I have a friend that put a 351Cleaveland in his 280 Mercedes.
On Fri, 8 Aug 1997 11:19:39 -0400 "Chris S.
Mottram"<Chris.S.Mottram(at)ecc.com> writes:
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>From: Chris S. Mottram(at)ECCI on 08/08/97 11:19 AM
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>I have general automotive question for you guys. My mother in law has
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>1986 Mercedes 300E that the oil pressure dropped to zero while she was
>driving it around. She parked it. The Mercedes shop found brass bits
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>the oil (uh oh). It is $7000 for them to install another engine
>(YIKES!!).
>The car with a good motor is worth 9 or 10 grand. Would I be able to
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>the engine rebuilt or get a junk yard engine for much cheaper? I have
>heard that when you monke around with a Mercedes engine, they are just
>never the same. What if I took it myself and put a 302 in it! ;-)
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>Is there a Mercedes list where I could find out more info?
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>Thanks,
>Chris
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