You haven’t said if you’ve got an insurance claim in play on this. If it were me, I would scrap out the car and move on, unless you’re looking for a long term project that may or not be successful.
-D > On Jul 26, 2019, at 10:15 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > So I am trying to decide if I should try to fix up this $500E300 after its > encounter with the tree, or get some new air suspension bits for the $500E500. > > The first option will likely be a fair amount of work and maybe some expense > for a new airbag (maybe sensors) and tensioner and maybe some nanny modules > or something that controls the engine after the airbags deploy. So that > could be a few $100 unless I could find some stuff at the knackers, which > would be a pain too. Plus I don't know anything about dealing with this > stuff. Other choice is just to pull the good bits and knacker the rest, save > it all for if I find another 210 to transplant it into. > > The E500 air shocks are straightforward but a bit spendy, over $1500 unless I > can find some at a knacker or a junker. Advance Auto sell them, the 20% > discount code would save a goodly amount. > > I *think* the ML320 might be OK since I replaced the connector and cleaned > that stuff up, but I need the computer to clear the codes and get it out of > limp mode. If that thing is sorted I could drive that too, it's pretty nice. > $1300ML320. It needs one replacement tire to match the other 3, no biggie > there. But I still would like to get one (or both at some point) of the > sedans working. > > I just ordered this setup, should be here in maybe 2-3weeks, that should help > sort out these various nanny issues these things are having, and on the SL600 > too. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32968748875.html I got the one with a > 360GB SSD was only $5 more than the 320GB HDD. > > Help me! > > Oh, then there is this one > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/909686489395905/ > > -- > --FT > > _______________________________________ > 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
