An SC Okie acres - my thought, too. Wilton
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Thomas" <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 9:36 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] 350SD and 115 300D and 123 300D/126SEL pkg -- ??s > Thanks for that info. I have a large TODO pile too, and wifey is not > real tolerant of more additions to the 6 on site. She loves the new > 300SD, this 350SD is much much nicer even, I'm wondering if I could > tempt her.... This thing is tempting for a Kleb kind of price. Even if > the 350 goes bad, I'm guessing a 300turbo would fit in there well (and I > have a Chevy 350 lump and tranny that would be a 350 swap!) so that > could be a fallback. > > I have no interest in the 115, was wondering if anyone else might want a > straight southern body/chrome bits (I was surprised at how good it all > looked) with a ratty interior and whatever that dash "fire" issue was, > but supposedly runs OK. It could be a neat car with some work (wouldn't > they all!). Maybe the fire was the blower motor itself -- I have not > paid much attention to the discussion on these cars -- maybe the motor > itself fried? Maybe for a couple $100... > > Or I could start Okie acres in SC.... > > --R > > Jim Cathey wrote: > >> He says the 115 was running fine but the blower resistor overheated > >> and caught fire, burned under the dash or something, > > > > The blower resistor pack is inside the air intake plenum, under > > the grille. The connector on the firewall goes to it. Nothing > > there to catch fire except the resistor pack itself, which is > > metal, and its plastic connector. And the cable over to the > > blower motor, of course! > > > > Unless, of course, that it was something else and _was_ under > > the dash. That could be a mess. > > > >> thinking that for $800 (if I beat on the guy a bit) or $1000 and some > >> parts and a bit of time, a very nice car could be running. > > > > That could be OK. It's all about price and effort. But that > > kind of territory, if the car is otherwise nice and you realistically > > could put it right enough to drive (you should see my to-be-done pile!) > > then you can have a pretty nice ride for not so much that way. > > > > I thought the cracking head problem had been dealt with by > > the rodbender era, so the chances of a cracked head are down > > to 'normal'. Unless it got overheated at all. > > > > -- Jim > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
