[MBZ] 2012 E350 4Matic - 95k miles - $8,900

Looks nice except how do you blow out the seat bottoms in 95k miles? 350 lb driver? Burrito addiction washed down with Mountain Dew? https://chicago.craigslist.org/sox/cto/d/worth-2012-mercedes-e350-4matic/7580228061.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search

Re: [MBZ] Is this really a 6.3 and is it worth this much, and should I buy it?

Yes, but if you have the time to do it frugally and correctly you will have a $75,000 car when done On Thu, Jan 19, 2023, 6:00 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Nice interior > > I don’t know what an old 6.3 looks like. Looks slammed, those had > hydraulic suspen

Re: [MBZ] 1962 unimog - $10,000

On 2023-01-19 18:31, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: https://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/d/nashville-1962-mercedes-benz-unimog/7580207744.html Had a for sale sign on it at the military vehicle show and nobody who knows military vehicles wanted to give him $10k for it? _

Re: [MBZ] Happy Moose Day

Thank you for sharing! On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 5:11 PM Clay via Mercedes wrote: > > https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/wildlife/2023/01/17/rare-ghost-moose-seen-by-fish-and-game-team-surveying-interior-alaska-from-plane/ > < > https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/wildlife/2023/01/17/rare-ghost-moose-see

Re: [MBZ] 2010 - $7,900 (North Myrtle Beach)

Would be a good deal if it were a 4matic. On Thu, Jan 19, 2023, 3:24 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Seller of minimal information > > > https://myrtlebeach.craigslist.org/cto/d/north-myrtle-beach-2010/7580277128.html > > -- > --FT > ___

[MBZ] 1962 unimog - $10,000

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[MBZ] Happy Moose Day

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/wildlife/2023/01/17/rare-ghost-moose-seen-by-fish-and-game-team-surveying-interior-alaska-from-plane/ Clay inter urinas et fa

Re: [MBZ] (No subject)

Less than 19kmi? Auction material —FT Sent from my iPad > On Jan 19, 2023, at 5:13 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes > wrote: > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/325504320361?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=jOqVAR7wSAW&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=xL9F1IEtSkq&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY >

Re: [MBZ] Is this really a 6.3 and is it worth this much, and should I buy it?

Nice interior I don’t know what an old 6.3 looks like. Looks slammed, those had hydraulic suspension, right? Probably a nightmare to fix and very expensive. —FT Sent from my iPad > On Jan 19, 2023, at 5:53 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace

Re: [MBZ] Is this really a 6.3 and is it worth this much, and should I buy it?

It says it has been listed at that price for 23 weeks. You can likely do better than the asking price. Randy On 19/01/2023 4:52 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1098583187405044/?mibextid=6ojiHh ___ http:/

[MBZ] Is this really a 6.3 and is it worth this much, and should I buy it?

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[MBZ] It's...red for sure -- 2007 Mercedes-Benz class s 550, $6, 995

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[MBZ] Mercedes-Benz CL600 V12 (C215) - TrackTest MotorVision

Thrash that CL600! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcClZx8fseM -- --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_

[MBZ] Sl Crack

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Re: [MBZ] Battery got hooked up backwards after being sold the reverse polarity.

I think they probably got a reverse terminal battery and didn't pay attention. My '52 Farmall Super M was 6v positive ground. My great uncle apparently forgot the positive ground thing, he ran it negative ground for quite awhile with the only issue being that it wouldn't charge. We finally conv

Re: [MBZ] This is Really Nice

The other day on the radio they said used car prices were down 2.5%. Not exactly "falling fast" but falling... -Curt On Thursday, January 19, 2023 at 12:11:10 PM EST, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: Nice looking car. I read somewhere yesterday that used car prices are falling fast. I don't k

[MBZ] No engine or transmission, interior is great! 1974 Mercedes-Benz 220s W115/114, $1, 000

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[MBZ] The transmission will not shift out of first gear. 1999 Mercedes-Benz e-class, $1, 500

