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Originally Posted by connerm
Thanks again. I really like to conceptualize this sort of thing. I'm going to look at a 1985 300td thursday. Guy wants $1500. 200k. Decent shape, but he said it sagged a bit. He also said rear end adjusted up and down a little.
Reading the archives here and with your valuable explanation, I feel a lot better going into the negotiation.
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A wagon with little or no rust which will start and run is a steal at $1500.
FWIW-Tailend sagging could be as simple as a loose/missing link to the position valve or the arm from the sway link is loose. A hard, harsh ride but not sagging, means the accumulators are probably shot (~$90/ea). Leaks anywhere in the system can be expensive to take care of properly but read
this for the one I fixed by using tractor fluid.
Be careful of later wagons that appear as if the sunroof was leaking at the front. Some have encountered serious rust in the sunroof pans. See
here.