Rusty;
I probably stopped listening at the word hundred, and he may well have said:
five hundred plus.
Hard to believe that anything involving a commodity LED would be so expensive,
but I don't know what else is involved in it.
Any other solutions? Junkyard/used?
Joseph
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Thanks to all for your input.
I am concerned about rust that may have been repaired as it has had a
recent paint job. I intend to get it on a hoist and have a better look
underneath before I make any deal on it. The trunk looks good under the mat
but has been recently sprayed with a black undercoat type material.
I will take a magnet with and check for plastic filler in the spots
suggested and will have a good look under the fenders.
The headliner is stained a bit around the dome type lights both front and
back. Does that indicate leakage from the sunroof or is there another
possible explanation?
The driver's seat is a bit soft. There is a small hole in the middle of the
seat where a spring punched it. I assume something has been done to avoid
further problems with that spring but the seat could likely use some work.
Is it difficult or expensive to repair? I assume the seat cover is available
for a price.
The air conditioning parts appear to be there but it does not work.
The cover in the middle of the dash which I assume is over a speaker seems
a bit damaged by time. A panel of some sort below the glove box appeared
loose on the right edge. Apart from that, the interior seems reasonably good
for the age of the car.
The automatic transmission seems to stay in the lower gears unless one backs
off on the throttle - then it shifts quite nicely - a bit hard perhaps. I
didn't drive it like I stole it as the owner was with me and I didn't want
to appear to abuse his car. The transmission didn't appear to slip or
anything bad - it just seemed willing to stay in a lower gear unless I
lifted a bit and let it shift. Is that normal or does it indicate a need for
adjustment or a potential issue to be dealt with? I drove it to about 65 mph
on the bypass and then into the city and around a few blocks with stop signs
etc. It didn't miss a beat.
All in all, it appeared pretty decent for a 30 year old car. I'm told it had
a soft life but one never knows. I don't know the current owner personally.
He tells me he is the 3rd owner. He tells me it has 100K miles on it. The
first was a doctor who kept it a long time and supposedly did not drive it
in winter. The second owner was the doctor's barber who ended up with it
after providing storage for it for a few years in a heated parking garage at
his apartment building. The current owner has only had it 4 years and has
only driven it about 1K miles. He owns an aluminum boat building company and
has kept it in the factory building since he got it as he has nowhere to
keep it at home. He wishes to sell it because he is just not using it.
The tires are Michelin and were new on it 4 years ago. The battery was also
new 4 years ago. The current owner has replaced the short lines from one
injector to the next that are overflow?
I wondered how robust the starter or battery might be as it did not really
sound powerful to me. I have no experience with this however so I don't know
what to expect. It had been started and moved outside when I got there to
look at it but I did have to cycle the glow plugs to start it the first
time. I shut if off and restarted it when we got back from the test drive
and it fired right up when warm.
I guess the big issue is rust. I will have to see what it looks like
underneath to ensure it is not just another old heap.
Randy
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Stuart Saxonberg wrote:
Hi, everybody.
Lately, the flasher on my 300D (w115, 1976) will, after a period of normal
blinking, start to blink rapidly. This first manifested after a general
fixup and renewal of the electrical stuff, so I'm thinking that maybe it's
just getting old and can't handle getting full power, and was fine with the
voltage drop my bad wiring threw at it.
Also, the
