Thanks. My bad. I was assuming since Mercedes used the liters of the engine as the model, I thought it was a 4.2L.

MB DOC - so timing chains are as a big a deal on these as the W126 V8s? Does this just pertain to the 4.2L, or the 5.0L 92-99 Mercedes as well?

I was asking about timing chains on these cars on another thread and one dude there said that timing chain problems are rare on the V8 W140s and not as big of a deal as they are on the W126 V8s.

If thats the case, I guess I will pass on a W140.

Looks like I will have to pass on all of them.. everytime I find a good deal, it gets gone before I get to it. No good deals on local Mercedes. Here in east Tennessee, these cars command very high prices for some odd reason.