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Best year for 240? 200

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posted by  Dylan Berichon on  Sun Feb 24 18:47 CST 2008
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The only year I can think to stay away from is the '75 with the B-20 engine.

The rest are just as rock solid.

As far as ease to work on, I've found that my '80 245 and my '79 242 have been easier to deal with them the '86 244 my sister now drives. The early ones are a bit simpler. Later models do have more guts though.

I would recommend staying away from automatics made before '82, they have the old 3 speeds that don't have Overdrive. Also, the '81 from '87 models have bad wiring harnesses (as it sounds like you know). Early models don't have bad wiring harnesses.

Is there a reason why you are limiting your self to the later 240s? I happen to be partial to the early 240s. They have more character to me. The really early ones have 2 things going for them that I can think of: Better headlights, and no Air Mass Meters.
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