I ‘m new to this Forum and the hope I can get some support and advice on my project to get a 1978 280CE running again after 5yrs in the garage with no storage preparation.

It has only 100,000klm on the clock and the body appears good with only some rust in the bottom of the driver’s door, so it appears a very worthwhile project, but I have limited funds!!

I have a Chilton’s and Haynes manuals and moderate mechanical knowledge and skills.

I’ve started by draining the fuel (old stale smell) and replacing with fresh
- changed fuel filter
- disconnected return line from fuel distributor and flushed through with fresh fuel
- pulled the plugs & squirting in some oil
- new oil, turned it over with the starter until some oil pressure registered.
- used earthed plug on distributor lead while turning it over and noted good spark

I’m nearly ready to try to start it, but feel the injectors will almost certainly be blocked -fuel pump needed carby cleaner to get it to run.

Should I just give it a go or is there anything else I should do before flicking the switch?