I have been fixing up my 350SD to give to my teenage son as his first car. It has served me well for years and wanted him to have a nice safe car.

Well, unbeknown to me, the car had a crack in the vacuum hose from the turbo to the wastegate. My son decided to see how much power it had and floored it. The turbo overboosted (luckily the overboost protection kicked in and the car started cutting fuel and jerking). As soon as he came home and told me that, I knew I had a bad hose.

I replaced the hose and everything was fine and my wife took it to work the next day and called to tell me that the car was making a lot of white smoke.

SO --- at the very least I think I have a blown head gasket. Maybe a cracked head or even worse. The car now runs rough at idle and seems to still run pretty good, but smokes.

I have been pouring money into it to make it ready for him. I would prefer to sell it all together as-is, but if that doesn't happen in the next week will part it out.

Here is the info on the car as well as the new stuff that I had done to it in the last several months. The car was a norther car but had been well maintained so I bought it. The last things I was doing to it was replacing the fenders that had some rust with rust free ones rather than repairing them.


OK, I called the local salvage yard that has several Mercedes and the amount they would give me is ridiculous.

I also checked out the scrap value and that's no good, so my options are down to selling as is or parting it out.

My preference is to try to sell it as-is. The car does drive, but I wouldn't trust it to go cross country or anything right now. It may be as simple as a head gasket or it may need a head or even a new engine. I really don't know. I have other cars and so I'm just going to sell this.

Here is the info on the car and the new stuff that I put on in the last 6 months or so.

I'm going to give it a week and if no takers as is, will start to part it out. I'd like to get $1500 for the rebuilt transmission. It has only been in the car about two months.


VIN WDBCB34DXMA565599
Model 350 SD TURBO
Chassis 1261341A565599
Engine 603970 12 001339
Transmission 722361 03 418501
Order 0 0 704 83426
Approx. year not defined
Dealer United States (USA) (704)
Interior leather grey / orion gray (268)
Paint
481 bornite (blackberry) metallic (с 01.01.1990 по 31.12.1996)
68 Unknown code
Options
227 ashtray and cigar lighter in the rear, illuminated (с 01.03.1980)
grab handle on roof front frame (с 01.06.1972 по 31.08.1973)
catacolor-glass for coupe-roof (с 01.11.1963 по 30.11.1965)
heat absorbind glass for coupe-roof (с 01.12.1965 по 28.02.1967)
241 left front seat electrically adjustable with memory feature. only applicable to w 210 when installed in conjunction with code 275. (с 01.03.1983)
wood rims (с 01.01.1964 по 31.08.1971)
242 right front seat electrically adjustable with memory feature. only applicable to series w 210 when installed in conjunction with code 275. (с 01.03.1983)
spare wheel, without tire (с 01.01.1964 по 31.08.1971)
340 additional 3rd stop lamp (с 01.10.1989)
front seat, right, lower (с 01.03.1967 по 28.02.1986)
412 electric sliding roof with tilting device (с 01.07.1983)
446 tempomat (cruise control), steering column, electrically adjustable, and airbag (с 01.02.1980 по 31.10.1993)
461 instrument with mileage reading and english lettering (с 01.04.1990)
491 USA version (с 01.01.1963)
519 Becker radio Grand Prix electronic cassette - USA (с 01.08.1980 по 30.11.1990)
Becker radio Grand Prix LW/MW/SW/USW - USA (с 01.01.1963 по 29.02.1972)
Becker radio Grand Prix stereo MW/USW - USA (с 01.10.1972 по 31.12.1976)
Becker radio Mexico Grand Prix, electronic (USA)
524 Reims adapter IV (с 01.04.1962 по 28.02.1963)
paintcoat preservation (с 01.01.1964)
531 automatic antenna (с 01.01.1963)
543 exhaust-pipe cover trim (с 01.01.1963 по 28.02.1963)
seat adapter between the front seats, and halogen lamp unit (с 01.01.1967 по 31.12.1972)
sun visor with vanity mirror, illuminated, left and right (с 01.11.1978)
551 anti-theft warning system (с 01.11.1978 по 31.03.1998)
anti-theft/anti-break-in warning system with anti-towing system (с 01.04.1998)
steering wheel, ivory-colored (с 01.01.1963 по 31.05.1973)
581 Thermoking air conditioner (с 01.04.1970 по 31.12.1972)
automatic climate control (с 01.01.1977)
592 wyellow foglamps (с 01.01.1963 по 31.10.1965)
heat-insulating glass, all-around, heated rear window pane (laminated glass), band filter
heat-insulating glass, side window panes (с 01.02.1967 по 31.01.1971)
green heat-insulating glass all round, heated rear window, laminated safety glass - tinted strip (с 01.01.1972)
600 headlamp wiper/washer (с 01.08.1971)
trim strips on hardtop (с 01.04.1963 по 31.07.1971)
611 courtesy lamps for front and rear doors, with W124 also for central doors/W202 front doors only (с 01.11.1978)
sealed beam lamp unit, l.h. traffic (с 01.01.1966 по 28.02.1972)
lamp unit, symmetrical (с 01.01.1962 по 28.02.1963)
639 radial-ply tires, elimination of warning triangle (с 01.11.1973 по 31.10.1974)
elimination of first-aid box and warning triangle (с 01.08.1977)
801 Change of year of model, last figure shows new model year
810 roof-mounted loudspeaker (с 01.11.1962 по 30.11.1972)
loudspeaker, sound package
sound package (bose) (с 01.12.1986)
877 reading lamp in the rear (с 01.11.1963)



NEW RADIATOR
NEW WATER PUMP
NEW VACUUM PUMP
NEW SPRINGS
NEW SHOCKS
NEW DIFFERENTIAL MOUNTS
NEW TRAILING ARM BUSHINGS
NEW BRAKE ROTORS
REBUILT BRAKE CALIPERS
NEW FLEXIBLE BRAKE HOSES
NEW REAR SUBFRAME MOUNTS
NEW LOWER BALL JOINTS
NEW ENGINE MOUNTS
NEW ENGINE SUSPENSION
NEW DIESEL INJECTORS
NEW A/C HOSE EXPANSION VALVE TO COMPRESSOR PIPE
NEW A/C HOSE EXPANSION VALVE TO DRYER
NEW A/C DRYER
NEW A/C PRESSURE SWITCH
NEW A/C SWITCH ON DRYER
NEW A/C COMPRESSOR
NEW EVAPORATOR
BOTH NEW MAIN FLAP VACUUM ELEMENTS
NEW PARKING BRAKE SHACKLE
NEW REAR PARKING BRAKE CABLES
REBUILT TRANSMISSION
NEW TRANSMISSION COOLING LINES
NEW INJECTION PUMP DELIVERY VALVES
NEW FAN CLUTCH
NEW HARD BRAKE LINE TO REAR
NEW TIRES