Thanks for that!
Seafoam is some amazing stuff. I have the euro swap on my bucket list as a definite because of all my lurking haha. I'll definitely have to search all the rubber though good call on that thank you, probably a safe bet to just get an engine gasket assortment and have at it. The biggest problem I see though is being apartment living, they frown upon mechanical work especially anything that will cause a spill, I'm sure no one emptied all the fluids out of it like I asked...though, maybe I can talk the lady into having her cousin do it for me and give the cooling system a nice good cleaning, just hope her sitting all this time hasn't cause too much damage. Ultimately like I said I want to get her back into good mechanical condition through almost a complete restoration, even the electrical wires because those things are STIFF and there are many things that do not work powered wise, I never expected a perfect car for the $500 that I got for her, and she's my baby/hobby/toy and as long as I'm young and love cars, I'll definitely have the patience...then I'll go on to finding a good body shop around here to fix the dents and redo the underbelly, maybe see if they can teach me how to do a few things...and after a few $$$ later and quite possibly years, hopefully she will be street legal again...and then I can do the things I want. I'll definitely be taking pictures and I will start either a thread or a blog or something similar on the revival process...and I can't wait to get the 300SD down here either, she's much closer for street riding, and I've yet to meet her so it will be very exciting.

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1982 Mercedes Benz 300SD
1988 Mercedes Benz 300E
2005 Dodge Dakota SLT