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Old 06-18-2009, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by volosong View Post
Ditto head gasket problems. With almost 220k miles on my M103 coupe, head gasket has been fine. However, you do have to replace the valve guide seals about every 75 or 80k miles.

The only thing that would make my car the "perfect" car is replacing the auto transmission with a manual...but the wife said she would leave me if I spent the money to do that. Though decision!
I actually did the opposite. I had an 86 300E with a 5 speed. I found the manual in that to be the clunkiest, rubberized shifter I have ever driven. I found a wrecked 300E and put an auto in it. Im sure mine was pretty wore, but still.
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