Looks pretty nice, conductor plate replacement then flip for $2500 https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/699267758403419 -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery opt

[MBZ] WILL HAVE TO BE TOWED !! Prize specimen -- 1993 Mercedes-Benz 300e 2.8 Sedan 4D, $2, 200

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Re: [MBZ] Going to Investigate This

I had a CPS going bad on a 210, it would sometimes cut out above a certain speed (or RPM more accurately I guess) intermittently but then was OK until it completely kakked.  In any case I don't know why a flywheel would be bad, is that A Thing? --FT On 1/19/23 3:31 PM, Jim Cathey wrote: Coul

Re: [MBZ] Going to Investigate This

> Could be a crank sensor? Bad CPS results in no-start/run. Could this be a flakey speed sensor inside the tranny? Part of the conductor plate assembly. (There are two speed sensors. One on the input shaft, one on the output.) -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebe

[MBZ] 2010 - $7,900 (North Myrtle Beach)

Seller of minimal information https://myrtlebeach.craigslist.org/cto/d/north-myrtle-beach-2010/7580277128.html -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: ht

Re: [MBZ] Going to Investigate This

On 2023-01-19 14:49, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: Could be a crank sensor? I drove my W140 home in 2nd gear at 35-45mph depending on traffic. 35 was quite comfortable, if I didn't have cars piling up behind me. 45 really made me want to grab the lever and upshift. It could have gone 60

Re: [MBZ] Battery got hooked up backwards after being sold the reverse polarity.

On 2023-01-19 12:54, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: How does that even happen? Batteries are available with reversed posts. Optima has the 34 and 34R, for example. But I don't believe I've ever seen anything in the 49/93/H8 class that has the alternate terminal orientation. And most of my M

Re: [MBZ] Going to Investigate This

WWKD? (what would Kaleb do) Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 19, 2023, at 12:50 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > What a moron > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 19, 2023, at 1:46 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> I asked Jesus what happen and he said, “idk it jus

Re: [MBZ] Going to Investigate This

Could be a crank sensor? --FT Sent from iFōn > On Jan 19, 2023, at 2:46 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes > wrote: > > I asked Jesus what happen and he said, “idk it jus won’t go above 60. that > scanner thibg said it was the flywheel” > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 19, 2023, at 12:39 PM,

Re: [MBZ] Going to Investigate This

What a moron Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 19, 2023, at 1:46 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes > wrote: > > I asked Jesus what happen and he said, “idk it jus won’t go above 60. that > scanner thibg said it was the flywheel” > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 19, 2023, at 12:39 PM, Kaleb Stri

Re: [MBZ] Going to Investigate This

I asked Jesus what happen and he said, “idk it jus won’t go above 60. that scanner thibg said it was the flywheel” Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 19, 2023, at 12:39 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > Not really > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 19, 2023, at 12:27 PM, Bob Rentfr

Re: [MBZ] Going to Investigate This

Not really Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 19, 2023, at 12:27 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes > wrote: > > Conductor plate R&R no big deal? > > > Sent from my iPhone > >>> On Jan 19, 2023, at 10:50 AM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes >>> wrote: >>> >> Ok then. Might just be conductor plate.

Re: [MBZ] Going to Investigate This

Now Jesus chimed in and told me, “it’s the fly wheel”Sent from my iPhoneOn Jan 19, 2023, at 11:34 AM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote:No, for a 722.6 you can buy a whole kit from FCPE with all the bits plus fluid and filter for maybe $250? or you can just buy a random CP and the other stuff

Re: [MBZ] Battery got hooked up backwards after being sold the reverse polarity.

> But I’ve never seen an H8/49 with “backwards” post but maybe they’re out > there. Or, more likely, they were on the "if it fits in the hole" plan. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe

Re: [MBZ] Going to Investigate This

No, for a 722.6 you can buy a whole kit from FCPE with all the bits plus fluid and filter for maybe $250? or you can just buy a random CP and the other stuff and save some $$.First time will take you maybe 4hr, second time 2. You have to get the car up to do it so that’s a pain. --FTSent from iFōnO

Re: [MBZ] Battery got hooked up backwards after being sold the reverse polarity.

