Looking for another merc diesel. this one's available on ebay (320076806638) its up to 3550, but kbb.com gives a value of around 3K. 213K miles. Got an 84 300TD thats about to collapse from rust but the chicks dig it.

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84 300 D Turbo, 222,000 and rolling, veggie most of the time.
91 350 SDL veggie wannabe

Can't go by book value on these cars. Diesel prices are inflated. More so on the west coast. The typical $3000 SDL is a fixer upper. You can get lucky finding a diamond in the rough but not on eBay.

This car still has the trap oxidizer. MB should take care of it with no hassles. Might get a new exhaust and turbo out of it.

Conversion to R134a is NOT a plus. Finding a car with R12 is a plus if it gets hot where you live.

Sixto
93 300SD 3.0

In the future, you'll get more responses if you post the link. ctrl c, ctrl v, nothing to it -

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&viewitem=&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.com%3A80%2Fsearch%2Fsearch.dll%3Ffrom%3DR40%26satitle%3D320076806638%26f vi%3D1&item=320076806638

Sixto
93 300SD 3.0

No service and maintenance records. Big caveat! You can do better for $6500.

Sixto
93 300SD 3.0

Yeah, just keep an eye on craigslist. There are always a few nice Benzes on craigslist for cheap here in San Diego. Makes me wish I could buy just a few more....

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"spreading a trail of obnoxious where ever we go"
1981 300sd w/ 341,500 miles

http://www.wecrash.com/pics/ddda_banner.gif

Looks like nice enough of a car to me.

I like it too. I am also intrigued by color of the 83 SD he also has.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320076891888#description
Lapis Blue?
I like the look of it in the pics

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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

Teal.

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N. Hodges
1994 S350
1987 300 SDL (for sale)

That is a sweet color...I am partial to teal blues, owning a 1991 300TE wagon in beryl blue... almost like Acura's jasper green color ca. 1990
I also am very partial to the light beige leather and wonder what color that 1987 SDL is... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mercedes-Benz-300-Series-300SDL-1987-MERCEDES-300SDL-DIESEL-NO-RESERVE_W0QQitemZ320076806638QQihZ011QQcategoryZ6330QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Is that a french beige or almondine or albergeen or something?

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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

Can you explain why R134 is not a plus? I've always been under the impression of the exact opposite due to cost of R12 and the major pollution factor of R12.

I've read a few posts on here where people have mentioned that R134 does not have the same lubricating qualities that R12 has, but not sure if that's it or not. Linking to a FAQ or something would suffice. Searching doesn't yield any sort of alarming results I'd expect with such a stern warning as yours.

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-justin

1987 300TD, 1987 300TD
2008 R32, 2000 Passat Wagon

At the moment, R12 is not much more expensive than R134, plus it is a more efficient heat transfer fluid (= cools better), especially in older a/c systems that were designed to use R12. There may be other technical issues that the experts here can tell you about. As to the ozone-depletion issues, I can't comment.

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"Buster" in the '95

Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762
"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970

I'm gonna need more info than that

I'm pretty sure there a lots of cars being sold today that have kick ass A/C systems running off of R134. My 87 which has been converted to R134 is plenty cold for me.

As to the ozone-depletion issue, well that would be instant thread hijack

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-justin

1987 300TD, 1987 300TD
2008 R32, 2000 Passat Wagon

We don't need to do a giant thread hijack here, but it is how R-134A works with the condensers that our MB's came with. R-134A works well in our cars with a parallel flow condenser, but all that is search-able, and will be discussed ad-nauseum in a few short months.......

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

Ok, I'll check it out if I'm feeling bored, thanks man.

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-justin

1987 300TD, 1987 300TD
2008 R32, 2000 Passat Wagon

i don't know if you guys noticed but the first like to the SDL one of the lug nuts is missing, just something that i caught.

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-Trevor

OBK #12
1980 300SD 333,XXX miles - Totaled
1986 Mazda RX-7 212,XXX miles - impounded and auctioned off
2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited 33,000- SEGR, Provent, Fumoto