Dash is cracked. I had to give $75 for one that I bought. Seats are leather and are repairable based on info I found when looking at doing a color change for my car. Climate control heat works. He replaced compressor but said something is wrong. He gets the same pressure on high & low sides. Had compressor receipt and winter is here so AC drops on the priority list. Paint is a cheap respray but looked surprisingly good. The forum is always a good reality check - price too high AND good SDs paint, mechanicals & aesthetics are hard to find. (People here are cheap also.)

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85SD 240K & stopped counting painted, putting bac together. 84SD 180,000. sold to a neighbor and member here but I forget his handle. The 84 is much improved from when I had it. 85TD beginning to repair to DD status. Lots of stuff to do.

I'm not sure what you mean by trashed. I forgot to mention in my other post about the other issues, first whether the owner had a proper running car BEFORE putting the grease kit onto it, and second did he adhere to good shut-down procedures.

The knowledgeable greasers do oil analysis every 12 months.

You would have to hope for the best and plan for the worst: that within a few thousand miles you might start seeing ring problems.

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Mac
2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d

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