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To me the best deal in an SL is an under 60,000 mile but more than 30,000 mile 560SL. It might seem expensive but it will be the cheapest SL to own and maintain.
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At least the seller of that car I looked at is honest. He changed the claimed milage in the ad: http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/car/782559536.html
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I would't call that honesty. He tried to pull a fast one and got caught in his own lie. Now he's just trying to cover up.
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I guess, but if he was really dishonest he could have just "lost" the service records in the glove box.
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No one said he was a smart liar. Does the odometer now read 121k or is that just another lie to cover the first one? If it doesn't read 121k, where is he getting the mileage from. Pretty obvious, true mileage unknown.
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Sure, you put the top up or take it down. You also have the option of making the side windows go up and down, and they can do that independently!
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I found another one to look at. It's a '79 450 SL with 135K for $5500
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Well I bought it for $4500.
The good: Good paint, no rust, runs and drives nicely, new tires, new evil climate servo, one owner since the '80s, many records, recently refurbished interior The bad: Needs battery (I met the guy at a gas station and had to jump it to test drive), hood release cable does not work (hood stuck closed) tires are not the best and squeal easily, trans kick down does not work, hard top whistles a bit. The car has 128K miles on it. What do you think?
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Not a bad price.
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The side effects of sitting concern me a little more, but my 78 had sat for most of 4 years before I got it. It had leaks (steering box, transmission, engine oil) but most of them weren't bad. I did wind up having the steering box replaced because of the leaking - it got worse and became a real problem. The transmission got rebuilt for reasons unrelated to the leak but it's gone now. The engine oil leaks have actually reduced as I've driven the car for the last couple of years. |
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nice 107. . . Driving a 107 vs a 123 is like day and night. You lucked out with the new servo and everything else it cake. That iron block m117 is about as simple to work on as they come.
Is that a cap on the dash? If it is original it looks great! Welcome to the realm of the 107. . .you'll get hooked quick...
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Thanks for the comments. I don't think there is a cap on the dash.
What's the trick to popping the hood with the cable in-operable?
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I had the same problem on my 78 when I first got it.
Take the three screws out of the hood release handle bracket and pull it out. You can pull on the handle to release the hood. To fix it so it works, look at where the cable fits into the handle and there's a metal sleeve. I used a piece of vacuum tubing, but anything solid with a hole in the middle will work. Cut a section about 3/8" long, wrap it around the metal cable and slide it down into that sleeve on the handle. When you pull the handle it'll now have something to push against and the hood release will work. The alternative is to get a new hood release cable and install it, but this was faster, easier and works just as well. |
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Nice car - I have a red '79 also, live out just north of Battle Ground, and would love to compare cars. I installed the Unwired tools digital servo in my car, and am very, very happy with the result! I also have an '82 380SL that has had a 560 engine/trans installed. Surprisingly, the 560 gets much better mileage than the '79 due to the numerically lower rear end ratio - the '79 gets a max of 18, the '82 gives me around 22 on longer trips, like to Bend or Seattle. I use the '82 as my daily driver.
I also have an '82 300D that I installed an Astrovan 4.3L V6/t700R4 in, it now has over 303,300 miles, over 100K since the conversion. It gives me around 28 mpg on the freeway, and has more power than the diesel did. The wife loves it. I guess the only thing I don't care for on the '79 is the fast idle business. It takes too long to come off of fast idle for my tastes. They use a hot water controlled valve with no electric heater to do the job, I've been wondering if installing one of the newer fast idle controllers with the electric heater could be done.
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Thanks for the tip Scott. I got the hood open and found why it was shifting a bit strangely. The ATF was just barely registering on the stick. I topped it off and it drives much better now...hopefully no harm done. The PO said he had only put a few hundred miles on it in the past 3 years. So far I have fixed most of the things I noticed on the test drive. The top was whistling because it was not latched down properly in the back, the tires no longer squeal with more than 10 psi in them
I pulled the hard top off today and had a great time driving it around with the wind in my hair. To bad I have to give it to my Mom I pulled out the soft top and it is brand new, no rust in the well either. What sort of maintenance items should I do before I pass over the keys to my mom? Thanks
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All fluids and filters changed, the vacuum tubing examined for cracks and dried out rubber connectors, the coolant flushed out and new put in. Use Xerex G05 or the MB coolant, not the green stuff.
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