here's an account of exactly what happened...

i got in the car, turned the key and started engine. shifted into reverse. HMMM... engine sounds different. shifted back into park. opened door. WTH?? sounds like a really bad valve tap but more clunky than that. opened the hood. car still running. everything looks ok. got back into the car. pressed gas to speed it up just a little, like maybe 2500rpm. still same sound. hmmmm... i better turn it off. turned engine off. tried to restart. turn key, just hear click. wiggle shifter cause i've had it not start a couple times cause it didn't seem to be in park correctly. just hear click. thought, oh f...

got into my trusty 85 300SD w/ 238K and went to office

560 sitting in the same place since then

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R Martin
Dallas, TX (Addison)

86 560SEL, 128K