I've done it now. I done bought me an '87 SDL with 300K miles. Perhaps not fully prudent, OTOH the price was attractive and much of the car is in great shape. I drove it home from North LA yesterday and got 27 mpg.
Two most pressing issues:
The front end is not tight. Not to the point of danger but there is too much unresponsive play in the wheel. I found this vid on troubleshooting and replacing deteriorated parts in the front end, large rubber bushings, fittings - I forget the best term all of a sudden:
Sounds like a good piece. I'm also wondering if the rack and pump are not fully wonderful. My best guess is to pursue renewing the rubber and perhaps ball joints that need it first.
The car starts well but the glow plug indicator light only works now and then. I gather that if a glow plug or two are faulty the light won't work? I've been waiting about 5 seconds and so far that's doing the trick.
Also, I accidentally found a down-loadable repair manual for the '87 300 SDL. I recall my previous difficulty finding a good manual for the 126. Has anybody used this one?
https://www.emanualonline.com/Cars/...currency=USD&gclid=CIeWirzp7dICFRRqfgod1JsF0w
Two most pressing issues:
The front end is not tight. Not to the point of danger but there is too much unresponsive play in the wheel. I found this vid on troubleshooting and replacing deteriorated parts in the front end, large rubber bushings, fittings - I forget the best term all of a sudden:
Sounds like a good piece. I'm also wondering if the rack and pump are not fully wonderful. My best guess is to pursue renewing the rubber and perhaps ball joints that need it first.
The car starts well but the glow plug indicator light only works now and then. I gather that if a glow plug or two are faulty the light won't work? I've been waiting about 5 seconds and so far that's doing the trick.
Also, I accidentally found a down-loadable repair manual for the '87 300 SDL. I recall my previous difficulty finding a good manual for the 126. Has anybody used this one?
https://www.emanualonline.com/Cars/...currency=USD&gclid=CIeWirzp7dICFRRqfgod1JsF0w