I agree. This dealer is not the best, but my indie recommended in this case, as he is too old now to do this work himself (he is over 65 and works out of his home these days), and he said that if "they mess it up, they will take care of it" which they did. Their price was actually competitive, so I only had to deal with taking it back to redo. On the second try they did keep the car a few days to make sure there were no more leaks, and after a few weeks of driving I am not leaking a drop.
Oh well, it is a really nice car that was dealer maintained for most of its life. The wiring harness is new, and now with a new headgasket I am planning to drive it for several more years.

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John Gillespie
1988 560sec - 192k miles
2006 CLK500 - 40K miles
1995 E300 - 202k miles