hello skip, i take in the wounded and bruised3.5 mercedes, suppose i like pain.
i would be more than happy to advise you on this engine if you want to call me at 15027276903,or if you decide to ditch it call me.
these engines were built with flaws that basically cause a self destruction and being a non sleeved engine requires additional machine work to correct the cylinder problem. i have completed a rebuild proceedure that i feel makes it a stable engine.
some would advise getting another uses engine and it could work but i would not for my own use without correcting the flaws. you had a good used engine before the smoking started. larry perkins,64 old cars(bought the 84 300 td wagon from mexico today)