miles
 

really mileage is almost irrelevant. these units are so tough you would have to work at it to wear one out or hurt it. for a diff i would consider anything under 200,000 lo miles.

Is there no bolt-in 2.88:1 or 2.47:1 for the W116???...Bert

Where am I :-)
 

Marin County California.
Had I said Woodacre nobody will know where it is :-). It is west to San Rafael about 7 Miles

R U sure :-)
 

I helped a friend to replace rear end to 300D 1976. It claimed to have about 200K Miles. When we drained the box there was about 100CC worth of oil (about 4 ounces) when we opened it it had so much metal grinded pieces it wasn't even funny. The crest of the different teeth was smooth almost to a round shape. I might be able to get a picture if he didn't throw it away.

That's certainly not a consequence of mileage, someone let the fluid out. Any diff will eat itself if run low on fluid.

I agree with this statement, yet I have no idea how people maintain their car. So getting a part without knowing where it came from could be risky, unless you check the internals yourself.

good idea
 

well, yes. but still it would be exceptional to find one bad...imo.

Waiting for the qoute for the shipping
 

Hi Jim,

Looking forward to get the qoute for the shipping of the differential

Thanks,
Yossi