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Originally Posted by Benz300
on the ebay listing, the door sticker reads "chrysler corporation" and made in US. is that true ? were the 93 w124's taken over by chrylser and being built in the US ?
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I doubt that.
AFAIK, the first US built MB was the ML.
I forget the exact year of the Daimler / Chrysler merger, but it was long after 1993.
Probably someone added this sticker to be funny or something...
I like my 1991 300TE, but it's had its share of repairs... head gasket, radiator, monovalve, ignition tumbler, O2 sensor, fuel distributor (bought used one on Ebay, still not right, but only affects cold starting and fuel economy somewhat), voltage regulator, aux fans, both rear and center mufflers, and last but not least, the oil pressure sender.
I had read on this forum that oil pressure senders are a common problem in the M103, so I bought a new one and had my indy replace it.
Something unnerving about the guage showing zero oil pressure below 1500 rpm. 
Not doing a lot of work myself I've probably sunken about $5K into my TE, in about 2 1/2 years.
The upside is that I love driving it, it just loves to fly along down the road 
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Bob Roe
Lehigh Valley PA USA
1973 Olds 88, 1972 MB 280SE, 1978 Datsun 280Z, 1971 Ford T-Bird, 1972 Olds 88, 1983 Nissan Sentra, 1985 Sentra, 1973 230.6, 1990 Acura Integra, 1991 Volvo 940GLE wagon, 1983 300SD, 1984 300SD, 1995 Subaru Legacy L wagon, 2002 Mountaineer, 1991 300TE wagon, 2008 Murano, 2007 R320CDI 4Matic 52K, some Hyundai, 2008 BMW 535xi wagon, all gone... currently
2007 Honda Odyssey Touring, 2014 E350 4matic
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