well I have some good news, and that is the total cost to "repair" is going to run 1650.00 and thats was mostly labor of course. Turns out it just needed the powersteering pump to be flushed. We also had to replace fuel filter,shocks,steering shock,do a brake job, all the fluids and the battery and I had him do a smog test since it would need one anyway to get it re-registered. So I guess it turned out to be a pretty good deal as soon as I get it from the shop, I will post some pitures. Oh I almost forgot the shop across the street is a upholstery shop and I went ahead and gave them the ok to repair a small tear well not so much as a tear but more a loose seam on the rear seat by the headrest, the guy charged me fifty bucks and they had to remove the seat anyway to replace the rear shock so that was cool. With 142K on the odometer I think this MB has plenty of life left in it for my family to enjoy!