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Re: Looking at '85 740 T 700 1990

posted by  someone claiming to be Simon Eng (now working in China and not driving) on  Wed Nov 29 12:29 CST 2000 [RELATED]

Ask or find out answers for these questions:

1. Any engine rebuild in the past?

2. Transmission work?

3. Check condition of headliner. (The foam layer in my '85 760 crumbled and become powdery in southern California condition. The PO had it garaged and it had less than 50k miles in 1998 when I bought it.)

4. Wiring harness. (I ended up replacing once for an '83 240 and once for an '85 760. Both were in bad shape.) The experience that you had was probably due to grounding/deteriorating of the wiring harness insulations.

In general, check the repair records carefully. If no records, then you are on your own and good luck to you. At the very least do a compression test.





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