Ernie, Have you tried SO CAL Mercedes for any of these NLA parts? They have been pretty reliable for some of the rare CA version W123 turbo parts I have needed. Ask for Pete or Matt Bourne; mention my name and I get a free trip to Hawaii. :)
SoCal Mercedes Parts 1436 N.Manzanita St. Orange, CA. 92867 www.socalmercedesparts.com Phone 714.221.0672 Fax 714.628.0818 Toll Free 888.664.6602 On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 9:24 PM, ernest breakfield via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > as i said, in multiple cases now, after trying everyone we could find > (including Q and crew), even the Classic Center hasn't been able to get > parts we've needed. if they show parts as NLA, we're pretty much screwed > unless we want to chase used stuff (which isn't something i'm interested > in). > > don't know where you got that number from, but 125K miles is indeed > nothing; we've got almost twice that on ours. > > these things are still unreasonably popular in my area, and mines > known to be one of the prettiest ones in the area; i shouldn't have any > problem getting a fair price for it from someone. > > > cheers! > e > > > > > On 04/Jan/15 17:41, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: > >> people seem to love to say this; but the long lists of parts we've needed >>> to replace on our MBZs seems to imply that these cars are definitely not >>> "bulletproof", as does the fact that there are local junkyards that they >>> have so many of them that they won't take them unless you tow them to their >>> doorstep and sign them over to them. they definitely are not "bulletproof'; >>> the appeal (to us) used to be that they were reliable and perpetually >>> maintainable while running B100, but the parts availability has changed to >>> where that's not even any longer the case. sad, because we enjoyed over >>> 125,000 miles on our 300D running almost exclusively BioDiesel (without any >>> troubles related to the fuels), and don't know what we're going to get to >>> replace it. >>> >>> in fact, we have a 20 year old J**p that's done far more severe duty >>> and has more miles on it and has been cheaper to keep (even including all >>> the modifications) than our MBZs, and an early 90's Toyota Corolla with >>> over 325K miles on it that puts both of those to shame while still getting >>> over 30MPG. sadly, we haven't had anywhere near as much trouble getting >>> parts for either of those as we now do for the old W123. >>> >>> cheers! >>> e >>> >> >> Dunno where you look for parts, but even without Q, I have had no trouble >> buying parts as needed for 123, 124 or 126. >> >> 125k miles is nothing. Give me $500 and I'll take it off your hands. >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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 >> >> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has >> no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. >> >> >> > _______________________________________ > 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 > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > _______________________________________ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
