Thank you for the posts and suggestions on the head gasket reassembly. This is a project I plan to tackle in the next few months and I'm reading up on anything I can find for the project... especially "other" items I can do to the engine while I'm at it.

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Ed
-1984 Mercedes 190D 2.2 5-speed gray market(bought@30,000 miles) (Sold back to original owner@170,000 miles)
-1999 Mercedes E300DT (245,000 miles)
-1999 Mercedes S500 Grand Edition (80,000 miles)