'87 Mercedes SDL

'87 Mercedes Benz SDL on WVO
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I am reluctantly ~~selling~~ my prize 1987 Mercedes Benz 300SDL diesel. You will have to be serious about saving money on fuel and making a difference in our environment to buy this car. It is not just running BioDiesel, it also has a kit installed that will run on waste vegetable oils for fuel. The ultimate alternative fuel source for diesels. Actually, veg oil is what the diesel was originally designed to use! If you have dreamed about how to help stop global warming, or just hate paying at the pump to line the pockets of the hogwart petroleum companies – or just want to cut & control your fuel costs - Getting a Diesel and getting a WVO kit has the biggest impact. This luxury Mercedes has been running on BioDiesel and Grease4Fuel for 2 years. You buy it and control your fuel costs and help the environment Now. I'll supply you with a filter system and 40 gallons of fuel. That will buy you more than enough time to do the final step - just find a source of waste veggie oil from a local food place that does deep frying. That is the easy part. SOLD SOLD SOLD Sorry If you would like to be an environmental advocate & pioneer and you like saving money in the process – read on. Running the Frybrid WVO system is pretty much all automated. Just start the car, flip the WVO switch and drive. The WVO system will automatically activate when the car reaches the proper operating temperature. You will not even notice it coming on - except for a little green light and the sweet smell of french fries! When you are ready to stop, just press the purge button on the consol. Within less than 1 minute the WVO has been purged from the fuel lines. You are done. Pretty darn easy - my momma could do it. I’ve been running Grease cars since 2003. I have enjoyed running Bio-Diesel, but I get the greatest pleasure running straight veggie oil for fuel. This Mercedes is a fantastic example of German engineering as is. Adding the Frybrid WVO grease kit makes it environmentally and financially rewarding while driving in luxury. Save money, help the environment, drive in luxury - That is worth repeating. You may not be set up for grease filtering, so I'll even give you my basic filter system plus a 2 full tanks of WVO (40 gallons @ 28mpg = over 1,000 miles). Sources of info: Plan of Action or Frybrid FAQ's or do some Internet searches. Much info and help is there for you Lots of forums full of helpful folk, and I will be able to help you as you need it. This particular 300 SDL Benz is the stretch model. It has more space and room inside than anything else. If you do any ride share, your riders will absolutely love this car. If you have family to cart around they will be in the lap of luxury.
Pictures some of the grease kit components	I’ve done lots of little fixes here and there and replaced all rubber fuel lines to accept Biodiesel. The best thing I did was to add the finest waste vegetable oil (WVO), conversion kit from FryBrid systems (http://www.frybrid.com/300sdl.htm), right here in Seattle. The Frybrid kit cost $1800 - un-installed kit form. Installed and running it is priceless, but seriously, it would cost around $3,000 to buy the kit and pay to have it installed. In other cars I have run a home made grease conversion and in another was one from Greasecar.com. They both worked fine. However, this Frybrid system is the best there is at this time.
	The '87 SDL has the 6 cylinder 300 Turbo, "The Brick" engine. This 300SDL Turbo Diesel has an amazingly powerful, economical and smooth-running engine w/ Automatic Transmission. Together they are EXTREMELY reliable and robust. Excellent fuel mileage on diesel, biodiesel or grease. It gets 25-28mpg in the city and up to 30 on the Freeway. It is said there is a 3-5% drop in performance on biodiesel. I don't notice it, but that is what I have read. I think on WVO the mileage is a little less than diesel. It is difficult to tell for sure. I know I can go from Bothell to Eugene on a tank of WVO. The motor is nicely packaged in the highly sought after early 126-chassis. Quick and smooth - starts instantly every time ! An absolutely BEAUTIFUL vehicle - with TREMENDOUS power.
197,788 miles	For the knowledgeable MB enthusiast, this vehicle is extremely long lasting and, well "trustworthy". Very dependable. This model has a driver side air bag and ABS braking system for safety & security ! The odometer reads 197,788 miles. For a 20 year old car, this is actually below average. For a Mercedes diesel it is "below average" and is not allot of miles. A little research will tell you the legendary mileage these cars get on a regular basis. Good diesel engines get much superior mileage than gas vehicles to start with, add the great German engineering and you have a half million mile vehicle. The car starts easily and runs great in all weather. Turn on the WVO kit, turn on the CRUISE Control and let the miles fry by.
Drivers door open	The entire interior is in great shape. Totally upholstered with a variety of MB fabrics, leather, and beautiful real wood. Very nice gray Leather seats in extraordinary condition. All seat adjustments work properly. The dash does have one crack that could be patched or covered and another small one on the edge. The original carpets are in tact and are covered with thick plush Mercedes driving mats in front and rear. Both driver/passenger vanity mirrors and lights. 2 Front directional overhead lights. 2 vanity lights in rear seat area.
