I've been digging around the forums and I've been finding some really good stuff.

But, it seems like I was possibly a bit too hasty in my purchase.

I'm a long time Benz admirer (W126 w/OM617 most noteably), but a completely green Benz owner (including the 83' 300SD I bought a week ago that now cranks but won't start...).

My gut instinct was that this '91 300SE would likely go for another 60k+ under moderate driving without needing any major repairs, but I'm begining to fear that this 188k on the odometer might lead to a 300SE on jack-stands rather quickly...

EDIT: Yes, I suppose that at 188k that if this problem is quite frequent that the HG would have been been replaced by now...I'll have a better look under the hood and under the engine this weekend.

Final sales price was $3145. Cosmetically it's quite practically flawless. Hopefully it's heart is as pristine as it's body.