boots, valve cover gasket (with valve adjustment), exhaust manifold gasket, oil separator and associated tubing, vacuum 3/2 switch on the valve cover, transmission modulator, master vacuum hose, starter, flex discs, driveshaft center support, and stereo.

Working air conditioner! Blows cool at idle and cold while moving, even in the summer in Central Florida. There's some left-over wiring from the time between when I discovered the A/C relays were bad and when I replaced them which can be used to manually override the climate controls and engage the A/C compressor, which you can re-wire to control something else you'd like to be able to turn on/off with a switch located near the hood release. You'll also receive an original copy of the W123 A/C FSM, which I used in the diagnosis and repair of the A/C system back to operational capacity. The system holds pressure and does not leak, and has been retrofitted (by the previous owner) to R-134A. I will even include a (cheap) A/C manifold with purchase.

The vacuum for the transmission is a little bit 'off', messed with the vacuum hose routing in the engine bay and never did get it back to correct. It shifts very early most of the time (but does just fine if you manually move the gear selector.)

I have near-complete service records going all the way back to when the car was new! The service records book is original, but it looks like somewhere along the line it went through a war zone, since it's missing pieces of pages and it's crinkled up and pretty dirty. You'll also receive the cruise control actuator, a spare probably-bad cruise control amplifier, a very large bag of inline fuel filters, and a brand new-in-box Duralast water pump for the car which it doesn't need right now, but you can never have too many spare parts. You can even have my Mityvac Topsider for oil changes if you want it! I used it for exactly one oil change, before deciding that the "regular" way wasn't that much harder anyway.

Pictures:
http://picasaweb.google.com/jkoebel/CarPhotos# Most Recent
http://www.flickr.com/photos/83272129@N00/sets/72157607975452601/ ~5 months old

Price dropped to $1500 OBO, I'm taking a HUGE loss on this thing but I really, really need to get rid of it so I can pay for a cross-country move.

Joe Koebel
jkoebel@gmail.com
407-314-5228

Nice looking car and great amount of photos, wish everyone would take that many, good luck with the sale

Thanks! I tried to document all of the "problem areas" on these cars, so potential buyers will see there's nothing being hidden in creative camera angles.

I'm going to take even more photos in the next few days, since I've cleaned the interior a bit more and taken the roof racks off.

http://picasaweb.google.com/jkoebel/CarPhotos#

Many many many more photographs here.

Will post a link to a couple videos of it running/driving also.

Video of it starting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbMuqUrwsLU

Still here! Surely someone wants it.

I can take still more photographs of any requested areas tomorrow or Christmas Day if anyone wants (or videos, if there's something to video.)

The car will come with a full tank of diesel, and I'm happy to pick any buyer up at the airport (Orlando International or Sanford International), the Winter Park Amtrak station, or the Greyhound station -- although not in the car itself, because it doesn't have a tag.

WOW....:eek: really nice car,too bad you werent selling it 4 months ago! woulda flown down & drove it back home!... BTW...Great pics too!!!Good luck with the sale.....
BTW..is there any rot or rust anywhere?? windows operate?I'm thinking about this now...:eek:

Wow, that is about as much value for the $$$ as you're gonna find!! And the color combo is awesome!!
Somebody in the market for a 240D should really give this one serious thought!
Read back through what the seller has done. There are many costly items that do not have to be worried about.
Nice!

**btw, I don't know the seller and don't remember ever speaking with him, it just appears from his ad, his pics and the records that it is quite the deal.**:)

wish I had $2k .. sadness

One tiny area of surface rust near a wheel well, and a little bit on the pass. floorboards in the back that's resulted in a small perforation, unfortunately. It's mostly surface rust on the floorboards also, but there's a fist-sized weak spot. On the plus side, now the water drains instantly if any does get back there.

The bits of rust are documented in the pictures.

As far as the windows, all the motors work. Front-Right motor is currently disconnected because the switch contacts are dirty and it only operates in the "down" direction. Rear-left motor turns when you press the button but the window doesn't move anywhere. Pretty simple fixes most likely. The power sunroof is functional.

Thanks! I've taken good care of the car, I have all the maintenance/service records from my ownership, and I have the original service records book that leaves off just a little bit before I became the owner. And yes, it has been pretty costly.

I'll be able to do further documentation tomorrow if anyone cares (won't be up there until after dark today, but tomorrow morning) for additional photos/video.

x2...

Still available!

I'm going to be re-attaching the cruise control actuator from the trunk. It doesn't actually work, but for purists....

the 240D
 

Joe,
I know you can't do anything about this but my only concern would be the AT. Each driver of a 123 that I know (including me) ended up getting an AT rebuild (worn pump) around 220,000.

