Hello, I have recently acquired a 86' Mercedes E300. I am very excited, due to my long love for the older Mercedes styling and looks both inside and out. Yet after having it for just a day I have noticed a few quirks.

First off the car does overheat after just sitting for a little while. I have already diagnosed this issue as being the electric fan. However, I don't want to order a new fan until I am sure that it is the fan that is actually the issue. So I am guessing I should check first for power supply to the fan. I do have a meter to measure for this and am first looking for a little guidence on how I should go about figuring that out.

Secondly, I am told by the previous owner that he furnished new brake pads not too long ago. He is a close personal friend and gave me the vehicle kind of "paying it forward" after something I gave him a hand with a little while back. That just being my ground for the fact he isn't lying to me. However, while driving the indicator light for Brake Pad Wear faintly flashes, and not all the time, oddly enough generally while just driving. Any insight into that would be fantastic. If not I can just bring that issue to a mechanic.

Thirdly, me being no expert I wanted a little insight in to this as well. My friend told me he provided new bushing for the shifter. ( I am unsure if that is helpful, but thought I would add that) Yet when using the automatic transmission, when I select the gear I want e.g. Reverse there is generally a pause and then kind of a little jerk when it is actually put into gear. Same follows putting it into drive, expect a shorter pause. The pause is merely just a few seconds. I have a few guesses on what it could be () but wanted your guys' input. I experience no jerking when actually driving and the car shifts between 1st 2nd and so on.

Your help is greatly appreciated.

Shea