I am storing away all the niggling parts I can find for a R107. The older
stuff is very NLA, since it works for either the W115 or W116, which are not
getting any more love. Body panels are plentiful, the stuff to keep it
running, not so much
clay
who still has boxes of /8 parts cluttering
Reply To: ernest breakfield
Subject: [MBZ] W123 vs W140 (was: Re: W123 Crack o the day)
we need a car that we can use, not something that's a hobby to keep
running.
Which is why I asked the W140/W210 questions the other day. I just drove a
2014 Honda Civic, and frankly my W124 drives MUCH
I can't speak for the W140 diesels, but for the gassers there is no shortage of
parts. Some things, like the self-destructing wiring harnesses if you're
unlucky enough to have a car that still has one, are in the aftermarket but
getting harder to find as demand has dropped off. A lot of the
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Reply To: ernest breakfield
Subject: [MBZ] W123 vs W140 (was: Re: W123 Crack o the day)
we need a car that we can use, not something that's a hobby to keep
running
That was always the big claim to fame with mb was you could get parts for any
car even back to the 40s and 50s. Not anymore.
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On Jan 3, 2015, at 2:09 PM, ernest breakfield via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
agreed; much as i love our W123, i'm getting tired of
agreed; much as i love our W123, i'm getting tired of stupid little
parts becoming NLA. one of the reasons our family had been fond of
diesel MBZs was because of their traditional ability to keep them in
good running trim for so long; that seems to quickly becoming no longer
the case.
we
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Subject: [MBZ] W123 vs W140 (was: Re: W123 Crack o the day)
we need a car that we can use, not something that's a hobby to
keep
running.
Which is why I asked the W140/W210 questions the other day. I just drove
a 2014 Honda Civic, and frankly
:
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we need a car that we can use, not something that's a hobby to keep
:
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we need a car that we can use, not something that's a hobby to keep
running
wrote:
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we need a car that we can use
On Jan 3, 2015, at 5:36 PM, Dwight Giles dwight.gi...@gmail.com wrote:
Aren't w210 bodies very rust prone? Spring perches etc.? Or is that only
here in the salt belt?
Yes.
That said, the 4-matic cars don't have that issue, and I would think a non rust
belt car would not have that
.
Dan
On Jan 3, 2015, at 4:06 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes
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