Ad already gone? Sold in 3 days, that's pretty good yeah? On Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 7:03 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Try this > > > > 1983 MERCEDES 240D W123 4 dr sedan > http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/cto/5660753347.html > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jul 3, 2016, at 5:59 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Does this mean you’re not buying Walt’s W140 diesel now? > > > > Seller took the ad down (that’s a first!) > > > > No pictures, it didn’t happen. > > > > Dan > > > > > >> On Jul 3, 2016, at 6:41 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >> I bought this today. The car that Jaime said he would be all over when > it was priced at $3500 or whatever. Anyway it is very very clean, no rust > at all. It is very simple 240d, the mice chewed the glow plug wiring > harness and the wiring at the ac drier. That appears to be it as far as I > can tell so far. It is currently wired with a button to activate the glow > plugs. The battery was dead so we jump started it and it fired right up. > Everything works except the ac and the fan does not turn on. Got to sort > that out. It has cruise which works great. All lights and gauges work. I > had forgotten how slow 240s are. Wow. Drove it back the 120 mile trip back > home (not home yet stopped to eat). It needs tires very bad as these are > old and dry rotted, which is my biggest fear with driving it but so far so > good, they just vibrate a lot. I opted to take the back road highway > instead of the turnpike where I would have to keep it to the floor to drive > 80mph turnpike speed. Kept it to 65 most of the way. When we got to Tulsa > by then I had remembered how to drive a 240d so keeping up with normal city > traffic was doable but would have been difficult if not impossible for your > normal driver today. When we made the stop I turned the car off but was not > sure if it would start and it did, but with the key turned off the charge > light stays on, and goes off when you turn the key on. So something is > amiss there which is probably why the batter goes dead. I unhooked the > battery to make sure it did not go dead while we are eating. > >> > >> So I will get these small issues sort and see what happens. At the > moment I am in nostalgia mode but I have a feeling I may get bored and sell > it. This is the car you 240d fans would drool over I'm sure. I do not think > I have seen a 123 with this interior color before. > >> > >> 1983 MERCEDES 240D W123 4 dr sedan > >> http://tulsa.craigslist.org/cto/5660753347.html > >> > >> via cPro for Craigslist > >> iOS: http://tinyurl.com/cPro-iDevice > >> Android: http://tinyurl.com/CL-Android > >> > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > > -- "Das beste oder nichts." - *Gottlieb Daimler* _______________________________________ 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
