Re: [MBZ] My new $500 124 Convertible

2016-08-08 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Better get it running first! Meade Dillon via Mercedes August 8, 2016 at 3:03 PM Thanks, I've saved that down to my 'puter. Also thanks for the other links. Convertible top operation and repair: Finding lots of good info at Benzworld in the 124 DIY stickies.

Re: [MBZ] My new $500 124 Convertible

2016-08-08 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Thanks, I've saved that down to my 'puter. Also thanks for the other links. Convertible top operation and repair: Finding lots of good info at Benzworld in the 124 DIY stickies. - Max Charleston SC On Sun, Aug 7, 2016 at 5:23 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com>

Re: [MBZ] My new $500 124 Convertible

2016-08-07 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Cautions on COP stuff: http://www.w124performance.com/service/w124CD1/Program/Engine/104/Engine%20104%20Combustion%20I/General%20Notes.pdf Max Dillon via Mercedes August 6, 2016 at 10:56 PM https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0Bxk8a928B3RxcFhMVjNrLUYzOHM

Re: [MBZ] My new $500 124 Convertible

2016-08-07 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
It was surprisingly not that bad. Body/paint is in very good condition, front bumper has some damage on the lower dam but nothing extreme. I'm thinking it will start and run with a minor fix. Top needs some investigation. For $500 can't go wrong even if he just cleans it up a bit and

Re: [MBZ] My new $500 124 Convertible

2016-08-07 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Two years? Long enough. Entire interior will probably come out. No pix of the interior, it's not pretty but I was expecting much worse. They tried to keep a tarp over it, generally succeeded, but there was standing water in foot well, left rear passenger. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87

Re: [MBZ] My new $500 124 Convertible

2016-08-07 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
How long has the window been down? Let's see some interior photos, I bet it's rough. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 7, 2016, at 8:27 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > No sign of broken glass, so I think it is just down. Broken regulator, > dead motor, bad

Re: [MBZ] My new $500 124 Convertible

2016-08-07 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
No sign of broken glass, so I think it is just down. Broken regulator, dead motor, bad switch, who knows. Did the soft-top control include a feature to lower the windows a bit before lowering or raising the top? - Max Charleston SC On Sun, Aug 7, 2016 at 1:59 AM, Mitch Haley via

Re: [MBZ] My new $500 124 Convertible

2016-08-07 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Driver's window is down, or was broken out so somebody without keys could get access to the ignition and console? Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] My new $500 124 Convertible

2016-08-06 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 23:56:44 -0400 Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: > https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0Bxk8a928B3RxcFhMVjNrLUYzOHM > > Spotted this Thursday, SWMBO was interested, so today I recruited Floyd > to take a look with me. It's a 1995 E320 convertible,

[MBZ] My new $500 124 Convertible

2016-08-06 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0Bxk8a928B3RxcFhMVjNrLUYzOHM Spotted this Thursday, SWMBO was interested, so today I recruited Floyd to take a look with me. It's a 1995 E320 convertible, white with grey interior. This car DIDN'T run when parked a couple years ago! Long story, basically