That's why I'm ultimately looking for a 240D MT. Better mileag and easier to change a clutch than do a rebuild or have one done.

I'm buying a spare 240 D tomorrow very cheap because the body is in tatters (but the engine is low miles and the tranny was rebuilt 1,000 miles ago by a MB pro).

This is the bad part of the reality we face.

Interesting, I haven't heard about that so much. Then again, though, the transmission has always worked well (until I messed with the vacuum, as mentioned--now it shifts early) so I've never paid that much attention to transmission-related threads on here.

Even if it needed $2500 of transmission work, you'd have just reached the total price I paid for it at the dealership -- and I've done a lot of other stuff to it than just buy it and drive it around! ;) Hard to argue with a bargain like that.

If the transmission goes south is it possilbe to swap in a 4M ?

if you have all the parts, then it would be an easy swap. nothing crazy involved that you would have to fabricate. just parts for parts.

Yep, several members have done that on here in fact. Easier still given that the 240 frequently came with a 4M anyway; unlike the bigger W123s which only came in auto.

Still available. I had one person who was interested a while ago but there was some missed communication and it fell through, so the car is still available.

That was me, I thought you blew me off. :D

I was wondering where you went, I suddenly stopped hearing from you. Not sure what happened there :p

Well, if you're still interested, we can try again?

$1500 OBO

Need money, moving across country, can't bring it with me :(

If someone came up with a cash offer, and wanted to take the car this weekend, I might be willing to go a little lower on that price....turns out I'm not going to be seeing my final paycheck from my bankrupt former employer, so it's even more urgent.

Please view the maintenance records in the Picasa album! http://picasaweb.google.com/jkoebel/CarPhotos#

$1500 OBO for a car that runs strong with a working air conditioner, is in great exterior and above average interior condition, and has documentation is a steal.

You'll also receive a (cheap) A/C manifold, a Mityvac topsider for oil changes (used exactly once before I decided just to do them the regular way for good measure and experience), the W123 A/C FSM, a NIB water pump, and depending if I still have them, a floor jack and pair of jack stands.

I will be out of the area from Wednesday through Sunday to get an apartment in my new city, Seattle. I will then be back for ~9 days, before I am driving out to Washington for good. If I haven't been able to get a reasonable dollar amount for the car by that point, I'm donating it to charity. They'll probably just scrap it, but I'll be able to get a decent write-off at least.

questions.....
 

Hey.

I looked at your photos and I have a few questions for you:
Pic#
72 --- Is the original radio available, too?
76 --- What is the switch?
81 --- What is this?
93 --- Is that your arm or where you trying to show something else?


Is this your only car?

72 --- The original radio was not in the car when I purchased it, even, unfortunately. I replaced the $15 Sharp 2-channel tape deck with this satellite radio ready Pioneer. It's all hooked up to Sirius right now, although I think the subscription may have lapsed.

76 --- As mentioned somewhere else in this thread, that's a left-over switch that overrides the climate controls to engage the A/C compressor clutch. I installed it while doing diagnostics on the A/C system. You could cut it off, or rewire it to do something else, since the A/C operates properly now (I replaced the relays which had gone bad.)

81 --- That's the satellite radio tuner attached to the back of the head unit. Not the prettiest installation, I know, but....that wire can be tucked away, it's just fallen down. The kick panel isn't installed, one of the staples came out of it, so the panel itself is living in the trunk lately.

93 --- Oops, that wasn't even a photo of anything. Deleted it from the photo line-up.

This was my only car for a year, but I started racing mountain bikes more heavily and so did several friends, so I bought a Honda Odyssey as a new DD. It handles being loaded down with people, bikes and gear much better. I kept the Benz around for this whole year vaguely continuing to work on it, but I'm moving from Orlando to Seattle in about two weeks, and I don't really need to bring it with me.

Still available. Willing to make some minor improvements if needed, but I think it's in pretty good shape.

I'm moving to Redmond in one week.
I'd really like the car to be gone by then.

Accepting offers.

Bummer, I'm in Orlando but only have 1/3 of what you're asking or I'd take it =[

Not that I need another project or anything.

Good luck with the sale!

Oh I should I add: I accept credit cards via PayPal for all/part of the transaction cost as well. And if you have an offer to consider, we'll talk via PMs or via e-mail jkoebel@gmail.com.

Car looks to be pending for a sale on Monday.

That is if folks follow through with what they say....... ;)

:(