Just a quick question -

When I was working on my 87 300E awhile back, I ended up being an idiot and dropped a ratchet extension and a socket into the front of the engine, and I wasn't able to get it out - it didn't look like it was interfering with anything, so after a couple hours I said screw it, and lived with it. I'm facing a no-start situation now, but I was curious as to whether or not this might affect it. As near as I can tell, its stuck above the harmonic balancer and isn't touching anything important, but you never know. Just thought I'd throw that out there as maybe a possibility.

John

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87 300E
202k on the clock