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| paigeoliver:
Ok, about a month ago I got a vehicle that WASN'T a scooter. I found a rust free 1984 Mercedes Benz 380 SL convertible with lower mileage in basically perfect cosmetic condition and near perfect mechanical condition (it needs either a new fuel distributor or has some other wonkiness in the fuel injection). Mine is identical to the gold one I attached the picture of except for the fact that it has the double round headlights like in the second picture. The soft top (underneath that removable hardtop) on mine is dark brown and is basically brand new. Of course not long after I got it my friends little sister backed into the driver's side door and made it look not too hot, but the insurance check should be here any day now and then it can go to the body shop to be perfect again, and then can finally go to the other shop to fix the fuel injection problem (been trying to get it into the shop since I bought it, but first my suburban broke down and right after I got that all sorted out the thing got backed into). I had been wanting one of these ever since I was a kid. Some guy down the street had a gold one when I was in grade school and my best friend's neighbor had a gold one when I was in high school. So when I happened across a gold one for sale locally it was pretty much a done deal. Heck for that matter there is a decent chance that this is actually one of the exact two I was always staring at when I was a kid |
| danny_galaga:
nice. i'm betting your favourite show as a kid was 'heart to heart' ;D how much? |
| paigeoliver:
I paid $7000, which checking ebay prices is a bit low for the condition mine was in (zero rust, not even underneath, the interior is almost flawless and the engine compartment is so clean you could eat off the air cleaner). I knew it had fuel injection wonkiness when I bought it (I had been researching these things for a few years, so I was familiar with common problems) and that is a major factor in why I got it that low. I remembered seeing them on TV a lot, but I couldn't actually remember what I saw them on. A secondary reason I bought it was the fact that I got rid of my other car (that metro convertible I used to have) while I was with my last girlfriend, and my suburban is the sort of vehicle that women run away screaming from. A few months after the last girlfriend I was ready to start looking again and realized that I basically HAD to buy another car, and I ran into this while I was looking. Of course now it has to go into the body shop and the repair shop before I can even attempt to take it on any dates (it gets really bogged down at low RPMs and you basically have to drive it like a manual or it bogs down and doesn't want to go anywhere, it is a common problem with these cars and is most likely the fuel distributor, but there is just enough chance that it might be something else that I am going to take it to a shop rather than guess at a $500 part). :-[ |
| shardian:
I suppose you are getting a used fuel distributor huh? I checked FCP groton's mercedes section and they list a fuel distributor at $1824.40. :o They are traditionally much lower in price than dealers, and you won't exactly find most of your parts at advance auto. ;) |
| paigeoliver:
Rebuilt ones are under $500, which is still a chunk of change but is a lot more manageable, and the parts for that car are generally special order, the auto parts stores don't even stock the spark plug wires for them. However with that said, there are a ton of old V8 fuel injected mercedes out there stashed in various places, and mercedes stocks parts almost forever, thus you can still get basically anything for that car as long as you can wait a few days, and mine only has 113,000 on it and has very obviously been pampered. I don't really predict I am going to have many other repairs if any at all. --- Quote from: shardian on February 09, 2008, 08:02:17 am ---I suppose you are getting a used fuel distributor huh? I checked FCP groton's mercedes section and they list a fuel distributor at $1824.40. :o They are traditionally much lower in price than dealers, and you won't exactly find most of your parts at advance auto. ;) --- End quote --- |
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