[MBZ] '91 300D purchase inspection

[Sunil Hari]

give him $500 and part it out.

On 5/13/06, Luther Gulseth <luther at gulseth.net> wrote:
>
> Just arrived home from the inspection.  Car is a dog (bet a 240D would
> beat it off the line) and won't get out of it's own way.  It billows smoke
> under acceleration (blue-grey smoke) and smokes at ilde.  Also, when it
> first started up, it sounded worse than my 617's do and had what sounds
> like an injector nailing.  The last work done before this started up was
> R&R of the glow plugs at the local MB dealer.
> The accel is funky, when it finally get's enough rpms to go (say 3000+)
> and you start coasting or let completely off the accel, it will continue
> to accelerate until you push the brake.  What gives with this?
> Transmission shifts great between 1 and 2 but won't go higher than 2.  I
> had it to 4500 rpm before I gave up and pulled over to turn around.
> Shortly after I pulled over, the county sherriff stopped behind me asking
> what was going on.  He gave me a "stopeed you and didn't issue a citation
> or ticket" deal and politely stopped traffic and escorted me back to the
> owner's house.
> Interior/exterior are very clean and don't show the mileage of 235kmi.
> Paint is black with bottom grey trim and is glossy and has very few minor
> scratches that would buff/wax up very nicely.  Everything in the interior
> (palomino leather) works except the passenger headrest.  Sunroof slides
> and pops up very smoothly, all windows work, all switches work, gauges
> work normally, trunk is clean.
> Overall the car is very clean and sharp looking.  Any ideas what might be
> up with the engine and trans?  What might this be worth in this
> condition?  TIA all,
>
> Luther
>
> On Sat, 13 May 2006 01:18:30 -0500, Luther Gulseth <luther at gulseth.net>
> wrote:
>
> > hense the PPI.....
> >
> > On Sat, 13 May 2006 00:35:36 -0500, Sunil Hari <sunilhari at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> if the asking price is that low, you have to wonder what they know and
> >> what
> >> you don't.
> >>
> >> On 5/13/06, Luther Gulseth <luther at gulseth.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> if you only knew the asking price......
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, 12 May 2006 22:31:56 -0500, Sunil Hari <sunilhari at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> > just to warn you, that offer might be way way low, depending on
> >>> > condition.
> >>> > they're going on ebay for $7-9K
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Luther   KB5QHU
> Alma, Ark
> '83 300SD (231,xxx kmi)
> '82 300CD (159,xxx kmi)
> '82 300D  (74,000 kmi) needs MAJOR work
>
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Sunil Hari
1992 300D 2.5T - 286Kmi.
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