Just curious about how reasonable or unreasonable part prices are for mid 70s Mercedes?
thanks
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July 21, 2008 12:16 a.m. Lennyseleven New Reader
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July 21, 2008 12:39 a.m. HappyAndy New Reader
very unreasonable IMO. I had a '72 250 sedan that needed a re-ring and parts alone were over $650 for oem about 5 years ago. I did find a place in cali that had german aftermarket for alot less, but still to much to make it worth while to me. I donated the car to a charity and got a signifigant tax deduction instead.
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July 21, 2008 1:57 a.m. Evan_R New Reader
Pretty high. Part of the reason is that there aren't a lot of aftermarket companies producing parts, as Mercedes is a relatively low-volume car. Part of the problem iis that Mercedes famously over-engineers their cars.
I had a 77 240D/4-speed for a while. The parts from the aftermarket were just as reasonable as any other Eurpoean car. The parts you can only get OE will kill ya.
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July 21, 2008 6:07 a.m. ddavidv SuperDork
BMW does a much better job (oem and aftermarket both) of supplying parts at mostly reasonable prices than M-B or Audi.
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July 21, 2008 8:42 a.m. Dr. Hess UberDork
I got rid of my 72 220D ten years ago. At that time, parts really weren't too bad directly from the dealer when I factored in my 15% "discount" for being a "shop" and any shipping charges from a mail order place. I understand that they had a history of gouging the people and MB cracked down on the dealerships and put a stop to it. I could buy OEM stuff at the dealer for about the same as the aftermarket places. Of course, certain things were high, like pistons, but with a Diesel they are high no matter what make and the machine shop I used bought them for me cheaper than I could get them and the manufacturer was the same one that makes them for MB.
