Thanks a lot - I see a lot of these cars about, but there's never much info available on them at parts suppliers.

In fact, I have had trouble getting (MB) mechanics to work on it.

I wanted to get it tuned a few weeks ago when I bought it, and so took it to an MB mechanic I used on my last car, he basically told me he wasn't interested and that I should go someplace else...

It looks like I'll be undertaking most of the routine servicing myself.

The car is in pretty good condition - only 175k (kilometres), not a spot of rust - good service history. I bought it for $1500 AUD (that's about 1000US) - I was sure there was something wrong with it, but have been pleasantly surprised.

thanks again for your help.