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We have decided to sell our beloved 1985 300D Mercedes Turbo Diesel that will run all day and all night on diesel or bio-diesel and/or waste vegetable and get 25 to 30 mpg. These cars are known to get over a million miles and this one has only 175,000 miles. She has been serviced regularly and is a safe and reliable daily driver.
This specific car has been the subject of discussion on many radio shows as well as been featured in News paper articles.
Essentially this 300D has been used in the Real Estate Industry. My wife who is the primary driver is an Evergreen award winner meaning, she is a Nationally recognized GREEN realtor.
We have owned this vehicle for about 8-9 years and purchased it specifically as a GREEN promotional vehicle to run on Diesel or Waste vegetable oil that could easily be processed from home.
After a very long search we found what we believe to be one of the very best examples right here in California. We purchased the Mercedes from a Mercedes Engineer who meticulously cared for this car although it was mostly kept stored and covered in dry storage. The rest is history
About the car...
This 300D is exceptional, excellent inside and out as well as mechanically perfect.
It was repainted 6 years ago, there are no dents or dings and the paint shines. The roof was showing a flat spot so it was just had it painted by the same shop that we have used for years. There are a couple of tiny blemishes in the paint but I would give it a 9.5 out of 10.
Interior is also 9.5+ out of 10, no tears in seats, no splits in the dash, wood trim is exceptional.
I can honestly tell you I have never seen one as nice as this.
Included are 2 sets of OEM Carpets in Black and tan, exceptional. Naturally, The Black set is more practical so the tan set "like new" we removed and kept stored. Also included is a box containing some OEM Oil filters, fuel filters, manual, spare OEM fuses etc.
Mechanical
New brakes and slotted rotors front and back were just installed about 100 miles ago. Oil has justr been changed.
Radiator was replaced at 150,000 miles
Complete new OEM Mercedes Compressor dryer and AC system installed at 150,0000 AC Blows cold.
I have just uploaded 2 Youtube videos showing a walk around and the engine running. Go to Youtube and search...... "1985 mercedes 300d turbo diesel biofuel wvo and equipment for sale"
In addition to the regular Diesel tank, there is a 10-12 gallon tank in the trunk that takes, Diesel, Vegetable Oil or Bio diesel. The processing equipment comes with the vehicle however you can choose what you would like to run this car on....your choice! Recently we deliberately depleated our Waste vegetable oil and have been running diesel in the Auxillary tank which gives you an "incredible " driving range...
It is very difficult to describe this car because it is such a beautiful and exceptional example. It really needs to be seen and I can assure you this has to be one of the best 1985 Mercedes 300D on the market today. Also if you know these cars you know that the price I am selling it for is under market value. I am not desperate or anxious to sell I am simply selling 2 of our cars as we are bringing in 2 new cars. The price I have set is so that I can just move it out quickly.
As I have said the price I am asking is very low and it includes all the WVO processing Equipment that I have about $2000 into. There is also over $1000 of work into the vehicle to enable it to run on the optional fuels. This is a car that you can drive and easily maintain for many years to come. Parts are still plentiful and you can drive thius car for many thousands of miles and still sell it for as much or more than you paid for it. Its a no brainer of an investment.
The bad!....Its a very short list. there is a loose wire in the harness that "I believe" runs through the grommet in the drivers side rear passenger door. Therefor the driver and rear right side passenger window is not rolling down. This did happen about 6 years ago and cost $75 to fix. It seems to have come loose again. I have not had time to have it looked at because it was in the paint shop for an extended time due to the rains here in CA.
The rear window tint needs removing or replaced...it is starting haze, I believe we were told this would happen eventually when they installed it due to the rear window defroster....I believe that was what they told us at the time.The other windows are perfect its just the rear window.
There is a small 2" scratch near the passenger side door handle...please see the Youtube video. The scratch is not through the clearcoat so it will polish out. On the passenger side lower door trim one of the trim mounting clips is broken. I have a bag of the clips, it looks pretty easy to put on.
This Mercedes has been worked on in the past by Hi-line Mercedes out of Orange, CA and they have told us this is one of the very best they have ever seen.
Following is the information on the WVO Equipment..
WVO Waste Vegetable Oil cleaning processing equipment
It was designed and built in around 2010 and there was a feature story on it in the Orange County Register.
There are 2 x insulated 55 gallon drums with drum heaters. The first drum on the right side allows you to pour really nasty vegetable oil and let it settle while the contaminants sink to the bottom where upon there is a waste discharge valve to pour waste from the lower level. If you choose to speed up the process the drum heater will heat the oil very quickly to where it is steaming hot and very fine and again the waste will sink to the bottom very quickly.
When the 55 gallons are ready there is a transfer pump on the lower right that will pump the oil into the left side drum. There is a drum heater on the left side drum too. The process is a centrifuge system using centrifugal force similar to the centrifuge on a big rig that cleans the air brake fluids.
The centrifuge is powered by a second pump which pulls from the bottom and cycles around and discharges at the top. The second pump can process about 55 gallons in about 25 minutes but in turn it can clean the oil down to just one or two Microns depending how many times you polish or cycle the oil. Typically I will cycle it 4 or 5 times.
When the oil is ready we have a 3rd pump which is the middle pump, this pushes the oil through a water separator and then through a final 10 micron sock type filter in the blue canister, through the filter out of the gas pump trigger and hose.
The system works beautifully and will polish oil very much finer than a cartridge or filter system.
All in all I have around $2000 plus in parts. Everything works flawlessly.
This system will process thousands of gallons of fuel with very little maintenance and pay for itself in no time.
OVER THE YEARS I HAVE PURCHASED AND SOLD SEVERAL PERSONAL CARS AND MOTORCYCLES ON EBAY SO I AM COMFORTABLE ACCOMODATING A SHIPPER BEING SENT TO MY LOCATION TO PICK UP THE VEHICLE AND WVO EQUIPMENT. I MAY CONSIDER SEPARATING THE WVO EQUIPMENT FROM THE VEHICLE IF LOGISTICS IS A BIG ISSUE OR PERHAPS YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED IN RUNNING WVO SO PERHAPS THE EQUIPMENT IS NOT WANTED!... IF YOU DO WANT THE EQUIPMENT THE DRUMS ARE EMPTY AND EASILY MOVABLE.
LASTLY PLEASE USE YOUR DUE DILIGENCE WHEN PURCHASING A USED VEHICLE UNSEEN. THIS VEHICLE IS 32 YEARS OLD. I BELIEVE I HAVE REPRESENTED IT VERY HONESTLY HOWEVER THIS SALE IS "AS IS, WHERE IS". YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO SEND A MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION OR COME AND INSPECT AND TEST DRIVE THE VEHICLE. PAYMENT WILL BE $500 DEPOSIT AND BALANCE SHALL BE CASH OR BANK WIRE ONLY NO MONKEY BUSINESS! Feel free to contact me withquestions or more specific photos that you may want taken..
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