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Breaking W124 :-(


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This is not a good time for Midlands-based AS large-ish Mercs.  

 

First, Lord Sterling's E280 gets banana'd by a knobber doing a U-turn without the benefit of mirror or brain.  Now, my ex-Dollywobbler 300E is sadly beyond (for me, anyway) economic repair and I have to draw a line.

 

That said, there are lots of good bits on it.  It had new front wings a while ago, the interior is very good, the opening panels are good and the tyres are nearly new.  It has an MOT until March and actually runs really well, known issues aside.

 

I'm giving the Merc owners among you first dibs on anything you might find useful before I contact the specialist M-B breakers.  Also, if anyone wants the whole thing, I'm open to offers.

 

All funds will go to the GET THE DYANE BACK ON THE ROAD YOU USELESS EEJIT appeal (founding trustee: FPB7)  :ph34r:

 

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How much for the whole thing?

 

I'm guessing jacking points, subframe mounts and/or front chassis legs?

 

ATF leak should not be too hard to fix, in fairness. Can't remember if these use the radiator-embedded style of cooler, but it's going to be somewhere the oil gets to travel away from the transmission to be cooled...

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Cheers, Richard.

 

Suspension mounts were done by DW, front legs seem OK.  Jacking points a little crispy, but biggest body issue is the offside rear arch which needs complete replacement.

 

Andy FPB7 knows the old barge pretty well - have a word with him.  I'm not too far from you if you'd like to take a look.

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Do your headlamp wipers work?

Does your sunroof have the pop up wind deflector?

Also need top securing clip things for the headlamps.

Do you have the original car manual wallet?

 

Yes - just need new connector on offside.

 

Don't know - sunroof was on the list to fix!  Assume so.

 

OK.

 

Yes.

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Cheers, Richard.

 

Suspension mounts were done by DW, front legs seem OK.  Jacking points a little crispy, but biggest body issue is the offside rear arch which needs complete replacement.

 

Andy FPB7 knows the old barge pretty well - have a word with him.  I'm not too far from you if you'd like to take a look.

 

I'll sort some time out - I'm interested in front wings, bonnet, front indicators, mechanical bits as it's a 300E of a similar age to my 300CE (ride height looks correct, so maybe those springs would replace my chopped ones), possibly bits of metal to cut from the rear light/valance area where mine needs repair (offside - not sure if W124 and C124 are the same there), some interior trim parts like the black plastic where the light switch and ignition socket live, backing plates for the headlights, those sort of things. Haven't got properly in depth on the CE yet to see what else I might need, but it's got 258,000 miles on it so I expect "lots".

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