Yeah. You are all right.

I had all 4 belts replaced this AM by my tire guy I use who is not too far from home.
2 hours later 2 of his guys completed the job. & I did the 1st daytime drive in her.

down the street from the tire guy, I find A Romanian merc shop, the guy worked on benzes in Germany, and has good references.

I am gong to bring him my 300D to check out what ails the transmission.
I asked him if he was good with trannies and he said he just finished 3 of them last week.

So I plan on having him look over all the hoses including the vac system and replace the Ford parts with proper MB ones. There is also green AF in the radiator so while he's at it I'll get hoses a flush and a new thermostat.

He also gets his crack at the windows & SR, as he also said that it could just be lubing or possibly replacing somethings...

I did get a good feel for this guy , and his "neighbors " said he is a good guy.

For rme today I am taking off the tires and checking the brake pads / rotors, and anything else I see.
I did see her up on the lift today and it looks pretty clean & rust free.

There are 4 matching MIchelins with about 85% tread left..............

but the tires are from 1997 , and cracking so this car has been sitting.




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