True, I bought a battery for a friend’s car, proper size, and didn’t notice it was reversed from the old one. Went to put it in and noticed that so back to Wally for the proper unit that was $10 more, go figure. There might have been some designation on the label, I don’t recall, but the posts w

Re: [MBZ] Going to Investigate This

Conductor plate R&R no big deal? Sent from my iPhoneOn Jan 19, 2023, at 10:50 AM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote:Ok then. Might just be conductor plate. I’d start at $700, that gives headroom if it needs a new trans--FTSent from iFōnOn Jan 19, 2023, at 12:41 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes wr

Re: [MBZ] I think I figured out why idiots on Facebook always reply to ads with is this available?

> if I look at something, suddenly, I get 100 + > emails trying to sell me like products.. or not so like.. unsolicited, so > facebook is mining my personal information for sale.. Of course. That's what Facebook _is_! It's like modern cars: A modern car is a video game that, if you win, rewards

Re: [MBZ] Battery got hooked up backwards after being sold the reverse polarity.

> How does that even happen? Batteries are available with reversed posts. Optima has the 34 and 34R, for example. They are still clearly marked as to positive and negative, regardless, so some degree of stupidity was required. Just because it fits doesn't mean it's right. Unless the electroni

Re: [MBZ] Ford's DCT is worse than VW/Porsche's DCT

I have ridden in quite a number of those Ford Foci and Fiestas on Uber and Lyft rides. Nearly all of the drivers said that the problem existed from the day that they bought the car. Most of them drove their cars like that since they didn’t have a choice, and the ones who took them in for repai

Re: [MBZ] Ford's DCT is worse than VW/Porsche's DCT

Who would steal a Fiesta? On Thu, Jan 19, 2023, at 08:31, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes wrote: > Those were turds for sure. I had one that the oldest daughter drove for > a couple years in LA. > I drove it for a couple of days after I bought it (a 2013 I bought in > 2013 with 2.5 miles on it as a de

Re: [MBZ] Going to Investigate This

Ok then. Might just be conductor plate. I’d start at $700, that gives headroom if it needs a new trans--FTSent from iFōnOn Jan 19, 2023, at 12:41 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes wrote:Jesus just replied to my inqury: “Hello. Do you still have the Mercedes? If so, what is the problem that would requi

Re: [MBZ] Going to Investigate This

So it needs a conductor plate Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 19, 2023, at 11:41 AM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes > wrote: > >  > Jesus just replied to my inqury: > > “Hello. Do you still have the Mercedes? If so, what is the problem that would > require it to be towed Thank you.” > > With an

Re: [MBZ] This is Really Nice

Looks like the top of rear bumper rubber has been chopped. Very nice example. Buy for $7,500 and auction it for $12,000. On Thu, Jan 19, 2023, 12:19 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Trunk trim missing? > > --FT > > On 1/19/23 12:01 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes wrote

Re: [MBZ] I think I figured out why idiots on Facebook always reply to ads with is this available?

Facebook is now Meta. On Thu, Jan 19, 2023, 11:39 AM G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > I really despise facebook marketplace.. People post things for sale and > there is no way to contact them directly to set up a buy of their item. The > post and forget, never respond to your "facebook reply that yo

Re: [MBZ] Going to Investigate This

Jesus just replied to my inqury: “Hello. Do you still have the Mercedes? If so, what is the problem that would require it to be towed  Thank you.” With an answer: “transmission” AZBob Sent from Mail for Windows From: Kaleb Striplin via MercedesSent: Thursday, January 19, 2023 10:12 AMTo: Mercedes D

Re: [MBZ] This is Really Nice

Trunk trim missing? --FT On 1/19/23 12:01 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes wrote: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/922596138909174/ I wonder what is fair for that. The way things are these days, I’m thinking Kelly is not too far off. AZBob Sent from Mail

Re: [MBZ] Battery got hooked up backwards after being sold the reverse polarity.

