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> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
> 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 ot
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 u
ercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
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>>> Original Message
>>> From: ernest breakfield via Mercedes
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 3, 2015 2:09 PM
>>> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
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>>> Subject: [MBZ] W123
> On Jan 3, 2015, at 5:36 PM, Dwight Giles wrote:
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> 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 issue. If I were to pu
; Dan
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> > On Jan 3, 2015, at 4:06 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes > <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote:
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> > Original Message
> > From: ernest breakfield via Mercedes
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> > To: m
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> > Original Message
> > From: ernest breakfield via Mercedes
> > Sent: Saturday, January 3, 2015 2:09 PM
> > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
> > Reply To: ernest breakfield
> > Subject: [MBZ] W123 vs W140 (was: Re: W123 Crack o the day)
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> Original Message
> From: ernest breakfield via Mercedes
> Sent: Saturday, January 3, 2015 2:09 PM
> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
> Reply To: ernest breakfield
> Subject: [MBZ] W123 vs W140 (was: Re: W123 Crack o the day)
> >we need a car t
riginal Message
> From: ernest breakfield via Mercedes
> Sent: Saturday, January 3, 2015 2:09 PM
> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
> 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 someth
Original Message
From: ernest breakfield via Mercedes
Sent: Saturday, January 3, 2015 2:09 PM
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
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 >
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 guy
Hey, all you W123 people whining about parts that are NLA. Please SHARE
the specifics inasmuch as I have a ton of spare parts cluttering up my
garage.
On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 3:32 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> That was always the big claim to fame with mb wa
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
> wrote:
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> agreed; much as i love our W123, i'm getting tired of stupid little parts
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 ne
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