My 82 300TD has 143k diplayed on the odometer. But the I bought it and drove it home it stopped working for several miles and then started working again, and has been working on and off for a couple of months now. Classic old Benz pain in the rear. I know, and it's is being tended to. The previous owner said it hadn't done this to him. I am wondering if it was a oddity that it started with me, or if the PO wasn't paying attention to the odometer. At how many miles did your odometer stop working properly? Then mechanic tells me the motor is in great shape so I don't think mine has gone too many more than the displayed 143k.

Thanks
Andrew

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You are right on target for that style VDO -- the 72 220D quit at 145000, the 72 280 SE at 165,000, and my brother's 75 300D at about 150,000.

Easy fix, do a search.

Peter

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1972 220D ?? miles
1988 300E 200,012
1987 300D Turbo killed 9/25/07, 275,000 miles
1985 Volvo 740 GLE Turobodiesel 218,000
1972 280 SE 4.5 165, 000 - It runs!

213,000 and still counting!

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Adam Lumsden
(83) 300D
Vice-President of the MBCA International Stars Section

The problem is that the trip odometer starts dragging and stops the main odometer. There are plenty of threads here describing how to take apart the speedometer to correct this. Just do a search and you will get more info than you ever wanted.

Good luck,

im at 188K and still rolling over, knock on wood.

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Nate

1995 E420
1992 BMW 525i
1984 300D Turbo sold
1993 Volvo 244 sold
1995 Volvo 944T R.I.P!


"The details are not details. They make the product."
-Charles Eames

www.cbs.nu

my experience is anything over 100,000 it can fail.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

280....Will fix it soon...Otherwise how will I know when to change oil..

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83 300CDTurbo 307,000
2005 Honda Element 266,000
56 Nash Ambassador Country Club Special 34,000(under restoration presently)

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=125099

345,000 and counting on one... 231,000 on the other... I've been told that often the problem is resetting the trip odometer while driving. You only do it when stopped. I don't know how accurate this is, though.

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1983 300D-T
348,000 miles

That might be true. It seemed that no sooner after 0-ing the odometer while driving one time, the odometer stopped working for me. It was just a little after 222K.

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DJ


84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

My 88 300E stopped at 154k miles. It cost me $140 to fix includes removing and reinstall.

Sam

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1989 300E, 152k miles
1988 300E, 172k miles


"There is nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes-Benz" -unknown

122 and change for me. just noticed it went out and guessing about 10 miles later it started working again, OK since.
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BenQ
83 300sd
3 Fords

231K in a 380SE. And, I've heard the same... don't zero when driving.