i am going through this on our 300ce.... the harmonic balancer went.... i have had a fan bearing bracket in my bin for 5 years, so i did that as well..... i also made a strategic decision to replace the water pump.... not necessary... but i had everything apart.... then i did the valve cover gasket, timing cover gasket and distributor cap and rotor....

i think it was worth my time...and i waited patiently for some parts to arrive.

now i feel the front of the engine is in good shape.... i figure i will have to do valve stem seals in maybe 40k miles or so....

oh i also painted the valve cover a nice red color... and cleaned 22 year old grim off some parts.

of course this car is in near near mint condition, so the 400 dollars in parts are a drop in the bucket.

now a 300e that i sent to the boneyard a year ago needed a fan bearing bracket, tires, and ball joints... it had 226k on it... i pulled some parts and had it towed away...they gave me 200 for it and I was happy. it was not economically feasible to fix it.

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1989 300ce 129k
( facelifted front,updated tail lights, lowered suspension,bilstein sports, lorinser front spoiler, MOMO steering wheel, remus exhaust,stainless steel brake lines). (Gone)

1997 s320 154k (what a ride). Sold with 179k miles. Replaced with Hyundai Equus

1994 e320 Cabriolet 108k



1972 280se 4.5 153k Owned for 12 yrs, sorry I sold it


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