Driver side, rear door open	The transmission is smooth-shifting and accepts the engine's torque very well. The car drives on the expressway EFFORTLESSLY. This engine and body match up to provide the driver with the ultimate in turbo diesel driving luxury. There's NEVER been a luxury diesel like the '87 300SDL Turbo - extremely rare in this condition and highly sought after, especially for running biodiesel and WVO kits! The Climate controls are awesome. Keeps you at just the right temperature. Heats quickly, cools nicely. The cooler has RJ45 coolant which may be running low. It cools fantastic up to about 90 degrees. When it is that hot the cooling isn't so cool, and I suspect it needs refilled.
	Both driver and passenger doors have 2 settings for seating position and the seats are electrically move in about 8 ways. Even the headrests are elec! Both doors have climate control venting in the door panels, and both have door compartments for storage. These are real doors, you feel them shut like a good heavy door, yet they are hung so they swing open/closed with ease. Fully padded interior - no metal or plastic. Plush Puppy it is.
	The front has a nice chrome grille with those cute headlight wipers. They even have wiper washers on them ! One of my favorite things on the Mercedes is the built in Fog lamps. The large disk chrome wheels look just great and I just purchased 2 new Federal tires from Les Schwab to match the rear. One of the chrome rims has weathered, but the rest look just great.
	I have a set of Studded M&S tires mounted on Mercedes wheels that you will Love for winter driving. This car is lousy on the snow with out the studded tires. I'm letting these go with the car. The paint and chrome on the outside are in good condition - shows typical scuffs & marks resulting in 20 years of weather & driving. NO Dents or Gouges. Paint spots on sides of the top is Oxidizing and a spot on the trunk also oxidizing. Becker AM/FM/Cass - Radio works great, but the cassette player is not working and I never looking into fixing it. One radio button is missing and is still somewhere in the car ;) The electric antenna stays up, does not go down.
	The Frybrid grease kit controls are nicely mounted where the old ashtray used to be. There is a row of lights. Bottom red indicates the system has been activated but is not hot enough to run. When the car heats up to the proper temp, it automatically switches the grease tank on and shows the green light. The yellow light is activated when you press the red button to "purge" the fuel system and when purging is finished it automatically turns the yellow light off and the red light is now on showing the system active but not running. Includes a grease tank fuel gauge. Kept the power plug in a panel just below radio.
	To the left & right is a photo looking down through the Sun roof! Gotta Luv the sun roof. It has 2 positions; slides opens fully or the rear part pops up to draft/vent the car. Huge sunroof, nicely padded inside. It is a luxury car after all. Interior is in excellent - better than average condition from head to toe.
	The rear has 2 headrests, a center arm rest, the rear deck/dash has tons of room. In the deck on one side is a compartment for the original first aid kit and another compartment for nick/naks. Power plugs in "un-used" ashtrays on both doors, elec window controls and center air venting. Has rear window brake light. Previous owner had it set up for his cell phone antenna.
	Working under the hood is real easy. It has 2 open positions, shown is the low open, it opens fully for easy maintenance. Regular maintenance is easy on these cars. Air filters, fuel, and oil filters, getting to the fuses, or belts. A Do it Yourselfer will love this car.
Pictures of the grease tank in back, rear views, front to back through glass. Even though the tank is in the trunk there is Still enough room in here for plenty of storage and getting to the spare tire. Man, what a perfect car for a WVO kit.
These Mercedes Diesels are getting harder to find as time goes on. Diesel fuel costs less now than gas. Biodiesel is about the same cost as gasoline, but I am betting before long it will also be much less. The largest BioDiesel plant company in the country is from Seattle and they are growing by leaps and bounds. On a real positive note, if you make your own Bio-diesel you’ll drive this for about 45Cents a gallon! I have lots of info on where to go to learn how. Yes, you can make your own fuel. You can even gather waste veggie oil from local establishments getting your main ingredient for free. In addition to the biodiesel or regular diesel you use, this car will run on straight plain old veggie oil. When you are driving it on your own filtered waste veggie oil from the neighborhood deep fry joint, you’ll be paying mere cents a gallon. (sorta all depends on your setup – there is minimal initial cost to work down, but the longer you drive on the veggie oil the cheaper it all gets.) The more you drive the more savings you will incur. by NOT buying from the petroleum companies. I took my first ride in this car on 8/10/05 and have driven as much as possible on WVO since then. This car heats up the grease and switches tanks within 3-5 miles. I prolly only drove 5% of those miles on biodiesel and the rest on WVO. I have reached my ROI on this GreaseCar and I'm driving for mere pennies. "Praise the Lard"
The Good News:	New Clutch fan	New Injectors	New front tires	New trunk seal	New Sun Roof Seal
emergency flasher repair	New chrome rim	Timing set at dealer	replaced injection pump	replaced vacuum pump	checked timing chain
New hood pad	new headlight wipers	4/07 emissions test	Tabs till 4/08	New Front brakes and Rotors 9/06	New battery 8/05

The Ugly News:	Windshield crack	Dash board crack - 2	1 window switch partial working	outside temp gauge not working	Res fuel light stays on
Carpets could be cleaned much better	antenna in up position only	driver door panel outside needs a corner pinned down	driver inside floor molding has a split	Still needs a good wax & shine job	Some touch up paint would do wonders
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