Sometimes a gamble pays off - congrats! On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 4:23 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> So I just got back to my mothers house in Louisiana with this copart $350 > 92 300SD non runner. It was a little more rough that I anticipated but the > interior is in good shape. They loaded it onto the trailer with a fork > lift. So anyway I pulled out this little bitty battery they had in it and > stuck in a group 49. It fired right up and my god it runs great. I can > really tell the difference between mine that burns a qt or 2 of oil per > tank of fuel. I am almost certain this has a replacement engine in it. The > engine is as clean as I have ever seen and has some sort of part sticker on > the valve cover. For some reason they have a shower curtain rod wedged > between the power steering pump and the firewall. I have no clue what that > would be. It needs motor mounts for sure it seems like. It does not have > the smell of burning oil while running like my other one. It’s got a 20 > head on it. The original on these was 17 > > This is a true one owner car and I would really love to know the story of > how it wound up at copart. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ 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
