Hi all,

I am doing a head gasket on a 1995 e320 Wagon and I have a seal that came with the head gasket that I do not know where it belongs. The head gasket kit is Victor Heinz and the seal is just over an inch and a half in outside diameter. It has an arrow pointing clockwise and the letters:
"SHR2" "30" "40" "7" "4".

Where does this go?

Also, any famous last words to someone about to put the valve cover back on?

Thanks very much,
Jim Lee

Sounds like a camshaft seal that was used on earlier models that had a distributor cap.

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Thanks M.B. Doc. I thought it might be an 'extra' due to a previous incarnation of the e300 series. It would be soooooooo nice if they could include a note to that effect in the gasket kit. That seal was looking pretty important to me and I did not see it in any of my e320 diagram blow ups.

Jim Lee