Hey Guys,
I can pick up a 98 300 diesel for probably a grand, with an overheated motor. Body and interior OK 220,000 miles. Guy says it just had a new trans put in for 4 grand. This rig is way newer than my simple 617.
KBB says around 6K in best shape. Is this the rod bender/head cracker
motor I read about? I've never really paid much attention until this car
came up. Think it's worth fixing up, or is it too new, with too much
computer junk?

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85 300TD FED-Daily
84 300SD-Wife's
86 XJS-Sunday
66 GMC-Work- Given to my stepson
83 BMW Airhead- Given to my stepson

It has the turbo 606.962 engine coupled to the 722.6 5spd trans. I personally have no doubt that in the future the 606 family will be looked back on and consided equally as reliable as the 617 family was in the past. Its engine is much more flexible (rpm range), powerful and quiet than anything produced before it.

I find OBDII much easier to use than a mitty vac for trouble shooting; is just a matter of mindset whether or not you want to have the benefits of electronics. That said, because it has so many more creature comforts and abilities there are lots of electronic controls. If you are stuck vacuum tube technology days it prob not for you. The fact you can communicate using a computer suggests you could probably handle it.

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Terry Allison
N. Calif. & Boca Chica, Panama

09' E320 Bluetec 77k (USA)
09' Hyundai Santa Fe Diesel 48k (S.A.)

Before I owned one, I thought the computer and wiring were dauntingly complex but not so now that I have some experience with it. If you're used to the 617, the 606.962 will just knock your socks off. It just rips.

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-Evan


Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250