no "Ernie" here, but i have used So Cal Mercedes, at the recommendation
of the Classic Center. that's been the only way i've been able to keep
mine running in proper trim, but they've only had used parts for the
things i've found NLA elsewhere.
cheers!
e
On 04/Jan/15 18:59, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
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 <http://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 <mailto: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.
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