I bought my parts individually from my local dealer. Normally, I make an effort to buy from one of our site sponsers but with so many small parts and the likelyhood of mistakes, I wanted to be able to go face to face with the parts folks. My MB dealer is about 5 minutes from my house so it's pretty convenient.

All total, the parts on the list I posted were about $230. The rear crank seal was the most expensive at $45 list. By the way, the EPC shows two seals, one is the original and the other is called a repair seal. The repair seal simply relocates the lip surfaces in case the original seal has worn grooves in the crank journal. With 240K miles on this engine, I opted for the repair seal. The other expensive item(s) were the B3 friction discs at $14 each list.

In hindsight, I may have saved a few bucks by buying a seal kit. Only thing with a kit is that you usually just get a bag of parts with no individual labeling. Most kits are applicable to several variations of the same transmission, so there are often seals you don't use. In the past, I've sometimes had difficulty determining just which seal goes where. When you buy individually, each seal comes in a bag with it's own part number.

MB does list a seal kit, there are also a few aftermarket vendors that offer them as well. Don't know if it's all that important but I wanted MB OE parts. (maybe somebody here knows if the MB kit has the individual parts labeled with the correct part number)

J. M. van Swaay

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1994 E320 Wagon, 230,000 miles
1995 E320 Sedan, 106,000 miles
1994 E500 Sedan, 79,000 miles