called mercedes and asked them for prices for the pistons i need for my 117.965, they told me they were no longer available!! any ideas? thanks

Classic Center?

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Kent Christensen
Albuquerque
'07 GL320CDI, '10 CL550. '01 Porsche Boxster
Two BMW motorcycles

For pistons try Performance Products:
http://www.performanceproducts4benz.com/productpage.aspx?pid=104703&name=Piston

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1986 560 SEL (159K miles)

wow!!close to $300 each

http://www.racetep.com/JE.html
http://www.mahle.com/C125705E004FDAF9/CurrentBaseLink/W26LKMV8867STULEN


J E and mahle will make you a custom piston, with the right coating to run in any bore, alusil or iron.

www.adsitco.com seems to have lots of 117 pistons for $169 to $199 but no .965s, not sure if anything might be interchangeable. Click on "download catalog", then go to page 41.

Carson356 said: wow!!close to $300 each
_________________________________________________________________And how about those valve covers....a real bargain at just $269 each. Incredible!!!

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1986 560 SEL (159K miles)

The 9 is an unusual digit in that position. Usually 0,1.

a model with the "65" on the end should have the same engine, and thus same pistons, if you can find them.

it is a 1986 euro 500 sel 126.037

well i decided to leave well enough alone, car runs perfec, just rebuilt the heads, and as a plus i can use low octane unleaded, still very fast, just was thinking what it could do with higher compression

I think the US engine number is 117.963 for the 500SEL.

http://www.msi-motor-service.com/ks/en/kataloge/kolben_en.asp

Looks like there are 2 different piston sizes for the 117.965.