Sounds great, congrats Dan!
On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com> wrote: > Woo-hoo! > > Just made a deal on a 1997 SL500. The good, the bad, the ugly: > > > Good: > Red with black interior > 40th Anniversary Edition (according to VIN) > 71,000 miles > Body is near perfect > Interior is very good condition > Soft top is as new > > Bad: > Top hydraulics need replacement > Oil tube or tubes possibly bad on right side of engine (slight single > lifter tick) > Aftermarket radio (owner has original Becker) > CEL is on with code for O2 sensor > > Ugly: > Hard top headliner gone, will need to replace > Rebuilt title (car was totaled in 2007 due to front end damage, rebuilt by > local dealer) > > Price: $5000 > > Some observations: > > According to the VIN this is a 40th Anniversary model. However, it has > trunk badging, which the 40th Anniversary models were not supposed to have. > I can only assume that this was installed in the past when there was a rear > end damage noted in the DMV reports from the original owner. I'm torn as to > whether or not I should leave it on the car or not. > > Lifter tick could very well be due to lack of use. The car has been driven > less than 3000 miles in the last 4 years, so it's sat a lot. I'll drain the > engine and refill with the required Mobil1 0W40 as soon as I get it and > drive a little while to see if the tick goes away. > > Thanks to Klaus at Top Hydraulics and others it looks like the top > controller is probably OK. The window drop feature does work, meaning that > the system is probably synchronized. However, the PO has operated the top > manually, meaning that they probably upset the system at some point and > invoked the safeties, I suspect. There was some beeping when I started the > car, which I believe was due to the top system complaining. > > I was able to raise the roll bar using the switch on the console, however, > this apparently pressurized the system, which caused the leaking cylinders > in the top of the windshield frame to leak hydraulic fluid out the trim > covers of the windshield corners. This also leads me to believe that the > hydraulic system is probably OK but needs to be sorted out. > > I'm figuring about $2k worth of repairs (parts) will be necessary to get > it completely sorted out, after which I should have a very nice, 100% > working SL500. > > I take delivery on Thursday. What a great Christmas present! > > Dan > _______________________________________ > http://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 > -- Jaime Kopchinski http://www.jaimekop.com/ _______________________________________ http://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
