I have one on the bottom of my 230E, which came off my old 200, which came
from South Africa. Probably most ZA Mercs came with one.
No you can't have it. The mounting holes should be on every 123 and they are
not hard to fit but finding one is going to be hard. Best bet is to find one
in a wreck. Hate to think how much DC would want if they sold them.
Hendrik
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From: "Sunil Hari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Early engine replacement - was Columbus CL 240D
how much is this steel skidplate, and is it worth having? Does any lister
have one?
Also, were they ever a factory option/standard feature?
On 1/18/06, R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Well, the tranny was still going strong at about 180 K Kil if memory
serves
to be correct. The motor gave up a head gasket (again in the winter) and
it
was too expensive to have a shop fix it so we bought another car and let
it
sit until spring and then I fixed it. The motor was clean and showed
little
or no wear inside (I'm pretty anal about oil changes). It had 2 broken
head
bolts and that is why it blew the headgasket. It had always been somewhat
suspect as it constantly lost coolant but I just watched it and waited
for
it to show me where. It finally did at Xmas time. The car was a year old
and
had about 40 K kil when I got it and I drove it fairly hard and then
dumped
it on my wife. The body was losing paint pretty bad by the time we sold
it
but it really wasn't too bad. Struts were the worst expense except for
the
head gasket. It had a water pump, brakes and a battery over about 10
years
but then it really did not get a lot of miles. 180 K Kil is only about
112
K
miles.
Randy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of tom savage
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 1:37 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Early engine replacement - was Columbus CL 240D
R A Bennell wrote:
> My wife ripped a bit of a hole into the bottom of the tranny oilpan on
an
86
> Taurus that we had a while back. She ran over a curb that was hidden in
some
> snow and snagged the oil drain plug that I had thoughtfully installed
myself
> to make changing the tranny oil cleaner and easier. Unfortunately, that
> little bung was about the lowest thing on the car. She didn't realize
> it
and
> drove it home. Next morning we had this pool of red on the garage
> floor.
> Didn't hurt the tranny - just cost a used tranny oilpan and some new
oil.
I
> was even able to drive it to a local tranny shop as it was winter and
cold
> out.
That is impressive. I don't think I've ever heard of a Taurus
transmission that didn't destruct. ;)
Tom
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