I tried again, this time removing the breather elbow on the valve cover, then started the engine. I could see nothing coming out of the hole in the valve cover, not even smoke.

I'm still not sure about the condition of the engine. All of the oil seals are leaking badly so at the very least I would need to pull the engine to replace the oil seals. It most likely has worn parts and I don't feel like putting anymore work into the car. I would hate to replace the seals and then have them blow out from too much much crankcase pressure caused by blow-by.

I have the engine, heavy rust, and leaking weatherstripping to worry about, which will cost me thousands of dollars and much time to fix. It seems to be a money pit at this point.

I paid $1,200 for the car when it was in poor mechanical condition and have thousands of dollars into it. I'm tired of tinkering with this car when I need to focus on my 300SD. I would get less than $1,000 if I sold the car, which would be stupid. Since there are thousands of dollars in parts on this car, I think the best thing would be to part it out.

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1967 W110 Universal Wagon, Euro, Turbo Diesel, Tail Fins, 4 Speed Manual Column Shift, A/C
1980 W116 300SD Turbo Diesel, DB479 Walnut Brown, Sunroof, Highly Optioned, 350,000+ Miles