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nezsm
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Date registered: Oct 2013
Location: Sharpsburg, GA
Vehicle(s): 82 280GE, KTM Superduke, 07 Tundra, 03 Jetta TDI
Posts: 32
| New G-Wagen Owner in Sharpsburg, Ga
New owner of a 1982 280GE G-Wagen, I live in Sharpsburg, Ga (Atlanta area). I am also a diehard Toyota 4wd owner, old 4Runner's and Land Cruisers. The G has been on my list of favorite offroad vehicles and I excited to own one, the Unimog and Penz is among the top 3. We actual rescued the G Wagen from wasting away behind a body shop in Walhalla, SC, found by accident a few weeks ago. Called the body shop and they gave me the owners number, went to look at it the following weekend and bought the a couple days after. He has bought from his brother who brought back from Germany in the early 90s, it has been federalized and was tagged in SC for it's entire time in the US. It had been sitting for 2.5 years but with a little work I got it started and actual drove it on my trailer. Overall it is good shape but does have some rust in the normal area but to bad, has a working aftermarket AC system, and a stack of receipts for all maintenance (including a Engine rebuild in 1999). I am trying to figure out how to operate some of the switches and the diff locks. The 4wd does work, I tested it and crawled up some railroad cross ties with ease. Can't wait to get it completely road and trail worthy.
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nezsm
Member
Date registered: Oct 2013
Location: Sharpsburg, GA
Vehicle(s): 82 280GE, KTM Superduke, 07 Tundra, 03 Jetta TDI
Posts: 32
| Re: New G-Wagen Owner in Sharpsburg, Ga
Cleaned up the G wagen this evening and drove it to Sam's club to get gas. It had a little less then a half a tank of old gas and was running good so I figured some some fresh 93 octane would help.
I found the Mercedes Owners manual in the glove box, I didn't even look in the glove box when we picked it up on Sun. I was glad too because I was a little confused with the operation of the heater and what some of the knobs, levers, and switches were for. The G has a PTO and it works but I can't get the Diff Locks to engage. Also the dash lights aren't working, while driving the head lights seemed go dime a couple of times.
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Ed Mclass
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Vehicle(s): 1958 180a, 2010 GLK, 2000 G 500, 2005 SLK 350
Posts: 1215
| Re: New G-Wagen Owner in Sharpsburg, Ga
Be sure to check the fusebox. Replacing all the old fuses may be a big help! |
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AlanMcR
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: US, CA, Los Altos
Vehicle(s): G300DT E300DT 230SL
Posts: 3500
| RE: New G-Wagen Owner in Sharpsburg, Ga
Follow that up by cleaning, greasing and retorquing every ground and power connection. These two items will save you hours of grief in the future.
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