Took my 83 240D to indie to get shifter looked at....something's not right about it. I can shift fine, but can't imagine teaching my son on it (the pull up for reverse feature isn't working). Anyway, whatever part I need, there's only one of them available in the entire country. So how could I resist? Something fun about getting the last available part!

That would be a good mechanic's ruse, wouldn't it? "Part is becoming very scarce...only one left....better repair it while you still can!"

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14 E250 Bluetec "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 153k miles
06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 171k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU
91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver, 142k mi, wastegate conversion

19 Honda CR-V EX 61k mi
Fourteen other MB's owned and sold
1961 Very Tolerant Wife

Now half of the forum population loathes you for depleting the stock :p

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$60 OM617 Blank Exhaust Flanges
$110 OM606 Blank Exhaust Flanges
No merc at the moment

No worries- MB will ship another one from Germany to replace that one.

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80 300SD (129k mi) 82 240D stick (193k mi)77 240D auto - stick to be (153k mi) 85 380SL (145k mi) 89 BMW 535i 82 Diesel Rabbit Pickup (374k mi) 91 Jetta IDI Diesel (155k mi) 81 VW Rabbit Convertible Diesel 70 Triumph Spitfire Mk III (63kmi)66 Triumph TR4a IRS (90k mi)67 Ford F-100 (??)