Re: FS: 1992 500E, Black/Black, 266kkm, $6000 CDN (Calgary, Canada)
Oh... my... the power...
THE POWER!!
My silver one has been out of commission for so long... I've forgotten. Everything else is blasphemous. Remember that time I almost pulled the trigger on that beat up 996. Or how in my weaker moments of mechanical despair I pass by those Subarus with the giant spoilers and wonder if the owners know something I do not.
The perfect interior, the line of sight, the feel, the safety, the handling, the substance, the power, the ability to push the needle to the limit and feel like it's just warming up... it's all... coming back.
Yes, it was just the rotor. Silly me. The rotor bracket confused me (apparently easy to do). The bracket is set up on a different angle in my other car and I thought the rotor itself was slightly different, but it's just a burnt up mass now at this point. I did replace that cracked plastic bowl as well, figured it looked important.
Also the transmission reverse came back. It's a little smokey (white) in reverse and the car slammed to a halt like I'm hitting the brakes, then smoothed out. I did not reverse far nor attempt it again. I am going to order a transmission filter and gasket and change the fluid before I try reverse again, hopefully that helps. Any transmission advice will be welcome. Would like to say thanks again as well, this forum is great.
Now, since this is the FOR SALE section, one more thing I ask, please help me out. I no longer want to sell this car, but now I have two 500's! My logic is: this is the best car in the world and I will never sell it. However my pocketbook says, the 1987 300d I drive daily costs half the gas and 1/3rd less on insurance. Do I keep the 300d and use the silver 500 on the weekends/summer or do I keep and daily drive the black one and use the silver 500 on the weekends/summer? One has to go.
). I'm still up in the air on keeping it (as I now have two). She has a rough idle that I will get to, substantially better after changing the plugs/caps/rotors/wires. I am suspicious of the fuel pump and will be investigating it next. This car seems to be getting it's share of frowns and I feel a tad defensive after spending every night in the engine bay with a toothbrush! I don't know what engine issues the previous owner(s) may have referred to, but I do know (no offense if they stumble across this thread) that the previous owner knew little about this car. The climate system was referred to as broken to me - the blower not operable at all. Of course it was just the 30A fuse, it blows cold a/c (something I've never experienced in a w124) and hot as well. The rear shocks are not weeping though the passenger side accumulator is out, I will swap both if keeping. There is no check engine light. It came from Calgary - the land of raised pickup trucks and atv's and next to zero euro mechanics. This car of course could not sell out there and I found it worth it to fly out from Toronto and DRIVE it home and be financially logical, considering what I payed for my other 500e. This will definitely be factored into my asking price along with work being done, IF I decide to let her go. The black interior and lowered stance make it seem like a totally different car then my silver one. Some hideous blue HID lights (they are effective however) were installed and the sound system was shredded to provide for an "amp" and "subwoofer" (scoff), in addition to numerous smatterings of AMG throughout the vehicle, (this is NOT an E60 conversion), before the mechanicals were attended to. I have some interest in it, but as I said, I am not decided on selling and will post detailed pictures in full glory should I not and when my work is done. 
Because of the condition of the scorched rotor, the two looked different at initial glance and the old one had a small metal square in the center circle. 
