I don't trust the Autozone computers. Last battery I bought was for my '85 190D, they wanted to sell me some dinky little thing, 700cca. I said "No, I want a Group 49" they insisted. I told them I had an '83 240D (not a lie, I did have one) and they tried to sell me an EVEN SMALLER(!) 600cca unit.
I finally told them I had no car at all, had walked in that day and I wanted a big battery to run my boat. They let me pick whatever I wanted. I'm so glad they built a new Autozone just over the border in tax free New Hampshire. When I went yesterday they asked if I needed anything, I responded "as long as the oil is in the 'oil zone' I'm all set." They laughed and allowed as how that was probably where the oil was. I see I'll have to train this store to carry more M1 5w40 but thats not all that hard. -Curt Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2011 23:18:57 -0600 From: Craig <diese...@pisquared.net> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] I bought a battery... Message-ID: <20110820231857.98a265e8.diese...@pisquared.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII On Sat, 20 Aug 2011 23:16:39 -0500 OK Don <okd...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was surprised when I found out that the vergassers I've owned all > used the same group 49 battery that the Diesels do - the 107 450SLC, > the 124 300E, and I think the MLuses it also, but need to check to be > sure. Well, according to AutoZone (and the smaller Mercedes battery that was in there), the 124 320E is not supposed to use a Group 49 battery. The Group 49 did fit, however, so that's what I got. I would guess that the battery tray is sized for a diesel engine. Craig _______________________________________ 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://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
