I ve never sold a car with some knowledge of the cars total miles ,only when I purchased a 79 300td did I realize what most mb diesel fans have known for years and that is 200k for an old mb diesel is just its half life.I do have a question about documentation for a future sell ,do you think its necessary to gather all details via Car Fax for the next owner to look over or just rely on the cars over all performance and condition to make the sell.

If you happen to purchase a Carfax subscription for some other purpose, by all means go ahead and run all your current cars so you'll have something to offer when selling.

But if there's no other reason, don't worry about making the effort to collect a Carfax report. Normally that is the responsibility of the buyer.

More of these cars than you might suspect have less miles on the odometer than the car has actually traveled. The odometers are prone to slipping and jamming of the trip feature.

Ken300D

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1982 300D at 351K miles
1984 300SD at 217K miles
1987 300D at 370K miles

My thoughts are that I am buying a used car, with high miles. I am the one who needs to make sure of what I am getting. Most private sellers will fudge a little when talking about their car. It is really buyer beware.

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1983 300D Daily Driver

Bearings and bushings. These are usually the most oft ignored parts on a car.

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1995 E420 Schwarz
1995 E300 Weiss
#1987 300D Sturmmachine
#1991 300D Nearly Perfect
#1994 E320 Cabriolet
#1995 E320 Touring
#1985 300D Sedan
OBK #42

As far as I know, CARFAX does not give mileage, only states whether or not there is evidence of tampering. For me as a buyer, I could care less about the mileage. I focus more on condition, does it smoke, blowby, etc. That is a much better gauge on the condition of the motor than mileage.
A well maintained high mileage motor is more desireable to me than low mileage one that never had the oil changed or had the ***** beat out of it.

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81 Mercedes 300SD 289k.......SOLD
82 Mercedes 300CD 252k......slow ride

82 mercedes 300 SD...mi Unknown
83 Mercedes 300D ????ksniff..gone too
84 Mercedes 300D 148k........SOLD
85 Mercedes 300TD 386k and holding some one elses project

And ........again.........it needs tires.

Some one awhile back posted the procedure for adjusting valves here. I book marked it and still use it every time.

thanks

here it is again

http://www.dieselgiant.com/valveadjustment.htm

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81 Mercedes 300SD 289k.......SOLD
82 Mercedes 300CD 252k......slow ride

82 mercedes 300 SD...mi Unknown
83 Mercedes 300D ????ksniff..gone too
84 Mercedes 300D 148k........SOLD
85 Mercedes 300TD 386k and holding some one elses project

Don't bother with Carfax. It's very overrated and unreliable.