I purchased my '85 380 SL w/ 72,000 miles from a friend for $3500 in running condition. It had the high idle issue and he didn't want to work on it. I knew nothing about Mercedes at the time but was capable of turning wrenches. $325 for a new idle controller and I was off and running. I absolutely love my mb and it garners attention wherever it goes but it could be too expensive to maintain if you did not work on it yourself
Mark, great information, I am in the market for a 380SL , road tested one the other day was surprised how well it smoothly and steadily accelerated , not disappointed at all with its pickup , think they are a good solid nostalgic car .
Great video. I just bought my 84 380SL for 10.5K in Los Angeles. Just started posting videos of my repairs on here as well.
I purchased my '85 380 SL w/ 72,000 miles from a friend for $3500 in running condition. It had the high idle issue and he didn't want to work on it. I knew nothing about Mercedes at the time but was capable of turning wrenches. $325
for a new idle controller and I was off and running.
I absolutely love my mb and it garners attention wherever it goes but it could be too expensive to maintain if you did not work on it yourself
Nice job! The 83 also has the single timing row chain.
So I got mine free. Sitting in the woods for around 4 years. It started on the 3rd try and I drove it home.
Mark, great information, I am in the market for a 380SL , road tested one the other day was surprised how well it smoothly and steadily accelerated , not disappointed at all with its pickup , think they are a good solid nostalgic car .
do you need a r107 tool kit?