One of the valve guides on my 380sl came loose for some reason. So, I'm getting ready to do a valve job with the help of an Indie, who's going to let me do as much of the preliminary work as I can in his shop before he does the valves. Since he 's going to lift the engine out of the car to make it easier to work on, I guess it would also be a good time for me to replace the engine mounts, engine shock, upper chain guides (which I already replaced at 100k) and anything else that tends to go on an M116 with 160k+ miles on it. So, I was wondering what else you guys would suggest I replace at this point.

In addition, he's allowing me to get the parts in advance. So I was also wondering whether I should order oversized guides for all the valves, or whether that's something I should let him do after he pulls the head, and examines them . Any other advice concerning this project would also be greatly appreciated.

Thanks very much in advance.

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Bill
1981 380sl