Hi all,
My parents own an old 1989 240 with approx 250,000kms on it. It was driven as a daily a few years ago but has since been sitting on their property, used occasionally as a workhorse but not often. Between 2015 and now it has had basically no work done on it apart from oil changes but I became interested in resurrecting it a while ago. I took it to a local mechanic and had him do a run down of problems and they are listed on the attached photos. Being someone who's never worked on cars personally but is keen to learn (this 240 being that opportunity), what are the key things on this list that need to be done to get it safe to drive?
It actually runs well for the most part, with the only issue I can think of is sometimes it starts but won't stay on without giving it some revs. This problem also occurs in traffic on hot days, where the engine seems to falter then stall. It always restarts but it is definitely an issue!
Cheers all and happy to be here!
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