Hello everyone,

Well I had a very pleasant drive from Youngstown Ohio late last week back to Wisconsin. The car sailed home without issue and ran like a 500 should.

I must thank everyone again for the input during my initial attempt at getting home.

Fred Martin Mercedes in Youngstown/Austintown OH is excellent. The mechanic Mat really went out of his way to fix my car and communicate the process to me 700 miles away.

- 8 new spark plugs (the correct Bosch without resistor) / Old plugs were fouled and had gaps all over the board

- Oil change / Mobil 1 - At my request

- Fixed fuel leak on the fuel distributor / replaced seal (Previous owner had just put on a new fuel distributor, mechanic feels this was in vein but I won't complain about new parts)

- Timing was adjusted

- Idle control computer replaced / Air valve cleaned

- Warm Up Regulator was found to be broken and causing fuel pressure problems at all engine temperatures. New WUR is about $1300 from the dealer. I was able to find several rebuilt/new units for much less so the mechanic came up with a very nice solution for me. He manually set the fuel pressure with a clamp setup on one of the fuel hoses. I will have to take a picture to explain how he accomplished this.

The car ran rough cold but when warm it ran perfectly and drove like a dream. Now that the car is home I've taken it off the road and am waiting for the new WUR.

If I lived in Ohio and near Youngstown I would not hesitate to use this dealership for everything.

I will now move to the tech section because I have a few issues I'm digging into regarding getting the car back to the way it was in Germany before it was changed to meet US emission spec.

We are in the process of getting 6-8" of snow tonight / tomorrow but when the weather clears I will take some pictures.

Matthew

Thanks for your update, Matthew. I'm glad to hear things worked out so well for you. Your situation was one I have dreaded the thought of finding myself in. Your step-by-step account of the whole saga was interesting, encouraging, and informative, not to mention the fact that it's nice to hear that there are still plenty of good, honest, helpful folks in the world.

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