Need to replace the oil pan anyway (have a new one sitting in the basement - old one leaks from various curb "gouges"), but with the cold and the wind here (getting 75mph gusts, not unusual here) I'll have more dirt inside this engine than oil!

Thanks for the advice and the cheer, just that EVERYTHING about this is telling me NOT to drive a Mercedes.

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1984 300D Turbo - 4-speed manual conversion, mid-level resto

1985 300SD Auto - Runner.


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"If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there". Lewis Carrol