[67_250SE]

Lee, I am glad that you were able to get the job done. I should have taken pics of my own procedure, but once I get going, I forget to take the pics. I am glad that the info in the link was helpful.

Lee, regarding your step #3. It is not necessary to remove the fan AND the radiator. I only removed the fan and the shroud, that gave me plenty of clearance.

Doesn't your car run that much beter now?

what year is your 300E?

 

[67_250SE]

That is a great story. A lot of people don;t care about a salvage title. As long as you can get insurance for it, who cares. It just means that when you sell it, you have to inform the new buyer, that's all.

If the repairs were well done, then you are good to go.

Price is a relative thing. Sometimes I thinkt hat I paid too much for our 300TE. But the PO had done a lot of work on it, he works for the local Benz dealer and because of his discount, he was able to do a lot of this work for a reduced price. For example, it came with really nice eight hole alloy wheels (including the spare wheel/tire).

He also had a complete valve job done.

This car will easily last another 200k miles!!!

Good luck with your car and keep psoting pictures of your work. Maybe this is the time to get Euro headlights. []

 

[67_250SE]

merc-one - 4/11/2006 1:11 AM

leetyler, in your last few photos i see this reddish wire coming out where your spark plug wires are and going to some sensor(?) on the exhaust manifold. what's that? i'm not looking at my engine at the moment, but i'm pretty sure that my car doesn't have that.

EGR ???