Look at my thread on the open forum, my friend just went through this.

Firstly don't be in a rush, its going to take you a bit of effort to find a nice G for less than $35k. Most are beat to crap, but good ones do pop up. When they do be ready to jump because they go fast. By jump I mean call the dealer and put a deposit on it with your CC before you go look at it, you have only a few hours 24 at most before its snatched up. Any G that's been on the market for a long time is a dog, don't even bother looking at it.

As for finding one I wouldn't waste my time on one that wasn't at a MB dealer, unless its very close. My friend and I looked at a lot and all of them at small shops except for one early 90's example were POS. If its 2000+ and not at a dealer their is a problem. He found his by searching MB's CPO inventory every day, and just waited a few weeks for one to pop up that was within a reasonable drive.

As for problems my friends 2002 already broke a window regulator, I would figure on having to replace those on a pretty regular basis. Also rust is the big issue, look under the rear tailgate they rust out under their.

Other than that they seem pretty bullet proof, the truck itself is coming up on 40 years old so MB has it figured out pretty well. The motor is just your standard M113 which doesn't have any issues, same with the gear box. Just find one owned by someone who cared and had the money to own a G. Fuel mileage isn't terrible, my friends gets around 15.

Also stay away from any G with wheels on it, 100% waste of your time its going to be beat.

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