A rarely used 20+ year old mechanism that hasn't seen lube since it left Stuttgart and has in the mean time had who knows what spilled on it is now stuck... the horror!

Having been a Mercedes repair tech for 15 years, its an old story.... somebody buys a poorly maintained Benz and the previous owner(s) lack of maintenance catches up to it. Cue the tirade on how old Mercedes are junk. Following the natural order of things you should now spend several thousand dollars on it and then sell it because "its too expensive".

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90 300TE 4-M
Turbo 103, T3/T04E 50 trim
T04B cover .60 AR
Stage 3 turbine .63 AR
A2W I/C, 40 LB/HR
MS2E, 60-2 Direct Coil Control
3" Exh, AEM W/B O2
Underdrive Alt. and P/S Pulleys,
Vented Rear Discs, .034 Booster.
3.07 diffs 1st Gear Start

90 300CE 104.980
Milled & ported head, 10.3:1 compression
197° intake cam w/20° advancer
Tuned CIS ECU
4° ignition advance
PCS TCM2000, built 722.6
600W networked suction fan
Sportline sway bars
V8 rear subframe, Quaife ATB 3.06 diff