I'm not sure the correct battery size (H8) has posts that go both ways so that is kinda weird.  In any case it probably fried some modules or maybe fuses in the power distribution.  The only way to know would be to see if something comes alive with a battery connected properly, then scan it to

Re: [MBZ] This is Really Nice

I actually have one that is that nice. A few more miles though at 140k Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 19, 2023, at 11:02 AM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes > wrote: > >  > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/922596138909174/ > > I wonder what is fair for that. The way things are these days, I

Re: [MBZ] Going to Investigate This

Seems interesting Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 19, 2023, at 10:55 AM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes > wrote: > >  > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/857199765359443/ > > I am going to try to engage the Fakebooker. I just wish the post was a little > more vague. > > AZBob > > Sent

Re: [MBZ] Battery got hooked up backwards after being sold the reverse polarity.

Nothing is fool-proof because the fools are so ingenious. On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 11:06 AM Bob Rentfro via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1537005360135208/ > > > > How does that even happen? > > > > AZBob > > > > > > > > Sent from Mail

Re: [MBZ] This is Really Nice

Nice looking car. I read somewhere yesterday that used car prices are falling fast. I don't know if that applies to older cool Mercedes though ... On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 11:02 AM Bob Rentfro via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/922596138909174/

[MBZ] Battery got hooked up backwards after being sold the reverse polarity.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1537005360135208/ How does that even happen? AZBob   Sent from Mail for Windows  ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: htt

[MBZ] This is Really Nice

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/922596138909174/ I wonder what is fair for that. The way things are these days, I’m thinking Kelly is not too far off. AZBob Sent from Mail for Windows  ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.oki

Re: [MBZ] Going to Investigate This

If it needs to be towed that’s a $700 car unless the engine or trans is munched then it’s scrap value--FTSent from iFōnOn Jan 19, 2023, at 11:55 AM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes wrote:https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/857199765359443/ I am going to try to engage the Fakebooker. I just wish th

[MBZ] Going to Investigate This

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/857199765359443/ I am going to try to engage the Fakebooker. I just wish the post was a little more vague. AZBob Sent from Mail for Windows  ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/ar

Re: [MBZ] Ford's DCT is worse than VW/Porsche's DCT

A successful theft! --FT Sent from iFōn > On Jan 19, 2023, at 8:32 AM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes > wrote: > > Those were turds for sure. I had one that the oldest daughter drove for a > couple years in LA. > I drove it for a couple of days after I bought it (a 2013 I bought in 2013 > with 2

Re: [MBZ] I think I figured out why idiots on Facebook always reply to ads with is this available?

I really despise facebook marketplace.. People post things for sale and there is no way to contact them directly to set up a buy of their item. The post and forget, never respond to your "facebook reply that you want to inspect and buy".. then if they do make contact with you it is obliquely to pos

[MBZ] New Bitcoin AMG

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Re: [MBZ] FB fotog of the day -- 2006 Mercedes-Benz e-class,$1,500

Proves that it's waterproof. On Thu, Jan 19, 2023, 10:39 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1698979347164413 > > -- > --FT > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives htt

[MBZ] FB fotog of the day -- 2006 Mercedes-Benz e-class,$1,500

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Re: [MBZ] I’m thinking about buying this

Are you kidding? That's an insane price. What are you waiting for? On Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 11:29 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > That’s not a bad deal for a 560 > > --FT > Sent from iFōn > > > On Jan 18, 2023, at 9:48 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@

Re: [MBZ] Ford's DCT is worse than VW/Porsche's DCT

Those were turds for sure. I had one that the oldest daughter drove for a couple years in LA. I drove it for a couple of days after I bought it (a 2013 I bought in 2013 with 2.5 miles on it as a dealer loaner) and then I took it over to her in LA. It didn’t act oddly on the trip over. Fast for