Opinions on purchase of 300e

[1977busman]

Considering buying this to tinker with as a small project then sell. But I am mainly a diesel mercedes kind of person and wanted to know what I am looking at with the sysptoms the description describes.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.


we have a 1987 300e for sale,dark blue no rust,light blue interior very nice no rips.brand new tire with around 20 miles on them over$ 200 .this car ran great untill one day it just started running real bad now it only starts for a second or 2 then it dies was told that it was a fuel problem so i bought new fuel pumps that cost$ 300 that didnt help so bought a new feul relay $200 still no help bought a used fuel distribitor $150 no help ,all fuses are good.new plugs,took the exhaust off to see if it was clogged but no help.now im told it could be a vacum prob but i cant figure it out cause i know nothing about german cars knowi .i have well over $2000 in this car but i know its hard to sell a non running car so that is why im at $600 that is just to get some of my money back on the parts.i do not have the exhaust anymore it was left at a friends shop.i know i can scrap this car but it looks way to good for the crusher and to many good parts.it is missing the air cond cooler and fan