Hey Scott- I've sold my 380 sl, but had similar problems with it. Once fixed it was great. If you're having idle problems check the idle control switch. There should be a black two prong plug wire coming from underneath the front of the engine. The connecotrs are normally under the windshield washer bottle and hard to see. If you unplug the wires and short out the plug of the part that goes towards the firewall and the RPM's drop, then your switch is either defective or out of adjustment, usually defective. It costs $5 or so dollars but the cost to replace is big, but you can easily do it yourself if you have any talent at all. I don't and I did. Good luck with the car- I was sorry that I sold mine so I just bought a '99 SL500. Not expensive either. Ned

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Ned
1984 380SL